Monthly Archives: January 2006
Microsoft Spins Visual Studio Live for Developers
Microsoft Corp. has begun to take a serious look at how its software-as-a-service strategy can be applied to its developer business.
Last week Microsoft moved...
Salesforce.coms Tucker Draws on Java Roots for AppExchange
SAN FRANCISCO—Lew Tucker, vice president of AppExchange at Salesforce.com Inc., spent a few good and formative years at Sun Microsystems Inc. developing Java as...
AMD Announces Strong Fourth-Quarter Results
Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. posted strong fourth-quarter and year-end numbers and stole more market share from industry leader Intel Corp.
The fourth-quarter 2005...
WiMax Faces Doubt, Despite Momentum
SAN JOSE, Calif.—When asked for his take on the nascent wireless broadband technology known as WiMax, Brett Galloway put it like this: "WiMax is...
Oracle Plugs 82 Database, Server Holes
Oracle Corp. has released a "moderately critical" batch of patches to plug a total of 82 security vulnerabilities in several database and server products.
As...
Storage Blades Target High-Performance Apps Woes
Ticketed to support a growing breed of high-performance and high-availability communications applications being used with more frequency and requiring increased storage capacity, Performance Technologies...
Salesforce.com Needs to Focus on Fundamentals
Salesforce.com has hit a couple of speed bumps in its drive to prove that an on-demand software company can be just as successful and—more...
Canoo Java Tool Offers AJAX Alternative for Mobile Apps
Canoo Engineering AG has announced a new version of its tool for building RIAs (rich Internet applications) for mobile devices and thin-client terminals.Basel, Switzerland-based...
Salesforce.com Takes Aim at Java, .Net with AppExchange
SAN FRANCISCO—Salesforce.com began its campaign to turn its on-demand customer relationship management service into a development platform for Web applications with the official introduction...
Book Clubs Get the Message by Reading Online
Suzanne Beecher lays claim to inventing the e-mail book club.
Her "Chapter a Day" book club debuted in 1999 as a daily e-mail containing an...