Monthly Archives: November 2002
Sun Aims for High Availability
Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday rolled out new hardware and software designed to enable major telecommunications companies to offer more reliable and flexible products.At...
Mapics Acquires Frontstep
Mapics Inc., a developer of enterprise resource planning software for manufacturers, announced this morning it is acquiring fellow ERP developer Frontstep Inc.Terms of the...
IBMs Upgraded DB2 Spotlights Cost Savings
IBM last week announced general availability of DB2 Universal Database 8, an enterprise data management platform with features that officials say should keep the...
AppForge, iAnywhere Upgrades Ease Mobile Database Development
AppForge Inc. and iAnywhere Solutions Inc. are sharing mobile database technology to make the development of cross-platform, enterprise-class applications for handheld computing devices quicker...
Red Hat Gets a Jump on Oracle Clustering Support
Red Hat Inc. turned up the heat on the UnitedLinux consortium this month just as it rolled out its initial distribution.Red Hat announced here...
XML Takes a Step Forward, Hits Snag on Another Front
While support for XML grew last week as IBM released DB2 Universal Database 8 with support for the language, support of a limited query...
PeopleSoft Unites Apps
PeopleSoft Inc. is quietly planning its own stable of composite applications that cull information from a variety of internal and disparate applications.A counterpoint to...
VS .Net Enters Final Beta Phase
Microsoft Corp. last week announced the final beta of its Visual Studio .Net 2003 product—formerly known by the code name Everett—and released its .Net...
Microsoft System Prioritizes Tests
As software grows larger, ways to test that software need to keep pace. Microsofts Programmer Productivity Research Center has developed a way to use...
Mixed Message for Oracle Users
When Oracle CEO Larry Ellison delivered his OracleWorld keynote this month via satellite while sailing off New Zealand, it suggested a desire on his...