Gretchen Hyman

Apparently, the mobile device sector just can’t live without its Java. A new study by SRI Consulting Business Intelligence (SRIC-BI) says there are several key issues currently facing handset manufacturers and developers of content and applications. According to SRIC-BI, manufacturers face many challenges in supporting more than one kind of system software, and despite the […]

Hewlett-Packard sealed a deal this week with one of Italy’s foremost wireless telecommunications companies, Telecom Italia , resulting in a profitable, five-year outsourcing alliance. The outsourcing agreement was reportedly valued at 225 million Euros, or $244 million in U.S. currency, and will require HP to provide IT services for Telecom Italia’s 90,000 employees. However, final […]

As the enigmatic nature of the Internet is still of primary interest to all sectors of business, online and off, Nielsen//NetRatings, the measurement and analysis arm for NetRatings , announced plans Wednesday to launch a U.S.-based version of its already established MegaPanel Service. The new service adds to a portfolio of other similar but separately […]

On the heels of seven other acquisitions over the past three years which included Vpacket Communications and a division of Nortel Networks, Oakland, Calif.-based Zhone Technologies, Inc. announced plans Tuesday to acquire NEC Eluminant Technologies, Inc., also known as eLUMINANT. eLUMINANT is a subsidiary of NEC USA, which is a subsidiary of NEC Corp. , […]

While no federal legislation currently exists that outlaws unregulated spam from entering the average e-mail browser, a two-part national survey of office workers and IT professionals found that people are starting to get fed up with the continuous onslaught of junk e-mail and are strongly urging Congress to act. Some reports suggest that a quarter […]

San Jose, Calif.-based BEA Systems announced the last phase of its acquisition of CrossLogix, Inc. this week. The deal is expected to enable the infrastructure developer to expand security applications for its WebLogic Enterprise Platform, a unified platform for developing and running enterprise applications and Web services. CrossLogix is a privately held provider of security […]

Cisco Systems teamed with Yahoo! this week to launch a service for small and medium businesses (SMBs) that supports the integration of networking technologies to sharpen the competitive edge for Web-based and brick-and-mortar businesses. The Cisco Solutions Center is based on the Yahoo! Small Business network and is designed to provide SMBs with industry-specific technology […]

Hewlett-Packard took a stand for the environment Thursday with the launch of an e-Coupon Recycling Program designed to encourage HP customers to act more responsibly in their disposal of recyclable computer equipment. An estimated 315 million computers will find their way into the trash bin by 2004, says the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, and yet […]

Either it’s almost Valentine’s Day or America’s hankering for reality television has finally spilled over onto the Internet in the form of Yahoo! Personals’ search for America’s most “irresistible” bachelors. Look out ABC and Fox, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo! might be on the verge of creating a close rival to the “The Bachelor,” “Joe Millionaire” and […]

Apple Computer revealed its spring lineup of iMac models Tuesday on the heels of announcing improvements to its G4 PowerPC computers and its new line of Power Books announced last month at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. The two new iMacs are the same physical design as prior models, with floating flat monitor panels and […]

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AVCOM Technologies surprised the IT community Monday by announcing plans to shutter all of its nationwide locations. The company officially stopped taking orders as of Jan. 31, 2003, but it will honor all orders taken prior to that date and it will complete all engineering and ‘Professional Services Group’ engagements, the company said […]

As part of an overall cost-reduction strategy, Hewlett-Packard announced plans Friday to shutter its Roseville server and data storage plant in Placer County, Calif. The 20-year-old plant was a production location for pre-merger HP 9000 systems. The move is partly an effort to trim HP’s overhead and consolidate the manufacture of its HP-UX and Itanium-based […]