Monthly Archives: October 2006
Oracle Readies Beta of Next-Generation 11g Database
SAN FRANCISCO—While most customers are still contending with the intricacies of Oracle Database 10g, company officials told attendees of its OpenWorld show Oct. 23...
Microsoft Releases Beta of Atlas AJAX Tool
Microsoft released Oct. 20 the first beta of its AJAX tool, ASP.Net AJAX, formerly known as Atlas, making it available under three download options.
The...
Sun Reports Progress of Ruby on Java Effort
Not to be outdone by Microsofts news of a new hire to help implement Ruby on .Net, Sun Microsystems has made its own Ruby...
Microsoft Opens Access to Its Sender ID Spec
Microsoft has made the Sender ID framework specification for e-mail authentication available to users at no cost and with the guarantee that it will...
IT Issues Resurface at TIAA-CREF
The IT issues at the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund, one of the nations largest private retirement systems, have...
Cisco Launches Lifelike Videoconferencing System
Cisco Systems on Oct. 23 will attempt to change the videoconferencing game when it takes the wraps off its Cisco TelePresence system that more...
Dell Unveils Opteron-Based Servers
After years of speculation—and five months after confirming what many saw as inevitable—Dell is ready to join the Opteron fold.
The Round Rock, Texas, company,...
Rumble on Frozen Lake
When I wrote a piece on my experience installing (or trying to install) Internet Explorer 7 on my IBM ThinkPad, I expected a strong...
Cryptolex Launches Biometric Single Sign-On Device
Cryptolex introduced its new Mobio systems authentication device Oct. 23 with the aim of convincing enterprises to replace and unify their existing password sign-on...
Oracle Upgrades SOA Offerings
Oracle opened its Oracle OpenWorld conference with a series of SOA-related announcements, including the availability of Oracle SOA Suite 10g Release 3.
With service-oriented architecture...