Cindy Steinman

Recent research from Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Group Inc. indicates that by the year 2003, 50 per cent of small- and medium-sized enterprises that manage their own network security, and use the Internet for purposes other than e-mail, will experience a successful Internet attack.

It took about three-and-a-half years and close to $4 million to create, but one Mississauga, Ont.-based company has developed a security solution that it believes will help protect information.

The most highly glorified technologies sometimes never seem to make a hard-hitting impression with enterprises. Is this the case with gigabit Ethernet?

Cisco Systems Inc. has teamed up with Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Mirapoint Inc. to deliver a unified communications (UC) system, which the companies said will enable a more flexible and cost-effective installation for service providers, and will save time for end users.

Research from Framingham, Mass.-based IDC Corp. indicates that by the year 2003, the number of mobile Internet subscribers worldwide will jump from 535 million to 720 million.

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Network Associates Inc. brought in the new year with a set of fresh faces, including a new CEO and other senior management changes. But it appears as if the new faces will have last year

Ottawa-based LINMOR Technologies Inc. has added a new product to its system of NEBULA Performance Monitors (PM), which will provide network service providers (NSPs) with detailed information on a Marconi Corp. switch.

Whether it is enterprises, or home users on their PCs, the attacks are coming."Personally, I anticipate that…we are going to see yet another massive...