Monthly Archives: December 2004
Cisco to Buy Security Firm Protego
Cisco Systems announcement Monday that it will acquire privately held startup Protego Networks for $65 million adds a critical piece to Ciscos strategy for...
Finance 2005: Looking Beyond Borders
We will remember 2004 as a year of consolidation and reactions to regulations in the financial services industry. Looking ahead to 2005, we see...
Santy Worm Defaces Web Forums
Anti-virus vendors have raised the threat level on a new Internet worm squirming through Web servers that are running unpatched versions of the popular...
EU Slap Down Wouldnt Be Worst Thing for Microsoft
Theres no Christmas present that Microsoft officials want more than the European Unions remedies to be postponed until Microsofts appeal in the never-ending EU...
Apple Delays Release of Xsan Storage Software
Apple Computer Inc. confirmed to eWEEK.com that it will delay the release of Xsan, the companys enterprise-class storage networking product, from next week to...
Kenai Launches Web Services Security Tool
Kenai Systems Inc. has introduced technology for testing Web services for security issues as the services are being developed.
The Rocklin, Calif., companys ExamineST Web...
Oracle Reaches Out to JDE Users
Shortly after announcing its $10.3 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc. last week, Oracle Corp. wasted no time in setting out to win the confidence...
Top Products of 2004
Firefox 1.0
Firefox 1.0
In one of the most interesting technology stories of the year, an open-source product descended from one of the founding applications of...
Past Year Is Prologue
Technology developments this year started slowly but wound up in a merger and divestiture frenzy that shows no signs of letting up. But behind...
App Security Is Lacking
In 2004, several technologies vied for the limited enterprise dollars earmarked for protecting public-facing applications—and created a lot of confusion in the marketplace about...