Database and Network Journal articles from June 2003

Database and Network Journal archives from June 2003

The new methodology. (Viewpoint-Software the Future).
June 1, 2003... Most software development is a chaotic activity, often characterised by the phrase code and fix". It is written without much of an underlying plan, and the design of the system is cobbled together from many short term decisions. This actually...

Introducing XML web services. (Teach-In).(Excerpt)(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... Back in 1994 and 1995, the world was taken over by a new wave of computing. The browser was introduced to the mass public, and people could sit in the comfort of their own homes and, over slow connections, these end users could connect to...

IBM real-time Information Integration software. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... IBM's new DB2 Information Integrator software is designed to help customers access, integrate, manage and analyse all forms of information--stored on any platform--across and beyond the enterprise, enabling users to centrally manage data, text,...

DSPabsolute service. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... DSPabsolute, a fully-managed service from DSP Global designed to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for Oracle environments, brings DSP's range of support services into a one-stop out-sourced managed solution. This includes APPSdirect for...

Edexcel and Oracle create new IT qualification. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... Awarding body, Edexcel, and Oracle Corp, have collaborated to allow students to gain a certificate of achievement from Oracle as part of their BTEC Advanced Certificate in Software Development from September 2003. The accreditation of...

V3.0 of SME off-site storage system. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... DataFort have released the latest version of its system for SMES. Businesses can back-up individual files of up to a terabyte--allowing the archiving of sizable databases. DataFort's unique 'trickle' back-up mode extends the ability to secure...

SQL access to IMS/DB mainframe databases. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... NEON Systems. have enhanced its Shadow mainframe integration technology to enable rapid development of distributed applications to the complex IMS/DB (Information Management System/Database) mainframe database utilising SQL via standard...

High-speed WORM appliance. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... JVC has developed a write-once storage system, the high-speed WORM which incorporates mass permanent storage and fast access, within one individual unit, bringing together the normally incompatible attributes of high speed and security. The...

Natural version 4 for mainframes. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... A new version 4 of Natural for mainframes, Software AG's 4GL development platform for large-scale electronic-business applications, is now available. It accelerates database access to Adabas and DB2, improves application performance and allows...

DataDirect Connect for .NET. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... DataDirect Connect for .NET, edition 2.0, includes newly updated data connectivity components that enable software developers to access enterprise data using .NET. This additional support for DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server to that already...

Data storage management. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... Embarcadero Technologies have a new line of products that work in conjunction with Embarcadero DBArtisan, the database administration solution. The three products, Embarcadero Space Analyst, Embarcadero Performance Analyst and Embarcadero...

Wireless solution to enhance security Windows XP. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... Microsoft have announced the availability of a free Microsoft Windows XP download to support Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), a new standards-based wireless network security solution from the Wi-Fi Alliance. The new solution is intended to be a...

Mobile bill processing set to triple as 3G expands. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... Surging data processing demands caused by the complexities and volume of billing for 3G and GPRS mobile services will increase three-fold as they. become mainstream across Europesays ORSYP, specialists in IT operations management. Comment:...

LANguard N.S.S. 3.2 patch management solution. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) 3.2, offers complete patch management and can deploy patches and service packs remotely for all major Microsoft applications, such as Microsoft Of'fice, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL...

Wavecom releases Open AT 2.0. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... Wavecom SA have released version 2.0 of its development tool MUSE Platform Open AT which enables developers to embed applications directly onto Wavecom's WISMO hardware platforms, eliminating the need for an external processor and associated...

E-WAN pan-European Broadband MPLS solution. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... Easynet E-WAN, claimed to be the first truly pan-European MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) VPN solution, based on Broadband provides customers with a managed, MPLS VPN (Virtual Private Network) service including Service Level Agreements as...

Odyssey Client v2.0. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... Odyssey Client v2.0, the new release of the secure 802.1x access also supports wired 802.1x connections, permitting user-based authentication to wired LANS, plus use of a single 802.1x client for secure access on wireless and wired networks....

Proxy remote control software v4.05. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... Network Utilities (Systems) have the announced UK availability of a new version of Proxy remote control software, which aids help desk and network professionals to remotely support users, desktops, and critical network systems over any type of...

MPLS IP anywhere. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... Easynet has launched MPLS IP Anywhere which is designed for companies who wish to connect a number of remote workers, branch offices or sites to, the head office corporate network with maximum flexibility and minimum cost. Simple dial up,...

Next-generation Device Management offerings. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... Marimba has announced its next-generation Device Management offerings, designed to provide software change management capabilities for mobile and handheld environments. Comment: Gartner, Inc. forecasts that by 2007 more than 1.5...

Wi-Fi Protected Access test results. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... The Wi-Fi Alliance say that the first round of products has successfully completed Wi~Fi Protected Access interoperability testing. This security solution replaces the existing WLAN security solution called Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). ...

New networking product to hit market. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... iAM:Networks from Itheon Ltd combines the monitoring of Application Response Times, Network Traffic & traditional SNMP traps and metrics in one appliance, eliminating the need to purchase and manage three separate network-monitoring products....

ZONE Finder locates public access locations. (Database and Network News & Products).
June 1, 2003... The Wi-Fi Alliance HAVE announced the availability of ZONE Finder--a search tool and database designed to help travellers find Wi-Fi, ZONE wireless public Internet access services in over 25 countries. This new component of the Wi-Fi ZONE...

Websense Explorer. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... Designed for changing the way companies think about employee Internet management (EIM) reporting, Websense Explorer the new Web-based, interactive reporting tool enables managers to click through employee Internet use information, in order to...

EEMA guide to "Secure email operations within a corporate environment'. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... EEMA have launched its guide to "Secure email operations within a corporate environment"--a report compiled by EEMA's User Interest Group with contributions from Siemens Business Services, Volvo Information Technology, Queen Mary University of...

Interactive Web 3D for Mac OS X. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... WireFusion 3.2 now available for Mac OS X had previously been available for Windows and Linux only. The WireFusion OS X version, which uses the latest Java Virtual Machine (1.4. 1), recently released for OS X, can be extended with different...

MT Studio. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... MT Studio, is a Rapid Application Development environment designed to enable developers in SME'sto build web-oriented applications that mirror their business processes and serve them to 30 concurrent users. MT Studio Standard comprises a...

World Wide Web Consortium draft of Patent Policy. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have begun what it expects to be the final review of the proposed Royalty-Free Patent Policy. The W3C Patent Policy aims to solve a specific problem--to reduce the threat of blocking patents on key components...

Websense Enterprise v5.0. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... Websense Enterprise v5 is a new suite of products, directed at the EIM market, and designed to help companies manage the interaction of employees in their computing environments, across Web pages, network protocols and desktop applications. ...

XQuery download. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... IBM is to post a Web-downloadable implementation of XQuery, the emerging standard for querying XML data and composing XML documents, assisting developers to become proficient with the emerging standard. IBM is also launching a DB2 NET...

Net Mailer. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... NetMailer is designed to combine advanced large scale e-mail merges with sophisticated database and list Management providing high levels of control of the underlying database since it is built on top of Alpha Five version 5, its Windows...

MailMeterV 2.0. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... MailMeterV 2.0 is a non-invasive, email management system targeted at any size of business to address issues such as employee productivity, corporate privacy, legal liability, bandwidth consumption or non-compliance with a company's 'Acceptable...

Enterprise Portal not silver bullet. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... According to Butler Group's latest Technology Evaluation and Comparison Report, Enterprise Portals--The Key to Collaboraaon and Information Sharing, whilst the various systems and processes used in all types of business deliver ever-greater...

Free brand resource. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... CIM has launched its interactive brands resource online at www.cim.co.uk/brands offering the only flee practical web based guide on how to build brands that get results. Developed by leading brand practitioners and academics, the brand...

"Content Syndication with RSS'.
June 1, 2003... Originally developed by Netscape in 1999, RSS--which can stand for RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication--is an XML-based format that allows web developers to describe and syndicate web site content. Using RSS files...

"Webmaster in a Nutshell, Third Edition".
June 1, 2003... The new edition of -Webmaster in a Nutshell" is a collection of reference material on everything web developers need to know to do their jobs quickly and efficiently. A classic reference book for webmasters since its first edition, the third...

Adult domain record. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... FutureSoft, say that DynaComm i:filters, its Internet filtering product, has reached a database of over 1 million adult domains. The total number of categorised domains now exceeds 7.6 million, claimed to be the largest and most comprehensive...

XML Pointer fromW3C. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2003... The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has issued the XML Pointer Language (XPointer) Recommendation--the XPointer Framework, the XPointer element Scheme, and the XPointer xmlns Scheme. The XPointer Framework provides a lightweight extensible...

BI--users don't really care. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... Business Intelligence is great for sales & marketing, but users don't really care An Ovum-TNS survey reveals, a significant disconnect between vendors' positioning and customers' expectations. Business Intelligence (BI) vendors' current...

IT managers lack project feedback. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... According to the latest survey carried out by researchers from Brunel University's Information Systems and Computing department, only two percent of its surveyed senior IT managers had any feedback processes to assess the lessons learnt from...

W3C approves Patent Policy. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have approved the W3C Patent Policy, based on widespread Member endorsement, agreement in the W3C Patent Policy Working Group, and support from interested members of the public (Page 16). The W3C Patent...

456 most profitable companies in industry. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... 456 companies in the UK Computer Software industry have been making nearly 10 times the profit of the rest-of the industry, according to Plimsoll, having an average margin of 16.7%, compared to the industry average of 1.7%. If you are one...

Multimedia & educational software industry analysed. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... This analysis, covers 115 individually analysed companies that really matter in the market, and is aimed at the 'busy manager' operating in this niche business area, who has never been able to derive their precise standing in the industry. The...

UK companies facing the 'importance of IT quality'. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... IDC and Mercury Interactive have published a White Paper entitled "UK companies facing up to the Importance of IT quality: towards a systemic approach". In this White Paper, written as part of a European survey of 450 IT directors of large...

IBI means culture change. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... According to Butler Group's recent Report,'integrated Business Intelligence--Delivering Intelligence Across the Enterprise'--an organisation must be prepared to commit to making long-lasting cultural changes in order to support its Business...

Microsoft to capture content management market--Ovum. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... IBM have long been the largest player in this market, but now they are being closely challenged by Microsoft. Yet Microsoft didn't even have a Content Management or Document Management solution 18 months ago. Overall 2002 was a tough year...

Citicus ONE 1.2. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... Citicus ONE 1.2 is a new version of Citicus web-based, automated risk management solution that enables organisations to monitor and drive down the risks posed by their IT systems. New functionality includes the ability to identify, measure and...

IT directors lose sleep over software lifecycle admin. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... According to the findings of a global survey conducted by Marimba the major problems faced by IT managers/directors in tackling software lifecycle administration are as follows: Licence Auditing & Compliance problems IT Directors are...

Pay discrimination in the IT workplace. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... The results of a national, enterprise wide survey of Helpdesk and support professionals by Hornbill, found huge differences in both pay, and the structure of pay, between the sexes. Under new laws women now have the right to know exactly just...

Hindi software. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... Hindi is the third largest language in the world, yet there were no operating systems available in this language. Millions of Hindi speakers across India now have access to computers with the development of free software for the language....

Assetworks protects IT investments. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... Assetworks continuously examines all Windows NT/2000/XP domains found on a network and will identify workstations, servers, printers and anything with an IP address. This information is maintained within the Assetworks database, allowing the...

China's software developers eye Linux. (IT News).
June 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...

The enemy within. (Security).
June 1, 2003... These days security is often top of the IT Manager's to-do list with most businesses, regardless of size, implementing firewalls to protect the company network from outside hackers, encryption to safeguard data sent externally and group...

Firms neglecting remote workers' IT security. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... A survey from Sophos has revealed that many companies are neglecting the security of their remote workers' IT systems. The result of last month's poll of 3,000 IT systems administrators found that companies are diligent about updating their...

Dynamic Threat Protection. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... Internet Security Systems, Inc. has announced a 'Dynamic Threat Protection' approach to enterprise security designed to move customers away from expensive, reactive, semi-automated intrusion detection systems (IDS) to a proactive, unified,...

Fingerprint authentification for Windows Server 2003. (IT News).
June 1, 2003... DigitalPersona have announced that its U.are.U Pro for Active Directory product supports Microsoft's new Windows Server 2003 family of servers, and Microsoft and DigitalPersona are working together to secure and centralise user authentication...

University course for virus writing irresponsible. (Virus Notes).
June 1, 2003... Sophos Anti-Virus, has reacted with surprise and disappointment to the news that the University of Calgary in Canada is offering its students a course in malicious virus-writing. The course, titled "Computer Viruses and Malware" which is...

Kaspersky Begins Beta Testing V 4.5 of Three Separate Products. (Virus Notes).
June 1, 2003... Kaspersky Labs Begins Beta Testing Version 4.5 of Three Separate Products. This includes testing of the new version of the Windows component package for Kaspersky Anti-Virus Business Optimal 4.5, which includes anti-virus protection for Windows...

Vulnerability, virus, no patch. (Virus Notes).
June 1, 2003... Kaspersky Labs reports the appearance of the Trojan program, 'StartPage'--the first malware to infect computers via the "Exploit.SelfExecHtml" vulnerability in the Internet Explorer security system. Making infection particularly dangerous is...

Second coming of "Lovgate" worm. (Virus Notes).
June 1, 2003... Kaspersky Labs, reports the detection of the five new modifications of the "lovgate" Internet worm, first detected at the end of February 2003. Presently, there have already been multiple registered infections at the hands of this...

Vlirus-infected E-mails received by SMES continue to rise. (Virus Notes).
June 1, 2003... Despite a recent drop in virus-infected emails received by SMES, latest statistics from VIA NET.WORKS UK, a provider of managed Intemet services for business, show that viruses have returned to earlier levels and continue to proliferate. The...

Fizzer--a multi-threat worm that attacks via e-mail and KaZaA. (Virus Notes).
June 1, 2003... "Fizzer' is a classic network worm that propagates across the Internet. It arrives at the target computers as an executable file and activates when a user launches it. Once this happens "Fizzer" cremes 5 additional files and modifies the...

Virus top twenty--May 2003. (Virus Notes).
June 1, 2003... The percentage shown represents the percentage of registered incidences Position--Virus--Percentage by Occurrence: 1 1-Worm.Sobig 21.97% 2 I-Worm.Lentin 15.95% 3 I-Worm.Klez 15.39% 4 I-Worm.Fizzer 0.67% 5 I-Worm.Roron...

The Palyh worm appears as a communique from Microsoft. (Virus Notes).
June 1, 2003... A new network worm named "Palyh", is spreading via email and local area networks while masquerading as a communique from Microsofts technical support. Palyh gains access to targeted computers as an attached file or writes itself to systems...