Monthly Archives: August 2007
Will Microsoft Buy the New Citrix?
Could Citrix Systems purchase of XenSource for $500 million be a prelude to Microsofts acquisition of Citrix?Some analysts, like Brenon Daly and his colleagues...
Internships Becoming the Golden Ticket
Recent and near-college graduates who are trying to crack the secret code to finding their dream job after graduation have countless approaches: papering the...
Citrix Customers Applaud XenSource Acquisition
To Citrix customer Christopher Boone, Citrix Systems decision to buy virtualization provider XenSource makes sense, given the rapid growth in the increasingly competitive space.However,...
Citrix Acquiring XenSource for $500 Million
Citrix Systems is acquiring XenSource, whose founders helped develop the open-source Xen hypervsior, for $500 million in a move that caps a significant week...
AT&T Lets Businesses Tap into Storage Over SONET Rings
AT&T doesnt usually come to mind with regard to storage innovation, but the company said it has come up with a way to let...
VMware to Face Citrix/XenSource Challenge
It seems like only yesterday that I was saying VMwares IPO made no sense to me. Oh, wait, it was just yesterday.One of the...
Ubuntu Servers Hijacked, Used to Launch Attack
The Ubuntu community had to yank five of the eight Ubuntu-hosted community servers sponsored by Canonical offline Aug. 6 after discovering that the servers...
Xandros, Microsoft Make Scalix Mail Server Exchange Friendly
In a surprising move, Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandros announced on Aug. 15 a messaging protocol license and collaboration agreement that will allow Scalix...
Microsoft Updates Windows Live Hotmail
Microsoft has made a minor update to Windows Live Hotmail, the first since it launched the new service on May 7. Redmond started making...
Curtains for Google Video Buy/Rent Feature
A lot is being made in the high-tech press about Google pulling the plug on Google Video. The site itself isn't going the way...