Gemeinsam mit Dow Jones präsentiert COMPUTERWOCHE.de Rankings der in der Presse meistgenannten IT-Unternehmen und der meistgenannten IT-Manager. Die Rangreihen werden monatlich aktualisiert. Sie basieren auf der Auswertung von rund 150 Tageszeitungen, Magazinen und Nachrichtenagenturen aus Deutschland. Nachfolgend präsentieren wir Ihnen den Index zu den meistgenannten IT-Vorständen im August 2008. …mehr
Während die letzten Unbelehrbaren noch "DSL für alle" fordern, planen die Carrier bereits den flächendeckenden Glasfaser-Ausbau. …mehr
Die Access Linux Platform (ALP) 3.0 wird das zuküftige Spitzenprodukt von Access, eine abgespeckte Version mit der Bezeichnung ALP mini ist für preisbewusste Märkte gedacht. …mehr
Vodafone reduziert ab dem 27. Oktober 2008 sein Tarifportfolio auf vier Laufzeit-Tarife. Sie kosten zwischen 4,95 Euro und 79,95 Euro im Monat und können mit zahlreichen Optionen ergänzt und auf das eigene Telefonieverhalten abgestimmt werden. …mehr
In Japan wurde eine Frau von der Polizei verhaftet, weil sie ihren Online-Ehemann in ihrem virtuellen Leben, dem Multiplayer-Internet-Game MapleStory, getötet hatte. Wie "The Register" berichtet, wollte sich der Ehemann aus Bits und Bytes scheiden lassen. …mehr
SAP-Manager Jürgen Kleinsteuber erläutert, warum sich SAP sich nicht festlegt, wann das ERP-On-Demand-Produkt marktreif wird. …mehr
Die Peer-to-Peer-Technologie (P2P) erlangte vor allem durch illegale Musiktauschbörsen Bekanntheit. …mehr
Das Kartellamt in Moskau hat dem amerikanischen Internet-Konzern Google ein stärkeres Engagement auf dem russischen Markt verweigert. …mehr
Der Gewinn des südkoreanischen Elektronikkonzerns Samsung ist im abgelaufenen dritten Quartal um fast die Hälfte eingebrochen. …mehr
Im Release 4.2 erhält die IP-Kommunikationslösung Avaya IP Office weitere Funktionen für mobile Mitarbeiter. …mehr
Selbst wenn ein Beschäftigter angibt, unbewusst falsche Zeiten bei der Arbeitszeiterfassung eingetragen zu haben, kann dies einen Betrugsverdacht hervorrufen und dieser eine fristlose Kündigung rechtfertigen. …mehr
Google hat "Gmail for mobile 2.0" für Java-fähige (J2ME) Mobiletelefone und BlackBerry-Handhelds veröffentlicht. …mehr
Das Institute of Research on Information Systems (IRIS) der European Business School (EBS) untersucht im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojekts die Effektivität von Mitarbeiterportalen. …mehr
Mit dem "BI-Programm" schuf die Konzern-IT von VW ein engagiertes Team, das Fachbereiche für die regelmäßige Nutzung von Informationen für Prozess-Controlling, Reporting, Analyse, Planung und Recherche gewinnen soll. …mehr
Die jetzt in Kraft getretenen neuen Regelungen der Bundesnetzagentur zum Einzelverbindungsnachweis (EVN) machen vor allem die Abrechnung von Datendiensten wie Internet-Verbindungen und SMS transparenter. …mehr
Amazon.com hostet im Rahmen seines Cloud-Computing-Angebots jetzt auch Instanzen von Microsoft Windows Server und SQL Server. …mehr
Laut einer aktuellen IBM-Umfrage sind besonders junge Nutzer am mobilen Internet interessiert, mit den Diensten und Endgeräten aber noch unzufrieden. …mehr
Deutschlands zweitgrößter Softwarehersteller Software AG hat im dritten Quartal trotz der Finanzkrise seinen Umsatz und Gewinn stärker gesteigert als erwartet. …mehr
Der weltweite Anbieter von Arbeitsplatzlösungen und Business-Centern Regus bietet Unternehmen mit seinem "Virtual Office"-Service eine repräsentative Geschäftsadresse inklusive geschäftlicher Telefon- und Faxnummer, ohne dass sie dazu ein physisches Büro anmieten müssen. …mehr
Der weltgrößte Software-Konzern Microsoft hat auch dank neuer Computerprogramme für Firmen im vergangenen Quartal bei Gewinn und Umsatz zugelegt. Der US-Riese stemmte sich damit bisher erfolgreich gegen die Konjunkturflaute. …mehr
The National University of Singapore has defeated teams from China, Japan and the US to win the Star Challenge@Fusionopolis, clinching the US$100,000 top prize. …mehr
It's 2 am. You've had a bit to drink, and you have the urge to email that old flame, even though no good can come from it. But don't worry -- Google's got your back with . Unless you have a hankering to pass a small Gmail math test, that email isn't going anywhere. Better to kick back and turn on the TV. …mehr
In case there was ever any doubt, 2K Games has confirmed BioShock 2 for all high definition platforms. …mehr
Soon after Microsoft released a patch for a critical bug in its Windows Server software, attack code surfaced, and by Friday afternoon an early sample of the code was out, which led to the week ending on a warning note. That seemed only appropriate for a week that opened with Yahoo announcing deep cost-cutting moves, including plans to lay off at least 10 percent of its global workforce. Between the beginning and the end of the week, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan blamed the U.S. economic crisis at least in part on the use of bad data. Perhaps next week will bring better news. …mehr
Perhaps fueled by the bags of money video game-come-Hollywood blockbuster Max Payne generated in its opening weekend, EA has decided to give co-op title Army of Two a run though the Tinsel Town gauntlet. …mehr
Foundry Networks stock closed down over 25% Friday after the company said it is postponing a shareholder vote on its merger with Brocade. …mehr
High performance network firm Juniper Networks, Inc. has announced a new portfolio of products, Intelligent Services Edge, to help address business challenges for customers building and expanding high-performance networks. …mehr
Thirteen years and nine months. That's how long this column has been in business. It started in April 1995 with a jape about "Microsoft Sex"--a mythical product that I proposed as a follow-up to the company's . Since then, you, I, and my other reader have whiled away the years watching PC hardware, software, and services miraculously evolve from expensive, complex, and buggy to cheap, complex, and buggy. …mehr
Internet search engine firm Yahoo has presented awards to students from four local educational institutions, for developing mobile widgets deemed creative and useful. Widgets are small software applications designed to perform a specific function. …mehr
Ever have one of those old jalopies you just can't seem to get rid of? It chugs along, but the wheels keep coming off, the transmission's making a disturbing ka-thunka-thunka noise, and there's a viscous oily substance oozing from the crankcase? Yet its creators keep telling you that it just needs a little wax job and everything will be fine. No, I'm not talking about the McCain campaign; I'm talking about , issued Thursday more than two weeks ahead of the usual Patch Tuesday release. …mehr
If you've been using Microsoft Word for the past quarter of a century, it can seem like Word has always been the top dog of the word-processing world--and for years, it's been incorporated into . Today, Microsoft's domination is so complete that, from the public's point of view, there is almost no "word-processor market." (Does anyone remember ?) …mehr
Design solutions firm Autodesk Inc. has launched a new range of media and entertainment (M&E) solutions in Malaysia. …mehr
Spammers are getting around improved filtering systems, according to Cyberoam, a division of Elitecore Technologies. …mehr
Organizations are today spending more resources and efforts than ever to cope with regulations, according to a global study from enterprise software vendor CA. …mehr
Fresh on the heels of an assertion by Harvard Professor Benjamin Edelman that Google makes annually from domain "typosquatters" -- websites with domain names like bankkofamerica.com, which make money when errant typists visit them and then click on ads from Google AdSense -- I noticed a multiparagraph trademark-related disclaimer in Google's . …mehr
Citing "multiple sources close to companies," Variety on Thursday said the creator of Batman: The Dark Knight is "in talks" to buy the studio behind Gears of War 2. …mehr
Every time a physical server is virtualized in a data center, it means four tons less carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere -- equivalent to removing one-and-a-half motor cars from the roads. …mehr
Apple made available from its Worldwide Developer Conference, which took place in San Francisco on June 9, 2008. …mehr
Fears that the major U.S. financial markets would follow other markets as they dropped on Friday prompted the (NYSE) to highlight rules about market-wide trading halts that kick in when indices plummet below certain pre-defined levels. …mehr
Macroeconomic woes will hurt online retail sales this holiday season in the U.S., causing them to increase only a "humble" 12 percent over 2007, Forrester Research said this week. …mehr
E3 is back, baby! …mehr
I've been an iPhone user for all of a month now. I love the iPhone. It's a great device that lets me do virtually anything I can do on my laptop, from virtually anywhere I happen to be. And yes, I know that everybody is raving about it. But that doesn't mean that it's perfect. …mehr
If you're looking for a new keyboard, and you've also got an iPod or iPhone, Razer's aims to clean up some desk clutter by combining a full-featured keyboard with an iPod dock. It's an interesting idea that mostly works well, but it does have a few minor issues. …mehr
As Apple promised in early October, the company has posted an updated Software Developer Kit (SDK) Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) which allows iPhone application developers to more openly discuss their development plans. In order to facilitate such discussion, Apple has also opened a forum especially for iPhone developers. …mehr
It's far too early to tell for now, but nevertheless there are indicators appearing Friday that hint Microsoft and Sony's console divisions are setting the table for an uncertain future. …mehr
When you think of "green" and environmentally-friendly retailers, is likely to be the last retailer that comes to mind. But Wal-Mart has a vision of going green, and the world's largest retailer is now demanding its suppliers, including the massive number based in China, live up to environmentally friendly manufacturing practices and product-safety guidelines to make that vision come true. …mehr
Nearly three out of four Singaporeans go online to research financial products and services that interest them. …mehr
If your iPhone crashes more often than you would like, conventional wisdom typically attributes this to the proliferation of third-party apps on your phone, the ones you added via the App Store. However, this is likely a misconception, or at least an exaggeration. …mehr
To meet the ever-increasing consumer demand for high capacity portable hard disk drives, Transcend Information has announced the availability of its most popular 2.5" portable hard drives -- StoreJet 25C and StoreJet 25M -- in 500GB capacities in India. Combining huge storage capacity, great looks and compact mobile convenience, Transcend's high capacity 2.5" portable hard drives are an excellent way to effectively ensure ample storage space for backing up, transferring, and storing important data and are expected to be a huge hit with the Indian consumers. …mehr
WeP Peripherals has recently unveiled the latest products in the printers' category, namely LQ DTI 3330 and EX DTX 3370. The printers have been launched under the concept of 'Multiple Stationary Printing on 5 Paper Path Printer'. The products are targeted at BFSI, SMEs, corporate warehouses, manufacturing companies and the state & the central government. …mehr
Steep declines in the price of some of Samsung Electronics' major products pushed quarterly profits down and worse could be on the way, the company said Friday. …mehr
McAfee has announced the McAfee initiative to fight cybercrime, a wide ranging initiative aimed at closing critical gaps in the fight against cybercrime. The initiative is anchored by a multi-point plan that includes calls for action from law enforcement, academia, service providers, government, the security industry and society at large to deliver more effective investigations and prosecutions of cybercrime. …mehr
Lenovo has announced the expansion of its product portfolio with the launch of ThinkServers targeted primarily at small and medium businesses, besides mid-market companies, branch offices and retail stores in India. ThinkServers are tailored to provide an out-of-the-box solution to SMBs that require robust performance, high levels of storage and a reliable IT infrastructure for sustainable business growth. …mehr
ECI Telecom has announced that its 9700 series of Carrier Ethernet Switch Routers (CESR) was chosen as the winner in Light Reading's Leading Lights Award for the 2008 'Best New Product' category. …mehr
RFID tags used in two new types of border-crossing documents in the U.S. are vulnerable to snooping and copying, a researcher said on Thursday. …mehr
Buffalo has announced its latest high performance line of MediaStation 8x Portable DVD Writers. The compact and light form factor makes it an affordable, portable DVD writer, ideal for price-conscious consumers who want a high quality alternative to laptop manufacturers expensive options. …mehr
Investors reacted to Sony's earnings revision by pushing the price of its shares down to levels not seen for 13 years on Friday morning. …mehr
The fake Internet report posted to CNN's iReport site earlier this month claiming Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack was posted by a teenager who doesn't appear to have posted it to manipulate the company's stock price, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. …mehr
Microsoft Thursday said the diversity of its software offerings helped it beat Wall Street estimates and post US$15.06 billion in revenue during its fiscal first quarter of 2009. …mehr
Intel distanced itself from criticism of Apple's iPhone made by executives at the company's Intel Developer Forum conference in Taipei, saying the comments were not appropriate. The chip maker also acknowledged its own products weren't yet suitable for such a product. …mehr