Dan Verton

Concerned with security and privacy issues, many hospitals are researching new uses for information technology, such as smart cards and public-key infrastructure (PKI) security devices, to build a chain of trust into the entire health care process, experts say.

The U.S. State Department said Tuesday it is planning disciplinary action against six employees in connection with a laptop computer that was reported missing in January and is believed to have contained top-secret information.

With the holiday buying season heating up, a large number of online retailers have shifted their marketing focus away from television and print ads in favor of targeted online marketing programs and are taking greater steps to keep their customers happy, according to a survey released Wednesday.

Although most vendors of competitive intelligence software claim that their products can do it all, few actually perform as advertised, and most fall far short of user expectations, according to a study released last week.

Hit by weak sales that are expected to result in a third-quarter loss, Informix Corp. recently announced...

Two opposing camps of database and data-warehousing software vendors have ended a five-year rivalry, deciding to combine...