Monthly Archives: September 2006
Google Taps Fiber with Manhattan Move
Google's new Manhattan office sites atop one of the biggest fiberoptic facilities in North America.I've been doing research for a separate project on Google's...
Re-Release of IE Mega-Patch Caps Patch Tuesday
Microsoft issued three security bulletins covering three flaws on September 12, this month's Patch Tuesday. Notable among them is a re-release of an Internet...
SAP Promises Stable Road Map for MySAP ERP
LAS VEGAS—The big take-away for users at this years annual TechEd conference Sept. 12-15 here is the fact that SAP is "stabilizing" its next-generation...
Salaries, Satisfaction Up Among Microsoft IT Pros
Average overall salary is up for Microsoft IT professionals, according to Redmond Magazines 2006 Salary Survey, released Sept. 12.
Salaries showed an increase of 3.3...
Suns Still on Fire
Buoyed by a second quarter that saw gains in server and storage revenue—including more than $100 million in sales of its "Niagara"-based systems—Sun Microsystems...
Business Objects Acquires ALG Software for $56M
Business intelligence provider Business Objects revealed Sept. 12 that it will acquire privately held Armstrong Laing—a provider of profitability management and activity-based costing solutions—for...
Hackers Jailed for Zotob Worm Attack
Two Moroccan hackers have been jailed for creating and distributing the Zotob worm that squirmed through Windows 2000 networks in August 2005.
According to reports...
Dell May Give Its Notebooks Some Tough Love
NEW YORK—Dell thinks some of its customers want notebooks that are a little tougher.
While speaking at the companys Technology Day here on Sept. 12,...
Sun CEO: Were Ready to Grow in the Participation Age
With back-to-back solid quarterly financial results in the bank, Sun Mi-crosystems President and CEO Jonathan Schwartz stepped on stage Sept. 13 and tried to...
IBM Lotus Sametime Challenges Microsoft for New Market
NEW YORK—The rollout of IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5 here on Sept. 13 reflected an ongoing battle of collaboration platforms between IBM and archrival Microsoft....