Scot Petersen

Novell Inc. pulled off a Linux coup today by snapping up developer Ximian Inc., but according to Ximians top developer, it will mostly be business as usual. Ximian is noted for developing the Gnome open-source desktop interface and Mono, the open-source version of Microsoft Corp.s .Net framework. Most recently, the company released Ximian Desktop Version […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Mobile hardware and software developers are out in force at this weeks here with several new enterprise applications and other tools to help spread Java on device platforms. Motorola, Nextel and Creditel announced they are teaming up to create a Java-powered point-of-sale (POS) device for Motorola-Nextel handsets. Nextel demonstrated the solution, with Creditels PowerSwipe […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Sun Microsystems Inc. executives Tuesday at the opening session of JavaOne here outlined what they feel is an exciting new chapter in Java. Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president of software for the Santa Clara., Calif., company, showed off a new Java logo and “Java Powered” branding campaign, which if it catches on the way […]

Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison shocked the technology world today with news that he plans to make a $5.1 billion offer to buy ERP rival Peoplesoft Inc., according to the company. The Redwood Shores, Calif., database giant wants to offer Peoplesoft shareholders $16 a share for the company. Peoplesofts stock was up more than 22 […]

Web page design has come a long way since the days of Netscape 3.0. But while the Web may look better, few would say it has gotten fundamentally better at displaying information, facilitating customer needs or garnering a strong return on investment. Some design and software companies are taking what may seem to be a […]

By the time you read this, officials may have ratcheted down the orange terror alert a notch, but no matter: The threats against our critical computing infrastructure are as great as ever. Unless you read eWeek or closely monitor news from the Department of Homeland Security, you may not be aware that the National Strategy […]

BBX Technologies Inc., a security startup based in New York, is using the DEMO 2003 conference Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz., to unveil a new Windows shell hardening software. The product, ImmuneEngine, takes a different approach from anti-virus or intrusion detection software (IDS) as it fights off viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, and other unauthorized software […]

Quick, efficient customer feedback is more important than ever, and with Inquisites updated Web survey software, its easier than ever, users say. Inquisite, a division of Catapult Systems Inc., in Austin, Texas, will launch this month Version 5.0 of its namesake product, with new features that promise to make survey creation easier and faster. The […]

If 2001 was a year of cataclysm and change, 2002 was about looking for—and in some cases finding—closure on events that dominated the previous year. IT and government officials refined their view of networking and computing infrastructures through the filter of potential terrorism; Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. shed some of the uncertainty that weighed […]

This was to be the week when President Bushs National Strategy to Secure Cyber Space was to be officially unveiled. The culmination of months of work by the Presidents Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and its chairman, Richard Clarke, the cyber-strategy will be discussed this week, but its release has now been delayed until December while […]

Serena Software Inc. this week is releasing several upgrades throughout its ChangeMan family of products, giving developers new weapons to manage and automate changes to enterprise application code. Key to the updates to the San Mateo, Calif., companys Enterprise Change Management solution is the new XML Services support in Serenas mainframe product, ChangeMan ZMF 5.3. […]

SAN FRANCISCO–UnitedLinux, the server software platform born out of the combined efforts of Caldera International Inc. Conectiva S.A., SuSE Linux AG and Turbolinux Inc., on Tuesday announced the imminent availability of the product for beta testing, promising to breathe new life into the challengers to Red Hat Inc. UnitedLinux will be released to partners of […]