John Pallatto

Terracotta Inc. and Interface21 Ltd. have agreed to work together to develop and promote a run-time technology that allows J2EE applications built with the open-source Spring Framework to work on computer clusters. The Terracotta Clustered Spring Run-time provides an enhancement to the Java run-time that makes applications built with Spring scalable across clustered servers, said […]

Microsoft launched its bid to make customer relationship management more pervasive in companies large and small with the release Tuesday of its Dynamics CRM 3.0 suite. The new version, which Microsoft has been working on for more than three years, includes close integration with the Outlook and Office application interfaces. It is also designed to […]

With the release of Dynamics CRM 3.0, its clear that Microsoft is determined to become a major player in the customer relationship management software sector. It also appears that CRM 3.0 is destined to become a leading contender in the field, at least in the small and midsize markets, if only because Microsoft already has […]

The latest release of the Firefox browser has once again raised the question of what the Mozilla Foundation or any other browser developer can do to seize significantly more market share from Microsofts Internet Explorer. The answer is that there is little or nothing can be done to threaten Explorers dominant position. In fact, the […]

Using open-source technology in combination with on-demand applications is the way for corporate IT departments to save the money they are currently spending on high-cost licensed software, says Greg Gianforte, CEO of on-demand customer relationship management software vendor RightNow Technologies Inc. Gianforte argues that the combination of the open-source components such as the Linux operating […]

If you are a computer industry executive, nothing can spoil your day as much as learning that a new competitor has jumped into your market by offering for free the same service that your company is charging thousands of dollars for. But that is exactly what happened this week when Google introduced its analytics service […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Sun Microsystems Inc. Monday introduced the UltraSPARC T1 multithreading CPU, formerly code-named Niagara, that it claims is not only fast, but is good for the environment. Thats because UltraSPARC T1 with “CoolThreads” technology uses less than 70 watts of power, at a time when most multicore processors including Intel Corp.s Xeon and IBMs Power […]

Nsite Inc. this week introduced version 5.0 of its demand business process automation package that includes new on-demand price quote and channel management components designed for small and midsize businesses. The new version provides a self-service applications builder so users can customize their own applications without the assistance of IT or expensive consulting services. The […]

It must be tough being Microsoft and believing that you have to dominate every significant software technology sector. But if you are Bill Gates and you are running the worlds biggest software company, you always have to be paranoid about what might come along and relegate your company to a lower rank or, even worse, […]

Apparently stung by lukewarm response last week to its Microsoft Live software-as-a-service announcements, Microsoft Corp. Wednesday released two internal memos written by Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Technology Officer Ray Ozzie. The documents sought to demonstrate that the company has a far-reaching vision to respond to this latest market challenge. Microsoft announced its Windows Live […]

SAN FRANCISCO—The prolonged SQL Server upgrade cycle and questions about Visual Studio 2005s code quality were of little concern to some of the business application developers who attended Microsoft Corp.s product launch conference here Monday, saying they were ready to start evaluating or even deploying the products. Many of the attendees were employed by public […]

Microsofts views on on-demand line of business software became clearer Friday with its pronouncement that it will not introduce a hosted version of its brand-new CRM 3.0 package. Whatever it may do with on-demand software in the future, offering hosted versions of major business applications isnt in the cards–at least in the near term. The […]