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Bill Gates is out on the road again showing off his enterprise software solutions at the fourth annual Microsoft Government Leaders Conference, where more than 400 government officials from 80 nations are meeting this week. In his address, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates highlighted the company’s role in helping the British […]

[27 March 2001] – KPMG, the consultation firm, has released the comment on the South African green paper on e-commerce, arrived at through a series of workshops conducted with the E-Commerce Association of South Africa (ECASA). The workshops were attended by a variety of e-commerce experts, as well as players from a variety of business […]

[Hong Kong]Data center operator iasiaworks is being sued by an unnamed US investor claiming the company published misleading information about its operations in order to entice investors. Law firm Weiss & Yourman has filed a class action suit on behalf of shareholders in New York state who purchased iasiaworks shares between August 3, 2000 and […]

The term “Internet economy” has been bandied around so frequently it probably should have lost its effectiveness as an economic adjective by now. But as some may aim to incorporate it into their daily speech with investors and customers, a research team from Monash University’s Centre of Policy Studies and the Allen Consulting Group is […]

Wave Wireless Networking and parent firm SPEEDCOM Wireless Corp. this week introduced new equipment designed to eliminate line-of-sight barriers for fixed wireless access providers. SPEEDCOM introduced its SPEEDLAN PH9000 point-to-multipoint last-mile wireless product line based on Wave’s revolutionary Packet Hop non-line-of-sight (NLOS) technology. The new SPEEDLAN PH9000 is specifically designed to reach more than 90 […]

VERITAS Software Corporation today announced a partnership with McDATA Corporation and StorageTek to deliver a LAN-free backup and recovery solution. The storage area network (SAN)-bundled package to be distributed through Avnet Hall-Mark — a division of Avnet’s Computer Marketing Group and distributor of enterprise computing systems — includes VERITAS NetBackup(TM) DataCenter with VERITAS NetBackup(TM) Shared […]

AvantGo Inc. Monday updated its platform and software for both enterprises and consumers. The company said its AvantGo 4.0 platform now supports a wider range of currently-used wireless technologies including GPRS, CDPD, CDMA, Mobitex and 802.11b wireless local area networks. In addition, the company said the platform will support Bluetooth and third-generation (3G) networks when […]

On April 13th, Seattle will host representatives from Russia’s top leaders in the Information Technology industry for a one-day conference highlighting the capacity and capability that Russia has to offer the international IT market. “This is a very exciting opportunity to showcase both the depth and breadth of the talent that Russia has to offer […]

While Advanced Placement tests can give students a big advantage at university, a large number of high schools are unable to offer a full range of classes, if any at all. Apex Learning Inc., a Bellevue-based builder and operator of virtual schools and The College Board, sponsor of the Advanced Placement Program and the SATs, […]

[26 March 2001] – Media24, a wholly owned Naspers subsidiary, has teamed up with Interconnective Solutions (Isolutions) to form Audio24. The newly formed joint venture will serve as an interactive voice portal for brands within the Naspers stable (which include Beeld, City Press and News24 among its 140 odd titles), allowing readers to phone in […]

Internet research firm Jupiter Media Metrix , is predicting that interactive television will grow 83 percent by 2005 to reach about 46 million U.S. homes. The rub, however, is that growth would be fragmented in regions as well as globally. The expected growth rate for interactive, or two-way television is quite accelerated compared to the […]

[March 26-China] Telecom giant Nokia has announced that the company will supply China’s Jiangsu Telecom with equipment to wire nine cities within the province for broadband Internet access. Terms of the deal have not yet been made public. France’s Alcatel recently concluded a deal with Jiangsu’s main mobile operator, Jiangsu Mobile, to provide US$180 million […]