Monthly Archives: October 2001
SAP: Well Embrace Java And .Net
Enterprise software giant SAP AG will not force its customers to adopt a Java architecture if they want to use Microsoft Corp.s .Net instead,...
Microsoft Overhauls Great Plains Certification Program
Microsofts Great Plains division is stealing a page from the Windows NT/Windows 2000 certification team.Much like the world of Windows 2000, Great Plains partners...
Ingram Meets Q3 Expectations
Despite falling sales, Ingram Micro Inc. met Q3 earnings expectations because of stringent internal cost controls. Moreover, the distributor says the Sept. 11 terrorist...
PeopleSoft Brings Analysis to Sourcing
Enterprise software maker PeopleSoft Inc. this week unveiled Version 8.4 of its Strategic Sourcing application for Web-based procurement of direct and indirect materials.The upgrade...
Adobe Cuts Projections, Jobs
Citing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Adobe Systems Inc. on Tuesday downgraded its fourth-quarter projections and cut about 150 jobs.The Web publishing software company...
Servers That Can Fend for Themselves
Its not enough to detect an intruder after hes gained entry to a Web, server or database server. The server itself should be listening...
IT Vendors Give IBM a Hand With Project eLiza
IBM is working with a number of IT vendors and customers to develop a road map that will help it define the strategic design...
Products Poised To Capitalize On Anthrax Fears
Perhaps its appropriate that on Halloween some odd new products would be coming on the market. Then again, these are strange times, what with...
Cingular Steps Closer to 3G
National mobile phone carrier Cingular Wireless is making huge, expensive changes to its network in a multistep process to upgrade to third-generation technology.The company...
Pentagons 3-D Video R&D Could Improve Videoconferencing
In the long-established pattern of military-initiated technologies inching their way into enterprise applications, the Pentagons current effort to improve real-time mission-critical communications at the...