Erin Joyce

Wireless networking company Symbol Technologies is moving to widen its market share in the healthcare industry, helping a growing number of hospitals deploy switched-wireless and Wireless Local Area Networks in their patient care systems. The Holtsville, N.Y.-based Symbol, which specializes in integrating wireless networks with handheld computers that capture bar code data and voice applications, […]

Computer services giant Electronic Data Systems said it remains “very guarded” with its outlook for 2003, noting continued weakness in IT spending among enterprises and the uncertainties associated with a possible war with Iraq. During its fourth quarter and year-end results, EDS pointed to “potential for increasing geopolitical risk” and general weakness in the economy […]

On the heels of research data that showed a 12.2 percent drop in its global shipments of PDA’s last year, stats for Palm’s new low-priced Zire for consumers are shining in a cloudy outlook for overall sales. The handheld computer maker’s $99 model, introduced in October of 2002, was among the best-selling PDA in U.S. […]

Jupitermedia Corp. , the parent company of this publication, said it would compete directly with the Comdex IT trade show by holding a show on the same dates as Comdex this fall in Las Vegas. The announcement comes on the heels of an announcement by Key3Media that it was filing for bankruptcy protection from its […]

Financial information and data provider Reuters , catching the open source wave among enterprise users, is now offering major market data applications on Linux-based operating systems. The New York-based Reuters announced Monday that its Market Data System (RMDS), a platform used by thousands of traders in the financial services industry, is now available on Intel-based […]

Key3Media Group, Inc. , the struggling parent company of the Comdex technology trade show, said it would file for bankruptcy today with a pre-packaged reorganization plan involving investment firm Thomas Weisel Capital Partners. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing is expected to help the company, which produces the Comdex, NetWorld+Interop and Seybold Seminars trade shows, restructure […]

Television’s long-unfulfilled promise as the central server for the home network moved a bit closer to fulfillment with all the snazzy demos of interactive TV at the recent Consumer Electronics Show. As digital content, including video-on-demand (VOD) and video messaging, swirls into an expanding universe of devices, the set-top box (STB) perched atop a television […]

Which is more jaw-dropping? AOL Time Warner’s announcement Wednesday that it lost nearly $100 billion in value in 2002, or the surprise news from media mogul Ted Turner that he would resign as a vice chairman at AOL Time Warner? Both are stunners, analysts said, as they digested the double-barreled news that emerged from AOL […]

NEW YORK — Explosive growth in Wi-Fi hotspots during the past year may be fueling start-up company Cometa Networks to sell wholesale wireless broadband access, but faith is the venture’s foundation, its founder said. “If we knew all about where demand for wireless broadband access is going to end up,” it would be too late […]

Key3Media.com , looking to avoid a chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, has sold its Voice on the Net events business back to its original owner, Voice over IP consulting group Pulver.com. Key3Media of Boston, which runs the Comdex and NetWorld+Interop trade shows and Seybold seminars, did not release terms or a value of the sale. When […]

NEW YORK — Looking to build momentum around its Advanced Server platform, Linux distributor Red Hat unveiled a new enterprise system management module for its Red Hat Network. The company made the announcement at the LinuxWorld Expo Thursday. With built-in device monitoring, trend analysis and other data parsing features, the latest module is being touted […]

NEW YORK — The chief technology officer of the largest distributor of the Linux open source operating system urged developers to curb their enthusiasm about Linux’s surge in popularity in enterprise systems. “Instead of getting serious about Linux, get serious about architecture,” said Michael Tiemann, the CTO of Red Hat during a keynote address at […]