Infrastructure

Simple, quick and cheap is how Vanco PLC describes its network building strategy for setting up wide-area Ethernet connections for enterprise customers. To cut the cost of connecting remote sites over high-speed links, the London-based company buys Ethernet services from local providers rather than build its own.

Hewlett-Packard has unveiled a new ink-based printhead technology that the company believes will help it capture a combined market worth US$30 billion.

Epson's MovieMate 30 is an all-in-one "travel friendly" unit that incorporates a DVD/CD player, stereo speakers and a "picture quality" projector. There are no video or audio cords to connect, just pop in your DVD or CD and turn on the machine. It is one of 14 Epson products recently released in Canada.

IBM Corp. is embarking on a five-year campaign to promote mainframe computers by making the systems easier to configure and operate, and to promote them as an alternative to server network computing.

EMC Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are substantially stepping up their existing enterprise content management (ECM) relationship to provide tighter integration between EMC's Documentum ECM software and Microsoft's Office, Outlook and SharePoint products.

Companies are increasingly turning to records management software to manage compliance with laws and regulations, but common mistakes can undermine software deployments from the start and increase compliance risks, according to Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software provider Open Text Corporation.

DASHBOARDS AND SCORECARDS are becoming ubiquitous business tools, according to a recent survey from The Data Warehousing Institute,

Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. have both introduced data tape encryption technology, protecting against a security breach that can endanger or embarrass an enterprise.