Software
Programmers find security hole in Netscape's JVM; IBM releases Java multimedia framework; Early versions of Notes and IE 4.01 -- oil and water?; Oracle opens Repository 7.0
Stories by IDG staff
Networking and Telecomms
Cisco set to acquire voice switch maker ; Use of fibre channel for Intel servers; 3Com strategy chases networking cash cow; Cabletron rolls out SmartSwitch
Industry
What the AT&T-BT alliance could mean for the Net; Industry rumours whisper Intel division sell-off; Microsoft slams Novell's double standards; SGI posts loss
Win 98 might be here, but does anyone really care?
By now, Microsoft's long-scheduled release of Windows 98 should finally be out. But when it comes to managing costs, it is Windows NT that has the attention of corporate managers, not Windows 98, thin clients, Unix or Novell's NetWare.
Industry
Motorola to lay off 15,000, expects Q2 operating loss; It's official -- Borland is now Inprise; Mass resignations rock Cabletron; Budget: Y2K tax relief for business; Report shows 25 per cent of all Australians use Internet;
Digital's Palmer to leave as part of management shuffle
Robert Palmer, chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Digital Equipment, said he will leave the company.
Web Watch
Round-up of interesting Web sites
Prize job to head up local outfit up for grabs!
By the time you read this, it's likely that a new managing director for the recently combined Compaq/Digital Australian entity would have been appointed.
Is knowledge management in trouble?
How's it going on the knowledge management front?
Not too well, judging from a recent survey on 25 management techniques conducted by international management consultancy company Bain & Co.
PCs & Servers
Sun Microsystems is getting ready to roll out a 64-bit edition of its Solaris operating system that could enable customers to run mainframe-calibre applications on high-end servers.
Software
Lotus, IBM bring a unified voice to messaging; Oracle looking at XML for warehouse repository plan; Domino 5.0 to include availability services
Networking & Telecomms
Cabletron buys into xDSL; Global telco leaders join universal ADSL group; NetWare to be spun off
PC & Server News
IBM plans to release a Hurricane this month -- specifically a Java-enabled World Wide Web server that lets corporate developers pull data out of various legacy systems for use on intranets or electronic-commerce sites.
NetWare 5.0 merges IPX with IP
As Novell's NetWare 5.0 comes closer to its expected mid-1998 ship date, the latest beta release shows the company's commitment to implementing native TCP/IP and Java as key features to Novell's next NOS platform
Networking & Telecomms
Claiming its customers have little interest in open high-speed token ring products, networking kingpin Cisco Systems announced it had withdrawn from the High-Speed Token Ring Alliance, a vendor association created to drive development of products that run at 100Mbps.