Chris Preimesberger

Will profit-hungry international corporate cultures ultimately change the fundamental altruistic values of the open-source software community? There will always be a place for open-source software; thats a lock. However, there are those who believe that as the community and some of its most successful products mature and become more integral to the success of enterprise […]

Dell is not-so-quietly venturing into waters it had not previously sailed. This week the worlds largest personal computer maker augmented its already considerable personal technology portfolio with printers, handhelds and a miniature music player. News of these other product lines has diverted media attention away from the companys core business of PCs, at least temporarily. […]

Business communications systems provider Avaya Inc. announced Tuesday that it has acquired privately held Nimcat Networks, a maker of smart-phone software embedded in enterprise VOIP phones. The transaction was made for approximately $39.3 million in cash. Ottawa-based Nimcat Networks Inc.s “secret sauce” is the patented NimX, software that allows users to build localized VOIP (voice […]

Zend Technologies Inc., maker of PHP open source software for creating do-it-yourself dynamic Web sites, released a major upgrade Monday of its prime product, Zend Platform. Zend Platform 2 now handles higher-end workloads in business-critical applications, the company said, due to the addition of session clustering. Session clustering is a process that synchronizes session data […]

Microsoft Corp. bolstered its security hardware holdings Monday by announcing it has acquired digital security company Alacris Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Alacris, a privately held, Ottawa-based company founded in 1998, builds integrated management systems using PKI (public key infrastructure), smart-card deployments and biometrics for large commercial and government organizations that employ Windows-based systems. PKI […]

Analysts said Microsoft Corp.s Monday acquisition of a public-key identity management developer may herald an upsurge in the use of smart cards by enterprises and Microsofts position in the still-growing security management industry. Alacris, a small, privately held, Ottawa-based company founded in 1998, makes a security management software product called IDNexus that uses PKI (public […]

A new security hole—the latest in a series of Windows-related flaws uncovered in the last month—has been discovered in Microsofts Internet Explorer browser that could allow a remote attack by a hacker on computers or servers running Windows XP with Service Pack 2. eEye Digital Security broke the news of the vulnerability Thursday. The flaw […]

Companies must incorporate best IT security practices in their daily routines if they intend to protect data assets and instill confidence in their customers, the CEO of a high-profile data security company told attendees during a keynote speech online Wednesday at the Ziff Davis Internet Virtual Tradeshow. Art Coviello, CEO and president of RSA Security […]

Cisco Systems Linksys division Tuesday announced a powerful new 802.11G home/small business wireless broadband router for local area Internet networks that is expected to deliver data speeds “a magnitude” faster than current G-level routers, an industry analyst told eWEEK.com. Linksys newest Wireless-G (802.11g) Broadband Router uses MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) and so-called smart radio […]

With its announced 10-figure acquisition of Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies, online auctioneer eBay Inc. is now squarely in the battle with Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. for a share of the burgeoning VOIP market. Just how “burgeoning” is the market? Analysts disagree. Forrester Research estimated the number of U.S. households using Voice over Internet […]

Mozilla released Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 (code-named Deer Park) on Friday, a preview of the next major release of its popular open-source-based browser. The company said the beta is intended for the early adopter community, Web site and Web application developers, and Firefox extension developers, and does not come with technical support. Later in the […]

Funeral services were held Wednesday in New York for Dr. Frederick H. (Rick) Berenstein, co-founder, chairman and former chief technology officer of Xandros and an entrepreneur instrumental in convincing Wall Street of the financial viability of the open-source software business. Berenstein died Tuesday at his New York City home from brain cancer. He was 59. […]