Monthly Archives: July 2005
J.D. Edwards Resellers Worry about Oracle Competition
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—J.D. Edwards resellers and system integrators expressed concern Thursday about how big a piece of the market pie Oracle will share with...
Microsoft Reveals New Longhorn, Office 12 Features
MINNEAPOLIS—Longhorn Beta 1 is still a few weeks away from release. And Office 12 Beta 1 isnt slated to debut until this fall. But...
Yahoo RSS Search Test Skims the Web
Whether intentionally or not, Yahoo briefly showcased some of its RSS search plans on Friday when Webloggers discovered and then posted screen shots of...
Industry Looks into Cloudy Future for Authentication
ISPs, large enterprises and e-mail security companies are hoping that an industry meeting in New York this week will breathe life into a flagging...
ID Theft Bill Widens Encryption Rules
Congressional leaders appear eager to pass an identity-theft law this week, and their proposals are becoming tougher.
Last week, Reps. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and John...
Microsoft Sketches Scenarios for Office 12
MINNEAPOLIS—Microsoft on Friday outlined some of the possible new scenarios it sees for Office 12, the next version of its pervasive desktop productivity suite.
The...
Microsoft Sells Vertical Approach to Partners
MINNEAPOLIS—As Doug Burgum, the senior vice president in charge of Microsofts Business Solutions group, began his abbreviated keynote address to some 6,000 partners Friday...
New Foundation Boosts Ubuntu Linux
The two founders of Ubuntu, a popular flavor of Linux, announced Friday that they have established a foundation to support and propagate the Debian-Linux...
Storage-Security Combo Helps Safeguard Personal Info
Network Appliances $272 million acquisition of Decru (which is expected to close in October) is just one of many signs that the worlds of...
Analysts: Enterprise Debian Distro Takes On Red Hat, Novell
A new enterprise distribution of Linux is in the works, sources say, due to arrive later in the summer. However, analysts were mixed on...