Monthly Archives: May 2006
Tech Support: How to Draw the Line
A poster on Ask Slashdot on May 8 requested advice on how to reduce or turn down requests for technical support requests, especially from...
Microsoft Patches Two Critical Vulnerabilities
As expected, Microsoft issued patches for two critical vulnerabilities in its software on May 9, including flaws in its Windows and Exchange products, as...
Readers Respond: Stopping Patent Trolls
Have you ever filed for a patent? I would think not. If you had, I dont think you would believe there is the "excessive...
Novell Aims Linux Suite at Small Business Server Customers
On May 9, Novell Inc. announced a new package, the Novell Open Workgroup Suite, that is intended to go head to head with Microsofts...
Packeteer Picks Up Tacit for $78M
WAN optimization provider Packeteer on May 9 sought to extend its business into the wide-area file services arena when it announced its plans to...
Microsoft Rolls Out Windows CE 6
Microsoft unveiled a beefier version of Windows CE during a keynote at its annual Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas on May...
Unisys Server Unites Xeon, Itanium
Unisys is rolling out new products designed to add greater infrastructure flexibility and data protection to the data center, such as a new server...
OpenAJAX Looks to Advance with New Members
OpenAJAX, an industry group collaborating on the future of the Asynchronous JavaScript and XML style of development, has added 13 new members, bringing the...
Mercury, NetScout Team Up on Network, Application Performance Management
NetScout Systems and Mercury Interactive on May 10 will team up to combine NetScouts deep-dive network monitoring, analysis and troubleshooting with Mercurys application management.
Mercury,...
EMC Snatches Up Kashya to Boost Data Protection Portfolio
Fortifying its focus to bring security deeper into storage environments and thereby building a unified information management lifecycle strategy, EMC acquired privately held Kashya...