Over-hyped, misunderstood and misrepresented, Web services are nevertheless starting to gain ground. But until many of the key standards are formalised, Web services are destined to remain behind the firewall and within trusted relationships.
Government yesterday took another step closer to formulating an official policy on open source software when senior IT officers approved a policy framework advocating its use in public service delivery.
The software giant has realised its days of desktop domination are over and it is looking to make inroads into other markets to ensure the Microsoft name continues to live, even if in a vastly different guise.
In today`s technology roundup: Sun to focus on phone Java; Intel processors at 10.2GHz by 2005?; SQL Slammer more widespread than thought; Intel targets handhelds.
In today`s technology roundup: BEA aids Java developers with XML, Hispanics take to the Web, IBM rolls out new Lotus products, Sun ships unified modelling language.
A new worm targeting unpatched Microsoft SQL servers hit the Internet at the weekend, bringing service providers to their knees and disrupting bank transactions for part of Saturday.
In today`s technology roundup: Sun expands Linux offerings; time is ripe for hosted apps, says Ellison; SCO probes IP infringements; fonts get better for Gnome.
With a predicted 45% of new Intel servers running Linux by 2006 and Microsoft likely to port its applications to the open source operating system from late 2004, the future looks bright for the upstart system, says Meta Group.