Monthly Archives: September 2007
Turning the Power Down
Mark Barrenechea stood outside the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco Sept. 18 next to a 40-foot-long trailer, which represents one of a growing...
Leopard Looms Quietly
The Apple news has been all about iPods and iPhones for a while now, what with a complete line refresh of the former and...
SAAS Doesnt Pay, Oracles Ellison Says
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has some definite opinions on the software-as-a-service sector and reaching the lower to midmarket customers traditionally interested in on-demand software:...
Upfront – 7
Salesforce.com leaves its heart in San FranciscoThe first floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco is a vast marble expanse with little...
Microsoft Ruling Sparks Debate
A European courts ruling against Microsoft not only once again fueled the debate over the software makers business practices but also raised concerns about...
The Job of Securing the Database
Whats the workday like for a database administrator? Well, that depends on whether you want the long answer or the short one.The long one...
Oblicore Makes SLAs More Meaningful to Managers
Service level management vendor Oblicore on Sept. 20 advanced its business-oriented brand of service level agreement management with the latest release of its Oblicore...
Google to Face Senate over DoubleClick Deal
Nothing like a meeting of the Senate to find out which way the wind is blowing on a deal.The U.S. Senate subcommittee on antitrust...
Companies Resorting to E-Mailed Pink Slips
As if getting laid off weren't dehumanizing enough, 10 percent of U.S. employees say that their company has used e-mail to fire or lay...
Adios, Network General
When Network General was reanimated in 2004 I asked "is there life left for Sniffer?" Today, my news colleague Paula Musich reported that NetScout...