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Watchfire Corp. on Monday will release a revamped, consolidated platform for analyzing Web site content for quality issues. The WebXM platform pulls together previously separate modules to combine content integrity analysis, traffic analysis, privacy policy adherence checking and Web content asset management within a single product. Watchfire with its WebXM framework sits in a unique […]

Electronic Data Systems Corp. Thursday announced that it beat its fourth-quarter earnings per share for 2000 by 16 percent at 81 cents a share, and it beat its full-year earnings per share by 17 percent at $2.68 cents a share. The Plano, Texas, services behemoth also reported record revenues for its fourth quarter of 2001 […]

ASP services aggregator Jamcracker Inc. next week will launch the next generation of its applications platform for mid-market subscription services and will make its first foray into selling the platform as a product. Jamcracker Enterprise 3, a Web-based services platform based on XML, now addresses enterprises looking to deploy portal projects as well as service […]

Network management provider Micromuse Inc. last week announced plans to launch a security management initiative that will leverage the scalability of its Netcool event handler to centralize security management. As part of the initiative, Micromuse is creating a bundle of its existing Netcool tools that are customized for security management. It is also creating alliances […]

Although clients are looking for business value from professional service providers, those same providers are relying on pricing discounts to win new business, according to the second part of a study released last week by the Information Technology Services Marketing Association. The ITSMA study on services pricing found that two-thirds of technology companies are selling […]

In the early days of IBMs Services Organization, executives such as Sam Palmisano brashly claimed that their unit would someday make up half of IBMs revenues. Now, with services veteran Palmisano taking over the companys top spot next month, that lofty goal is well within sight. However, new pricing pressures and other market shifts could […]

BMC Software Inc. last week launched an initiative to extend enterprise management functions to Linux. Linux is among several high-growth areas targeted by the Houston-based management software provider as part of a restructuring of its research and development division, also announced last week. Other high-growth divisions include storage, security and enterprise resource planning management for […]

InCert Software Corp. today announced the release of a new application fault management tool that straddles the development and production sides of custom applications. The Halo Application Fault Management Monitor can be used both in the testing cycle of application development as well as in the production mode to search out bugs and other application […]

Computer Sciences Corp. yesterday reported earnings of 51 cents per share on revenues of $2.9 billion for its third quarter of 2002. The El Segundo, Calif., IT consulting and outsourcing firm saw its revenues jump 9 percent over the same quarter last year on the strength of the global commercial IT outsourcing market. For the […]

Computer Associates International Inc. on Wednesday threw the weight of 23 new products behind Linux, further fueling its momentum as an enterprise-ready platform for mission critical applications. The new CA Linux offerings bring CAs total to 54 either shipping or in beta testing. The products are distributed across CAs six major focus areas, including enterprise […]

Although clients are looking for business value from their professional services providers, those same providers are relying on pricing discounts to try to win new business, according to a study just released by the Information Technology Services Marketing Association. The ITSMA in the second part of its study on services pricing, found that two-thirds of […]

Mercury Interactive Corp. last week announced a new performance tuning service for complex production systems and a set of best load testing practices designed to accompany new consulting services. The Sunnyvale, Calif., vendor created the ActiveTune service to help clients optimize the performance of their complex, multitiered production systems. The service leverages Mercury Interactives professional […]