John Pallatto

Small and midsize companies have more enterprise-grade application choices than ever that can be run productively and economically, according to experts who spoke Wednesday at the Ziff Davis Internet SMB Solutions Virtual Tradeshow. This creates a problem for SMBs, however, because it means these businesses must sort through the confusing array of market choices, according […]

SAN FRANCISCO—With the official release Tuesday of its Multiforce 1.0 operating system and the Customforce 2.0 application customization tool, Saleforce.com is making clear that it plans to grow by constantly expanding its subscriber base, not by offering a more diverse application suite. Salesforce.com will rely on partners and customers to create new applications that all […]

It makes sense that Google would introduce an electronic-payment service that will make it easier for customers to buy and sell goods through in Web search, advertising and market portals. But it doesnt necessarily follow that Googles payment service will present a serious near term competitive challenge to PayPal electronic payment system that is a […]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Security, enterprise data integration, health care and regulatory compliance are some of the areas that will attract investment during the next few years, according to IT technology company executives and venture capitalists who spoke here this week at the Dow Jones VentureWire Enterprise Ventures conference. For years enterprises have looked for silver bullets […]

Windows 2000 remains the dominant desktop operating system in corporate IT, but it could be overtaken by the end of the year as larger organizations update their PC inventory, according to a new report by AssetMetrix Research Labs. AssetMetrix released a report Tuesday showing that Windows 2000 installations have declined by only four percentage points […]

Theres been ceaseless debate and conjecture about whether BEA Systems is in danger of sinking into technological irrelevance. There has been talk of BEA being marginalized in its core WebLogic application service market and levered out of its position in the enterprise Web services software stack by competition from Oracle, IBM and the open-source Apache […]

Computer Associates is planning major network-management enhancements for its Unicenter product line with technology that it acquired with its buyout of Concord Communications, which closed Tuesday. The products acquired in the buyout of Concord will be particularly important in extending the network-management capabilities of CA Unicenter systems management suite, officials at Computer Associates International Inc. […]

RSA Security is introducing a middleware package that will make it easier for developers to implement encryption and other security features in their application designs. Called the RSA BSafe Data Security Manager, this middleware allows application developers to implement security features without having specialized knowledge and experience in security programming, said Chris Parkerson, senior product […]

The unceasing demand for a fast and responsive Internet has helped to make those companies that are selling Web application acceleration technology the hottest buyout targets in Silicon Valley, according to industry analysts. Juniper Networks Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and Citrix Systems Inc. have snapped up four companies specializing in application acceleration in less than […]

Citrix showed its commitment to Web applications Thursday, announcing that it will acquire NetScaler, a producer of Internet application acceleration systems, for a total of $303 million in cash and stock. NetScaler Inc., with 200 employees, is the fourth independent Web application acceleration technology company to be bought out in little more than a month. […]

Its hard to focus on building a business when you are constantly hearing rumors that your companys future as an independent concern may be measured in a few months or even weeks. Thats the situation Siebel Systems, a producer of CRM (customer relationship management) software, is dealing with as it tries to plan future product […]

Even a quick examination of Googles new book-specific print search service that the company released for beta test Thursday shows why university and nonprofit publishing houses are worried about wholesale copyright violations. The book search capability is a powerful tool that will allow anyone to perform keyword searches that will instantly retrieve references in hundreds […]