Monthly Archives: December 2005
Sun Pushes NetBeans Worldwide
On the heels of news that Java is surpassing C and C++ for use in many open source projects, Sun Microsystems Inc. Tuesday announced...
Cingular Wireless Launches High-Speed Data Network
Cingular Wireless Tuesday launched its highest-speed data network service in several major U.S. cities. And while it is price-competitive with cellular data offerings from...
Is a New Vulnerability the Tip of the Perl Iceberg?
Last week a serious vulnerability was revealed to relatively little attention from the press, or even from security circles. I think its a real...
Gorilla Solves Need for Speed
Living life in the fast lane is much more than just a metaphor for the racing team of Gorilla Racing. The group meticulously records,...
Valero Simplifies Backups with Bocada
As one of the nations top oil refining companies, Valero Energy Corp. is no stranger to acquisition fever. A Fortune 500 company with approximately...
GoToAssist Widens Tech Support Options
Citrix Systems Inc.s GoToAssist 7.0 is a handy managed service for providing virtual on-site support. GoToAssist 7.0 allows organizations of any size to efficiently...
SOA Competition Heats Up
SOA Software Inc. this week is expected to announce the acquisition of a mission-critical mainframe Web services platform from Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Eric...
Pings & Packets from eWEEK Labs – 13
SOAtest Lives Up to Its New NameFinally, theres a product to help developers test and debug their service-oriented-architecture projects, Parasofts SOAtest.Actually, SOAtest isnt a...
IT Work Force Gap Looming
Nerds, apparently, travel in herds. What else could explain the fact that IT has gone from being, so it seemed, the only worthwhile occupation...
Tis the Season to Spend
The friday after Thanksgiving has been nicknamed Black Friday to connote the official start of the holiday shopping season and is often cited as...