Scott Ferguson

Oracle has purchased MetaSolv Software, a Plano, Texas, provider of operations support systems, for $219.2 million, the company announced Oct. 23 in a statement. MetaSolvs OSS software is tailored to the telecommunications and media industries, an area where Oracle has been looking to expand. Earlier this year, the Redwood Shores, Calif., software company announced it […]

Before Apple Computer announced its fourth-quarter financial results on Oct. 18, many analysts had predicted strong sales of the companys Macintosh desktops and notebooks. Those analysts were not disappointed. The Cupertino, Calif., company reported its second straight quarter of Mac sales, with 1.61 million sold in the companys fiscal fourth quarter. That followed the 1.3 […]

Riding a quarter of strong Macintosh sales, Apple Computer reported Oct. 18 that its fourth-quarter revenue grew 31 percent compared to the same period last year. The Cupertino, Calif., computer maker reported revenue of $4.84 billion compared with $3.68 billion in 2005. The company said this years quarterly net profit in the fourth quarter stood […]

Intel, the worlds largest producer of microprocessors, posted its third-quarter profits Oct. 17, and the company reported that its net income declined by 35 percent compared to the same quarter in 2005. For the third quarter, Intel posted a net income of $1.3 billion, or 22 cents per share, compared to a net income of […]

In a move to expand its offering for professional photographers and filmmakers, Apple Computer has purchased a San Diego-based company that makes color correction software and other applications. Silicon Color is known for its professional-grade software, especially its FinalTouch 2K software, which is used by film colorists for both television and movies. The company also […]

Thin-client maker Neoware on Oct. 17 announced its first-ever line of notebooks, which the company hopes will appeal to security-conscious professionals. The company, based in King of Prussia, Pa., will start taking orders for its Neoware m100 thin-client notebook later in October, said Diana Wong, director of product marketing. The company has had success with […]

Hewlett-Packard announced Oct. 17 that it has completed a successful test using radio-frequency identification to track assets, specifically servers, in the data center. The technology, which was developed by HP Labs, used RFID readers and tags to track, in real time, the data center assets of Meijer, a privately held Grand Rapids, Mich. company with […]

Oracle announced Oct. 16 that its tweaking Enterprise Manager 10gs application lifecycle management so as to allow IT professionals to monitor the entire database and pinpoint specific changes in the database environment, approve changes, and take “snapshots” of the environment. Oracles achieving this by deploying service-level management, application performance management, configuration management and change automation, […]

Itemfield, a maker of universal data transformation software, announced Oct. 16 that it has started a new collaboration with Oracle. The company, based in San Mateo, Calif., said that it would begin to integrate its ContentMaster software, which automates data transformation, with Oracles Warehouse Builder 10g Release 2. Itemfields software transforms data into high-performance and […]

Transmeta, a Santa Clara, Calif. company, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Intel, claiming the microprocessor giant has used its architecture and power efficiency technologies in its products. The lawsuit, which was filed Oct. 11 in U.S. District Court in Delaware, claims that Intel has infringed on 10 Transmeta patents. In its complaint, Transmeta […]