BBC to sell off IT
Outsourcing but not offshoring is the stipulation to the final eight bidders for an IT services contract from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Stories by Ephraim Schwartz
Symbol launches ruggedised Windows devices
Promising that you can drop its newest model handheld from six feet without damage, use it in the rain, and have it tumble 2000 times from a height of 1 metre, Symbol Technologies on Monday unveiled two ruggedised Windows-based devices, the MC9000K and MC9000S.
W3C recommends VoiceXML 2.0
SAN FRANCISCO (03/17/2004) - Speech recognition received some notice of its own on Tuesday when the W3C gave VoiceXML Version 2.0 its coveted "recommendation" status.
FDA proposes RFID tagging to stop drug counterfeiting
SAN FRANCISCO (02/20/2004) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report, Combating Counterfeit Drugs, published this week recommends the "adoption and common use of reliable track and trace technology," later referred to as RFID (Radio Frequency ID), as the best way to protect the public from prescription drug counterfeiters.
Ariba extends spend management suite
With the addition of three new enterprise products to its spend management suite, Ariba Inc. appears to be serving notice to the major ERP vendors that it owns the sourcing and procurement technology market.
ORACLE APPSWORLD - Oracle unveils Data Hub for integration
SAN FRANCISCO (01/30/2004) - Responding to customer complaints about its lackluster support for data integration with competing products, Oracle Corp. is introducing an integration initiative to its customers and developers. The company unveiled the program, dubbed the Customer Data Hub at its AppsWorld Conference in San Diego this week.
APPSWORLD - Oracle CEO talks up application integration
SAN DIEGO (01/30/2004) - Citing the Global Credit Database as the "most interesting application in the world," Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison said his company used that database as the model to create its Customer Data Hub, introduced this week at the AppsWorld conference here in San Diego.
Apple unveils dual G5 Xserve
Apple Computer Inc. continues to muscle its way into the enterprise this week as it unveiled at the MacWorld Conference & Expo here in San Francisco three new models of its Xserve with 2GHz, G5 processors from IBM Corp. at its core.
Sybase delivers Panther-ready database
SAN FRANCISCO (01/06/2004) - Sybase Inc. will continue to add an enterprise sheen to the Mac environment this week with the unveiling of the next version of Sybase ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) 12.5.1 at the MacWorld Conference & Expo, in San Francisco.
ACL launches anti-money laundering BAM module
SAN FRANCISCO (11/21/2003) - ACL Services Ltd. , a vendor of audit technology to financial executives, will announce on Monday Continuous Controls Monitoring, a suite of applications that checks and flags anomalies in transactional data at the point of execution.
Agile revamps PLM platform for SOA
SAN FRANCISCO (11/17/2003) - Agile Software Corp., a product life cycle management ISV, will announce this week availability of Agile 9.0 rewritten as a SOA (services-oriented architecture) platform.
Machine-to-machine technology boosts bottom line
SAN FRANCISCO (11/17/2003) - Thanks to machine-to-machine intelligence, an Italian washing machine company realized it could give away its washing machines to consumers, then charge them on a pay-per-load basis using wireless-monitoring devices.
Tracking what's trucked
SAN FRANCISCO (11/17/2003) - Trucking company Schneider National Inc. learned through a blind survey 15 years ago that its customers would give it more business if the company could track goods in real time. That information started Schneider on a journey to find the best technology available to keep tabs on its vehicles and their contents.
Do you know where your company's vehicles are?
SAN FRANCISCO (11/17/2003) - Quick: Can your company track where its trucks or sales cars are at the moment? Do you know how much gas they're using, which ones may need new brakes, and how their drivers are performing on the road?
Salesforce.com raises hosted CRM stakes
Ratcheting up its customization capabilities, Salesforce.com will use its inaugural Dreamforce User & Developer Conference this week to launch the Winter 04 release of its hosted CRM service.