John Pallatto

SAN JOSE, Calif.—America Online Inc. will launch a voice-over-IP telephone service integrated with its instant messaging service to capitalize on burgeoning consumer interest in using the Internet as a low-cost phone service. AOL CEO Jonathan Miller revealed his companys plans to get into the VOIP market Tuesday during his keynote address at the VON Spring […]

The U.S District Court of Appeals on Wednesday called for a new trial on a key aspect of the $520 million jury verdict that found that Microsoft had infringed on Web browser technology patents held by Eolas Technologies. The appeals court found that the trial court erred when it failed to allow the jury to […]

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday confirmed that it will release in March a beta version of what it is calling a unified software update service for consumers and small and midsize businesses. Called Microsoft Update, the service will provide a single location for users to get security and performance patches for Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server […]

SAN FRANCICO—BEA Systems Inc. Monday introduced a suite of Java-based application development tools designed to make it easier for telecommunications companies to build advanced VOIP (voice over IP), multimedia and wireless services. The BEA WebLogic Communication Platform , formerly code-named the “DaVinci Project,” aims to take advantage of the rapid growth in VOIP services that […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. senior executives hope to put Sun in a dominant position as a low-cost grid computing system provider before IBM or Dell Inc. are tempted to engage in a price war for a comparable set of services. Suns objective, the senior executives said, is to provide grid computing power to corporations, […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Tucked away in discreet corners beyond the Apple Mini and iPod shuffle demonstrations at the Macworld conference here are business applications for small and medium-sized organizations. Among the more prominent new products introduced at the show is FileMaker Inc.s Recruiter 2.0 application, which is a ready-to-use FileMaker Pro 7 package that helps corporate and […]

Adobe Systems Inc. Tuesday announced the availability of the Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server, which company officials say provides the strongest and most versatile security controls Adobe has ever delivered for determining who can open or modify PDF documents. The LiveCycle Policy Server is tightly integrated with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and the Adobe Reader 7.0, which […]

Thousands of companies and California residents will turn their backs on a share of the $1.1 billion antitrust settlement against Microsoft Corp. if they dont file simple claim forms by the Jan. 8, 2005 deadline. Last month the California Superior Court signed an order extending the deadline to Jan. 8 to give consumers more time […]

Oracle Corp. early Wednesday declared that it had won control of PeopleSoft Inc. after stockholders tendered about 75 percent of the outstanding shares of the Pleasanton, Calif., producer of enterprise application software. Oracle made the announcement after the initial offering period for Oracles $26.50 tender offer for all PeopleSoft shares expired at midnight EST Tuesday. […]

PeopleSoft Inc. founder David Duffield, who replaced fired CEO Craig Conway in October, quietly resigned effective Dec. 21, less than two weeks before Oracle Corp. is scheduled to close its buyout of its software-industry rival. Oracle declared on Wednesday that it had received offers of more than enough shares to take control of PeopleSoft. Duffields […]

Microsoft Corp. Wednesday disclosed that it will not ship—as a separate product—its Exchange Edge Services, a set of e-mail security and anti-spam enhancements for Exchange Server. In May, Microsoft said it would roll out Exchange Edge Services in 2005. The package was expected to provide support for identification standards, such as SPF (Sender Policy Framework), […]

Its time for PeopleSoft customers and employees to start thinking about the future and about protecting their own interests, because nobody else is going to be watching out for them. Benevolent or paternalistic arent words that have ever been seriously associated with Oracle or with its founder and CEO, Larry Ellison. Business is business, and […]