Jeff Burt

APPLICATIONS The newest version of Computer Associates International Inc.s Ingres II will allow businesses to develop and maintain applications across a variety of platforms, including IBMs S/390, Microsoft Corp.s Windows, Unix and Linux, company officials said. Version 2.5 of Ingres II, the Islandia, N.Y., companys relational database management system and application development environment, includes improved […]

Out with best of breed Webridge Inc. is betting that users of B2B platforms want to buy multi-integrated suites, rather than building best-of-breed systems. The Beaverton, Ore., company last week began shipping Webridge PX 4.0, which boasts features that enable richer collaboration among business partners. Secure access The version includes customer relationship management, collaborative portal […]

K2 Digital Inc., of New York, has released a desktop customer support product called K2 Help. K2 Help can be used to create 360-degree product views, such as of a video camera or dishwasher, with a point-and-click interface to give customers the support information they need without having to turn to a call center or […]

Enterprise software startup Metricstream Inc. last week introduced its Enterprise Business Management suite, which manages business operations across distributed applications. Web-based EBM will let executive and IT management monitor the performance and integrity of all business processes via customizable dashboards that provide real-time access to business process information. Officials of the Santa Clara, Calif., vendor […]

Three new products announced last week are designed to enable companies to quickly build enterprise application portals that connect internal systems as well as applications between trading partners. Developed by Portal Wave Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., Portal Wave XML B2B Server allows information and transaction exchange across enterprises via XML (Extensible Markup Language) files. […]

Kite Networks Inc., an integrated communications provider in Ridgeland, Miss., has officially rolled out a wireless broadband network in Phoenix, giving small and medium-size businesses a new choice for high-speed network access. Phoenix is the first market to receive Kites high-speed “always on” Internet access, e-mail services and Web hosting service. The point-to-point and point-to-multipoint […]

Sensors In a drive to enhance speed and resolution, Hewlett-Packard Co. next month will begin selling three scanners that include two separate sensors to determine the degree of resolution needed. ScanJets The scanners?the ScanJet 7400C, 7450C and 7490C?will have a 2,400-dot-per-inch staggered pixel sensor for high optical resolution and a 600-dpi linear pixel sensor for […]

Looking for private-line, building-to-building connectivity, but the wireline options are either unavailable or too expensive? SONA Communications Corp., in Richmond, British Columbia, this week launched an optical wireless product line to deliver connectivity at fiber-optic transmission speeds for a lower cost than other broadband technologies. The SONAbeam 155-2 optical wireless link carries data up to […]

Double-barreled Critical Path Software Inc. rolled out an upgraded version of its server designed to help service providers and businesses deliver two-way text messaging to users. Substitute for WAP Officials with the San Francisco company said InVoke SMS (Short Message Service) Server 4.0 will give customers an alternative to WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) technologies. New […]

IBM has begun shipping a ThinkPad that looks like it really deserves to be called a notebook. The Armonk, N.Y., companys ThinkPad TransNote opens like a book, portfolio-style, with the right and left sides serving separate functions. On the inside left is a Windows-based computer with a pivoting 10.4-inch touch-screen that includes a keyboard with […]

Crystal Decisions Inc. will announce this week its next-generation Crystal Enterprise reporting and analysis system. The new system helps companies organize, categorize and deliver reports, analytical data and strategic business information into any Web or enterprise application. The suite includes Crystal Reports Professional, a high-performance reporting tool, and Crystal Analysis Professional, a new product for […]

BMC Software Inc. recently jumped into the e-commerce management void with a new version of its Patrol application monitoring and management software for Ariba Inc.s Ariba Buyer. The tool from the Houston company provides monitoring of the e-procurement application as well as connections between Ariba Buyer and its database, Web servers and enterprise resource planning […]