Monthly Archives: February 2006
Gartner: IBM, HP Tops in Server Revenue, Shipments
IBM held onto the top position in server revenue in 2005, though the companys revenues grew at less than the industry average, according to...
Competitor Claims AirTight Patent Wont Hold Water
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a wireless intrusion detection technology patent to security vendor AirTight Networks. But competitor AirDefense is calling...
Sun Betas Aim to Simplify Java Development, Web Services
Sun Microsystems has announced the release of preview versions of the Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5 software development kit and the NetBeans Enterprise Pack...
Oracle Adds .Net, Windows Server Support to Enterprise Manager
Making good on its promise to ease support of non-Oracle technology, Oracle has added support for the Microsoft .Net Framework and Windows Server System,...
SAP Primes Enterprise Search Zapper
SAP AG says it may enhance its NetWeaver lineup of corporate computing features with a powerful new search technique.
"Bottom line is that this is...
Sun Appoints Familiar Faces as CFO, Board
Sun Microsystems has appointed Michael Lehman as its chief financial officer, effective Feb. 22, while Robert Finocchio has been elected to the companys board...
Google Wannabes Abound at Mashup Camp
The ongoing Mashup Camp show in Palo Alto, Calif., is teeming with companies claiming theyve found Internet search features that search giants like Google...
Adaptec Bulks Up NAS with Storage Hardware Upgrade
Adaptec on Feb. 21 rolled out its new Snap Server 500 Series boxes in conjunction with the release of Adaptecs StorAssure Personal Edition CDP...
Enterprise Users Calm as MySQL Community Freaks
The at-large open-source community of MySQL users is panicking over Oracles second buy of the databases two transactional storage engines, Berkeley DB, although enterprise...
Washington Post Caught in Metadata Gaffe?
The Washington Posts online arm has apparently been caught in a metadata gaffe that exposed the whereabouts of a 21-year-old hacker who confessed to...