Monthly Archives: October 2007
Microsoft Models Oslo
REDMOND, Wash.-Considered late to the service-oriented architecture game, Microsoft is making its plans, if not its presence, known in a big way.The company plans...
ZoneAlarm ForceField Adds Web Protection
An often-discussed technique for protecting systems from Internet-based malware is the concept of a sandbox. In the sandbox model, Web-based applications run in a...
Unsung FalconStor Doing Quite Well as a Key OEM
FalconStor is like a great supporting actor in a movie -- one who helps set the scene and tell the story, but who modestly...
Offshoring: Is Anyone Winning?
The software maker Novell said Oct. 25 that the lay offs of 250 U.S. workers was part of an ongoing restructuring effort in hopes...
Red Sox, Patriots and Massachusetts High Tech
The Red Sox win the World Series against a team that keeps its baseballs in a humidor and wears uniforms that are knockoffs of...
Watch for YouTube for Your Google Apps
I wrote not long ago about Google's move to layer YouTube on top of Google Earth, focusing on the broader potential for Google to...
Click Once to Kill Stupid Patent
Recently the Internet has started to seem like a lighter, happier place. Web pages have been clearer, graphics have looked snappier, Flash advertisements have...
PeopleSoft Users Weigh Risks of Oracles Rapid Growth
PeopleSoft Users Weigh Risksof Oracles Rapid Growth">If Oracle is successful in its attempt to acquire BEA Systems, it will be the companys 37th acquisition...
FatWire Buys Wiki Maker Infostoria
FatWire Software, which makes Web content management software, is going to buy Web collaboration startup Infostoria for an undisclosed sum.Setauket, N.Y.-based Infostoria makes software...
Microsoft Snags Open-Source Project Lead
Microsoft has hired the creator of the SubSonic tool set and plans to use SubSonic as a key part of an upcoming platform.Rob Conery...