Database and Network Journal articles from February 2003

Database and Network Journal archives from February 2003

What is software architecture? (Database and Network Intelligence).(Software Architecture: IEEE 1471)
February 1, 2003... The many web pages and books on software architecture have provided dozens, if not hundreds, of definitions of software architecture and related terms. Given this plethora of definitions, we must settle on a set of definitions for the purposes...

Network security: securing Linux. (Database and Network Intelligence).(Industry Overview)
February 1, 2003... According to Linux advocates, Linux is among the most versatile, stable, and securable operating systems ever developed. But according to its detractors, Linux is neither as reliable nor as trustworthy as other Unix variants. BSD proponents,...

China's software developers eye Linux. (Software Intelligence).(Evans Data research)
February 1, 2003... A survey of 700 developers in mainland China revealed that while the Windows operating system dominates the country's software development efforts, a significant proportion of programmers are beginning to develop applications for Linux or plan...

Positive identification in a wireless world. (Software Intelligence).(Industry Overview)
February 1, 2003... The use of wireless systems for network and Web access is exploding-from wireless LANs to e-mail capable cell phones. It makes network access completely portable, and with systems starting at under $300, very affordable. But widespread wireless...

Centrally managed network security: hope or reality? Don't wait for the standards to evolve. (Software Intelligence).
February 1, 2003... Ask any IT professional to predict the future of computer networking and you will get different answers. Guessing the future of technology has always been a dicey business at best. Planning ahead for the next set of security threats and...

Oracle's important in EAI and Web services: Butler Group. (Data News and Products).(enterprise application integration)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Oracle's apparent lack of public support for EAI and Web Services masks an underlying strength in the integration of disparate data sources and a burgeoning end-to-end integration solution--but you have to look, says Butler Group. Despite...

Lazy software--the view from Aberdeen Group. (Data News and Products).(Sentences DBMS demonstrates new associative model of data)
February 1, 2003... The Internet places a new set of demands on database technology to which relational vendors have yet to respond. Their flagship products were developed before the advent of the client/server and the Internet and have become feature rich to the...

Time running out to upgrade Oracle 11i. (Data News and Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Despite the fact that Oracle says that it will not be supporting Applications 10.7 release from June 2003, approximately only 35% of sites have made the move to upgrade to 11i claims DSP Global. "Whether it is lack of budget, skills and...

DataDirect SequeLink 5.3. (Data News and Products).
February 1, 2003... SequeLink 5.3, is a newly enhanced, middleware solution that provides a universal client for ODBC, JDBC, ADO and .NET. It adds new clients for the Microsoft .NET platform and several other new features, including enhanced support for JDBC and...

NDB cluster telecom database. (Data News and Products).(Ericsson, Alzato's Network Database Cluster database server)
February 1, 2003... The quantity of data that needs to he handled in telecom networks and related applications is expanding exponentially, driven by growth in areas such as always-on services, prepayment, content-rich applications, messaging, portals, roaming and...

Sentences Version 3.0. (Data News and Products).(from Lazy Software)
February 1, 2003... Lazy Software have released Version 3.0 of Sentence, its database management system based on the Associative Model of Data which is said to be the first new database architecture since the advent of the Interact, and the only model to take...

SQL Anywhere Studio 8.02. (Data News and Products).(from ianywhere Solutions)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... ianywhere Solutions Inc. has announced the general availability of SQL Anywhere Studio 8.0.2, the latest version of the mobile data management and enterprise synchronisation solution. Version 8.02 features the UltraLite Component Suite to...

New database category combats spyware. (Data News and Products).(Websense Premium Group III database)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Websense Inc. have announced the launch of a new database category that blocks spyware programs from sending potentially sensitive data back to marketer servers. The category, which is included in the Websense Premium Group III (PG III)...

Pervasive connectivity kit. (Data News and Products).(from Data Access Worldwide)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Pervasive Software Inc. have said that one of its customers, Data Access Worldwide will release a new connectivity kit for the next version of Pervasive's database, Pervasive. SQL.Developers who rely on Pervasive for their back-end data...

AppForge integrates ianywhere mobile. (Data News and Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... ianywhere Solutions, Inc., is to include components of SQL Anywhere Studio from ianywhere Solutions in the upcoming AppForge Mobile VB 4.0, providing an end-to-end solution for cross-platform development of enterprise class database-powered...

CIMS Vision. (Data News and Products).(Prologic)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The new release of Prologic's CIMS Vision, an Oracle-based Business Intelligence solution, is specifically designed for the fashion and lifestyle environment. By adopting an integrated approach to system design, Prologic can, it is claimed...

PeopleSoft Enterprise Warehouse 8.8. (Data News and Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... PeopleSoft Enterprise Warehouse 8.8. is a new solution that provides organisations with prepackaged analytic content, a portal interface, and Web services capabilities to reduce the cost and time of deploying enterprise analytics. The...

Pervasive.SQL V8. (Data News and Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Pervasive Software Inc. have available version eight (V8) of Pervasive. SQL, the latest release of the company's database engine. Built for independent software vendors (ISVS) and value-added resellers (VARS) who primarily serve small and...

Corporate Focus. (Data News and Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Eurofinancials platform, Corporate Focus, is designed to enable users to access, analyse, benchmark and share public companies' data worldwide including harmonised data for cross-country comparisons, modified data for precision, and, access to...

ReportMailer for Alpha Five. (Data News and Products).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Report Mailer--integrates database applications and email and sends personalized mass e-mail pdf files to customers. It allows the Alpha Five user to migrate typical mail-merge applications from paper, envelope, and postage to e-mail with...

NetIQ VOIP solution. (Network News).
February 1, 2003... NetIQ has released the Vivinet family of products, formerly known as the NetIQ VOIP Management Solution. The Vivinet family of products includes NetIQs newest product Vivinet Diagnostics that enables customers to pinpoint and diagnose call...

Equisys Zetalink 3.0. (Network News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Immediate real time access to customer relationship management and finance applications from Internet-enabled PDAs and mobile phones is, it is claimed available from Zetalink 3.0. which provides secure mobile access to Microsoft Exchange and...

LANDesk Instant Support Suite Pro. (Network News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... LANDesk Instant Support Suite Pro, is a new remote problem resolution technology for IT help desks and contact centers. The solution requires no deployment to the desktop, which makes it suited to support troubled systems across geographically...

Office Extender 2.5. (Network News).(from Smartner Information Systems Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Office Extender 2.5 provides mobile workers with real-time access to server-based email & office applications Users working away from their main workplace can remain synchronised with their server-based email and applications, enabling them to...

Alcatel and Pivotal to Drive Contact Centre market in EMEA. (Network News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Pivotal and Alcatel have signed an agreement with an initial focus on the contact centre market in the European, Middle East and African markets (EMEA).Under its terms Alcatel becomes a member of the Pivotal Solution Alliances Programme and...

TV channel dedicated to mobile gaming. (Network News).(TX1 from Telecom One)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Telecom One, has launched, what is claimed to be, the first TV channel dedicated solely to the promotion and distribution of Java mobile games. This new channel--branded TX1--enables hewers to watch footage of the UK's top games, have live...

Asia-Pacific global telecomm leader. (Network News).
February 1, 2003... The sixth regional telecommunications Exhibition and Forum for the Asia-Pacific, was held from the 2 to 7 December at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Hong Kong SAR, China. ITU TELEcom ASIA 2002 again attracted world and...

Network Time Systems for 9X/ME/NT/2000/XP. (Network News).(from Softros Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Network Time Systems, from Softros Systems, Inc. is a time synchronization utility designed to protect system time integrity and the flow of time-dependent processes through the enabling of fast and accurate synchronization of system times...

Smart Wireless Enterprise Access Server. (Network News).(from Madge Networks)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Madge Networks new Smart Wireless Enterprise Access Server simplifies the deployment of large, secure and managed Wireless networks. Major features of the solution are: Enterprise Wireless Security: The Smart Wireless Enterprise Access...

DataDirect Connect for .NET 1.1. (Network News).(from DataDirect Technologies)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... DataDirect Connect for .NET 1.1 includes updated data connectivity components that enable software developers to access enterprise data using .NET. It adds support for distributed transactions for Oracle and Sybase, and updated support for...

New mobile broadband satellite transmission service. (Network News).(from France Telecom)
February 1, 2003... From November 18, 2002 France Telecom marketed a mobile broadband satellite transmission service: the Regional BGAN. Regional BGAN is a solution for international organisations and professionals in construction, mining, the oil and gas...

PortsLock1.0 for NT 4.X/2000/XP. (Network News).(from Smartline Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... PortsLock 1.0 from Smartline Inc. is a firewall with user-level access controls to help system administrators build a more secure network environment, and protect corporate networks against attacks from the inside. PortsLock is a new...

Achieving protocol security: Gunter ollmann, x-force security assessment services. (Internet Focus).
February 1, 2003... Having assessed the security of several dozen commercial web applications personally, and overseen the assessment of many more, it is always surprising to see the number of high-risk security flaws that developers have left behind. Most...

Europe has more UK internet links than US. (Internet Focus).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Figures just released by The London Internet Exchange (LINX)--which handles up to 96 per cent of the UK's Internet traffic--shows that Europe now has more Internet routes connected into the UK than the USA has. It is the first time that LINX...

35% of corporate e-mail non-work related. (Internet Focus).
February 1, 2003... A customer research survey by email management software vendor, Waterford Technologies, has found that at least 35% of email within organisations is non-work related. The research demonstrates that most companies are failing to enforce an...

New technology delivers standard API and dynamism to HTML and XHTML 1.0. (Internet Focus).( Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML )
February 1, 2003... Leading the Web to its full potential, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today published the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML as a W3C Recommendation. The specification reflects cross-industry agreement on a standard API (Application...

Broadband Internet telephone. (Internet Focus).(Callserve Internet Telephone )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Callserve has launched a new version of its Internet telephone software, designed specifically for PC users with a broadband Internet connection. The new Callserve Internet Telephone enables low cost international telephone calls to be made...

WAPT load and stress testing solution.(Novosoft WAPT 2.0)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Novosoft Inc. Novosibirsk,Russia has announced WAPT 2.0, a load and stress testing tool that provides a cost-effective way of testing Web sites and intranet applications with Web interface. This solution is designed to help users to launch new...

Integration to remain a headache for 2003. (Internet Focus).(according to Butler Group report)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
February 1, 2003... IT vendors are missing a trick, as Butler Group believes that there is a latent demand for EAI solutions. Time and time again, integration is cited as being the biggest point of pain within organisations, yet, even by the vendors' own...

AI agent application 1.0. (Internet Focus).(KazTrix AI Agent)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... KazTrix Corporation, provider of Web-ready software applications has announced its final Release of KazTrix AI Agent Application. KazTrix AI Agent is an artificial intelligence application designed to build artificial software agents. The...

UK'S first blog service. (Internet Focus).(Port41's TongueWag)
February 1, 2003... Port41 launched a new web service, TongueWag, (www.tonguewag.com) which is a set of tools that allow users to create and syndicate website content, such as blogs, news pages, product catalogues and intranets. Port41claims to be the first...

New version of GT licensing. (Internet Focus).(Macrovision's (Enterprise Software Div.) GTlicensing 4.0 and FLEXIm)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Macrovision developer of electronic licensing, digital rights management OR/M) and copy protection technologies, says that its Enterprise Software Division has released GTlicensing Version 4.0 for general availability. GTlicensing is a...

WebTrends for BEA solutions. (Internet Focus).(NetIQ WebTrends solutions, WebTrends for BEA WebLogic Server and WebTrends for BEA WebLogic Portal)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... NetIQ have announced two WebTrends solutions, WebTrends for BEA WebLogic Server and WebTrends for BEA WebLogic Portal, designed to enable BEA customers to take advantage of WebTrends Web analytics. BEA customers can optimise their investment in...

Christmas holiday internet traffic double last year's. (Internet Focus).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Britons had an `on-line Christmas' according to figures from the London Internet Exchange (LINX) which handles up to 96 per cent of the UK's, Internet traffic. Data flow through LINX facilities peaked at more than 17 Gbit/second in the...

InstallShield Express 4. (Tools).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... InstallShield Express 4 the newest version of the solution for creating installations for Windows software applications, allows developers, it is claimed, to build straightforward installations in less that a day. New features include patch and...

Intego Personal backup. (Tools).
February 1, 2003... Intego, a provider of i-security for Macs, have released Intego Personal Backup X, a backup, synchronisation and volume cloning solution for Mac OS X. The program manually or automatically backs up fries, synchronises data between two computers...

XeLDA v2.0. (Tools).(from Xerox Multilingual Knowledge Management Solutions' Xerox Linguistic Development Architecture 2.0)
February 1, 2003... Xerox Multilingual Knowledge Management Solutions have released version two of its linguistic engine, Xerox Linguistic Development Architecture (XeLDA). XeLDA consists of a set of natural language processing services providing a set of...

16th annual EEMA conference. (Tools).
February 1, 2003... EEMA 2003--EEMA's 16th annual conference--will take place between June 16-18 2003 in Prague, with the focus on web services. The three day event, aimed at both EEMA members and non-members, will concentrate on the management and compatibility...

Top ten viruse reported to Sophos in December. (Virus Reports).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... This is the latest in a series of monthly charts counting down the ten most frequently occurring viruses and hoaxes as compiled by Sophos specialists in anti-virus protection. For December 2002, the virus chart is as follows, with the most...

The virus top 20 for December 2002 from Kaspersky Labs. (Virus Reports).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The percentage shown represents the percentage of registered incidences. position virus percentage by occurrence % 1. I-Worm. Klez 24.74 2. 1-Worm. Lentin 10.93 3. Macro....

Kaspersky Labs publishes virus review-2002. (Virus Reports).
February 1, 2003... Kaspersky Labs has published its yearly review of virus activity. The report contains information shedding light on 2002's more significant virus incidents, along with expert evaluations regarding the creation and spreading of malicious...

Avril Lavigne worm needn't be so complicated- sophos. (Virus Reports).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Sophos has received a number reports of a new worm called Avril or Livra (W32/Avril-A) circulating in the wild. The worm, which is a tribute to Canadian skater Avril Lavigne, will open Microsoft Explorer on her website, www.avril-lavigne.com on...