Monthly Archives: October 2001
Tighter Control of Information
The more that data volumes grow, the more their root databases get complicated and the more difficult it gets to manage.DiskXtender Database Edition aims...
MySQL Database to Get Revamped
MySQL AB plans to make major changes to its namesake open-source database technology by years end, including support for SSL and nested queries.The company...
Deal Brings Analytical CRM to the Fore
Siebel Systems Inc.s purchase of nQuire Software Inc. last week gave clear evidence to many that the next phase of CRM—using software that analyzes...
Pivotal Unveils Suite Amid Shakeup
Pivotal Software Inc. last week began shipping its Pivotal Service Solution customer service software suite, just one day after an executive shakeup that saw...
Microsoft Eases Manual Labor
We dont know if Abraham Lincoln actually said that the right length for a mans legs is "long enough to reach the ground." Were...
IBM Server Packs Power
IBM last week upped the ante for competition in the Unix server market with the launch of its p690 eServer, based on a new...
Top Line: October 8, 2001
Novell Launches Full-Court PressMemo from Novell to Microsoft: The hatchet is no longer buried.In the mid-1990s, former Novell CEO Robert Frankenberg and his successor,...
PLM Gets Web-Enabled
Formation Systems Inc. and PLM Solutions are Web-enabling their respective product lifecycle management software suites. As a result, makers of formula-based goods, such as...
Fast Breaks Newsfront: October 8, 2001
Swappers SuedThe entertainment industry filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against three popular peer-to-peer file sharing companies that have sprung up after Napster was forced...
Mobilizing IT
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, "business as usual" often seems trivial, even petty....