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Computer services company EDS has flagged another potentially troublesome contract that could hit its earnings results, according to a regulatory filing. In its annual report, the Plano, Texas outsourcing company said it is currently in development and construction phase on a commercial contract in which it has invested assets of $430 million, “including receivables, prepaid […]

TechNet has named Eric Benhamou and Barry Bycoff, executives with 3Com/Palm and Netegrity, respectively, co-chairmen of its new CEO Cybersecurity Task Force. The move comes as the Department of Homeland Security raises the terrorism threat warning as the United States prepares for war with Iraq. Working closely with the federal government, the pair will lead […]

Bridgewater Systems is demonstrating its Wi-Fi Service Manager product at CTIA in New Orleans this week. The product consists of a manager appliance installed in an ISP’s NOC and CPE installed at each customer location. The system manages Wi-Fi services, reports problems, delivers firmware upgrades, and provides other benefits. The system is designed to lower […]

NASA has awarded $19.4 million in funding for 20 new IT research and development programs ranging from a multi-satellite virtual private network for space-based applications (SpaceVPN) to a reconfigurable protocol chip for satellite networks. The projects, selected from more than 200 submissions, focus on NASA’s high-priority information technology areas on-board processing, space-based communications networks, mission […]

Storage software maker Veritas has filed new restatements of its prior earnings, updating its earnings restatement as a result of audits on how it booked in-kind deals for software and services with America Online. In January, the company said it would restate results for 2000 and 2001 as a result of some swaps deals it […]

In a move designed to help independent software vendors (ISVs) Web-services-enable their applications, Systinet today announced WASP 4.5 OEM Edition. According to the Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of Web services infrastructure software, Systinet WASP 4.5 OEM Edition’s features are customized to meet the specific needs of ISVs by offering the following: a single solution for Java […]

Since its inception, the oft-stated goal of MSN’s online service was to wrest control of the dial-up Internet market from AOL. And while it has racked up more than 8 million subscribers, that’s still about a third of its rival’s tally. Of course, Microsoft’s experience and expertise is not telecommunications, but it couldn’t stand pat […]

An estimated 57 percent of U.S. companies already support 802.11 networks and another 22 percent are planning to implement the technology within the next year, according to a new report from Jupiter Research. Small businesses are leading the deployment charge, with 83 percent of those polled saying they either now support 802.11 networks or plan […]

Networking player T-Systems and search specialist Convera have developed a new system to search, view, order and deliver video clips online. Dubbed FootageBox, the offering will help owners of film archives better market their content to TV stations, independent producers and advertising agencies. Its first customer is the Maro Polo Archive, which has more than […]

Citrix Systems Inc. , a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based infrastructure software provider, yesterday announced that it has joined the newly formed Mobile Enterprise Alliance (MEA) as a founding member. The creation of the MEA was announced yesterday the CeBIT Conference in Germany. Based in Geneva, the MEA is a customer-facing, not-for-profit organization that will attempt to […]

Hasso Plattner, the colorful co-CEO and a co-founder of German business software giant SAP is stepping aside from day-to-day management. The 59-year Plattner is to head up SAP’s supervisory board as part of a change in corporate governance that will leave current co-CEO, Henning Kagermann, at the helm after the company’s May 9th annual shareholder […]

Akamai Technologies will pay a former employee $3.55 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged breach of contract, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released on Thursday. The action was filed against the Cambridge, Mass., content delivery specialist in June 2001 and settled last month. The plaintiff, nor the specifics […]