Monthly Archives: July 2003
Business Objects to Buy Rival
The software consolidation bug bit the business intelligence space with Business Objects S.A. this month announcing plans to acquire business intelligence and reporting software...
Microsoft Plays Hiring Hardball
Like baseballs New York Yankees, Microsoft Corp. has been paying top dollar for top talent in an effort to dominate the new playing fields...
Collaboration Widens Reach
Documentum inc. and SiteScape Inc. have released upgrades to their respective collaboration software offerings that put project and task management, usability, and document management...
Sun: A Better Linux?
Success is always one model year away. Scott McNealy may have spent 21 years guiding Sun Microsystems, but his early business training and first...
Linux Makes Messaging Moves
Messaging and collaboration software vendors Scalix Corp., IBMs Lotus Software division, Novell Inc. and Open Wave Inc. are each moving to meet enterprises increasing...
Linux Users Reject SCO Offer
Many Linux customers have no intention of paying The SCO Group for a UnixWare license that would indemnify them from legal liability for using...
Publishing App Good Fit for Linux
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Scribus 1.0
Although early in its development, Scribus 1.0 provides Linux users with a solid desktop publishing option with good PDF export capabilities. Scribus...
Stratify Tool Searches Unstructured Data
An update to stratify Inc.s Discovery System software introduces capabilities designed to help enterprises get a better handle on unstructured data.Stratify Discovery System 3.0...
Faster Fibre Channel on Tap
Fibre channel is being primed for not one but two huge performance boosts in the not-too-distant future, as it jumps from 2G-bit to 4G-bit...
Finisars Xgig Manages Complex Switch Environments
Finisar Corp.s Xgig series of blade-based analysis tools, announced earlier this month, is so cutting-edge that it can handle emerging protocols such as 10...