Peter Sayer

U.K. postal service operator Consignia PLC has picked a consortium led by Computer Sciences Corp. as preferred bidder for a ten-year,

Sun Microsystems Inc. will ship a version of its Solaris 9 operating system around the end of the year for computers based on Intel Corp.'s x86 processor architecture, with a likely price tag of US$99.

With new software to be launched by RSA Security Inc. on Sept. 4, users will be able to authenticate their identities with their mobile phones on Web sites and corporate networks that use RSA

Attackers could remotely corrupt or delete digital certificates stored on computers running most versions of the Windows operating system due to a flaw in a software component, Microsoft Corp. announced in a security bulletin Wednesday. Microsoft rated the problem critical, and advised all users to install a security patch immediately.

With new software to be launched by RSA Security Inc. on Sept. 4, users will be able to authenticate their identities with their mobile phones on Web sites and corporate networks that use RSA's SecurID authentication system.

French software developer Business Objects SA has rebranded two software products it acquired through its purchase of privately held data integration specialist Acta Technology Inc. It also announced that it will include data integration in its range of professional services.

High-end server and IT services company Groupe Bull SA is pinning hopes for a return to profit in 2003 on legacy mainframe customers tied to its proprietary GCOS operating system.

European IT managers are reluctant to spend on PDAs (personal digital assistants), and sales of the devices are stagnating, according to separate reports from Dataquest Inc. and IDC.