InfoWorld articles from February 2000

InfoWorld archives from February 2000

IS SURVIVAL GUIDE: Still in mourning for my personal information manager -- now extinct.(Technology Information)(Column)
February 28, 2000... MANAGEMENT SPEAK: Don't just bring me problems, bring me solutions. TRANSLATION: I'm the cause of the problems, after all... why expect me to solve them? This week's anonymous contributor solved one of my problems... he provided a very...

THE OPEN SOURCE: Java-based office suite maker ThinkFree is a company way ahead of its time.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 28, 2000... THINKFREE is ahead of its time. Probably much too far ahead of its time. But if ThinkFree eventually rises above its competition, this will be the most likely reason: ThinkFree has the right idea about how to exploit the power of both client...

WINDOW MANAGER: We can prevent those distributed denial of service attacks with 'egress filtering'.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
February 28, 2000... THE ATTACKS THAT hobbled Web sites Yahoo, Etrade, and CNN earlier this month sounded a warning: Secure your computers or be subjected to similar attacks in the near future. The Web attacks, technically known as distributed denial of...

TEST CENTER RX: How to work around IE 5.0's defaults while saving Web pages.(Product Support)
February 28, 2000... I really like your column and get a lot from it. Here's my question: Can I change the default "Save as type" menu window that opens when I click File, Save while running Internet Explorer 5.0? The default is to save "Web page, complete." I...

Maryland pols weigh UCITA.(Government Activity)
February 28, 2000... MARYLAND lawmakers last week took up a controversial set of regulations designed to make software licensing contracts more uniform. Maryland is one of several states pondering the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). ...

What are readers saying about Win2000?(Product Information)
February 28, 2000... (These edited excerpts from our Web site's forums provide a sample of the lively debate that takes place there. For the full discussions, go to www.infoworld.com and click on the forums button.) Windows 2000 sneak peeks "I must say...

FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF: Wireless data technology is about to go mainstream, freeing deskbound users.(Technology Information)(Editorial)
February 28, 2000... One of the peculiar things about the adoption of new technology is that, although products get launched with much fanfare, the adoption rate tends to play out over an extended period of time, until one day you look up and it's everywhere....

Three books on management challenges.(Review)
February 28, 2000... Harvard Business Review on Managing High-Tech Industries; (Harvard Business School Press, 1999) What you'll find: This book has seven in-depth articles that explore refocusing research and development, increasing returns, and defining...

CREDENTIALS: MCSE.(Technology Information)
February 28, 2000... The Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer is one of the most popular IT certifications. It focuses on planning, implementing, and supporting systems using the Windows NT Server and Microsoft BackOffice. The basics Who offers it: ...

How to succeed in an interview : Getting to the interview stage of your job search is a lot like reaching the starting gate: Your task is not completed until you cross the finish line. These interview suggestions will help.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 28, 2000... SO YOU'RE THE total IT package, interviewing for a new job. You've got credentials on your wall and years of experience under your belt. But how do you convey all your strengths to the person on the other side of the desk? With more than 20...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Jimmy knits his way into the tip business with a hot one about Palm VII.(News Briefs)
February 28, 2000... SO I INTERVIEWED Jimmy this week (his real name is Tucker, so I don't blame him for going by Jimmy), and I was surprised from the get-go. Something about his name made me think "former high school basketball star," so I was a bit shocked...

THE GRIPE LINE: Hear the sucking sound? That Novell upgrade may cost more than expected.(Product Information)
February 28, 2000... SOMETIMES A vendor has a reasonable explanation for everything it has done, but the customer still winds up with a nasty surprise. Reader complaints concerning Novell NetWare 5.1 and their old Btrieve applications may be one such case....

FROM THE ETHER: Internet security means less anonymity, not to be confused with privacy.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Column)
February 28, 2000... ON FEB. 15, Internet executives gathered at the White House with Bill Clinton and his National Security Council. They met to make a federal case out of recent cracker attacks on the Internet. The next day, Attorney General Janet Reno...

NET PROPHET: One heck of a good idea: Seven new domains to fix the domain name crisis.(Humor)
February 28, 2000... THANKS TO SISTER MARGARET -- the principal of Saint Mary's Catholic grammar school where I was interned... er, I mean educated -- I've worked out a solution to our current domain name conundrum. There's one heck of a domain naming crisis...

Cell phones strike back : Choices between handheld PCs and cellular phones get tougher as wireless device development accelerates.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 28, 2000... COMPANIES DECIDING how to equip their mobile employees are facing increasingly tough choices as cellular phones gain computing features usually found on handheld PCs. This trend will be highlighted at this week's Cellular...

Microsoft Office to get overhaul.(Product Development)
February 28, 2000... MICROSOFT HAS several ambitious goals for the next version of Office, its desktop applications suite: enhance user collaborative options, leverage rich voice technology, and further the company's foray into the application-hosting arena. ...

FROM THE NEWS DESK: Desperately seeking desktop innovation.(Product Development)
February 28, 2000... On the face of it, Microsoft has it good with Office. The desktop suite has become the de facto standard in large corporations and represents a cash cow most companies would die for. But Office needs a new lease on life. The vast...

Sanctions against Microsoft expected.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... WITH CLOSING arguments over and no potential settlement on the horizon, it is now up to Microsoft antitrust trial Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to issue a verdict, and he did little last week to dispel the expectation that he will come down...

Automakers to create super exchange.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2000... General Motors and Ford Motor Company have decided to unite their respective supply-chain exchanges, and have convinced DaimlerChrysler to sign on to create "the world's largest Internet company and trade exchange," predicted Brian Kelly,...

Novell takes aim at GroupWise.(Product Development)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2000... Novell this week will outline features of the next version of its GroupWise messaging and collaboration suite, code-named Bulletproof. Novell sources said Bulletproof will use XML as a backbone for tighter application integration, and will...

Leap year warnings issued.(Feb 29, 2000; possible software problems)(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2000... Although the aftermath of the year-2000 date change can hardly be called a hangover, some in the computer business are warily eyeing the arrival of Feb. 29. That 2000 is a leap year is not obvious in calendrical terms, and there is a chance...

IBM, AT&T join on wireless plan.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2000... IBM and AT&T have teamed up to offer wireless access to corporate systems. Using AT&T's wireless IP network, IBM will provide software solutions to give corporate customers access to the Internet and to internal intranets and databases. IBM...

Dell to detail wireless LAN system.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2000... Dell Computer this week will begin what it's calling "Phase II" of the company's BlackBerry wireless initiative. On Monday, the computer maker will announce TrueMobile, a wireless LAN feature for its Latitude family of mobile offerings....

SAP Steps into ASP Business.(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2000... At the CeBit 2000 trade conference in Hannover, Germany, last week, SAP announced that it will be stepping into the ASP realm with the creation of a company devoted to application hosting services for MySAP.com participants. The new, unnamed...

Hack targets hunker down.(denial of service attacks)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
February 28, 2000... A NEW ASSORTMENT of hacking tools spilled out onto the Internet last week to make DoS (denial of service) attacks even easier, but security companies and organizations this week will take steps to protect a prime target in the potentially...

Siebel takes CRM on the move.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... SIEBEL SYSTEMS is going mobile with Siebel Wireless, a WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) browser for the Siebel 2000 CRM (customer relationship management) package to be released this spring. Siebel officials made the announcement at the...

WAP gains momentum : Nokia, Alcatel, Motorola reveal plans at CeBit.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 28, 2000... THE CEBIT SHOW in Hannover, Germany, this week is being used by mobile phone manufacturers as a showcase for the WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) standard, with Nokia, Alcatel, and Motorola among the vendors making WAP- related announcements....

NCR hosted sales application to analyze Web customers.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... NCR JOINED THE RANKS of vendors looking to offer outsourced versions of their mainstay applications. At the CeBit trade fair in Hannover, Germany, last week, NCR announced a new outsourcing component that has been added to its package of...

Wireless IP links.(Nokia announced the Avenue IP access concentrator)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2000... Nokia announced the Avenue IP access concentrator that will enable up to 50,000 mobile phone subscribers to connect to the Internet at a time, integrating control of the public telephone network via SS7 (Signalling System 7) and dial-up IP...

Fuji goes wireless.(Fuji Photo Film and Nokia)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2000... Fuji Photo Film and Nokia announced a joint effort aimed at developing wireless technology based on the Bluetooth specification to transfer pictures between digital cameras and mobile devices. The technology would allow users to transmit...

Microsoft unveils Pocket PC.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... AT THE CEBIT SHOW last week, Microsoft took the wraps off its rival to 3Com's Palm series, the Pocket PC, which ran the first Microsoft browser built for Windows CE Pocket Internet Explorer. "It's a little bulky at the moment, but the...

Clarify eFrontOffice creates single customer profile.(Clarify eFrontOffice 9.0 software)(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2000... WITH ITS FIRST major product introduction in almost a year, Clarify looks to extend the reach of standard CRM (customer relationship management) this week by integrating CRM capabilities across a wider range of customer contact points. ...

Newbridge buy to help Alcatel's carrier ambitions : Deal gives Alcatel ATM presence.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... PARIS-BASED networking company Alcatel, seeking to become a serious contender in the carrier-class telecommunications equipment market, announced last week plans to acquire Newbridge Networks in a stock deal valued at $7.1 billion. The...

Cisco goes hybrid with Catalyst 6000 family.(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2000... TO HELP enterprises better leverage increasing bandwidth in the WAN, Cisco Systems rolled out last week a new module that brings WAN and MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) functionality to its Catalyst 6000 family of switches. "The...

Active automates e-commerce integration.(Active Software's ActiveWorks Business Exchange Server)(Product Development)
February 28, 2000... IN THE PUSH TO streamline operations with business-to-business e- commerce, companies are seeking software integration products that can effectively link several organizations' business processes. Active Software will try to meet that...

Partnership gets rolling.(Ford AND Trilogy Software)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... FORD AND Trilogy Software have jointly ventured to form a company to create and operate Ford Internet sites aimed at customers and Ford dealers, offering information about Ford products and services. To begin bridging the gap between the...

Alliance to deliver portal-creation platform.(the Sun-Netscape Alliance introduces the iPlanet Portal Server platform)(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2000... THE SUN-NETSCAPE Alliance last week introduced the iPlanet Portal Server platform, which is aimed at enterprises and service providers that want to create their own portals. The iPlanet Portal Server takes three forms: an...

IBM strengthens its host-access relationship with Cisco.(Cisco Systems)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... IBM STRENGTHENED its alliance with Cisco last week, announcing it will join with Cisco to sell its host integration software, which provides Web access to data residing on host systems, to Cisco's customers. IBM also announced last week...

Big Blue's EON initiative takes its first steps.(Edge of Network implementation with IBM's iCruiser for Fidelity Investment)(Product Information)
February 28, 2000... THE IBM Edge of Network (EON) initiative took its first baby steps last week on the news that Fidelity Investment has begun a trial run of a fledgling member of the EON family of products, an Internet appliance code-named iCruiser, to deliver...

SBC aims at e-commerce : Expands reach with $3.9 billion Sterling Commerce buy.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... TEXAS LOCAL PHONE giant SBC Communications staked a $3.9 billion claim to the e-commerce market last week by snapping up enterprise vendor Sterling Commerce. Likely fueling the acquisition was SBC's desire to use Sterling Commerce to get...

INVESTMENT: PSINet to create $1 billion Net venture fund.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2000... Internet service provider PSINet announced last week the formation of a $1 billion corporate venture that will provide early funding for Internet start-ups that complement PSINet's business. The announcement came one day after PSINet reported...

ACQUISITION: Global Crossing purchases IXnet.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... IN A MOVE THAT would allow it to penetrate the financial market sector, Global Crossing officials announced last week that the company will acquire IXnet -- a provider of IP-based network services to the financial community -- and its parent...

ACQUISITION: ADC buys PairGain for $1.6 billion.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2000... NETWORKING VENDOR ADC Telecommunications said last week it will buy DSL systems maker PairGain Technologies for $1.6 billion. ADC, which supplies equipment, software, and integration services for broadband networks, is buying PairGain as...

BEA outlines server road map, stresses EJB, XML standards.(BEA eLink Adapter Kit)(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2000... LIKENING CURRENT economic conditions to the agricultural and industrial revolutions of centuries past, BEA Chairman and CEO Bill Coleman heralded the post-client/server era last week, announcing that BEA will unfurl a series of Java server...

Red Hat aims Linux at enterprise : Versions target Oracle, CA, RealNetworks applications.(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2000... TRYING TO accelerate the adoption of Linux in enterprise accounts, Red Hat last week announced its Red Hat Enterprise Edition product line that will see the company working hand in glove with leading application developers to test and...

SAS updates warehousing.(SAS Enterprise Reporter, 2.5 SAS Warehouse Manager 2.0)(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2000... THE SAS INSTITUTE last week continued to expand its product offerings beyond its core data-mining expertise, adding new versions of its Enterprise Reporter and Warehouse Administrator products. The focus of SAS Enterprise Reporter Version...

Sun says 'HA' to Net hardware.(Sun's CP2000 High Availability strategy)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... SUN MICROSYSTEMS revamped its Microelectronics Division last week, throwing out the idea of generic, pre-engineered communications systems offerings for its OEMs in favor of scalable, board-based components. Sun's aim for the components...

Via takes the plunge into PC market with Cyrix III.(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2000... TAIWAN'S VIA Technologies emerged as a new player in the PC processor market last week, launching a new chip called the Cyrix III, formerly code-named Joshua. Available at clock speeds of about 400 MHz and 433 MHz, Via is aiming its chip...

Art Technology Group touts developer partner program.(Company Financial Information)
February 28, 2000... IN THE E-BUSINESS MARKET, regardless of your technical merits, you're only as good as the company you keep. With that in mind, Art Technology Group (ATG) is ramping up its partnership programs in an effort to increase business while...

Some e-businesses lured overseas : Start-ups hope to take advantage of breaks, benefits outside the United States.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... BEFORE CONDUCTING even the first transaction on the borderless Internet, more technology upstarts are now shopping internationally for the best location in which to launch their e-businesses. For Raymond Ee, co-founder of...

Microsoft to update conferencing, legacy integration apps.
February 28, 2000... NOW THAT WINDOWS 2000 is on the streets, Microsoft is turning its attention to server applications optimized for the operating system. The software giant added last week another server to the Exchange 2000 product line, introducing the...

Deployment dilemma : Reaching unplugged customers and staff will become vital to your business: We examine diverse wireless issues to help you make deployment decisions.(News Briefs)
February 28, 2000... MOST COMPANIES look at deploying wireless technologies as something that can wait. Surely there are more pressing and -- more importantly -- better understood projects to which the IT department's scant resources could be applied. What about...

Mobile IP will fuel mobile computing boom : Emerging Internet protocol will keep users connected and productive, anytime from anywhere.(Technology Information)
February 28, 2000... IN TODAY'S RIGOROUS business environment, conducting trade is more and more a global endeavor, and workers are on the go more often than not. Jobs frequently require -- or allow, depending on your point of view -- employees to work remotely...

Getting around to wireless networking : Mobility, flexibility, even long- term cost savings are the rewards of wireless.(News Briefs)
February 28, 2000... THE COMPUTING and communications revolution is all about sharing information faster, with more flexibility, and over greater distances. Wireless technology is a logical extension of this concept, freeing us from the logistic constraint of...

ENTERPRISE TOOLBOX: Wireless initiatives now inching closer to e-business viability for U.S. companies.(Advanced BusinessLink's Strategi, OmniSky's Minstrel V)(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2000... I BELIEVE THIS YEAR will bring alignment across much of the wireless marketplace. Expect pricing to become commoditized shortly, while coverage areas expand, transmission speeds increase, and integration with business applications becomes...

SECURITY WATCH: CeBit 2000 event finds international audience turning its attention to security concerns.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 28, 2000... AT THE WORLD'S largest computer and telecommunications conference, CeBit 2000, held this week in Hannover, Germany, the buzz will undoubtedly focus on securing the wireless world of radio waves. With the enormous attention on wireless this...

AOL facing challenge to reach Japanese users.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... WHEN AMERICA ONLINE announced plans to launch its service in Japan, the U.S. parent was full of hope for its new baby. AOL declared in 1996 that it wanted to make Japan its largest international market in the next few years. And because...

CA, AMD partner on free Unicenter TNG Desktop.(Product Information)
February 28, 2000... COMPUTER ASSOCIATES and Advanced Micro Devices announced a free desktop edition of CA's Unicenter TNG, which includes AMD's AlertIT monitoring technology. Unicenter TNG is CA's flagship enterprise-management software, and the free...

Call centers are key to virtual enterprises.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... THE "VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE" of the future is likely to take root in corporate call centers, according to Lucent's vice president and CEO of Enterprise Networks, Bill O'Shea, during a VoiceCon 2000 keynote speech in Washington earlier this month....

France Telecom to test wireless services with Palm.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2000... FRANCE TELECOM plans to offer business customers access to their corporate databases over its GSM (Global Systems for Mobile communications) mobile phone network, using portable terminals such as the Palm V connected organizer from Palm...

IP Multicast group demonstrates technology.(Mcast 2000)(Technology Information)
February 28, 2000... MEMBERS OF THE IP Multicast Initiative joined with content providers at the Mcast 2000 show to demonstrate the delivery of a variety of multimedia content over global network infrastructures. The content was transmitted over the Internet...

Merger creates first Italian Internet giant.(Telecom Italia/Seat Pagine)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... A PLANNED MERGER between Italy's largest Internet service provider and the publisher of its Yellow Pages telephone directories will create an Internet colossus worth approximately $51 billion and should give a major boost to the development...

ISP offers free Internet service.(Latin America)(Industry Trend or Event)
February 28, 2000... DON'T BLAME Latin Americans if they seem confused by the turn that the Internet access market is taking in the region. The cost of connecting to the Internet has traditionally been higher in Latin America than in other regions and has...

Data centers to crowd Japan market.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 28, 2000... THE DATA CENTER market in Japan, which hardly existed six months ago, has become increasingly crowded in the last two months as major U.S. data center operators and local players alike have announced plans to enter the market. Internet...

Nortel pushes services.(Global Professional Services)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 28, 2000... NORTEL NETWORKS staked out turf in the professional services market with the launch of its Global Professional Services organization and an acquisition of a business consulting company that further strengthens its position in the services and...

Report finds global mobile phone sales up 65 percent over last year.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 28, 2000... NOKIA, THE WORLD'S leading mobile phone supplier, expanded its lead over second-placed Motorola as worldwide sales reached almost 284 million units in 1999, a healthy 65 percent increase over the previous year, according to a recent report....

Industrial-strength I-commerce : Emrys Solutions' integrated suite gets new online storefronts up quickly.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 28, 2000... IF YOU'RE LOOKING for a middle ground between in-house site development and high-dollar consultants, a packaged e-commerce solution may be your best option. Emrys Solutions soon will release Digital Exchange, a virtual storefront application...

HOTLINKS : BREAKING NEWS ONLINE.(News Briefs)
February 28, 2000... Internet-commerce breaking news and business briefs: For the latest news on the products and companies in the Internet- commerce marketplace, turn to www.infoworld.com. Breaking news and business briefs are updated throughout the day. ...

Adobe GoLive taps Active Server Pages : Free add-on builds dynamic links without coding.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 28, 2000... ADOBE SYSTEMS released last year GoLive 4.0, a stellar Web-authoring tool the company bought from GoLive Systems and revamped (see "GoLive steps up to the next level," www.infoworld.com/printlinks). In January, Adobe Systems released...

Casio Soft brings projects to Windows CE handhelds : Microsoft Project schedules to go.(Casio Soft Project 2.0 project management software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 28, 2000... MANAGING PROJECTS effectively often requires project managers to go where the project work is being done, which is sometimes far away from their desks. If you need the ability to update your Microsoft Project schedules at client sites or...

Gloss.com CTO adds polish to a virtual boutique.
February 28, 2000... TRENDSETTING. Pampering the customer. Enhancing the brand. For Doug Dalton, CTO at the high-end cosmetics e-business Gloss.com, those business buzzwords translate into his biggest challenge: creating a boutique atmosphere on the Web that puts...

SITE SAVVY: DoubleClick's privacy dilemma, and how it affects InfoWorld.com.
February 28, 2000... IF YOU'RE RUNNING a Web site, you're concerned about both providing and disclosing privacy-related information. InfoWorld's privacy policy is located at www.infoworld.com/about/privacy.html. Keith Casner, business and technology...

The keys to recruiting success : A tight labor market drives companies to use innovative tactics to attract prospective employees.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 28, 2000... "Wanted: hot-shot engineer for software start-up. Come work for us and get a Beemer." SERIOUSLY, FOLKS, that's not too far from the truth. In a world increasingly crowded with companies cash-rich from fresh venture capital and successful...

Microsoft to update conferencing, legacy integration apps.(Microsoft Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server workgroup software)(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2000... NOW THAT WINDOWS 2000 is on the streets, Microsoft is turning its attention to server applications optimized for the operating system. The software giant added last week another server to the Exchange 2000 product line, introducing the...

Platforms to automate net defense.(Product Information)
February 21, 2000... WITH IT MANAGERS still sorting through the implications of the recent DoS (denial of service) attacks on high-profile Web sites, network management vendors are bolstering their management platforms to ward off -- and effectively react to --...

Win2000 laps business apps - Lagging applications, updates extend planning horizon.(Product Information)
February 21, 2000... NOW THAT Windows 2000 is out of the blocks, corporations must wait while the rest of the Wintel software world -- and Microsoft itself -- catches up by releasing products that complement the software giant's "bet the farm" operating system....

FROM THE NEWS DESK: Microsoft learns to fit the enterprise bill.(Product Information)
February 21, 2000... With the launch of Windows 2000, Microsoft is making the transition from an oversize PC company with an inflated sense of its own clout to a full-fledged enterprise supplier. Sure, Microsoft has been getting the CIO's ear for years now, but...

Dell plunges into application hosting sector.(Dellhost.com program)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 21, 2000... DELL WILL take its first step into the application-hosting arena this week by announcing its Dellhost.com program. The new service, which will be made possible through a partnership with Interliant, a service provider based in Purchase,...

Linux GUI development company formed.(Eazel Inc)(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
February 21, 2000... Linux on the desktop may soon get a boost as a group of veteran programmers, including former Mac OS developer Andy Hertzfeld, have formed a company to develop a much-needed graphical interface for the open-source OS. The company, called...

Sun-Netscape rolls out portal platform.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 21, 2000... The Sun-Netscape Alliance this week will introduce its iPlanet Portal Server, giving companies an out-of-the-box package for portal deployment that includes membership services, personalization services, security, and integration services....

Oracle porting 8i Release 2 database.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 21, 2000... Oracle is preparing two new versions of its Oracle 8i Release 2 database, adding support for the diametrically opposed worlds of Windows 2000 and Linux. Release 2 of the flagship database adds support for Java 2 and XML, as well as extended...

EDS and Motive spin support Web.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 21, 2000... Professional services giant EDS has teamed up with Motive Communications in a bid to leverage the Web for end-user IT support. The deal, announced last week, calls for EDS to implement and maintain Motive's Web-based support software at...

HP offers insurance policies for dot-coms.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 21, 2000... Hewlett-Packard last week unveiled a new "revenue protection" insurance policy package for companies gun-shy after the rash of denial of service Web attacks. HP teamed up with Lloyds, an affiliate of London- backed underwriter J.S. Wurzler;...

Microsoft tries to settle - Says breakup would be a 'regulatory death sentence'.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 21, 2000... MICROSOFT last week lobbied members of Congress during its antitrust settlement talks in an effort to stave off a corporate breakup order, arguing that a breakup would be harmful to consumers. Reiterating its position that a settlement is...