Monthly Archives: March 2004
Social-Networking Vendors Set Their Sights on the Enterprise
If youre like most IT professionals, when you hear the word "network" youre likely to picture a web of computers or looming security threats—certainly...
Java, meet Python. Python, meet Java
As Sun and IBM haggle over the terms of open-sourcing Java, I think its important to note: if theyre trying to jumpstart more widespread...
ICANN to Review 10 Top-Level Domain Name Proposals
The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Friday announced it has received proposals for 10 new sponsored top-level domains (sTLDs). The...
SAP, PeopleSoft Diverge at Fork in Software Road
HANNOVER, Germany—The industrys two largest enterprise resource planning developers, SAP AG and PeopleSoft Inc., are offering corporations decidedly different paths to business automation.
The choice...
Microsoft Digs in for Legal Fight
Despite a last-ditch settlement attempt by its CEO, Microsoft Corp. once again finds itself facing protracted litigation and possibly stiff sanctions—this time in Europe....
EU Heat Could Spur Interim Windows XP Release
The rollout of Microsoft Corp.s next major version of Windows has been pushed back to late 2006 in large part by a two-punch combination...
Microsoft VP Talks Strategy on Longhorn, Whidbey
Microsoft Corp. officials have hinted at interim releases of both the Windows server and client before Longhorn, the next major Windows upgrade due to...
Novell Updates GroupWise for Linux, Zenworks and Partner Program
HANNOVER, GERMANY—Just one day after announcing the 9.1 version of SuSE Linux at the CeBIT 2004 show here, Novell Inc. on Friday rolled out...
3Com Losses Increase
Networking equipment maker 3Com Corp. on Thursday announced wider losses in the third quarter, which ended Feb. 27.
The Marlborough, Mass., company reported a net...
Yahoo Expands News Search
Yahoo Inc. continued its rollout of search services since dropping Google Inc.s results with an announcement Friday of a revamped search index for news...