Monthly Archives: June 2007
Web Site Aims to Support BI/Data Warehousing
The Data Warehousing Institute and the Business Intelligence Network June 13 launched BI-BestPractices.com, a new partnership web site that serves as a collaborative, interactive...
Intel Says Itanium Road Map on Schedule
Intel is preparing to stick with its Itanium processor for some time to come.
The Santa Clara, Calif., company detailed its Itanium road map June...
Microsofts Next Linux Partner Is …?
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Believe it or not, on my way to the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit at the Googolplex here this week, I realized that...
Rational Continues Buying Spree
ORLANDO, Fla.—Over the past 10-plus years, IBMs Software Group has been among the most aggressive in the industry in buying other companies to fill...
NYSE, NASD Propose E-Communication Guidelines
The New York Stock Exchange and NASD have proposed new guidelines to help companies supervise and review electronic communications.The 12-page document, released June 14,...
Users Caught in the Middle
Remember when computer users felt somewhat empowered? The idea was that your PC would put you on an even footing with those poor dolts...
Oracle Hires D.C. Lobbying Firm
At a time when the President Bush is under fire for his immigration reform initiatives and the software industry is up in arms over...
Finding Fault with Default
"You say goodbye, and I say hello," sang the Beatle-esque Baron of Babble as he pondered the contradictory tales spewing forth from Sun and...
Botnet Battle a Game of Whack-a-Mole
No one ever said policing the Internet was easy. Bot herders control networks of compromised computers sometimes numbering into the thousands. Already, an FBI-led...
Microsoft Releases Scrum Tool
Microsoft has released new support for the Scrum method of agile development in its eScrum tool.
eScrum is a Web-based, end-to-end project management tool for...