Monthly Archives: March 2004
PeopleSoft Is Ready to Meet
Despite the fact that PeopleSoft Inc. shareholders will not get a chance to vote on a pro-Oracle Corp. slate of candidates for the PeopleSoft...
Microsoft Led SCO to BayStar
The cat is finally out of the bag: Microsoft Corp. acted as the matchmaker for the $50 million investment led by BayStar Capital into...
HP, IBM Lines Focus on SMBs
Major oems Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM are offering upgraded systems, software and services targeted at the increasingly coveted small- and midsize-business customers.HP this week...
Cognos Strengthens ReportNet Integration
Cognos Inc. has updated its ReportNet enterprise reporting tool to make it more tightly integrated with the rest of Cognos product portfolio.
ReportNet, which debuted...
Nokia Debuts 1-Megapixel Phone
At Cebit last week, Nokia introduced its first megapixel camera phone. The 7610 features a 4x digital zoom and a self-timer, as well as...
Caching In on Updated Data
ObjectStore is readying a new breed of caching mechanism that company officials said will more efficiently update data in emerging service-oriented IT architectures that...
Oracle Complies With J2EE 1.4
Oracle Corp. announced last week that the latest version of its application server has passed the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition compatibility test suite...
SAS Helps Predict March Madness
Not even high-powered statistical analysis software could get inside the minds of the NCAA tournament selection committee this year.The NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Dance...
Prescott Server Raises Bar—A Little
With its affordable price and compact 1U (1.75-inch) rack-mount form factor, Dell Inc.s PowerEdge 750 is well-suited for running front-end applications such as Web...
Heating Up Business with Employee Feedback
As I burned leaves during my annual spring cleanup early last week, I had a realization: The next big thing in the use of...