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BROCADE'S OUTLINE FOR 'ALWAYS ON' BUSINESS INFORMATION
Brocade Communications Systems Inc outlined the company's strategy for extending a world leading intelligent platform for networking storage to simplify delivery of storage virtualization, deliver next-generation SAN security, and accelerate the deployment of enterprise Storage Area Networks (SANs).
CCSU ONLINE MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM IN DATA MINING
Recognizing the competitive advantage data mining provides to companies that need to hire information technology specialists, Central Connecticut State University has introduced the first ever online master's degree program in data mining.
COMBINED HP-COMPAQ SHOULD ALLY WITH MICROSOFT
With general agreement that the merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer may well have been approved in the recent proxy vote, analysts are now questioning the market position of the combined entity.
SCIENTISTS FIND NEW WAY TO SPOT HACKERS
by Mike Martin
A data mining method long overlooked by the computer security industry may be the best way to detect clever hackers, a team of researchers from universities in Pennsylvania and Iowa said.
SAP EXEC PUSHES FOR SOFTWARE HARMONY
The software industry needs to tear down technology differences created by giants like Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Oracle and develop applications that work together regardless of whose hardware they run on or what programming language they're written in, SAP co-chairman Hasso Plattner said.
NEXT EVOLUTION OF INTEROP INITIATIVES REGISTERED WITH SNIA
Six members of the Storage Networking Industry Association's Supported Solutions Forum (SNIA SSF) announced that SSF members Legato Systems Inc, Quantum Corp, StorageTek and VERITAS Software have joined them to provide a new solution set that expands on the flexibility and functionality of the first cross-vendor, interoperable storage networking solutions registered and qualified with SNIA in June 2001.
UBS GOES HIGH-TECH TO FIGHT MONEY LAUNDERING
Swiss bank UBS AG said it would use a British technology firm's artificial intelligence software to monitor all banking transactions in a bid to thwart money laundering.
- Leading Edge R&D
SCIENTISTS TEST FIRST HUMAN CYBORG
A British university professor has been fitted with cyborg technology enabling his nervous system to be linked to a computer. The ground-breaking surgery on Professor Kevin Warwick effectively makes him the world's first cyborg -- part human, part machine.
TEACHING COMPUTERS TO REPLACE LOST SOUNDS
Mike Savic can't recapture the 18 missing minutes of the Watergate tapes, but he can teach computers to deliver sounds that have been damaged in transmission. His research will aid military communications, improve hearing aids, and possibly find music's lost chords.
XML MAY BRING BIOMETRICS INTO THE MAINSTREAM
Verifying that you really are who you say you are isn't like it used to be. An ID badge or password is no longer enough. Consider the rising profile of biometrics, the practice of verifying one's identity based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic, such as fingerprints, handwriting or retinal scans.
- Business & Money Trail
COMPAQ BUILDS MOMENTUM IN HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE
Compaq outlined a heightened strategic focus on key vertical markets including healthcare in a memorandum from CEO Michael Capellas last June. Executing the strategy, the company organized vertically and marshaled resources to focus on healthcare providers and managed care organizations.
'CRM DISCONNECT' HAMPERS ENTERPRISE VIEW OF THE CUSTOMER
Kalido Ltd proposes that the answer to most struggling CRM efforts is to create a Customer Information System (CIS). The CIS acts as a central and flexible repository of information held within all operational systems throughout the enterprise.
MicroStrategy DROPS SUIT AGAINST FORMER EMPLOYEES
Data mining firm MicroStrategy has withdrawn its lawsuit against two former employees the company once claimed took trade secrets and clients with them to Business Objects. The suit was filed last October and sought injunctive relief and damages of at least $3 million.
webHancer INTRODUCES X-SITE INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM
webHancer Corporation, a provider of Web site customer intelligence solutions, announced the release of the X-Site Intelligence Platform, a suite of solutions designed to provide marketing and IT departments with Web site customer intelligence that is based on data gleaned from a global desktop panel of eight million Internet users.
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Short Takes
- On The Market
MetaMatrix Announces v.2.1 Release of MetaBase
SRC Adds New Distribution Option for its Budgeting Software
- Financial Watch
Bureau of Land Management Deploys Brio to 7,000+ Employees
- People & Positions
Former Microsoft/Go Ahead Execs Join Sightward's Management
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