Todd R. Weiss

Wireless hot spots for Internet access are all the rage for many on-the-road IT users but are they secure enough for companies to allow their use with critical business applications?

The acquisition of antispam vendor Brightmail Inc. by security and utility software vendor Symantec Corp. is being viewed by a sampling of industry analysts and competitors as a good move in the marketplace that will benefit enterprise IT users.

Cisco Systems Inc. will add 1,000 sales and engineering jobs by the end of the year after posting successful third-quarter earnings numbers that included a US$1 billion increase in sales and net income of US$1.2 billion, or 17 cents per share.

Enterprise software vendor BEA Systems Inc. has teamed with management consultancy Accenture Ltd. to streamline the management and creation of Web portals for customers, employees and partners.

Enterprise software vendor BEA Systems Inc. has teamed with management consultancy Accenture Ltd. to streamline the management and creation of Web portals for customers, employees and partners.

The release of Version 2.6 of the open-source GNOME desktop has been delayed until March 31 because of an apparent breach of a GNOME.org server by an unknown attacker.

It was a simple enough IT project for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group: rework a financials application to make it easier for workers to complete expense reports for reimbursements.

Real Software Inc. Wednesday released a new version of its Realbasic cross-platform product that allows developers to write applications for Linux using Windows or Macintosh systems.