27th March 2007 Archive

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Netezza stock on the block

Seeks position as cash warehouse

Data warehouse appliance maker Netezza seeks $100m with an initial public offering on the Nasdaq. Netezza filed the IPO registration statement with the SEC on Friday. The company's stock will likely trade under the symbol "NTZA." Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse are the lead underwriters on the deal. Although revenue has …

Enterprise 27 Mar 2007, 00:01
Canada sticks the boot into Neteller

As it gets stuffed by Turkey

Money transfer group Neteller, which at one time serviced about 85 per cent of online gambling transactions, has been forced to pull out of Canadian and Turkish markets after garnering attention from regulators. The group said any funds customers had deposited in their e-wallets would be safe, and could still be used for non- …

Software & Security 27 Mar 2007, 09:39
Businesses show renewed confidence in IT

Quocirca's changing channels What a difference a year makes...

Selling pricey IT solutions to enterprises has never been easy. To get sign off on large projects often requires getting board level approval as well as getting all the influencers in the IT department on your side. So any indications that IT departments are getting a bit more power in this process should be welcome news to …

IT Channel 27 Mar 2007, 09:54
RM satisfied by performance

Meets expectations

RM PLC has said it is on course to hit its trading expectation for the six month financial period ending 31 March. The UK-based firm, which provides educational products to schools, universities and colleges, said "it is not yet clear" what the suspension of the BBC's free online education service, BBC Jam, will mean for the …

PC Builder 27 Mar 2007, 10:09
AMD 690G integrated chipset

Review The best integrated graphics money can buy?

AMD's new 690 chipset comes in two varieties. There's the vanilla 690V with an integrated ATI Radeon X1200 graphics core that only supports a VGA connection, but the one that interests us is the 690G with Radeon X1250 graphics. This core supports both analogue and digital connections, and that gives the motherboard manufacturers …

PC Builder 27 Mar 2007, 11:02
Atos to 'explore strategic options'

Touts for bidders

French IT services group Atos Origin has responded favourably to expressions of interest and invited private equity buyers to take a closer look. The firm released a statement yesterday confirming that its management team has "decided to explore strategic options to support the execution of the transformation plan, to further …

IT Channel 27 Mar 2007, 11:04
Samsung doubles solid-state drive capacity

Now at a whopping 64GB

Samsung has upped the capacity of its Flash-based SSD line to 64GB, offering the unit in the media player- and notebook-friendly 1.8in form factor. The 64GB drive is faster than its predecessor too, with maximum read and write speeds of 64MBps and 45MBps, respectively - 4.3 and 6.4 times greater than a typical 80GB hard disk …

PC Builder 27 Mar 2007, 11:10
GPL 3: Open source to open closed shop

Delayed license release goes public

The open source movement will tomorrow publish the next public discussion draft of its free software license, GPL 3.0, after cloistered talks over patent challenges from software corporations delayed its release. Free Software Foundation (FSF) licensing compliance engineer Brett Smith said in a statement yesterday: "We had …

Software & Security 27 Mar 2007, 11:44
Security can boost privacy

No trade-off needed, say academics

Increased security need not lead to an erosion of personal privacy, according to an optimistic study by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The academics and security consultants behind the Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance report, released this week, reckon it's wrong to believe that increased security means more collection …

Software & Security 27 Mar 2007, 12:38
IBM jumps on board the mortgage ship

As everyone else jumps off...

Just as the US mortgage biz flushes itself down the toilet, IBM has said it will offer software and computers that will help process wannabe homebuyers' applications. Based in North Carolina, IBM Lender Business Process Services Inc will include consultancy, mortgage processing, and management of home loan paperwork on behalf …

PC Builder 27 Mar 2007, 13:10
Tech Data abandons Middle East

Expects up to $7m loss

Tech Data, the world's second biggest technology distributor, is withdrawing from the Middle East with Aptec stepping in to fill the hole left in the region. In a filing made to the Securities and Exchange Commission Tech Data said that it expects to see a loss of up to $7m for the first half of fiscal 2008 because of the …

IT Channel 27 Mar 2007, 15:16
Watermark buys Cedilla

MS Dynamics dealer consolidation

Cedilla Systems, the Manchester reseller, is selling itself to a Dutch dealership. Watermark, which dubs itself the leading Microsoft Dynamics partner in Europe, aims to complete the takeover in June. Manchester-based Cedilla is best known for supplying REgenerist software based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV. It had a turnover …

IT Channel 27 Mar 2007, 17:26
Sun NEBS Opteron box

Look but don't buy

Sun Microsystems has pumped out its first Opteron-based rack server aimed exclusively at the hardened telco crowd. The hardware maker today heralded the release of the Netra X4200 M2 system – a NEBS 3 version of the X4200 M2 server released last October. Give credit to Sun for keeping the naming simple. With the new Netra, …

Enterprise 27 Mar 2007, 17:36
Beer reporter drinks crow

Letters Beer aficionados demand clarity

Mother always said never trust a professor of beer-ology. Or, she certainly would have if she wasn't drunk all the time. Brew fans were shocked and appalled (Shocked. And. Appaled.) when a Register report on a UC Davis beer lecture made a sweeping judgment that could turn any beer nut sour. The offending sentence (and lager …

Enterprise 27 Mar 2007, 17:37
One in ten Brits is victim of online fraud

Surfing proficiency test idea surfaces

More than on in ten (12 per cent) of UK internet users fell victim to fraud over the last 12 months. A study sponsored by the government and industry online safety campaign, Get Safe Online, found that on average users lost £875 as a result of these scams, which hit an estimated 3.5m of the UK's 29m adult internet users. The …

Software & Security 27 Mar 2007, 18:00
Start-up goes mad over Windows app for multi-core chips

PeakStream's beta love for Redmond

Software start-up Peakstream has fired up a Windows beta of its code meant to make programming for a wide variety of multi-core processors as easy as, well, programming for single-core chips. Coupling the phrases “software start-up” and “beta program” does not usually end in much excitement. In Peakstream's case, however, you' …

Enterprise 27 Mar 2007, 18:10
Sun creates new chip unit out of Yen

Open means open for business

Looking to up interest in its processor business, Sun Microsystems has formed a separate microelectronics unit. The aptly named Microelectronics group will be run by Sun's former UltraSPARC chief David Yen. Ex StorageTek exec Jon Benson will take over Yen's current duties as head of Sun's storage business. Sun has surrounded …

Enterprise 27 Mar 2007, 21:59
Best Buy swallows Speakeasy whole

Last bastion of independence, ISP gets borged

Best Buy, the giant electronics retailer known for interminable waits to get time with a salesperson, is acquiring Speakeasy, an ISP popular with the techno-elite for its flexibility and attentive customer service. The companies are promising Speakeasy will remain independent, but some of the ISP's customers are ruing the union …

IT Channel 27 Mar 2007, 22:30
University website peddles Adobe warez

Get it while it's hot

Get it while you can, folks: everything you need to install a pirated version of Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on your Windows-based PC. The package, complete with a serial number, comes - wait for it - courtesy of the home page of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California's Irvine campus …

Software & Security 27 Mar 2007, 22:37
HP looks to teach Acer about Texas Justice

Fires off PC patent suit

Hewlett-Packard has sued Taiwan-based PC maker Acer for alleged infringement of five U.S. patents related to PC technology. HP hopes to block Acer from selling products stateside allegedly using HP's technology, including notebooks, desktops and media center systems. The five patents involve processor tweaks, power- …

PC Builder 27 Mar 2007, 23:44