Jeff Burt

The most vocal critic of the controversial merger of Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. this week filed a proxy statement outlining his early opposition to the deal. Walter Hewlett, son of HP co-founder William Hewlett and a member of the companys board of directors, said in the document filed with the U.S. Securities and […]

A 4-year-old company from India is looking to make a dent in the U.S. application server market. Pramati Technologies on Tuesday announced what it says is the industrys first independently developed app server that is compatible with J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition). In beta now, Pramati Server Version 3.0 should be generally available by Jan. […]

Preventing mishaps The holiday season is a merry and bright time for e-tailers, but not if online shoppers cant complete purchases because of Web site mishaps. To help e-businesses with a far-flung Web presence make sure all customers experience optimal online service, Digital Island Inc. is rolling out a new Web-based IP traffic management service. […]

In this world of face scanning and other high-tech security technology, it would be easy to discount the traditional, time-proven fingerprint. That would be wrong, according to Neurotechnologija Ltd. The San Jose, Calif., company this week announced the availability of its VeriFinger fingerprint recognition technology that it said can match up to 10,000 fingerprints per […]

Any portal technology can be enhanced with a high-quality search engine. That is what Novell Inc. did earlier this month when it announced the availability of Service Pack 2 for Novell Portal Services 1.0, with the chief new feature being the addition of AltaVista Co.s search engine. The AltaVista software works in tandem with Novell […]

Security continues to be a key issue for any enterprise doing business over the Web. Authentica Inc., of Waltham, Mass., last week introduced new versions of its PageRecall and NetRecall content security products. NetRecall 3.0 includes protection for dynamically generated Web content. PageRecall gains a host of new features, including tight integration with Microsoft Corp.s […]

WebGain Inc. has long been a Java advocate. The latest version of its TopLink development takes that support a few steps forward, said officials with the Santa Clara, Calif., company. Key among the enhancements in TopLink 4.0 is support for EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) 2.0. TopLink is designed to bridge the gap between objects and relational […]

Applied Materials Inc., which in September cut about 2,000 jobs, on Wednesday announced it would slash another 1,700 positions, or about 10 percent of its workforce. The Santa Clara, Calif., company–which makes equipment for chip makers–cited the continued downturn in the semiconductor industry as the reason for the job cuts. “Unfortunately, the continuing downturn requires […]

The World Wide Web Consortium has created a new group that is charged with documenting and building consensus around Web architectures being used by the consortium as it develops protocols. The mission of the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG), which has been discussed for about a year, also includes resolving issues involving Web architecture and […]

Developers building software can now get a new graphical view of the process. MKS Inc. last week rolled out updated versions of its Source Integrity Enterprise Edition and its Integrity Manager tool that are designed to give developers more flexibility and greater options when creating programs. Source Integrity Enterprise Edition 8.2 includes the new graphical […]

Two software companies targeting the small-business market have announced tighter integration between their products and Intuit Inc.s QuickBooks small-business management software. Interact Commerce Corp., of Scottsdale, Ariz., rolled out Act Link, which allows its Act contact management software application to share sales contacts, invoice status and other information with QuickBooks Pro 2002 and Premier 2002. […]

Homing in on the growing demand for an open development platform, software maker RealMethods has announced a stand-alone framework for J2EE. The RealMethods Framework is designed to enable companies to invest in Java 2 Enterprise Edition development without having to have the skills needed to build the infrastructure. It includes a set of core J2EE […]