Monthly Archives: December 2003
Motorola Taps Former Sun Exec as New CEO – 1
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP)—Motorola Inc. has selected former Sun Microsystems Inc. executive Edward J. Zander as its new chairman and chief executive, succeeding Christopher B....
Oracle Profits Surge 15 Percent
Oracle Corp. on Monday reported a 15 percent surge in second-quarter profits, a gain it attributed in large part to something not seen in...
IBM Tool Eases Data Management for Novices
IBM on Tuesday offered a preview of its new Policy Based Data Management tool on its alphaWorks Web site. The tool is geared towards...
Contract Watch: GroupWises Final Shot
Long before Harry Connick Jr. played Graces husband on "Will & Grace," he hawked software for Novell Inc.Well, sort of. During the 1996 launch...
Dell Backs Effort to Streamline Server Management
Dell Inc. this week joined with other vendors, including Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM and Intel Corp., to create a working group within the Distributed Management...
Zanders Succession at Motorola Greeted Cautiously by Analysts
With the appointment of Edward J. Zander as chief operating officer and chairman of Motorola Inc. on Tuesday, the company completed a process begun...
Novell Launches Services For Enterprise Linux
Novell Inc. on Tuesday launched a set of software services to help enterprises make the switch to Linux from other server operating systems.
The Novell...
Enterprises: Brace for a Rocky XP SP2 Road
As Microsoft Corp. prepares to release a beta of the next update to Windows XP, enterprise users need to get ready for what could...
VeriSign to Acquire Security Services Provider Guardent
VeriSign Inc. on Wednesday announced that it has agreed to acquire managed security services provider Guardent Inc. for $140 million.
The deal, first reported by...
Xandros Releases New Desktop Software
Xandros Inc. on Tuesday announced general availability of the next release of its flagship software package, the Xandros Desktop Version 2.The softwares developers said...