Monthly Archives: July 2006
HPs Livermore Says $4.5 Billion Mercury Bid Shut Out Rivals
Hewlett-Packards announcement of plans to acquire Mercury Interactive pre-empted any of the other rumored players who may have been looking at the 800-pound gorilla...
Self-Checkout Killing Impulse Items
In whats been called the self-checkout diet plan, retailers are learning the unintended consequences of self-checkout systems, as they see sales of candy, Hollywood...
Ariba Muddles Through On-Demand Transition
As it transitions to an on-demand model from an enterprise one, spend management software developer Ariba is suffering in the earnings department. Yet it...
VMware Server 1.0: Why Wouldnt You Use It?
Based on functionality alone, VMwares VMware Server 1.0 would merit serious consideration for inclusion in any developer or system administrators tool kit. However, its...
Google Phones in Live Traffic Data
Update: Includes response from Google.Google announced on Tuesday the ability to view live highway traffic data via cell phones.The new product, Google Maps for...
HPs Mercury Buy Boosts SOA Play
Hewlett-Packards $4.5 billion deal to acquire Mercury Interactive is the right fit for service-oriented architecture, analysts said.
HP, based in Palo Alto, Calif., announced the...
Report: DHS Should Soothe RFID Passport Fears
There is a lot of miscommunication regarding the security and privacy of the U.S. governments new RFID-based e-passports, according to ABI Research Analyst Sarah...
IBM Cranks Up System p Servers
IBM is rolling out enhanced high-end System p servers armed with the latest Power5+ processor and greater virtualization capabilities.
The servers—the 64-core p5-595 and the...
A New T-Shirt Suggestion: ‘I Made Vista Ship’
The security team at Microsoft reportedly has taken to wearing t-shirts with the slogan "I Caused Vista to Slip" (much to the chagrin of...
Google and Microsoft Face the Integrate/Innovate Debate
A couple of observations in a New York Times article examining the differences between Google's and Yahoo's online strategies also apply to MSN/Windows Live...