Monthly Archives: August 2003
Ascential Software to Buy Mercator
Enterprise data integration software maker Ascential Software Corp. announced this morning its intent to acquire Mercator Software Inc. for $106 million, or $3 per...
Microsoft Mends Security Ties
LAS VEGAS—Cats and dogs living together.Thats the only way to describe the party that Microsoft Corp. threw here Thursday night at the close of...
Novell Acquires Ximian
Novell Inc. pulled off a Linux coup today by snapping up developer Ximian Inc., but according to Ximians top developer, it will mostly be...
Gateway, Sun Launch 4-Way Servers
Gateway Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday are making pushes into the increasingly competitive four-way server space.Gateway is launching its four-processor Gateway 995...
Silverback Assesses Need for Windows Patches
Silverback Technologies Inc. this week will jump on the patch management bandwagon with a new version of its IT resource monitoring software that adds...
McData Gets Small With Fibre Channel Switch
McData Corp. this fall will ship its smallest-ever Fibre Channel switch, scaling down to just four ports.The new switch, Sphereon 4300, will scale in...
Dell to Power Third Most Powerful Supercomputer
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications, which researches everything from the origins of the universe to the human genome, will link more than 1,450...
Kattoon: August 4, 2003
Read this weeks Spencer column.
BEAs WebLogic 8.1 Brings a Converged Platform
With much fanfare and partner support, application infrastructure provider BEA Systems Inc. announced Monday the next iteration of its BEA WebLogic platform, Version 8.1.The...
Sybase Courts Developers With Free Software
Database maker Sybase Inc. is giving it all away.The Dublin, Calif., company on Monday announced a program to give customers a sneak peek at...