Project Management

Despite the potential benefits supply chain management software can provide, experienced users last week said that installing the technology is fraught with challenges, especially when it comes to revamping business processes within companies.

Already labelled as the one of the most damaging worms ever, the Mydoom malicious code is proving to be a boon for hackers and spammers, but of little consequence to those Canadian companies that took security up a notch after last year's spate of worms.

IBM Corp. announced Thursday morning that it will buy Candle Corp., a well-known mainframe management software vendor with 3,000 customers worldwide.

Worldwide IT spending will grow five per cent this year driven by an improving global economy and the need for users to resolve infrastructure problems, market researcher IDC said Wednesday.

Known as IT portfolio management or enterprise service automation, the movement to track both the cost and business value of IT assets is off to a roaring start in 2004. In March, Niku Corp. unwrapped a portfolio management suite and PeopleSoft Inc. upgraded its Enterprise Service Automation for IT product.

PRAGUE - The University of Calgary has walked away with the crown at the IBM Corp. Java Challenge 2004. In a match that brought together the best and the worst of medieval times, Calgary has proven that cowboy boots are the best footwear for beating down other teams of programmers.

The Netsky worm swept the competition for "top virus" in March, taking the first, second and third spots in antivirus company Sophos PLC's ranking for the month.

A recent court filing from IBM Corp. appears to indicate a growing confidence on the part of the Armonk, N.Y., computing giant that it will prevail in its legal dispute with The SCO Group Inc., according to lawyers following the case.