Monthly Archives: December 2003
Natural 4GL Development Environment Wrangles XML
PHILADELPHIA—Software AG Inc. Tuesday announced the release of Version 6 of its Natural fourth-generation language (4GL) development environment for Windows, Unix and Linux.Reston, Va.-based...
Microsoft Clarifies Intentions to Retire JVM-Based Products
Four days after posting a note to a community site specifying its intent to retire a number of its flagship products as a result...
Hosted Services Make Sense for SMBs
WALTHAM, Mass.—Small and mid-sized businesses have many good options to get robust customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities from hosted service offerings, but presenters at...
XML Developers Get Slew of New Tools
PHILADELPHIA—With XML adoption widespread in the industry, vendors exhibiting at the XML Conference and Expo 2003 here are offering solutions to make it even...
National Semi Takes on Bluetooth with Low-Power Wi-Fi
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Researchers at National Semiconductor Corp. said the company has developed a system-level Wi-Fi solution that could cut into the market share of...
ICan Introduces Management Suite for Data Center
ICan SP Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its suite of IT service management software designed to give enterprises a way to centralize their business requirements...
SAS Picks Up Energy Risk-Management Firm
SAS Institute Inc. made another move Tuesday to strengthen its vertical risk-management offerings with the acquisition of RiskAdvisory, a Canadian company that provides risk-management...
HP Unveils Services Contracts
Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday announced that has signed a handful of new services contracts valued at $1 billion-plus.Along with the $600 million outsourcing contract...
Unisys, MS Team Up to Woo Enterprises Away from Unix
Unisys Corp. and Microsoft Corp. next month will launch a joint program aimed at luring enterprises away from Unix/RISC platforms and over to systems...
Progeny Ramps Up Its Red Hat Linux Services
Progeny Linux Systems Inc., which last month appointed Caldera/SCO co-founder and former CEO Ransom Love to its board, next year will extend its software...