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  • Pocket PC is next year's target for viruses

    Despite 2004 being a good year on record for catching virus writer and cyber criminals, with authorities in many countries completing big arrests, pocket PCs could be next year's big target for hackers.

  • Siebel deal caps tumultuous week for software industry

    CRM software provider Siebel Systems has capped what has been an incredible few days of activity in the software industry, with the acquisition of eBilling and customer self-service software provider edocs for US$115 million in cash.

  • Lots of lolly in Linux

    Despite the operating system's close association with freely available software, there is certtainly money to be made from Linux, according to the findings of a new global Linux market share and forecast study conducted by market research firm IDC.

  • Symantec has future acquisitions in its sights

    With Veritas fitted firmly under its belt, Symantec is now planning on acquiring even more companies in its bid to improve the quality of security and storage products offered to customers and in an attempt to reduce the number of vendors ...

  • Emailing from a plane could soon be reality

    Business workers could soon be free from breaking communication when they fly from one country to another with the new possibility of wireless technology being fitted into planes.

  • Exabyte moves to top of the Apple tree

    Exabyte has signed a new global sales and distribution agreement with Apple Computer that expands the availability of Exabyte tape backup storage across Apple's global sales and channel network. Through this agreement, Apple's internationa...

  • IBM looking to saw off chunk of EMC customers

    The fifth release of IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller has been designed specifically to expand its support to include virtualisation and management of the complete line of EMC disk storage systems.

  • Data managed more securely at branches

    Remote branch offices can feel more confident about their data being managed more securely thanks to the introduction of the Cisco File Engine Series, which uses wide area file services technology to centralise content stored on different ...