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Oracle Corp.s 9i technology suite is seeing growing—albeit cautious—support from partners that are developing tools to go with it. BMC Software Inc. and Mercury Interactive Corp. are among a number of companies that will launch testing, development and management products for the Oracle database this week. BMC will announce at the OpenWorld conference in San […]

High-availability specialist Veritas Software Corp. this week will roll out an updated version of its backup software that will support a greater number of operating systems and will have new security components. NetBackup Pro 3.5 also will be faster than previous versions when running on Microsoft Corp.s Windows platform. The upgraded backup software comes a […]

Raise your hand if you get an offer for a free mobile phone in the mail every day. Wireless service providers these days will do anything to reel you in as a customer. Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia said last week cell phone “sales” will grow from 380 million units this year to between 420 million […]

Data storage company EMC Corp. is reorganizing its operations as it tries to stave off fierce competition from such heavyweights as Compaq Computer Corp. and IBM. The Hopkinton, Mass., company said last week that it is reorganizing into three divisions with distinct responsibilities: Storage Platforms Operations, Open Software Operations and Customer Operations. This is the […]

Selling online this holiday season will not be an easy skate around the rink at Rockefeller Center. No, this year, more than ever, Big Browser—otherwise known as the Federal Trade Commission—will be making sure that you protect the privacy of your online customers and do not exaggerate claims about your merchandise. In a recent speech, […]

Remember the promises of third-generation wireless technologies? Mobile workers with secure, 24-by-7 broadband access to the companys servers via wireless modems? Live videoconferences on cell phones? Opportunities to develop streaming video and audio products for handhelds? Seamless, transparent access to an invisible network as pervasive as the air we breathe? In IT departments, the term […]

No matter how promising their technologies seem, Broadstorm Telecommunications Inc., of Bellevue, Wash., Flarion Technologies Inc. and Tantivy Communications Inc. face an uphill battle to persuade major carriers to switch allegiance from the third-generation standard. Their greatest allies in that battle may be the large corporations that have committed to 802.11b wireless LANs because all-IP […]

IBM and Palm Call for Layoffs The beat goes on. IBM and Palm were among the latest tech companies last week to announce layoffs. IBM said it will cut 1,000 jobs at several chip manufacturing, storage and development plants, the result of sluggish sales and falling revenue tied to the ongoing industrywide slowdown. In October, […]

Not long ago, at the height of the dot-com boom, a few market-share-oriented Internet service providers hit on a new strategy: Give away PC hardware, and charge for Net access. It turned out, of course, to be a going-out-of-business strategy, mainly because the numbers just couldnt be made to work. But beneath the debris of […]

Microsoft Corp., targeting home networks as the next frontier for its .Net service strategy, is developing a server appliance that promises to connect computers, consumer electronics and home appliances. Now all the Redmond, Wash., software company has to do is convince consumers they need it. The software for the device, expected to hit store shelves […]

Intel Corp. this week will tout a new technology it has developed to overcome two looming hurdles that could stymie efforts to build faster processors—high-energy consumption and heat. Specifically, Intel researchers have come up with a new design for the transistor, the key component at the heart of all integrated circuits. To make faster processors, […]