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As previously announced, several technology companies Tuesday unveiled a plan to create a relational database of secure file signatures and a schema to guide those files to preserve the integrity of complex data. Led by security software maker Tripwire, the File Signature Database (FSDB) has been developed with contributions from HP , IBM , InstallShield […]

Jupitermedia Corp. today announced that it is changing the name of this site and its ancillary newsletters and events for 802.11 technologies to Wi-Fi Planet. The move is partly a result of the popular acceptance of the Wi-Fi name for 802.11x technologies as well as part of the former 802.11 Planet Web site’s, newsletter’s and […]

Collaborative content management (CCM) software provider iManage Inc. debuted its iManage Worksite MP content management and collaboration platform, a Java-based platform which supports multi-tenant environments, such as in an ASP model. Worksite MP allows development partners to set up separate, secure instances of CCM software serving multiple internal entities such as business units or multiple […]

Looking to expand beyond PCs, Gateway has siged a new pact to provide its business customers with technical support from IBM’s services arm. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal covers Gateway servers, ranging from its entry-level 920 series to its new 995 series, and includes: field-based support with next-business-day and four-hour response time; on-site […]

TamoSoft of New Zealand has made available for download the final version of its CommView for WiFi 4.0 software product for Windows 2000 or XP. It has been in trial beta testing since March. The 2.5MB download functions for 30-days; the final version costs $399 or $199 for owners of the regular CommView product. The […]

Enterprise application outsourcer Surebridge Inc. Thursday named several vice presidents in a corporate reorganization to support continued growth and focus on its On Demand services and customer care. “Surebridge has doubled its size in the last eight months through organic growth and acquisition, and we have an aggressive strategy in place to maintain our industry […]

Sprint , which like its telecom rivals has aggressively pursued government business as deals with enterprises lag, has won a new multi-million dollar contract from the Department of Defense. Under terms of the pact, the Overland Park, Kan.-based company will manage communications networks at U.S. Air Force bases in Southwest Asia. “Because there is a […]

By year’s end, Marriott International will have free high-speed Internet access in the guest rooms of more than 1,200 mid-range properties, including its Courtyard, Residence Inn, TownePlace Suites and SpringHill Suites hotels. Another of the Washington, D.C.-based company’s hotel chains, Fairfield Inn, will provide the service at more than 500 hotels by the end of […]

Emachines on Monday unveiled its first wireless notebook computer. The new M5310 features Broadcom’s 54g chipset. 54g is Broadcom’s brand name for 802.11g, the recently approved standard that extends the data rate of the 802.11b standard from 11Mbps to 54Mbps. Like its predecessor, the M5305, the new laptop has a 15.4-inch, widescreen display and weighs […]

After a seven-month search, Micromuse , a San Francisco maker of software to monitor the performance of IT systems, has tapped Juniper’s COO to fill its top job. Lloyd Carney, a 20-year network industry veteran who has held management and engineering posts at Bay Networks (which was bought by Nortel), Data General, Prime Computer, Proteon […]

Broadband service provider XO Communications will use VeriSign’s TeleBlock service to avoid violating state and federal “do-not-call” laws. Financial terms of the deal between the Reston, Va., and Mountain View, Calif., firms were not disclosed. VeriSign’s offering blocks connection of unwanted calls and faxes to telephone numbers of consumers. It’s based on software from Call […]

Spanish telecom giant Telefonica has completed its tender offer for Terra Lycos and now owns about 72 percent of the Internet content and access firm. Previously, Telefonica owned about 33 percent of Terra Lycos, but felt the firm would do better in-house than as an independent company. Telefonica also waived its own previous provision that […]