Motorola hat als einer der letzten großen Hersteller von Mobiltelefonen seine Quartalszahlen veröffentlicht und damit seine eigenen Erwartungen nicht erfüllen können. Zwar wuchs der Gewinn auf Grund verschiedener Kostensenkungen auf 479 Millionen US-Dollar, und auch der Umsatz konnte um 26 Prozent auf 8,62 Milliarden US-Dollar zulegen, Analysten und auch die Konzern-Führung hatten jedoch mit besseren Zahlen gerechnet, weshalb der Kurs des Unternehmens an der New Yorker Börse um knapp 5 Prozent nachgab... …mehr
Gefährliche Spyware nennt Sicherheitsspezialist Richard Smith die Desktop-Suche von Google. Doch die eigentlichen Risiken liegen nicht im Tool selbst, meinen andere Experten. …mehr
Wavelink Corp. this week announced Wavelink Managed Security, software the company said is designed for integrated wireless LAN management and protection. …mehr
The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) and Icoza will launch a new joint venture, called ngo.za, in Braamfontein Thursday. Jay Naidoo, former minister of communications, and chairperson of the J&J Group, will be the keynote speaker at the launch. Icoza is part of the J&J Group. …mehr
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is set to embark on one of Australia"s largest document management projects and is confident IT skills shortages will have no affect on the rollout. …mehr
After a flurry of acquisition activity, ERP software vendor SSA Global Technologies Inc. used its recent SSA Global Client Forum in Philadelphia to show it has managed to forge a clear product roadmap. …mehr
The South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) commissioned the CSIR to develop an information system, based on marine and coastal indicators, which aims to support national decision-making and reporting on the coastal environment. …mehr
E-mail disaster recovery vendor MessageOne Inc. Wednesday announced the acquisition of competitor Evergreen Assurance Inc., a deal that brings together two different approaches to restoring e-mail service after a disaster. …mehr
After a flurry of acquisition activity, ERP software vendor SSA Global Technologies Inc. used its recent SSA Global Client Forum in Philadelphia to show it has managed to forge a clear product roadmap. …mehr
Canadian technology pioneer Mike Lazaridis, co-founder of Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM), always dreamt of putting something in space, such as a space probe or part of a spacecraft. …mehr
Hundreds of public servants gathered at the Showcase Ontario 2004 e-government conference in Toronto recently to discuss the latest in e-government initiatives -- much of it centered on how to instigate and cope with technology change. …mehr
Physical and psychological harassment or bullying is one of the most damaging workplace issues -- and according to one expert, the IT industry is not immune to it. …mehr
Physical and psychological harassment or bullying is one of the most damaging workplace issues -- and according to one expert, the IT industry is not immune to it. …mehr
E-mail disaster recovery vendor MessageOne Inc. Wednesday announced the acquisition of competitor Evergreen Assurance Inc., a deal that brings together two different approaches to restoring e-mail service after a disaster. …mehr
Although IT security standards at some offshore development centers may seem shoddy, one Canadian outsourcing service provider says that shouldn"t deter North American companies from handing off work to reputable companies in Canada or overseas -- as long as they do their homework first. …mehr
The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) and Icoza will launch a new joint venture, called ngo.za, in Braamfontein Thursday. Jay Naidoo, former minister of communications, and chairperson of the J&J Group, will be the keynote speaker at the launch. Icoza is part of the J&J Group. …mehr
If you don"t know it yet, your marketing department will be telling you about it shortly. To get visitors to come to your site via search engine results (SERPs), you need to rank in the top 20 -- if not the top 10 -- for searches on specific keywords/phrases that your firm is targeting. If your Web site isn"t appearing in the top 10, the chances of someone clicking on your listing drops exponentially for each subsequent page. …mehr
IT services and hardware vendor Unisys Corp. has joined the nonprofit Open Source Development Labs Inc. (OSDL), a move that comes as the company continues to expand its involvement in Linux and open-source products. The Beaverton, Ore.-based OSDL is a global consortium working to accelerate the adoption of Linux in corporate computing. …mehr
The PeopleSoft Inc./Oracle Corp. situation was the subject on everyone?s mind at PeopleSoft?s recent Connect 2004 user conference in San Francisco; naturally, it was also the first issue that Craig Conway addressed in his keynote. …mehr
New Zealand e-government has arrived at the first of its self-imposed milestones, and reckons it?s not doing at all badly. There are still, however, weaknesses in seamless collaboration among agencies, and a disappointingly low number of Internet users are using it to access government information and services. …mehr
Hundreds of public servants gathered at the Showcase Ontario 2004 e-government conference in Toronto recently to discuss the latest in e-government initiatives -- much of it centered on how to instigate and cope with technology change. …mehr
A recent security survey by Ernst and Young LLP (E&Y) found there is both a lack of IT security priority in the executive suite and a lack of security awareness amongst users. …mehr
A recent security survey by Ernst and Young LLP (E&Y) found there is both a lack of IT security priority in the executive suite and a lack of security awareness amongst users. …mehr
The South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) commissioned the CSIR to develop an information system, based on marine and coastal indicators, which aims to support national decision-making and reporting on the coastal environment. …mehr
Zum Berufseinstieg ist Überzeugungsarbeit gefragt: Viele Studierende bewerben sich nach dem Examen zum ersten Mal und schwanken oft zwischen falscher Bescheidenheit und Größenwahn. Unternehmen erwarten dagegen, dass sich die Bewerber genau mit den Anforderungen und Aufgaben auseinander gesetzt haben, die im späteren Arbeitsalltag auf sie zukommen. Maßgeschneiderte Bewerbungsmappen sind gefragt und keine Massenware. …mehr
Mehr Projektanfragen, aber auch mehr Mitbewerber -- diese beiden Trends bestimmen den Markt für Freiberufler. Dennoch hoffen die selbständigen IT-Profis, dass die Talfahrt der Honorare gestoppt ist. …mehr
Zehn Fragen für angehende Unternehmer hat der Existenzgründungsberater Peter Brenner zusammengestellt. Zwar entscheiden sich immer mehr IT-Profis für die Selbständigkeit; doch diesen Schritt sollte sich jeder gut überlegen. Hier die Tipps für Einsteiger. …mehr
Unter dem Motto "Performance Improvement und intelligente Qualifizierung" findet der 10. Bonner Kongress am 11. und 12. November 2004 in der Beethovenhalle statt. …mehr
In deutschen Unternehmen steht das Thema Weiterbildung hoch im Kurs - allerdings nur theoretisch. Bei der Umsetzung bilden die Deutschen im europäischen Vergleich das Schlusslicht. …mehr
Thomas Erickson recently took over as president and CEO of Systinet Corp., one of a growing number of companies focused on the Web services and SOA (service-oriented architecture) management spaces. …mehr
Hewlett-Packard Co. announced Wednesday that it has signed a five-year, $500 million IT services contract with German financial services provider WestLB AG. "This is a good win for us in that it has a global component to it," said Joe Hogan, vice president of worldwide marketing, strategy and alliances for HP Managed Services. "We"re going to manage the global IT infrastructure worldwide and provide some application services to them, which we"re currently defining back and forth with them right now." …mehr