Monthly Archives: December 2001
Novell Service Pinpoints IT Costs
Novell Inc. yesterday launched the third in a series of Jump Start services focused on helping clients reduce costs and rationalize IT resources across...
Oracle Meets Earnings Expectations
Enterprise software maker Oracle announced late Thursday a net second quarter income of $549 million, with earnings per share of 10 cents. That is...
Authentica to Buy Shym Technology
Authentica Inc., a provider of rights-management security software, has agreed to acquire Shym Technology Inc.The deal will be announced on Monday, but the terms...
Commerce One, Oracle Offer Sourcing Apps
Oracle Corp. and Commerce One Inc. have joined the growing number of enterprise application providers offering enhanced sourcing software.Both companies this week announced new...
Ciena Reports $1.8 Billion Loss
Ciena announced Thursday that its fourth quarter saw a loss of $1.8 billion, or $5.51 cents per diluted share.The Linthicum, Maryland-based maker of optical...
Dot Biz is Buzzing
The exclusive registry operator of the .biz top-level domain said Thursday it has recorded 500,000 such domain names in one month.Sterling, Virginia-based NeuLevel, Inc....
Dell to Discontinue Itanium Workstation
Frustrated by a lack of sales, Dell Computer Corp. is going to pull the plug on its Itanium-based workstation, according to sources at the...
R.I. Announces Limited e911 Capability
The state of Rhode Island earlier this week announced that it would roll out technology allowing it to identify the location of certain wireless...
Microsoft Releases Office XP Service Pack
Microsoft Corp. has released the first service pack for Office XP--essentially a collection of all the bug fixes it has released and been working...
SAPs Kemna: More With Less
German enterprise software giant SAP AG finally succumbed to U.S. economic pressures early this month when it said it would lay off 300 employees,...