IT Week (UK) articles from January 2005

IT Week (UK) archives from January 2005

Oracle to carry new users.(Acquisitions)(Oracle Corp.)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Oracle closed 2004 by winning majority control of PeopleSoft and immediately aimed to reassure its new users by promising new product generations and support. Ending 18 months of attempts to engineer the merger,...

Toshiba boosts mobile PCs.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Toshiba plans to heat up the mobile computing market in 2005 with a series of technology breakthroughs in areas such as batteries, storage and wireless, among other technologies, helping sales of portable PCs to...

VoIP vendors improve offerings.(voice over internet protocol)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Martin Courtney. Many firms still see no pressing reason to implement voice over IP (VoIP) in 2005, though service providers are likely to tempt them with discounted tariffs on high volumes of IP calls made over the internet and...

IT Week Comment - IT puts world in the picture. The use of the internet and video following the recent disaster in Asia shows some of the ways that technology can counter apathy and indifference, says Tony Westbrook.
January 10, 2005... Until just a few days ago I was planning to outline IT Week's top 10 IT resolutions for 2005 - always a reliable standby for the first opinion piece of the New Year. But then natural events took over. On Boxing Day, long before I would...

IT Week Comment - Email chokes to death on spam. Firms could soon face legal problems if they do not do more to filter out spam, and they also need to improve protection for their instant messaging systems, says Martin Butler.(Column)
January 10, 2005... If, like me, you managed to resist the temptation to check emails every day over the holiday period, your first taste of work in the New Year was probably the daunting task of clearing away all the unwanted messages. We seem to have been...

Enterprise Week - Kit speeds file distribution.(Cisco Systems Inc. launched new data storage device)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth in Cannes. Networking giant Cisco launched the first in a new range of File Engine file cacheing appliances at its annual Networkers event in Cannes late last year. The device is designed to reduce network latency and...

Enterprise Week - Apple offers SAN tool.(new network storage management software from Apple Computer Inc., storage area network)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth. Firms have a new storage area network (SAN) option following the launch last week of Apple's Xsan software. The tool is a high-performance, enterprise-class SAN file system priced at [pounds sterling]595 + VAT per...

Enterprise Week - RLX shows management nous. RLX popularised the idea of x86 blade servers, but its decision to leave the hardware to rivals and focus on management software could benefit IT buyers, says Martin Banks.(RLX Technologies Inc.)
January 10, 2005... The news that RLX has decided to stop making blade servers is unlikely to cause many IT buyers to panic. Happily, the firm will continue to make and develop management software for blade servers and big datacentres, and its new, tighter focus...

Internet Week - Jolly season for e-traders.
January 10, 2005... Byline: David Neal. Despite reports that many people received their online orders late this Christmas, the UK's e-retailers reported a bumper year for sales, continuing the growth of previous years. According to newspaper reports, many...

Internet Week - T'was the plight before Christmas. Bumper online sales this Christmas were predicted long ago, so why did so many e-traders disappoint their customers due to poor information and delivery systems, asks David Neal.
January 10, 2005... I wonder how many readers had a good Christmas. If you believe in Santa Claus - I can send you a photograph of him holding a dated newspaper if you don't - then you know that there is a good behaviour/reward system in effect at the North Pole....

Client Week - Intel reveals dual-core plans.
January 10, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Intel has detailed its processor roadmap for the near future, including plans to ship dual-core chips for desktops, mobiles and servers this year. But a dual-core version of the Xeon chip - a key product for Intel...

Client Week - Tool extends mobile email.(Intellisync corporation)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Mobile data specialist Intellisync has expanded its range of wireless email systems with Intellisync GoAnywhere, a product that lets mobile carriers offer email to their customers on a range of wireless clients,...

Client Week - New Year's security resolutions. If last year taught IT departments anything it was that they will require good systems to secure both the company LAN and mobile clients outside the firewall, says Dave Bailey.(local area network)(Column)
January 10, 2005... It is that time of year when people make New Year's resolutions, many of which will concern the avoidance of certain alcoholic beverages. My own resolutions are not in tatters yet, but this is really only because I didn't make any. Looking at...

Network Week - Prices drop for local loop.
January 10, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Operators wishing to take advantage of the latest price reductions agreed by UK communications regulator Ofcom and BT, which came into force on 1 January, could still face high costs in implementing services on the...

Network Week - Location, location, location. Improvements to Global Positioning System technology will soon allow GPS to work with handhelds indoors and will result in new types of services, writes Bill Pechey.
January 10, 2005... In the old days, a 999 call would light a special lamp on an operator's switchboard and she (always female, then) would ask for your name and address and pass the call to the relevant emergency service. Nowadays, emergency calls go to a...

Network Week - Trials herald faster 3G service. 3G Networks Report by Dave Bailey.
January 10, 2005... O2 has announced that it will begin testing a faster 3G network this summer on the Isle of Man, under the auspices of O2 subsidiary Manx Telecom. The new network will incorporate High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology to...

Management Week - Tax break brings PCs home.
January 10, 2005... Byline: Madeline Bennett. In the year since the government issued guidelines for its Home Computing Initiative (HCI), there has been a huge increase in interest and uptake, according to HCI providers. Under the HCI scheme,...

Management Week - Gains offset FOI costs.(Freedom of Information Act)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Claire Pope. The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act came into force in the UK on 1 January, opening the floodgates for requests for information. But organisations that update their IT systems to deal with requests under the new law...

Management Week - IT brings a year of changes. An obsession with IT budgets is distracting attention from major developments that are transforming the way organisations use and acquire technology, says Neil Ward-Dutton.
January 10, 2005... Last year, the average European company's IT budget declined by around three percent in real terms. It's easy to focus on headlines like these, but to do so would miss an important point: that what the IT industry is currently experiencing is a...

Oracle leads merger rush.
January 10, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. The official launch next week of the new Oracle, incorporating rival PeopleSoft, sets the scene for a year of consolidation in the IT industry, which could reduce the complexity of supplier relationship management....

Requests roll in for FOI.(Freedom of Information Act)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Requests under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act are making it a busy new year for IT staff responsible for managing access to the required data. The rules covering over 100,000 public bodies came into effect...

Apple pares down prices.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Macworld Expo begins today in San Francisco, amid speculation that Apple will announce new desktops priced at less than $500 ([pounds sterling]270). Meanwhile, in the run up to the annual conference, Apple last week launched new Xserve G5...

BI products extend reach.(Business Intelligence)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Kim Thomas. Business intelligence (BI) vendor Business Objects will announce the release of Business Objects XI this week, fully integrating the products it acquired from Crystal Decisions. The move follows the trend for...

Microsoft tackles spyware.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Byline: David Neal. Microsoft last week launched its first anti-spyware tool, and will this week release a package of software-removal tools to clean up systems infected with viruses. Although experts welcomed the announcements, they added...

Adobe aids data policies.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Adobe has released Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server to help firms protect sensitive data in electronic documents and meet their regulatory obligations. The product is part of the firm's Intelligent Document Platform. Using LDAP-based...

Firms fail to count costs of downtime.(Network Management System)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Martin Courtney. Many IT managers see little need for network management system (NMS) tools and believe vendors and analysts exaggerate the cost of network downtime, according to some industry experts. John Earley, managing...

Search tools close in on elusive files.
January 10, 2005... New advances in search technology will soon make it easy to find files wherever they reside, writes Lem Bingley I began my career in IT journalism a little over 10 years ago. Fresh from academia, where funds had felt tighter than William...

Symantec secures Veritas.
January 10, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. The recent announcement that security specialist Symantec plans to acquire storage firm Veritas is evidence that software companies are not only rationalising but also crossing sectors in moves that could leave firms...

Chip firm changes tack.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Processor firm Transmeta looks set to exit the chip-making business this year and instead concentrate on licensing its technology to other silicon vendors. Transmeta currently designs, develops and sells PC...

Fast growth for storage.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... The increasing capacity of tape and optical disk formats should help firms to cope with the huge growth in data, which is expected to be exacerbated by regulatory compliance, rich media and other space-hungry requirements. The LTO Program,...

Disk capacities to hit 500GB.(forecast)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Bigger disks and mainstream adoption of iSCSI will be the key driving forces behind firms' storage strategies this year, according to EMC. For its own part, mergers will continue to play a role in the storage firm's...

Outsourcing scales down.(market research)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Madeline Bennett. Large corporates are moving away from giant IT outsourcing agreements in favour of medium-sized deals, according to a new report. The change may indicate that organisations are afraid of relinquishing control over...

Storage device offers flexibility.(new product from La Cie Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Peripherals vendor LaCie has announced a new storage product that can be used as an extra hard drive by a single user, or it can be connected directly to an Ethernet LAN for use as a network share. The LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini is expected...

IT Week Comment - Bot armies exploit tragedy. The Tragedy of the Commons provides important lessons for users of shared resources such as the internet, where its implications can already be observed, argues Neil Barrett.(Column)
January 14, 2005... In 1968 in the journal Science, a professor of biology, ecology and environmental studies published one of the most important and influential theses of the post-war years - a thesis which has immense implications for our "information age" and...

IT Week Comment - Hoards of difficulties lie ahead. Storage systems are becoming easier and cheaper to use, encouraging firms to keep more and more data. But are they storing up problems for the future, asks George Gardiner.
January 14, 2005... At this is my first column for 2005 you will forgive me if I throw in a prediction or two of my own for the next 12 months on the subjects of email, data storage and management. At last year's Storage Expo show, a lot of large Serial ATA...

Enterprise Week - Wintel servers face challengers. A new generation of powerful, application-specific appliances with multi-core chips will replace general-purpose Wintel servers in many situations, predicts Martin Banks.(Column)
January 14, 2005... A growing number of small IT vendors are offering appliances designed for single applications or functions, as an alternative to general-purpose Wintel servers. Among the latest crop is Azul Systems, which is offering an appliance for the...

Internet Week - Suite guards web services.(new product from KaVaDo Inc.)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Application security management vendor Kavado will today launch its Defiance Threat Management System (TMS), which according to the company is the first comprehensive product to protect large-scale, distributed...

Internet Week - Xmas e-shopping hit [pounds sterling]3bn.
January 14, 2005... Byline: David Neal. E-trade in the UK is still growing rapidly, according to recent figures, but retailers that do not offer flexible delivery options are likely to lose ground to more nimble rivals, experts warned. The Interactive...

Internet Week - Icann weighs up candidates for.net job.(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Byline: David Neal. Firms concerned about the continuity of their registered.net domains can expect a decision on the top-level domain's new operator soon. Late last year, internet body Icann invited organisations to bid to take over...

Internet Week - Are you talking to me? The information and language on e-trade web sites should be tailored to their particular audiences, to hold the interest of customers through to the point of sale, says David Neal.
January 14, 2005... As a writer one is often tempted to locomote, to ambulate, to pitter-patter, to traipse, to meander and saunter down the avenues of verbosity. The written word and along with it, our vocabulary, is our tool, our apparatus, our contrivance....

Client Week - Wyse plans thinner clients.(new product from Wyse Technology Inc.)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Thin client specialist Wyse Technology last week announced new Linux-based terminal devices. It also outlined plans to make its thin clients even simpler to deploy and operate, to help firms provision terminals...

Client Week - Sonoma to bolster laptops.(new product from Intel Corp.)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Intel last week introduced Sonoma, an update for its Centrino mobile technology for laptops. The overhauled platform includes an updated Pentium M processor family and new motherboard chipsets. The changes will...

Client Week - DVD writer burns labels onto disks.(new product from La Cie Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Byline: IT Week staff. Peripherals vendor LaCie will next month ship a DVD writer that can label disks after recording data on them. The drive can burn text and graphics onto the top surface of the media using the same laser employed to...

Client Week - Apple is on to something big. Apple's Mac Mini could trigger a new craze for ultra-compact corporate desktop systems, but Alistair Dabbs suspects the firm is still too focused on consumers to capitalise on it.(Apple Computer (UK) Ltd.)
January 14, 2005... This month's Macworld computer show in San Francisco saw the launch of a batch of new products, including the Flash memory-based Apple iPod Shuffle music player. I trust the irony was not lost on IT Week readers; in my previous column I wrote...

Network Week - Telewest rolls out Ethernet.(TeleWest Communications Group Ltd.)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Companies wanting to use Ethernet to link sites gained another option last week when cable firm Telewest announced the availability of UK-wide business Ethernet services at speeds of 10Mbit/s to 1Gbit/s. Phil Lunn,...

Network Week - Switch family offers PoE and security.(new product from Foundry Networks, power over ethernet)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Foundry Networks will today launch its new SuperX range of Layer 2/Layer 3 gigabit/10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) compact modular switches. The range comprises three models: FastIron SuperX for the network edge and...

Network Week - SIP's the name, VoIP's the game. The growing popularity of broadband and the Session Initiation Protocol is making voice over IP increasingly attractive to businesses and home users, writes Alan Stevens.
January 14, 2005... Voice over IP (VoIP) appears at long last to have made the leap from expensive corporate-only system to something a lot more affordable and interesting. This is due primarily to the growing popularity of broadband, which provides the bandwidth...

Management Week - Socitm offers FOI guidance.(freedom of information)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Claire Pope. Organisations needing to comply with the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act should put their web sites and information management systems at the heart of their efforts, according to a new report from Socitm, the...

Management Week - IT budgets set to grow.
January 14, 2005... Byline: Robert Jaques. IT chiefs expect their budgets to increase by more than two percent this year to support business growth, but in return they will need to ensure IT contributes more to their businesses, according to a report on a...

Management Week - Staff may be happier at home. New IT products and the spread of broadband are making it easier for companies to support telework, reduce costs, and offer flexibility to staff, says James Woudhuysen.
January 14, 2005... Once, only BT really tried to turn telework to its advantage. Now Sun and Brother have adopted similar tactics. It's an interesting development - especially as DTI minister Patricia Hewitt's drive to encourage "work-life balance" has, in the...

Giants rewrite groupware.(International Business Machines Corp., Microsoft Corp.)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Lotus Notes loyalists will be rewarded with news of a major overhaul of the product at this week's Lotusphere show, but firms using rival messaging platform Microsoft Exchange will have to settle for additions to...

EC inspects BT's taxes.(British Telecommunications PLC, European Union. European Commission)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... The European Commission (EC) has launched an inquiry following complaints that BT is paying too little tax on its property and telecoms infrastructure, amounting to unfair competition in the broadband market. EC rules prohibit the granting...

IBM speeds to Sonoma.(new product)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... IBM's ThinkPad T43, set to ship in March, is one of the first laptops based on Sonoma, Intel's revised Centrino platform. It is also one of the first with an ExpressCard slot for PCI Express adapters. The T43 has Antidote technology to help IT...

Flaw opens antivirus gate.(prevention of antivirus gateways using some standards)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth. Antivirus vendors are struggling to update their products to deal with a new loophole that prevents antivirus gateways from spotting malware disguised as HTML images. The flaw affects HTML data using the RFC2397...

UK unites against e-crime.(Eurim)
January 14, 2005... Byline: David Neal. IT advisory body Eurim, whose members include blue chips and MPs, last week called for the UK to lead international efforts to fight e-crime. However, it added that UK law-enforcement agencies are currently under-funded...

SAP beckons ERP users.(enterprise resource planning)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. SAP has trumped Microsoft by offering PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users a "safe passage" package for support and migration as an alternative to staying with the company's new parent Oracle, and it has bought a...

Smart clients gain impetus.(product development by Microsoft Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Microsoft last week announced its intention to focus on smart clients for building applications that can be deployed and managed easily, adding that this will form a major element of its forthcoming Windows Longhorn platform. Smart clients...

Migration to IP voice and video inevitable.(forecast of internet telephony)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Martin Courtney. The gradual migration to converged networks with IP telephony will rapidly accelerate this year, as more companies discover the cost savings and business efficiencies of running voice, data and video over a single...

Is style cramping IT's substance? Too many vendors promote the glamour of their products rather than their true capabilities, says Madeline Bennett.
January 14, 2005... As a keen Spurs fan, the issue of style over substance often comes to mind when I watch games - although it could be argued that both have been lacking from their performances in recent years. It is a club with a long tradition of stylish...

Viruses plague Windows.(product of Microsoft Corp. affected by computer viruses)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth. Microsoft last week admitted that nearly half of Windows customers in the UK suffered a virus attack last year. The figures highlight a number of concerns about the security of Microsoft products, and may encourage...

Suite eases data back-ups.(new product from VERITAS Software Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Byline: David Neal. Storage giant Veritas has released a new version of its Back-up Exec suite, which bundles a number of products that have been updated to integrate better and support centralised management. The new package is...

GoodAccess mobilises business apps.(new product from Good Technology Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Wireless messaging company Good Technology is expanding its products beyond email in a bid to help firms mobilise their applications, enabling staff to access information via smartphones or wireless handhelds. ...

Oracle seeks unity in Fusion.(plans for a new product)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Oracle last week reached out to JD Edwards (JDE) and PeopleSoft users by promising a new open standards-based suite, detailing support plans for current lines, and even promising co-operation with rival IBM. At...

HP adds Itanium support.(new operating system)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth. Computing giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) has begun shipping the first fully supported version of the OpenVMS operating system for its Integrity range of servers, based on Intel's 64bit Itanium processor. However, high...

Security Watch - Scanner checks wireless links.(new product)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Security firm GFI has launched version 6 of its LANguard network security scanner. Apart from being able to audit the network for USB devices, the latest version can also detect all systems and devices connected to the network via a wireless...

Security Watch - Netgear VPN Firewall flaws.(virtual private networks)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Two flaws have been found in Netgear's FVS318 VPN firewall. Firstly, hex-encoded characters can bypass the firewall's URL filters. Secondly, a blocked URL having embedded JavaScript will be logged, but if the log is viewed this embedded...

Security Watch - Apple Extreme and Express DOS.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... When Apple's AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme base stations are configured in Wireless Distribution System (WDS) mode, malicious UDP data sent to port 161 can cause vulnerable systems to stop responding. Apple has released new firmware for...

Security Watch - Oracle 9i and 10g flaws.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Security firm NGS Software has found several high-risk flaws in all releases of Oracle's Database 10g and 9i Database Server. The problems include PL/SQL injection flaws that let users with low privileges obtain database administrator...

Security Watch - iTunes playlist overflows.(Apple Computer Inc. iTunes Music Store)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... IDefense has released a security advisory detailing a buffer overflow in Apple's iTunes music player, which causes iTunes to crash and could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Malicious playlist files with long URL...

ERP rivalry grows.(Enterprise Resource Planning)
January 17, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Microsoft is attempting to lure PeopleSoft customers and is moving closer to SAP in a series of moves to polish its enterprise resource planning (ERP) credentials. Seeing an opportunity created by Oracle's...

IT falls short on governance.
January 17, 2005... Byline: Madeline Bennett. Many companies are not devoting enough resources to ensure their IT systems support compliance with new laws and regulations and they might face problems and penalties as a result, a new survey has found. ...

Streaming spec detailed.(Internet Media Streaming Alliance)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2005... Byline: David Neal. The Internet Media Streaming Alliance (Isma), which is backed by a number of IT giants, has released details of a standard to put media onto new platforms, and is calling for feedback on the specification. According...

BMC buys identity control specialist.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. BMC Software is to buy identity management startup Calendra in a move that will accelerate the one-time mainframe software giant's journey into business service management, where IT and business processes are...

IT Week Comment - How will security change? The year ahead will present some new difficulties for IT security managers, but many of the problems will simply be new variations of very old themes, argues Neil Barrett.(Column)
January 17, 2005... For anyone involved in information security - or any other aspect of IT - the start of the year is a time to consider the scope of problems addressed in the previous 12 months and the nature of the problems likely to come. Last year there...

IT Week Comment - FOI snares firms' tender parts. Managers in the private sector who think that the Freedom of Information Act only affects government bodies might be in for an unpleasant surprise, says Lem Bingley.(Freedom of Information Act )
January 17, 2005... Most firms might feel that the new Freedom of Information Act has nothing to do with them. And many would be right - but a lot may be proven wrong eventually. The new law allows any citizen to demand a wide variety of information, within a...

Enterprise Week - Boost for open database.(enhanced product from Pervasive Software Inc.)
January 17, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth. Embedded database specialist Pervasive Software has launched tools for enterprise application development with a new offering built around the open-source PostgreSQL database engine. Last week the company shipped...

Enterprise Week - Has spyware met its match? Reports suggest Microsoft's forthcoming anti-spyware offering could be better than a lot of the current software deployed to combat the problem, says Roger Howorth.
January 17, 2005... How many anti-spyware tools do you run? Four was the recent answer from a contact working in a busy IT department. Which raises questions about why so many are necessary, and what any of them actually do. Some of these tools make individual...

Enterprise Week - Virtualisation Software Review - Console simplifies VM control. VMware's latest VirtualCenter 1.2 console adds support for GSX Servers and new management and automation tools.(Product/Service Evaluation)
January 17, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth. Launched in December, VMware's VirtualCenter 1.2 management console for controlling virtual server environments improves support for VMware's mid-range GSX Server systems, and includes new features to further...

Enterprise Week - Itanium Processors Analysis - Is the end nigh for Itanium?
January 17, 2005... Byline: Martin Banks. Some major IT vendors are moving away from Intel's Itanium chip, but it may be too early to write off the 64bit processor Just before Christmas, HP decided to stop working with Intel on the design of the 64bit...

Internet Week - Harness the power of blogs. The boom in blogging could bring big advantages to businesses that have the right policies in place. But firms that ignore the bloggers could pay a high price, writes Tim Anderson.(Column)
January 17, 2005... The internet is bad for secrets. Disgruntled employees who once shared their grievances with a few fellow drinkers at the bar can now find an audience of millions, thanks to the booming community of bloggers and their readers. Sometimes...

Client Week - Chip rivals upgrade laptops.(enhanced microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp.)
January 17, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Laptops will get a boost over the next few months with new mobile technologies from chipmakers Intel and AMD. Intel will this week announce availability of an updated version of its Centrino laptop platform...

Client Week - Retailers get tougher kit.(new product from Symbol Technologies Inc.)
January 17, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Enterprise mobility firm Symbol Technologies has introduced a ruggedised handheld for the retail industry, designed to replace ageing models already in service by providing a lightweight unit with better wireless...

Client Week - Module adds wireless to handhelds.(new product from SyChip Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2005... Wireless silicon firm SyChip has introduced a wireless LAN (WLAN) module to add dual-mode 802.11b/g capability into mobile devices such as PDAs and smartphones. The new module is power-optimised for battery-operated portable equipment and will...

Client Week - Another good year for Linux? Linux supporters may say that 2004 was the year of Linux, but companies should expect the software to appear in even more places in the near future, writes Daniel Robinson.
January 17, 2005... Many IT industry observers have been casting a critical eye over the events of 2004 recently, and some have already chosen to label it as "The year of Linux", when the open-source platform finally gained some sort of critical mass in the...