Ending months of speculation about which suitor would step up to buy IBM's Global Network business, AT&T announced yesterday that it will acquire the division for $US5 billion in cash.
Oracle Corp. would like to see some databases run on servers with a miniature operating system -- thus eliminating the need for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT -- but enterprise users at Comdex/Fall '98 this week remained wary of the concept.
Riders of London's underground subway and its famous red double-decker buses will be paying for their journeys using a high-tech, contactless smartcard system come 2002.
IBM may face a startup called E Technologies Associates in French and Dutch courts over the use of its "e-business" logo, which the two-person company claims is in violation of a trademark it registered before IBM did, according to reports published yesterday.
The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), an industry group representing public policy issues for IT companies, has published a white paper with its recommendations for IT vendors and users having to convert their systems to accomodate the upcoming single European Union currency called the euro.