IBM`s database offering, DB2 Universal Database version 7.1, has been released. It is designed for e-business, OLAP and data warehousing, and runs on anything from a PalmPilot to a NUMA server.
Psion has announced the Psion 56k Travel Modem for Windows CE, Palm and Handspring handheld devices, following the launch of the Travel Modem for Psion`s existing range of handheld computers.
Red-M, a developer of wireless Internet server products and subsidiary of Madge Networks, has won the first Bluetooth Innovation Award at the Bluetooth Congress, held in Monte Carlo this month.
The total European market value for e-business services will increase from $4.2 billion last year to $28.6 billion in 2004, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).
The SA Certification Authority (SACA) and Mosaic Software, a local software developer, have joined forces to produce a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-enabled banking solution.
In order to improve productivity and run its plant more efficiently, Simba, a food manufacturing company, has purchased portable two-way radios and a base station from Signal Network Telecom, an authorised Motorola dealer.
Intel has broadened its mobile processor range with the introduction of five CPUs for mobile PCs, including the first Pentium III to average less than a single watt power consumption.
Compaq has announced the Open Handheld Programme, which will enable developers and researchers looking to explore applications and uses for handheld computing to experiment with Compaq`s iPAQ handheld by gaining access to the Linux-based source code.
D-Link has announced the availability of its DMP-100, an MP3 player with an integrated voice recorder.
Intel and Microsoft say they are developing a road map to provide native support of the Bluetooth wireless technology for the Microsoft Windows operating system by the first half of 2001.
Nokia has released its Inductive Loopset LPS-3, an accessory for the Nokia 8200 and 8800 series mobile phones which gives those who use hearing aids the ability to talk on a mobile phone.
Lucent Technologies says its new digital signal processor system-on-a-chip family of products will double Internet chip capacity.
SyncML, the initiative founded by mobile technology industry vendors Lotus, IBM, Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Psion, Palm and Starfish Software, has released its first specification and reference toolkit.