Monthly Archives: November 2004
Is IBM the Grid King in Financial Services?
Oracle Database 10g be damned—IBM has been doing grid for longer than Oracle, better than Oracle and for cheaper than Oracle, its database executives...
Bill Sends Spyware, Adware Purveyors Down Divided Paths
As adware and spyware companies hoping to do business in the United States clean up their act in response to the Internet Spyware Prevention...
When the Study-Funding Tables Are Turned
Microsoft partner SupportSoft sure has a funny way of showing its support for Microsofts Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2).Redwood City, Calif.-based SupportSoft sells...
SCO Delays Launch of Site on IP Battles
The SCO Group Inc. announced a few weeks ago that it would launch a Web site to present its side of the story of...
IBMs Database VP: Our Grid Scales Better
Sure, says IBMs database guru, Oracle is talking a good game on grid computing with Oracle Database 10g, but IBMs still pummeling its biggest...
EMC Acquires Allocity
EMC is continuing its strategy to appeal more to SMBs by acquiring Allocity, the startup behind Live!Ex, a storage system specifically for for Microsoft...
Xten Video Softphone Gets IM, Presence
Xten Networks Inc. has announced a new version of its Xten eyeBeam video-enabled softphone. Due in early December, eyeBeam 1.1 will incorporate presence and...
Mac and Linux Not Immune to Viruses
Its easy for administrators and computing professionals to get frustrated with users for all kinds of reasons, but security has to be one of...
Can Identity Theft Epidemic Be Stopped?
A leading bank regulator, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, warned in June that increased corporate outsourcing of call-center tasks and other jobs overseas had...
CA Releases Open-Source Windows Version of Ingres Database
Computer Associates International Inc. on Monday will release a Windows version of Ingres r3, the newly open-sourced database that the company hopes will worm...