Monthly Archives: February 2004
IBM Challenges Sun to Team on Open-Source Java
IBM Corp. on Wednesday publicly challenged Sun Microsystems Inc. to join Big Blue in developing an open-source implementation of Java.In an open letter to...
Data Integration Is ITs Frontier
Even free-trade advocates are starting to tiptoe around the subject of tech-job outsourcing. In a presidential election year, its dangerous to suggest that the...
Opera Sets IPO Date, Price
Browser maker Opera Software ASA is moving ahead with its initial public offering, announcing on Thursday that it expects to begin trading shares in...
Sun to Meet IBM Over Open-Source Java
In response to an open letter from IBM asking Sun Microsystems Inc. to join the company in developing an open-source version of Java, Sun...
DOJ Nixes Oracles PeopleSoft Takeover Bid
The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it will seek to block Oracle Corp.s $9.4 billion takeover of PeopleSoft Corp.
Assistant Attorney General R. Hewette...
Should the Government Regulate Internet Security?
Both the high-tech industry and the Bush administration have opposed government regulation of the Internet on the grounds that it would burden businesses and...
Decision Nears on Contentious Domain Name Service
The overseer of the Internets domain naming system is closer to approving a controversial service for back-ordering Web addresses.The subject of past lawsuits and...
Dot Hill Acquires Chaparral Network Storage
High-performance storage vendor Dot Hill Systems Corp. this week said it acquired Chaparral Network Storage Inc. for $72 million.Chaparral is a long-standing provider of...
SGI Offers InfiniteStorage SAN for Mac OS X
Silicon Graphics Inc. recently unveiled a storage area network (SAN) that supports Mac OS X.The companys InfiniteStorage Shared Filesystem CXFS product allows OS X...
Hitachi Announces Biggest Ever SCSI Drive
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies this week announced a 300GB enterprise-class drive, spinning at 10,000 rpm, with either Ultra320 SCSI or 2Gbps Fibre Channel interfaces.The...