Monthly Archives: April 2004
BMC Picks Up Marimba for $239 Million
One more domino in the lineup of independent software distribution and change management providers fell this morning when BMC Software Inc. announced its plan...
Storage Customers Give iSCSI a Second Look
NEW YORK—Gauging from the favorable reaction of data storage customers, the tide may be turning for iSCSI to move from a misunderstood storage network...
Exploit Circulating for Windows LSASS Vulnerability
An exploit has begun circulating for another of the vulnerabilities in Windows revealed by Microsoft Corp. earlier this month. The vulnerability, a buffer overrun...
AutoZone Fights Back Against SCO
Seven weeks after The SCO Group Inc. sued AutoZone Inc. for allegedly violating SCOs Unix copyrights through its use of Linux, the Memphis, Tenn.-based...
Cisco, Ericsson Team Up for IP
Cisco Systems Inc. and L.M. Ericsson have agreed to integrate equipment and service offerings to spur telecommunications carriers to offer a wider range of...
Handheld Sales See Steep Drop-off
Handheld shipments slipped in the first quarter of 2004, according to a new report from IDC.
The Framingham, Mass.-based research firm said that shipments worldwide...
Nortel Fires CEO
Nortel Networks Corp. fired its president and CEO, Frank Dunn, today as well as its chief financial officer and controller. The termination of the...
Technology, Quality, and Customer Options Define IT Agenda
When I wrote in my letter of March 15 about an upcoming conference panel discussion, several readers asked me if Id be providing details...
IBM Virtualization Engine Cuts Infrastructure Costs, Complexity
IBM officials on Wednesday will demonstrate a virtualization initiative that they plan to extend throughout their server and storage product lines, starting with the...
IBM, Genesys Join on Speech Offerings
IBM and Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc. are working to integrate their speech technologies to launch new self-service capabilities for call centers that better link...