Monthly Archives: February 2005
L-3 Eyes Homeland Security Acquisitions
Riding high on a stellar financial quarter, surveillance systems vendor L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. is pondering future opportunities—and possible acquisitions—in cargo security and other...
CollabNet Leader: Software Development in a Sorry State
BURLINGAME, Calif.—The current state of the corporate software market could best be described as a train wreck, Brian Behlendorf, the chief technical officer and...
Health IT: Fears and Opportunities
Less than a year after the appointment of a health IT czar and only a month into 2005, health IT has seen its share...
SAP Invests in Automotive Software, Mercury Deal
SAP said in its fourth-quarter 2004 earnings call last week that 2005 would be a year of significant investment. Just out of the gate,...
Sun Opening a Global Grid
Sun Microsystems Inc. is ready to unveil its Sun Grid.
At its quarterly product rollout on Tuesday, the Santa Clara, Calif., company will announce that...
Open Source Initiative Changes Leaders
The Open Source Initiative announced Tuesday that it is replacing its longtime president, Eric S. Raymond, and other officers.The moves are part of the...
Google Profit Soars on Ad Sales
Profits and revenues continued to soar for Google as it posted its second quarterly earnings report since becoming a public company.
The search company reported...
Downloadable Databases Pose Security Dangers
Are they lazy? Stupid? Or merely inexperienced?
Its baffling that so many database administrators or casual non-DBA downloaders were responsible for leaving weak or default...
Dell Rolls Out New Models, Upgrade Program
Dell rolled out several new notebooks, mobile workstations and services for business users on Tuesday.
Dell Inc.s new Latitude notebooks and Precision mobile workstations are...
Open-Source Leaders Accept New Challenges
BURLINGAME, Calif.—A slate of Linux and open-source software luminaries took to the stage Tuesday here at the OSDL (Open Source Development Labs) Enterprise Summit,...