Monthly Archives: April 2005
Sun Downsizes N1 Grid Computing Plan
Sun Microsystems Inc. has again scaled back its once-grand plans for its N1 Grid utility computing initiative, while at the same time doing an...
IBM Adopts Open Development Internally
Following on the success of its Eclipse open-source development platform, IBM has quietly been using a form of open-source development internally to create technology...
Can Adobe Redefine Creative Workflow?
Launched 18 months ago into an already fairly mature software market, the first release of Adobes Creative Suite was a runaway success. The integration...
Cyber-Terrorism Analyst Warns Against Complacency
ORLANDO, Florida—Cyber-security and counterterrorism analyst Roger Cressey on Monday pleaded with IT executives not to underestimate the threat of "national cyber-event" targeting critical infrastructure...
Open Source Initiative Adds New Blood
On April 1, the Open Source Initiative quietly made its good on its promise to expand its boards membership, both in general and by...
Microsoft Offers Partners New MapPoint License Option
Microsoft has acceded to partners requests to provide more reasonable licensing options for MapPoint, a mapping software product now being tweaked by some integrators...
Google to Expand Video Search
SAN FRANCISCO—Google is ready to expand its experimentation with video search this week by allowing individuals to submit video to the search engine.Google co-founder...
Savvis to Help Customers Determine Data Center Needs
Savvis Communications Corp. last year launched its hosted data center, giving customers a virtualized environment that offers everything from compute power to storage to...
Out of the Shadow of Hardware Death
Digital technologies have long since trashed the traditional connection between workmanship, performance and price. Without that connection to maintain natural market behaviors, its going...
Google Boosts Gmail Storage to 2GB
On the one-year anniversary of Gmail, Google is doubling the storage limit on e-mail accounts to 2GB and keeping the service as an invite-only...