Matthew Hicks

Oracle Corp. is tackling ongoing criticism over its pricing and licensing practices by publishing a comprehensive online guide to its policies. The software maker next month will make available on its corporate Web site a Software Investment Guide that unifies its pricing and licensing policies to help avoid confusion over the way it sells its […]

Lucent Technologies Inc. is continuing its push to focus on the service provider instead of the enterprise networking business by selling part of its professional services unit. Lucent has entered into an agreement to sell its Enhanced Services and Sales division to International Network Services Inc., a recently created subsidiary of private venture capital firm […]

Following a trend toward more managed IP services, Lucent Technologies Inc. this week launched a new IP service router that allows service providers to offer managed IP services to enterprise customers. With the Access Point 1500 router, available now, service providers can offer enterprise customers in both large regional headquarters and small locations a range […]

3Com Corp. is continuing to expand its switch line this week with two new managed switches and an addition to its unmanaged line. 3Com, of Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday launched the SuperStack 3 Switch 4200 family aimed at enterprise workgroups, wiring closets and small business networks. It includes the SuperStack 3 Switch 4226T and […]

BMC Software Inc. and Princeton Softech Inc. have enhanced their respective database tools to improve uptime and performance. Enhancements in an upgrade to BMCs SmartDBA Performance Management software, to be announced this week, will enable database administrators to reorganize critical databases without taking them offline. The Houston-based company is also providing deeper integration between SmartDBA […]

IBM and Microsoft Corp. are upgrading their respective database systems to perform real-time analysis of incoming data, giving users the ability to react more quickly to changes in customers habits and market conditions. IBM is working on integrating into its DB2 Universal Database features for real-time analysis that it gained in its acquisition of Informix […]

Oracle Corp. reportedly has been talking with Hewlett-Packard Co. about buying its middleware business. Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison, following a keynote speech at Oracle OpenWorld in Copenhagen, Denmark, said the company is discussing the purchase with HP, reported Reuters. Speculation has spread in recent weeks that the software maker is considering buying HPs […]

3Com Corp., in its latest earnings released Tuesday, narrowed its losses but saw a continued slide in overall sales. The Santa, Clara, Calif., networking vendor reported a net loss of $24 million, or 7 cents per share, for the fourth quarter ended May 31. That compares with a net loss of $518 million a year […]

3Com Corp. this week launched a new LAN switch as it continues its push further back into core enterprise networking. The Santa Clara, Calif., company announced on Monday the 3Com Switch 4050, a Layer 2 and Layer 3 LAN core switch. It provides twice as many copper Gigabit ports than does 3Coms comparable core switch, […]

Quest Software Inc. this week will roll out new versions of its SharePlex database tools to assist database administrators in replicating Oracle Corp. database clusters. SharePlex for RAC/OPS (Real Application Clusters in Oracle9i and Oracle Parallel Server) 4.2, enables administrators to create a redundant version of a clustered Oracle database, said officials of the Irvine, […]

Many of the companies that added support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet to their enterprise switches in the past year are now readying products that will increase the 10G port density in their product lines. The development should enable enterprises to more easily connect campuses or buildings on a 10G LAN backbone and to aggregate Gigabit […]

Cisco Systems Inc. today announced that it expanded its optical line with an offering that allows enterprises to aggregate as many as 40 data connections over a single wavelength. The Cisco ONS 15530, set to be available in early July, is a DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) solution targeted for large enterprises managing metropolitan area […]