Monthly Archives: January 2003
The Silence of the Users
Now that the Software Assurance cattle drive is in full swing, most Microsoft customers have been able to make a choice whether to join...
Tackling Delays, Buyouts, Rivals and Resignations
The resignation of Steve Case may not be the only sign of a shake-up at AOL. El Gato heard that the company has put...
Rational Users Give Thumbs Up
While IBMs pending $2.1 billion acquisition of Rational Software Corp. stands to benefit both companies, customers of the smaller toolmaker appear optimistic about the...
Judge Orders Microsoft to Ship Java
The judge in the Sun Microsystems Inc. versus Microsoft Corp. antitrust case has given Microsoft 120 days to comply with his order to make...
Samba Boosts Red Hats Phoebe
Just before Christmas, Red Hat released the latest beta version of its Red Hat Linux distribution, code-named Phoebe.Phoebe comes packed with all the bleeding-edge...
SAP, Oracle Tackle Web Services With New Stacks
While SAP AG rolled out a new technology stack for delivering integrated applications as Web services last week, Oracle Corp. was planning this weeks...
E-Com Is a Holiday Hit
The recent holiday season was dismal for most retailers, but online retailers credited the deployment of new information technologies for enabling them to grow...
DataPower Powers Up XML Processing With Security Appliance, Partnership
DataPower Technology Inc. last week announced an XML security appliance and a major customer for it. DataPowers XS40 appliance combines XML processing performance enhancements...
MDA Driving App Designs
Richard Soley, chairman and CEO of the Object Management Group, oversees the standards bodys efforts to formalize key architectural platforms for new distributed software...
Kattoon: January 20, 2003
Read this weeks Spencer column.