Monthly Archives: February 2009
Zend Puts PHP on IBM System i
Zend Technologies, which refers to itself as the PHP company, announced Feb. 5 that it is "teaming with IBM to preload Zend's Web stack...
Facebook Formalizes Support for OpenID Foundation
On Feb. 5, Facebook announced that it would join Google, IBM, Microsoft, PayPal, VeriSign and Yahoo as a corporate board member of the OpenID...
Kleiner Perkins’ Doerr, Oracle’s Phillips Join Obama Board
President Obama announced an Economic Recovery Advisory Board Feb. 6 that includes renowned technology venture capitalist John Doerr and Oracle President Charles Phillips. The...
Trouble at Salesforce.com?
Is there trouble in the house that Benioff built? Salesforce.com's president and chief strategy officer, Steve Cakebread, has resigned and reports say two other...
Sun Microsystems Talks Identity Access Management Strategy
Sun Microsystems wants to make a push in the competitive identity and access management market with an emphasis on reducing complexity and expanding the...
Tech Groups Protest Stimulus Protectionism
Tech trade groups are breathing a little easier Feb. 5 after the U.S. Senate approved an amendment to moderate the "Buy American" provisions of...
Intel Details Nehalem, SOC Processor Technologies at Conference
Intel is planning to use an upcoming technical conference to offer an in-depth look at its Nehalem microarchitecture and offer details about how the...
Analyst: Google Latitude Not a Threat to Facebook, MySpace
Imagine a world where your mobile phone not only connects you to social networks and recognizes your location but also is able to provide...
How Long Will Application Virtualization Stand Alone?
Is application virtualization a sensible investment for IT managers? Do the claimed benefits--and associated costs--of application virtualization outweigh what it is intended to replace,...
Amazon SimpleDB a Solid Choice for Simple Web-based Data Storage
In December, Amazon released the beta version of its SimpleDB product. SimpleDB is part of a suite of tools making up the Amazon Web...