Monthly Archives: March 2006
Report: Move to Fusion Costly for PS, JDE Users
With major enterprise resource planning application developers Oracle, SAP and Microsoft in the midst of developing their respective next-generation suites based on service-oriented architecture...
BMC Seeks to Boost Transaction Management with Identify Acquisition
BMC Softwares planned acquisition of Identify Software is expected to give BMCs fledgling transaction management initiative a big leg up in helping its IT...
Senators Hear Case for More Tech R&D Dollars
Imagine a small, portable device that would allow you to buy, store and use items like airline boarding passes and subway tickets without ever...
Suns Loiacono Says Farewell on His Blog
There are just two things that John Loiacono says he would do differently if he could do it all over again: join Sun Microsystems...
Former Sun Exec Calls for Firm to Open-Source Java
Sun Microsystems open-source strategy, or what some see as a lack of it, and its refusal to open-source Java have come under question again,...
RFID Standard Battle Rages: HF or UHF?
Richard Ulrich, a member of Wal-Mart Stores RFID Strategy Team, said he believes there are definite benefits to be had from item-level tagging—particularly in...
Hackers Serve Rootkits with Bagles
Malicious hackers have fitted rootkit features into the newest mutants of the Bagle worm, adding a stealthy new danger to an already virulent threat.
According...
Accenture Stumbles on U.K. Health Work
Accenture said it will lose $450 million in its outsourcing deal with the United Kingdom National Health Service, the company said March 28 in...
Registry Aims to Cut Phishing Bait
As businesses continue to struggle with criminals trying to hijack their online content in order to dupe people with so-called phishing schemes, one company...
Need Open-Source Funding? Talk to the OSDL
The OSDL (Open Source Development Labs), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux and open source software, announced March 29 that...