Monthly Archives: December 2002
Homeland Security Faces Privacy, Tech Hurdles
NEW YORK—The federal governments effort to integrate 22 different organizations into the new Department of Homeland Security faces major technological, privacy and security hurdles,...
HP Inks Linux Supercomputer Deal
Hewlett-Packard Co. and Linux NetworX Inc., which makes cluster software and management tools, are partnering to create supercomputing cluster environments that are cheaper than...
Gateway Gears Up Grid Computing Push
Gateway Inc., the PC maker best known for its consumer systems and talking cow, is linking thousands of display PCs in its nationwide chain...
Quantum Improving Tapes Speed, Integration
Quantum Corp. today announced a new road map for its tape products, which will give users an easier upgrade path, faster performance and simpler...
AMD Peps Up Its Workstation Processor
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is rolling out its latest high-end multiprocessing server and workstation chip, the Athlon MP 2400+.The new processor, unveiled on Tuesday,...
IBM Unveils Tiny Transistor
IBM says it has created the worlds smallest working silicon transistor.IBMs Research Group on Monday unveiled the new transistor—which at 6 nanometers in length...
Push Is On for Reusable Java Components
Two initiatives are under way to help developers reuse Java components to simplify development in the Java and Java 2 Enterprise Edition worlds.Many developers...
Oracle to Announce New Financials Apps
Oracle Corp. on Thursday will announce an upgrade to its Oracle Financials suite, part of the companys E-Business Suite.New intelligence and risk management applications...
Meta Predicts Microsoft Move to Linux in 2004
Research and consulting firm Meta Group Inc. is predicting that Microsoft Corp. will begin moving some of its current proprietary application enablers, such as...
RightNow Enhances Live Chat
RightNow Technologies Inc. will announce next Monday an upgrade of the live chat capabilities in version 5.5 of its flagship RightNow eService Center platform...