Monthly Archives: February 2006
IBM Rolls Out Blade Roadmap
NEW YORK—IBM is planning an aggressive expansion of its blade server offerings that will include additions to its line of Intel-based systems, an upgraded...
DNF Buys StoneFly for Enterprise Backup
Dynamic Network Factory purchased IP-SAN pioneer StoneFly Networks on Feb.7 for an undisclosed price.
The move gives DNF a new weapon with which to accelerate...
Oracle Introduces Transportation Management Suite
With its purchase of G-Log in 2005, Oracle acquired a logistics and transportation management software development team—along with a suite of accompanying technology—that lets...
Gmail + Gtalk = Next Step in Separate Internet Plan
Over on the Intermedia blog, I've got some conjecture about why Google's merging Gmail and Gtalk. On the surface, it looks like Google is...
Muslim Cartoon Protests Hit the Internet
Thousands of Web sites in Denmark and Europe have been hacked and defaced in apparent retaliation for the publication of cartoons satirizing the Prophet...
Pay-for-Performance Programs Spark Debate
LOS ANGELES—Should your doctor get a bonus if you stop smoking and lose weight? Thats the kind of question attendees are wrestling with at...
Microsoft Gives Workarounds for New IE, Windows Flaws
Microsoft late Feb. 7 issued two separate advisories with pre-patch workarounds for a privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows and a new code execution hole...
Open Source Pervades Enterprise at Demo
PHOENIX—After kicking things off with a robotic dinosaur and car computing solutions, the Demo conference got down to business by bringing a range of...
Symbol CEO: RFID Not Ready For Prime Time
Despite big initiatives by the likes of Wal-Mart, Target and the Department of Defense, and a good bit of hype, tracking goods with RFID...
Torvalds Hasnt Ruled Out GPL 3 for Linux
Linus Torvalds could see using the proposed GPL 3 license for Linux, but he thinks it would be very hard to do in practice...