Monthly Archives: December 2003
Supercomputing, Built Super Fast
Using hardware furnished by Sun Microsystems Inc. and the open-source Rocks Cluster Management software, a research team at last months Supercomputing conference in Phoenix...
The Years Top 10 Tech Stories
If 2001 was a year of cataclysmic change and 2002 was a year of prolonged recovery, recessionary and otherwise, then in 2003 we seemed...
Ximian Takes Evolutionary Step Forward
This months release of Evolution 1.5 provides an early look at whats set to change when Ximian Inc.s popular e-mail and calendar application for...
Certive Releases Data Integration Server
Certive Corp. is trying to redefine the concept of data integration with its Certive Server.The new data integration and management platform, introduced last week,...
On Beyond Monoculture
Over the course of this year, the biggest change in my IT environment has been more frequent updates to system software. Not only have...
EMC to Tap Into VMware Virtualization Capabilities
After working together quietly for nearly a year, EMC Corp. and VMware Inc. made it official last week with the storage vendor buying the...
Cruise Ship Sets Sail With Integrated Tech System
When the Queen Mary 2 luxury liner embarks on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., next month, a crew of...
IBM Tool Eases Compliance
As regulatory compliance pressures extend beyond the realm of the database administrator, IBM is taking steps to empower non-IT experts to properly define data...
Oracle Extends Reach of ID Management
As it organizations deploy varied flavors of provisioning and authorization software, Oracle Corp. is trying to enable its identity management offering to co-exist with...
Year of Our Discontent
2003 was full of developments that had a big impact on IT. Unfortunately, most of what happened was bad. If you didnt lose your...