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    Creating a popular new computing approach always seems to bring with it a familiar catch-22: security issues. And Web services is no exception.

  • Web services 'yellow pages' gains ground

    A standards body on Tuesday put its stamp of approval on a technology for finding Web services across a network.

  • BEA dives into application assembly

    BEA Systems on Thursday in the US is expected to launch a new product line that the back-end software maker hopes will expand the company's audience and perk up sales.

  • BEA plans to start open-source buzz with Beehive

    BEA Systems plans to start an open-source project around its WebLogic Workshop Java development tool in an effort to drive wider adoption of its software.

  • Sun reluctant to make Java open source

    Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive said.

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    With personal information stored on computer hard drives so easy to access, it seems our security procedures aren't keeping up with technology.

  • Sun reluctant to make Java open source

    Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive said.

  • Time waits for no one, not even Microsoft

    Microsoft sees its near-term future as a series of "waves" of software that are key to its growth over the next couple of years. But with those waves slow to reach shore, the company--and its customers--may feel like they're caught in a riptide.

  • Maximising infrastructure: Do more with less

    Buying the latest and the greatest sounds like a good idea, but who can afford it? We look at ways you can get better performance and a better bottom line with your existing infrastructure.

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    What new (and not-so-new) technologies are finding their way into contact centres, and how are they making things better?

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  • No rush to move into new Office

    The new version of Microsoft's widespread Office software package won't likely spur immediate mass upgrades among businesses upon its release, analysts said, due in part to a complex set of added features.

  • Netscape 6 sets a new standard

    Netscape 6 is a total rewrite--in fact, its predecessor, Communicator 4.7, has more in common with Microsofts' Internet Explorer than it does with Netscape 6.

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