Monthly Archives: May 2004
Microsoft Knows the Consumer is Always Right
The old saw is that Microsoft only gets things right on the second or third try. Only with Windows 3.0 did momentum begin to...
Authoria to Acquire Advanced Information Management
Authoria, a small company that develops human resources software, is beginning to expand through acquisition.
Waltham, Mass.-based Authoria Inc. on Monday will announce the purchase...
Sun Gives Early Peek at J2EE 1.5
LAS VEGAS—If Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4 was about bringing Web services into the enterprise Java fold, then J2EE 1.5 is all about ease...
Microsoft Details Windows Server Futures
SEATTLE—If you think Microsoft is jazzed about the potential of 64-bit desktops, wait until you hear how it is planning around 64-bit servers.On the...
Intels 64-Bit Push Starts Clock on Industry Shift
Disclaimer: Intel and Microsoft are clients of mine.
Intels announcement Friday that it is accelerating its roadmap by about two years to provide 32-/64-bit support...
Royal Bank of Canada Bails on SCO Investment
The financial turmoil surrounding The SCO Groups funding flared on Friday with the word that the Royal Bank of Canada will withdraw its direct...
Smarts Adds Dashboard to Business Impact Analysis Tool
Smarts Inc. on Monday will step up its efforts to better link the management of IT infrastructure to business objectives through a new version...
DoJ, Oracle Ready Technical Tutorials for Trial Judge
The judge overseeing the U.S. Department of Justices antitrust suit against Oracle Corp. will get a lesson in enterprise resource planning technology later this...
Getting at Unvarnished Feedback from Stinger Testers
Updating databases isnt minor surgery. From what I hear, its nowhere near as traumatic as updating an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, which can...
Kattoon: May 10, 2004
Read this weeks Spencer column.