Lucas Mearian

IT managers at insurance companies who are fighting to replace a paper-based business model with technology that can improve efficiencies and customer relationship management (CRM) are up against formidable in-house political boundaries and entrenched CEOs.

Compaq Computer Corp. announced last month a course for its future storage products that will take it into the storage-over-IP arena and lead to the release of a series of hardware and software products targeted at both small businesses and Fortune 500 companies. Analysts say the strategy should position the company well to compete with rivals in the storage market.

A recent report from Jupiter Media Metrix predicts the demise of Internet banks that don

Compaq Computer Corp. announced this week it has plotted a course for its future storage products that will take it into the storage over the Internet protocol arena as well as lead to the release of a series of hardware and software products targeted at both small business and Fortune 500 firms.

Compaq Computer Corp. announced this month it has plotted a course for its future storage products that will take it into the storage over the Internet protocol arena as well as lead to the release of a series of hardware and software products targeted at both small business and Fortune 500 firms.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) is in the middle of a two-year migration from a mostly mainframe and decentralized client-server model to a storage-area network (SAN) that will centrally control more than 15TB of internal data related its to its US$23 trillion worth of securities.

An e-commerce joint venture backed by Microsoft Corp. and Accenture Ltd. has set up EMC Corp. to provide storage services for Windows 2000, SQL Server and Exchange customers.

Visa International Inc. this week announced the worldwide rollout of technical specifications designed to support payment authentication services for online credit card transactions while leaving retailers free to use their own mechanisms for processing payments.