Monthly Archives: June 2006
IBM to Employ Open-Source Development Style for Tools
ORLANDO, Fla.—IBM plans to launch a new development scheme patterned after open-source initiatives for one of its upcoming commercial offerings.
At the IBM Rational Software...
Survey: U.S. Doctors More Likely to Have Health IT
The fraction of U.S. physicians with access to health IT swelled over the past four years, but is still far from pervasive, finds a...
IBM Sets Roadmap for Future Rational Tools
ORLANDO, Fla.—IBM announced the roadmap for its Rational tools and will enhance its desktop developer tools suite by the end of 2006, followed by...
Oracle Extends $220M Tender Offer for Portal Software
With some Portal Software shareholders kicking up dust over an acquisition offer from Oracle they believe to be unfair, Oracle announced June 7 that...
Dell Takes Aim at Enterprise
Dell is using the unveiling of new servers to launch an aggressive campaign designed to show that it is more than simply a box...
mValent Matures Automated Configuration Management
As enterprise IT shops struggle with configuration and compliance reporting on increasingly complex application infrastructures, more and more are turning to automation tools to...
Convergence Comes to Health Care
A consortium to encourage connected personal health technologies dubbed the Continua Health Alliance was announced recently.
The industry group intends to establish an environment conducive...
Sophos Introduces Endpoint Security Package
Sophos announced the availability of a new package of integrated computer defense tools on June 7 touted by the company as its most comprehensive...
Another Windows Vista Feature Bites the Dust
Microsoft officials decided the week of June 5 to cut another feature from Windows Vista: PC-to-PC synchronization.
Microsoft officials said they cut the feature due...
EMC swallows application-mapping vendor nLayers
Storage giant EMC June 7 acquired its second company in 26 days, snaring privately owned nLayers Inc. and adding to the consolidation in the...