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Linux in the enterprise: ‘Verdict still out’

Linux is not completely ready for the mission-critical enterprise space as yet, but it is heading in that direction, Shane Robison, chief technology officer for Compaq Computer Corp., said Tuesday in his keynote address at the opening of the LinuxWorld conference here.

CLECs fight ILECs for access

If you’re seeing fewer choices in competitive telecommunications offerings these days, it may not be solely because of the industry’s financial turmoil; in some cases, competitive carriers—rivals to incumbent telephone companies—can’t get into your office building to make an offer.

Intel Launches 2-GHz Pentium 4

Gateway, Dell, Compaq, HP among vendors now shipping systems running on the milestone CPU.

IBM gets smart with its own ‘tags’

IBM was set to announce Monday that it has partnered with a small technology developer to offer customers using its WebSphere Portal Server an application that ties data in back-end servers to related words on a Web site, a feature similar to Microsoft’s controversial Smart Tags.

WBT Systems to Support Microsoft® SQL Server™

WALTHAM, MA USA – August 21, 2001 – WBT Systems, a premier provider of scalable e-Learning solutions to organizations worldwide, today announced expansion of their TopClass e-Learning Suite™ to support Microsoft SQL Server as a preferred database platform, alongside Oracle 8i. By supporting SQL Server, WBT Systems is responding to the needs of customers and […]

Technology may bring an end to CD copying

Slipped quietly alongside regular music compact discs in record stores, mostly in Europe, are more than 1 million secretly altered discs — stealth CDs that represent the recording industry’s hopes for a solution to digital-music piracy.

Debating Merits of Palms in Class

Ann Arbor Open School in Michigan is an alternative public school that prides itself on accepting new ideas and student individuality, talents and interests. But to the chagrin of some parents and teachers, there is one idea the school isn’t open to — the use of handheld computers in the classroom.

AICC Grants First Recertification to Pathlore Learning Management System

SUGAR CITY, Idaho – Aug. 20, 2001 – Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC) announced today that Pathlore Learning Management System is the first LMS to be simultaneously certified and compliant with both the AICC AGR-010 (Web-based CMI Systems) and AGR-006 (File-based CMI Systems) guidelines. In addition, with Pathlore’s AGR-006 recertification, Pathlore is the first company […]

OpenGrid Announces Availability of mobilePlanIt, Providing Wireless Communication Among Sponsors, Exhibitors and Attendees At Conferences

OpenGrid Inc. recently announced a partnership with the WEB2001 and Internet+Mobile Conferences & Exposition and the general availability of mobilePlanIt™, a product that provides wireless messaging and information distribution at meetings and conferences. mobilePlanIt offers conference organizers the ability to distribute and update materials on-site through wireless phones, laptops and handheld computers. Attendees can network […]

ContinuedEd.Com™ Licenses Net Nanny’s BioPassword® Technology To Provide Strong User Authentication For Online Driving Safety Courses

Bellevue, Wash., August 16, 2001 – Net Nanny Software International Inc. (CDNX: NNS), (OTCBB: NNSWF), a provider of biometric keystroke authentication technology, and ContinuedEd.com TM , a provider of online driving safety solutions, today announced a license agreement to integrate Net Nanny’s patented BioPassword_ technology into ContinuedEd.com’s “TicketErasers” technology. The integration of Net Nanny’s BioPassword […]