Emerging Tech

A new e-mail borne virus designed to spread a pro-Palestinian message is popping up in some North American mail systems, according to alerts from the major virus vendors.

The first services Microsoft Corp. plans to deliver as part of its grand .Net initiative will be a "HailStorm," say company executives.

Recent analyst reports on fourth-quarter 2000 PC sales in both the consumer and commercial markets have begun to confirm what many in the IT industry have suspected.

The sky may be falling on Wall Street, but corporate IT executives are not yet reporting doom-and-gloom scenarios for their budgets or staffing levels.

It started as a marketing gimmick, meant to draw attention to Inform AG's security software, in advance of the CeBIT trade fair.

The market for online business-to-business integration is in the middle of a consolidation as vendors join forces to offer solutions that expand traditional EDI (electronic data interchange) trading by implementing emerging XML technologies.

The professional services market felt another jolt from its smaller-size occupants last week as MarchFirst Inc. suffered resignations from some of its top executives and struggling Cambridge Technology Partners was bought by Novell Inc.

Silanis Technology Inc. announced on Monday its ApproveIt Collaboration Server (ACS), which allows trading partners to engage in online signing and documentation approvals without each party having Silanis' ApproveIt Desktop.