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10 Gigabit Ethernet Hits the Enterprise

Vendors Hewlett-Packard Co., Alcatel S.A. and S2io Inc. each announced 10 Gigabit Ethernet products Monday that are aimed squarely at enterprise data centers.The products—stackable...

Oracle Eyes PeopleSoft as Meat on the Hoof

SAN FRANCISCO—These days, Oracle is looking at PeopleSoft like a live steer walking about with neatly painted lines and labels listing all of the...

Changing Patch Habits With Microsoft

In the year since Microsoft Corp. made its controversial decision to begin releasing patches on a monthly basis, the policy has had a profound...

Oracle Set to Expand Integration Hubs

SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle plans to further embrace its renewed effort at application integration that it began a year ago, the companys president said here Monday. The...

Oracle Lets Business Intelligence 10g Stand Alone

SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle is giving Microsoft a run for its money in the BI tools war, with an announcement at the opening day of Oracle...

Tools Let Wireless LANs Branch Out

With wireless LANs firmly established in the headquarters of many large enterprises, WLAN management specialists are now addressing the needs of their customers branch...

2004 Was a Rough Year for Security

When I look back at all the major bad security news in 2004, I wonder how the worlds computing infrastructure still manages to get...

Topic & Industry Centers

Accounting and FinanceCovers software used across industries by companies to manage finances, such as payroll, bookkeeping and tax programs. Anti-spywareNews and analysis on potentially unwanted...

No XP SP2 Security Fixes for Win2K: Instead An SP2-Less Rollup

Microsofts decision to scrap plans for Windows 2000 Service Pack 5 has effectively killed all hopes that security enhancements built into Windows XP SP2...

IBM Tools Give Developers an Assist

IBM announced Monday a set of offerings from its Virtual Innovation Center for Hardware, including "how-to" guides and a solution sizing toolkit, all aimed...