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CISSP tests more than systems security expertise
Insight The International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium, Inc., or (ISC)˛, offers a security certification that tests both skill sets—technical aptitude as well as business savvy.
Sybase aims to extend mobile capabilities
News update Company plans to add to its "unwired enterprise" initiative with the purchase of middleware provider Extended Systems.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Remote management
Linux companies hit play on Real's software
News Against the backdrop of Microsoft's media player troubles in Europe, Novell and Red Hat tap an open-source rival.
Analysis firm IDC cuts 5 percent of staff
News The Framingham, Mass.-based firm says the cuts include 26 research analyst positions.
Tags: Layoffs, International Data Corp., Gartner Inc., market research company, Framingham, Massachusetts, research analyst, Worker, analyst, market research
Jobs to skip Macworld keynote as Apple backs out
News CEO Steve Jobs planning to skip his annual January keynote address, and the Mac maker is ending its relationship with IDG's Macworld Expo.
Tags: Digital media, Apple Inc., Event, International Data Group, Framingham, Massachusetts, Boston, San Francisco, job, marketing
New fears for China's YouTube wannabes
News Starting Jan. 31, any company showing online videos in China will need a license, and only state-owned or state-controlled outfits qualify.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Digital media
Reports predict IT security spending will skyrocket
Insight Recent reports indicate that the IT security market is making huge gains in spending. Another study suggests that open source has no economic advantages over proprietary software in terms of security. See what all of this could mean for IT pros.
Internet to have 1b users by 2005
News Almost one billion people, or about 15 percent of the world's population, will be using the Internet by 2005, growth that may generate more than US$5 trillion in online commerce by the end of that year, a new study suggests.
Worldwide DSL subscribers set to soar--IDC
News A report just published predicts the number of igital subscriber line (DSL) subscribers around the world will soar o 64 million in 2004.
Study: IT outsourcing fears misplaced
News Market research firm IDC on Thursday predicted that offshore activities of the U.S. information technology industry are set to rise dramatically over next four years but that the rise may not affect U.S. jobs in ways some industry observers feared.
Application deployment grows leisurely
News The US$7 billion market for application deployment software will grow slowly but steadily through 2007, market researcher IDC predicts in a new report.
SCS M'sia coy on listing plans
News SCS Computer Systems Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of the SCS Group of Companies, was coy on reports that it is planning a listing exercise.
Microsoft, Hyperion team up on open XML spec
News A proposed new Extensible Markup Language specification from Microsoft Corp. and Hyperion Solutions Corp. to allow open access to multidimensional databases likely will streamline development of some analytic applications.
Linux takes a leap and a stumble
News The Linux revolution is turning into an evolution, with its prospects on the server and client splitting into two distinct paths of unequal fortune.
J.D. Edwards users warm up to PeopleSoft
News PeopleSoft is earning guarded praise from customers of its latest acquisition, former rival J.D. Edwards.
Tags: Business applications
