Monthly Archives: April 2007
Oracle to Buy Another Utility Technology Provider
Oracle continued its shopping spree on April 24 when company officials announced plans to acquire Lodestar, a provider of meter data management for the...
Are Credit Cards About to Be Dethroned?
The retail industry is traditionally slow to adopt new technology and new payment methods, but once some retail leaders get comfortable with the idea,...
HP Plans Ink-jet Strategy for Upcoming Year
Hewlett-Packard announced today that its new HP consumer printers will include multiple ink-jet cartridge offerings and that the company has added a new color-coded...
CodeGear Partners with MySQL for DB Support
Text CodeGear, the development tools arm of Borland Software Corp., is slated to announce a partnership with MySQL AB to deliver software solutions to...
Emancipation Holiday Causes Computers to Hiccup on Tax Day
It's not quite another Y2K, but some computers' failure to take into account the Washington-celebrated Emancipation Day 2007 may throw a monkey wrench into...
Concentric Launches E-mail Protection Security Suite for SMBs
Concentric Business Solutions announced April 23 that it has released its Perimeter E-mail Protection suite of e-mail server security applications that provides small- and...
Video Fingerprinting Won’t Stop Piracy
Video fingerprinting won't stop piracy. It won't even be able to contain it. Anybody who tells you different is selling something. Probably fingerprinting software.The...
NEC Looks to Build a Virtual Client Network
NEC Corp. of America, best known in the enterprise for its line of fault-tolerant servers, is now looking to offer IT managers a way...
Extreme Pumps Up the Network
Extreme Networks on April 23 will try to set itself apart from larger networking companies by offering lower cost and richer functionality in new...
ShoreTel Adds More VOIP Options for SMBs
IP PBX provider ShoreTel on April 23 will launch a mixed bag of IP Telephony enhancements designed to make end users more productive and...