Stories by IDG staff

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

Web Watch

A round up of interesting web sites

Government finally appoints its new IT boss.

The Federal Government has officially signed up Glenys Roper to the permanent position of Chief Government Information Officer, previously held by Andy McDonald. Roper, who had been acting in the position as head of the Office of Government Information Technology since mid November last year, is set to hold her appointment for a period of three years.

Software briefs

Digital releases Web clustering server software; SAP pushes supply chain integration system; IBM boosts business intelligence offerings.

Industry Briefs

IBM acquires GE Capital Services' outsourcing business; Network Associates to acquire TIS, be one-stop security shop; Tenix dumps Baan solution; Attachmate adds middleware consulting services.

Rules for data cleansing

Data cleansing is one of the most demanding parts of data warehousing. It includes data scrubbing and discovering business rules embedded within data.
Before you start, you need to know what to expect and how many mops and buckets you'll need.

PCs & Servers

PC market down -- but don't just blame Asia; SCO's new UnixWare; Win98 to debut on June 25; Motorola gets 300MHz, sets sights on 400MHz

Networking briefs

Cisco bolsters DSL with two buy-outs; Gigabit standard delayed; ISPs may fall behind users in switch to V.90; Cabletron launches E-Commerce Web site

Software briefs

JavaSoft posts tools
JavaSoft, a division of Sun Microsystems, posted its Java Commerce Client (JCC) white paper to its developers Web site late last month. JCC is part of the Java Electronic Commerce Framework, which Java Software will detail at its annual developer bonanza JavaOne in March. The company has also posted the Java Shared Data Toolkit, and Java SSL. Noteworthy is the Java Shared Data Toolkit (JSDT) 1.0, a research and development project aimed at implementing multipoint data delivery service to help developers create collaborative applications.

Networking briefs

Two months after its first release of BorderManager, Novell is preparing to reveal the second release of its family of security solutions at its BrainShare conference in the US some time this month. The company said BorderManager's most significant enhancement will be Sun Micro-
systems' Simple Key Management for IP (SKIP) protocol support. Novell will also reposition its Remote Authentication Dial-In User Services (RADIUSes) for Novell Directory Services (NDS) as the foundation for BorderManager's Authentication Service. RADIUS is a server-based interface between NDS and network access servers running the RADIUS protocol, and provides network access servers with the information they need to accept or deny remote users' requests for network access.

Industry briefs

A $10 million below-budget performance on anticipated exchange rate variations against the US dollar has marred an otherwise excellent six-month performance for Cisco Systems' local operation. Gary Jackson, Cisco's managing director, Australia and New Zealand, said the exchange rate performance was "a worry" and, should the Australian dollar drop to US57 cents, could start to impact on the local lower-end switching market.

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