Nokia has no immediate plans to use Intel's processors in its handsets, the phone maker said Thursday, tempering an announcement earlier this week that Intel is building a reference design for a Symbian OS (operating system) mobile phone based on Nokia's Series 60 user interface.
AT&T on Wednesday announced a number of VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) initiatives, such as a program to develop common standards for the technology and an expansion of its international VOIP remote worker pilot project. But as the company tries to draw more corporate users to VOIP, its own research, also published Wednesday, showed that concerns about quality of service continue to dog the market.
The plethora of security technologies on the market are enough to overwhelm even the most knowledgeable IT managers, but in sorting through all of the options, it may be helpful to look at what is not needed, according to Gartner research detailed Monday in London at its IT Security Summit conference.
Oracle has tapped Juergen Rottler, formerly with Hewlett-Packard (HP), to head its growing On Demand unit, a division that sells software-hosting services.
As Oracle pushes forward with its hostile bid to acquire rival enterprise software maker PeopleSoft for US$7.7 billion, it is also sizing up further acquisition options, according to Oracle President, Charles Phillips.
Oracle rang in the first day of its OpenWorld European conference series on Monday by touting the growth of grid computing in Europe, followed with the main news of the day: the release of E-Business Suite Version 11i.10.
Customers will be able to get their hands on the delayed version of Oracle Corp.'s E-Business Suite 11i.10 within 60 days, the company announced Monday, at the opening day of its OpenWorld conference in London.
Lindows the Linux-based software developer best known for its legal battles with Microsoft, has indefinitely shelved its plans to become a publicly traded company due to "current adverse market conditions," it announced Wednesday.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday gave its approval for Google to proceed with its initial public offering (IPO).
Business information software company Business Objects SA has received a notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the federal regulator intends to recommend a civil action against the company for possible violation of U.S. securities law.
Dell has raised its second-quarter earning forecast, citing higher operating profitability and a continued decline in the company’s global tax rate.
Antivirus software companies late last week began warning e-mail users that the persistent Bagle virus has re-emerged in a new version, Bagle.AF or Beagle.AB.
German business software vendor SAP has bought the privately held software company A2i, in an effort to broaden the data management capabilities of its NetWeaver platform, the company announced Tuesday.
The iPod may be popular, but also poses such a major security risk for businesses, that enterprises should seriously consider banning the iPod and other portable storage devices, according to a study by research firm Gartner.
The global semiconductor industry reached its highest sales in almost three and a half years last May, and is on track to post strong growth throughout the rest of the year, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said in its latest forecast.