Laura Rohde

While IT spending on hardware is expected to decline in 2002, increased spending on software and services, particularly in the fourth quarter, will bring total worldwide IT spending to US$981 billion for the year, an overall increase of 3.7 per cent over 2001, according to a study released Wednesday by market researcher IDC.

Microsoft Corp. has completed its acquisition of Danish software company Navision A/S in a stock deal valued at US$1.45 billion, the Redmond, Washington, software giant announced Thursday.

Microsoft Corp. and Arcot Systems Inc. announced Tuesday an agreement to integrate Microsoft's .Net Passport online authentication system with Arcot's TransFort payment authentication software for credit cards.

British Telecommunications PLC (BT) began free public trials of a public wireless LAN service, BT Openzone, on June 24, in preparation for an Aug. 1 launch.

SuSE Linux AG of Nuremburg, Germany, has added additional features to its Linux distribution for servers from IBM Corp., the company announced.

Dell Computer Corp. has decided to take a wait-and-see approach to the second generation Intel Corp. 64-bit Itanium processor, Itanium 2, which will be officially launched on Monday.

British Telecommunications PLC (BT) began free public trials of a public wireless LAN (WLAN) service, BT Openzone, on June 24, in preparation for an Aug. 1 launch.

Dell Computer Corp. has decided to take a wait-and-see approach to the second generation Intel Corp. 64-bit Itanium processor, Itanium 2, which will be officially launched on Monday.