The widespread use of Linux on the desktop hasn't caught on so far, but don't count it out quite yet. A new group, the Linux Desktop Consortium, is being formed by a growing number of Linux and application vendors to promote the use of the open-source operating system on corporate and home desktops.
IT trade show company Key3Media Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it undergoes financial reorganisation. However, all of its conferences and shows, including Comdex Fall 2003, will proceed this year as planned.
An e-mail spam business that had targeted members of Internet service provider America Online has been ordered by a Virginia court to pay AOL almost US$7 million and stop sending spam to AOL members.
United Technologies Corp (UTC) is expanding its long-term IT outsourcing deal with Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) with a US$143 million contract that will now cover UTC operations in Asia and the Pacific.
Until last week, Sun Microsystems has been notably absent from the Web Services Interoperability Organisation (WS-I ), which was established in February to promote Web services interoperability in the IT industry.
An additional 10,000 job cuts are coming at telecommunications networking company Lucent Technologies as the market for its products continues to fizzle.
In its first combined financial results report since merging with Compaq Computer in May, Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday reported revenue of $US16.5 billion for the third fiscal quarter, to July 31. That was down 9 per cent from the $18.2 billion earned by the two companies together in the previous quarter.
A new Advanced Connectivity Technology (ACT) has been introduced by IBM that will allow IT departments to daisy-chain together as many as 256 of its xSeries Intel-based servers while using fewer costly switches and far less cabling.
Web browser vendor Opera Software ASA has signed its first deal to ship its browser as part of a major Linux distribution.
After co-founding what is now Caldera International in 1994 and helping the company grow into an international Unix and Linux vendor, CEO and president Ransom Love is moving over to head the company's recently announced involvement with UnitedLinux.
Microsoft is expanding its US sales force and increasing technical and sales training in an effort to ensure that customers get the products and answers they need to run their businesses more efficiently.
IBM officials today confirmed that an undisclosed number of employees were laid off last week in its global services and software divisions, following the layoffs of at least 747 workers the previous week.
After reporting weaker-than-expected revenue and a significant drop in net income last month, IBM is now preparing to lay off between 2 per cent and 3 per cent of its global workforce in a cost-cutting move.
Faced with a continuing tight economy and slow IT sales, Sun Microsystems is reaching out to maintain its market share by helping its resellers better serve end users.
First it was layoffs and restructuring for global software and services vendor Compuware. Now, the company has unveiled more disappointing news: Preliminary revenue figures for its fourth quarter are expected to be $US400 million to $408 million, down more than $100 million from a year ago.
