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In the wake of its recent sweeping antitrust suit settlement over Java with Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft has extended support for the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (MSJVM) by three years. Until last week, Microsoft was set to terminate support for MSJVM—as well as a number of key Microsoft products that include the MSJVM code—on Sept. […]

BEA Systems Inc. this week announced a deal with Veritas Software Corp. to provide grid-computing solutions aimed squarely at chief rival IBM. BEA and Veritas will co-market and sell Veritas application performance management, provisioning and monitoring software with BEAs WebLogic J2EE-based software infrastructure, said Benjamin Renaud, deputy CTO at BEA. The challenge with best-of-breed software, […]

Tax records, drivers licenses, social security information, voter registration, and other data reside on federal and local government storage systems. All of that helps storage companies grab their share of federal government IT spending, which the Office of Management and Budget pegs at $59.8 billion in 2005, according to Input, a consultancy specializing in the […]

Intel Corp. this week released the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) v1.0 final specification and license agreement, giving life to advanced features in Serial ATA II. Serial ATA II is an enhancement spec of Serial ATA, which will be used to connect such internal storage devices as hard disks, DVDs and CD-R/Ws to the motherboard […]

Its like clockwork these days: Every second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft releases its amalgamated security patches and fixes. Microsofts customers have come to plan on this monthly happening. And many of them have programmed their systems to automatically download the patches when they appear—usually around 10 a.m. Pacific time. So whats the problem? Too […]

Is Microsoft poised to deliver a new version of Windows client before Longhorn? Or isnt it? It all depends how you define the word “release.” And Microsoft, for its part, seems to be consistently and consciously maintaining a shroud of vagueness around the term. According to a recent BusinessWeek story based on an alleged internal […]

A new class of computing device known as ultraportable PCs is sparking debate here at eWEEK.com. Columnist Rob Enderle thinks that UPCs, which attempt to cram the performance of a laptop into the form factor of a handheld computer, could eventually overtake the notebook and PDA markets. On the other hand, Ziff Davis Internet Editor […]

Grid computing—the harnessing of computers to better employ underutilized computing resources and/or to improve scalability and availability—is gaining popularity, particularly with Oracle Corp.s push of its new 10g grid technology. But many grid setups are being built on top of legacy components that can make securing the grid setup more difficult, warned Dan Kusnetzky, IDC […]

Kevin Kline, president of the Professional Association of SQL Server users (PASS) user group, was once a dyed-in-the-wool Oracle aficionado. Prior to getting his hands on Microsoft Corp.s SQL Server during a 1995 contract, he was active in the International Oracle Users Group and wrote a book on Oracle tools. After that 1995 gig, though, […]

SQL Server expert Greg Robidoux, chairman of the Professional Association for SQL Server DBA Special Interest Group (PASS DBA SIG), says that the next release of Microsofts SQL Server 2005 database, codenamed Yukon, will be worth the wait. Hes particularly excited by new development and troubleshooting tools as well as new database-mirroring capabilities. While DBAs […]

Intergraph Corp. said Monday that it had settled all of its outstanding patent claims against Advanced Micro Devices Inc., following a similar settlement with Intel Corp. last week. According to the terms of the deal, AMD will receive a license to the “Clipper” patents held by Intergraph, which will drop all patent claims against the […]

SciQuest Inc. a company that sells life sciences supply chain management software recently said it will be purchased by Trinity Ventures for just over $25 million. The company said a privately-held company can avoid some of the regulatory burdens that apply to public companies and will allow SciQuest to spend more of its energy to […]