Monthly Archives: July 2004
Judge Grills Oracle, DOJ Attorneys in Closing Remarks
SAN FRANCISCO—After a four-week trial, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker showed on Tuesday that he still had distinct doubts about the Department of Justices...
Thompson Heralds Decade of Health IT
WASHINGTON—Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson on Wednesday presented a plan for building a national health care information infrastructure to improve health care...
Apple Jazzes Up iPod
This week, Apple introduced new versions of its popular iPod music player that give more capacity for the dollar, better battery life, and a...
Sun VP Sees a Tidal Change in Offshoring
As rivals Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM pursue high-profile outsourcing deals as a main source of services revenue, Sun Microsystems Inc. is opting to be...
EMCs Software Revenues Jump 64 Percent
Buoyed by its commitment to deliver software-rich information lifecycle management products to storage customers, EMC Corp.s second-quarter earnings showed a dramatic 64 percent increase...
Germans to get health data cards
Germany wants all 72 million citizens eligible for health care to have a health card containing a microchip carrying the patients information by 2006....
IBMs Mills: Rational Fits Hand-in-Glove
After handing the reins of IBMs developer business to the Rational division, Steve Mills, IBMs senior vice president in charge of the companys Software...
Schwab Says Sayonara to CEO
Shortly after announcing disappointing earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, Charles Schwab and Company announced that David S. Pottruck, who has served...
Fujitsu Beefs Up Utility Computing with New Server
Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. on Tuesday is rolling out a two-way rack server powered by Intel Corp.s 64-bit Itanium 2 chip, a companion system...
Case Study: Dollar General
Todays dollar store is a five-and-dime shop, adjusted for inflation. Its what Sam Walton envisioned when he created Wal-Mart in 1962: a neighborhood store...