Monthly Archives: June 2004
Accenture Lands High-Tech Border Security Contract
The Department of Homeland Security this week awarded a contract to Accenture LLC to oversee a program to track millions of foreign visitors to...
Visual FoxPro Europa Lives
Microsoft on Thursday posted for download a public beta of the next version of its Visual FoxPro development tool.The public beta of Visual FoxPro...
Kumar Leaves CA
Just weeks after stepping down as the companys CEO, Sanjay Kumar announced Friday that he is leaving Computer Associates International Inc. altogether.In a statement...
Oracle to Suck up to Microsoft in Court
Oracle will do something completely out of character when it meets the Justice Department in court next week to defend its hostile takeover of...
Sony VAIO VGN-X505ZP
ZIFFPAGE TITLEAt a GlanceCompany:Sony Corp., www.sonystyle.comPrice:$2,999.99 directSpec Data:1.1-GHz Intel ULV Pentium M, 512MB DDR SDRAM, 20GB hard drive, 64MB Intel 855GME graphics, 802.11g wireless,...
Clearwire to Offer Voice, Data Over Wireless Broadband
Cellular phone industry pioneer Craig McCaw announced this week that he and other telecom veterans are launching a new fixed wireless broadband venture called...
Mitel Networks Showcases Intelligent Integration
I met Mitel Networks officials at a West Side hotel in New York last year to see demonstrations of the companys new 3300 Integrated...
Kumar Pays Price for CAs Dismal Integrity
Another big shoe dropped in the continuing investigation of accounting irregularities at Computer Associates when former CEO Sanjay Kumar disclosed June 4 that he...
Oracle-Linked Industry Group Says DOJ Misses Mark in Case
As it heads to court next week to try to stop Oracles hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, the U.S. Department of Justice lacks a "basic...
Oracle, DOJ in Courtroom Countdown
Almost a year to the day after Oracle Corp. made its hostile bid to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc. and consolidate the second- and third-largest...