Monthly Archives: May 2004
Microsofts Passport Out, Federated Services In
SAN DIEGO—Its been two years since Microsoft issued any official pronouncements on "TrustBridge," its collection of federated identity-management technologies slated to go head-to-head with...
Microsoft TrustBridge Resurfaces
SAN DIEGO — Its been two years since Microsoft issued any official pronouncements on "TrustBridge," its collection of federated-identity-management technologies slated to go head-to-head...
Mac Users, Developers Reconciled to Security Threats
Despite release of a security patch by Apple Computer Inc. on Friday, and following Tuesday reports of further unplugged vulnerabilities in the companys Mac...
Lucent Makes Softswitch Push with Telica Buy
Lucent Technologies has agreed to acquire Telica, which makes the PLUS line of high-capacity voice-over-IP (VOIP) media gateways, signaling gateways and softswitches, aka media...
Want Wi-Fi with That?
Before Wayport had much time to glory in its April win of a bid to unwire McDonalds restaurants, one of its key competitors went...
Dell, EMC Target SMBs with Low-Cost SAN Device
EMC Corp. and Dell Inc. joined forces during a Webcast in London on Wednesday to introduce the AX100, an entry-level SAN (storage area network)...
Sun Insists Red Hat Linux Is Proprietary
Sun Microsystems Inc. President Jonathan Schwartz says that he knows proprietary when he sees it and that Red Hat Inc.s enterprise operating system, Red...
Insurance for Linux Users: Why is It Needed?
When a start-up firm called OSRM (Open Source Risk Management) announced two months ago that it planned to offer standard product liability insurance to...
Report: IP PBX Sales Up 10%
Sales of IP PBXs have risen 10 percent over last quarter, according to a quarterly study compiled by Infonetics Research. Worldwide revenue in this...
Cisco Preps Huge Fast Router for Summer Release
Cisco Systems Inc. celebrates its 20th birthday on Tuesday with the unveiling of its most powerful and flexible router ever.
The long-awaited "Huge Fast Router,"...