Monthly Archives: October 2003
Smaller ERP Vendors Grow by Acquisition
Midlevel erp software developers SSA Global Inc. and Lawson Software Inc. are both on the acquisition hunt to line up more complete product offerings...
IBM Tweaks Grid Tools
IBM is expanding its grid- computing offerings to the financial services industry via partnerships with SAS Institute Inc. and DataSynapse Inc.IBM, of Armonk, N.Y.,...
Alcatel Embraces VOIP
Unified messaging has yet to be embraced by most IT shops because of its complexity and cost. But Alcatel S.A., a relative newcomer to...
Workplace to Take Notes, Domino
IBMs lotus software division plans to bring its messaging and collaboration platforms, the legacy Domino offering and emerging Workplace suite, into feature parity by...
Anti-Spam Bills Losing Time
One of silicon valleys key voices in Congress, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., said last week that lawmakers have reached a logjam on several technology-related...
HP Brings Cheaper Gigabit Ethernet to Networks Edge
Hewlett-Packard Co.s ProCurve Networking unit today launched a refresh of its Adaptive Edge Architecture products spanning wireless access to the core of the network.In...
Commerce One Preps Next Iteration of Conductor Platform
Once known for its procurement software and e-marketplace capabilities, Commerce One Inc. is now focusing on business process integration. On Oct. 13, the Pleasanton,...
Panel: Offshore Outsourcing Is Here to Stay
BOSTON—The United States ought not to fear the move to offshore outsourcing, according to speakers at a panel discussion sponsored by the ITAA here.
"Offshoring...
Xerox Content Technology Dreams of Genie
Researchers at Xeroxs thinktank this week gave a peek at a number of technologies, including one automated document design and creation that uses so-called...
Five Multiformat DVD Recorders
At first blush, DVD recorders are very cool. You can use them to back up files (up to 4.7GB) or archive data. In practice,...