Monthly Archives: January 2005
Intel Reorganizes With Hope of Inspiring Buyers
As many times as Intel has reorganized lately—four times since 1997 according to published accounts—I have to wonder whether it really matters how the...
McData Acquires Storage Networking Rival
In an attempt to round out its portfolio and compete more effectively with key competitors, storage networking vendor McData Corp. has announced intentions to...
Honeypot Project: Unpatched Linux Systems Last Longer than Windows
The Honeypot Project has added fuel to the debate over which is more secure—Linux or Windows—with findings that unpatched Linux systems can be on...
i2 Eyes Tools for Demand Planning, Inventory Mgmt.
NEW YORK—i2 Technologies Inc. is readying new tools for retailers in the areas of demand planning and inventory management, according to a company executive.
Meanwhile,...
Microsofts Exchange Roadmap Takes Another Turn
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced an update to the product roadmap for its Exchange messaging server that rolls Exchange Edge Services—once intended as a...
VeriSign Faces Four Contenders for .Net
Four competitors are officially vying to wrest the management of the .net domain away from VeriSign Inc.ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and...
Stem-Cell Gold Rush Spreads Beyond California
The $3 billion that California will spend over the next 10 years on stem cell research has been repeatedly described as a 21st-century gold...
Analysts: Project Fusion Is the Death Knell for PeopleSoft Apps
During Oracle Corp.s heartfelt and lengthy launch of the combined Oracle-PeopleSoft Inc. company on Tuesday, CEO Larry Ellison posed the upcoming Project Fusion as...
Microsoft Persists in Backing MVP Program
At the end of last year, rumors were flying that Microsoft was rethinking its commitment to its MVP (Most Valuable Professional) program. But on...
What OSDL Isnt Doing—and What It Could Do
Well, the big OSDL and IBM deal later this week looks like its going to be a dud.The rumor mill had it that IBM...