eWeek articles from June 2002

eWeek archives from June 2002

Tool Enhances Oracle Database.(Lecco DB Expert for Oracle 3.2)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Database tool vendor LeccoTech Inc. on Friday introduced the latest version of its Lecco DB Expert for Oracle Corp. databases with new features to improve performance. Version 3.2 of Lecco DB Expert for Oracle includes part of LeccoTech's...

Backup Product Targets Mid-Size Firms.(Avail Solutions' Integrity 2002)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... A start-up in the data backup and recovery market has a new twist that it is applying to mid-size enterprises. Avail Solutions will launch Integrity 2002 on Aug. 1, founder and CEO Mark Armstrong said. "We're not removing the original data...

Sony Touts Direct-Attach Backup System.(Sony Electronics' PetaApp)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Sony Electronics Inc. will introduce a new LAN-free tape backup system next week, officials said on Friday. PetaApp, which will be available immediately, is a combination of Sony's existing Digital Tape Format-2 tape drives and its PetaBack...

IP Telephony Runs On Legacy Phones.
June 1, 2002... For enterprises leery of making the switch to voice over IP, IP telephony vendor CITEL Technologies has a proposition: Begin making the move to IP voice without replacing the legacy handsets throughout a company. CITEL this week introduced...

Firepond Reports Fraudulent Sales Contracts.
June 1, 2002... Firepond Inc. on Friday reported that three new sales contracts it had previously announced this year were falsified. Signatures on the contracts were forged and the status of the contracts had been misrepresented by acting vice president...

Microsoft Tunes Mac OS X Software.(Microsoft Office v. X Service Release 1 and MSN Messenger 3.0 for Mac)
June 3, 2002... Microsoft Corp. today delivered two free upgrades aimed at Mac users: a tweak to the Mac OS X version of its Office suite that takes advantage of a hitherto-unannounced upgrade to Apple Computer Inc.'s OS and Version 3.0 of its MSN Messenger...

Sun Unveils New Portal Server.(Sun ONE Portal Server 6.0)(Product Announcement)
June 3, 2002... Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday pushed its Web services vision further with the announcement of the Sun ONE Portal Server 6.0, a new version of the company's portal server with identity management and support for leading Java application...

AMD Demos Four-Way Server.(64-bit Opteron processor from Advanced Micro Devices)(Product Announcement)
June 3, 2002... Advanced Micro Devices Inc. offered the first public demonstration today of its upcoming 64-bit Opteron processor running a four-way server at a Taiwan computer show, at which it heralded growing support for the chip that will take on Intel...

IT Workers Burned by Exported Labor.
June 3, 2002... Reader response to Lisa Vaas' May 13, 2002 article, "Fair Trade on Jobs?" Your article came at an appropriate time since my development team at a global investment bank found out yesterday that we were being outsourced. However your...

German Gov't Moves to Linux.(contract of support with IBM that will facilitate moving its agencies to Linux)
June 3, 2002... The German government on Monday said it is moving to standardize on Linux and an open-source IT model at the federal, state and communal levels. As part of this move it has signed a contract of support with IBM that will facilitate moving...

American Way: Broadband for All.(Broadband Telecom Act of 2002)
June 3, 2002... It's time for action on universal broadband deployment. Always-on, high-speed connectivity transforms the Net experience, providing chances for learning, communication and economic development that all citizens should have. We support...

Tools Can Streamline OS Patching.
June 3, 2002... IT managers can and should demand cleaner code, and technology vendors can and should meet that demand. Vendors should also pay much closer attention to the effects--especially over time--of patches they release to reduce the possibility of...

On the Mend?
June 3, 2002... If you ask a group of enterprise it professionals how they feel about software patches, you'd better be wearing flame-resistant clothing if you want to survive their replies. When eWeek Labs asked our Corporate Partner advisory board to assess...

On the Patch Patrol.
June 3, 2002... Like everyone, Motorola Inc. CIO Bill Boni was still struggling early this year with the security implications of 9/11 when the second shoe dropped: an alert from the CERT Coordination Center indicating serious vulnerabilities in Version 1 of...

Abbyy Expedites Workgroup Tasks.(FineReader 6.0 Corporate Edition)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 3, 2002... Organizations with high-volume document management needs should check out ABBYY's just-released FineReader 6.0 Corporate Edition. The software, priced at $499 (or $399 for a competitive upgrade), allows simultaneous access to batch...

IntelliMover 3.0 Migrates Key Data.(Detto Technologies' IntelliMover 3.0 PC migration software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Soho users who need to migrate information from their old PC to a new one have an ally in Detto Technologies' IntelliMover 3.0 PC migration software. IntelliMover, which will ship this month priced at $49.99, helps users move application...

Bardon Provides Full Control of Windows.(Bardon Data Systems' Full Control Internet)(Evaluation)
June 3, 2002... Full control internet 1.0 from Bardon Data Systems Inc. provides nearly all-encompassing control over PCs running the gamut of Windows systems, and this iteration of the product does it over IP. This means that IT managers who need ultimate...

New Ways to Put a Charge Into Backup.(Bocada's BackupReport)(Evaluation)
June 3, 2002... Tired of seeing your company's storage needs being labeled as a budgetary black hole? A new breed of backup auditing tools coming to market can track down users and groups responsible for major resource consumption, accurately measure...

Conference Stresses B2B Web Services Preparation.(Borland conference )
June 3, 2002... Attendees at the Borland conference here had ample opportunity to sharpen their Web services knowledge--and fine-tune their skepticism about adopting and deploying the technology for anything but internal or demonstration projects. The...

Choose Not to Choose, Urges Neutral Borland.(Editorial)
June 3, 2002... I just got back from Switzerland, to use the most popular metaphor at this year's Borland Conference, held late last month. The conference actually took place in Anaheim, Calif., across the street from Disneyland, but Switzerland kept coming up...

HP-Compaq Sets Platform Security.(Hewlett-Packard's Secure Platform Architecture)
June 3, 2002... At the world wide web conference in Honolulu last month, Richard DeMillo, Hewlett-Packard's vice president of technology strategy and chief technology officer, announced HP will release a set of secure platforms to the open-source community....

Orchestrating Web Services.(Collaxa Web Services Orchestration Server)(Product Announcement)
June 3, 2002... Collaxa Inc., a relatively new company in the Web services arena, on Monday released its first product, a Web services orchestration engine. The Collaxa Web Services Orchestration Server 1.0 is aimed at building out the integration promise...

GeekSpeak: June 3, 2002.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The biggest risk to future distributed systems, said James Gosling, is the combination of high-speed networks, powerful PCs, pervasive standards, insecure consumer electronics protocols and smart people who have lots of spare time on their...

Intel Tries to Stabilize Its Motherboards.(Product Announcement)
June 3, 2002... Unless you're a gamer or loved heathkits as a kid, motherboards are about as interesting as a box of nails. That might even be too exciting for most IT administrators, who have been seeking platform stability since the inception of the PC. ...

What's Next for Certifications?(Microsoft Certification Strategies' Dan Truax)(Interview)
June 3, 2002... Until recently, Microsoft Corp.'s attitude toward certifications for its platforms and technologies felt to many IT professionals more like a love-'em-and-leave-'em fling than a long-term relationship. IT professionals could cry all they wanted...

Katt Turns to ICANN While Sun Turns to eBay.(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' Stuart Lynn retires)(Column)
June 3, 2002... It's time to say, 'Yes, ICANN,'" proclaimed the Puss upon hearing that ICANN President and CEO Stuart Lynn has announced plans to retire. "Call ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf and tell him his search is over," laughed the Lynx. "Who's more qualified...

Sun Setting, Not Rising?
June 3, 2002... When you watch something long enough, patterns emerge. When you watch something a really long time, you start to think you're watching the sequel to a B movie. Why is it that every time I hear Scott McNealy or listen to a Sun strategy...

Symantec Debuts New Software Licensing Structure.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Symantec Corp. on Monday announced a new software-licensing structure that will require large enterprises to estimate their software needs up front for the next two years. The overall plan is called the Symantec Security License Program,...

Flashline, Alltel Agree on Component Reuse Deal.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Flashline Inc. on Monday announced a deal with Alltel Information Services Inc. in which Alltel will use Flashline's reusable software components in an enterprisewide software reuse initiative. Cleveland-based Flashline said Alltel, based...

A Pirate's Life for Me ... Er, I Mean, Guy?(Column)(Editorial)
June 3, 2002... I have a friend--let's call him Guy--and he's an Internet copyright pirate. He's not much of a pirate. Something close to 99 percent of Guy's MP3 collection is made up of songs ripped from his own CDs. But he recently joined the ranks of...

Microsoft Consents to SEC's Cease-and-Desist Order.
June 3, 2002... Microsoft Corp. on Monday agreed to stop using an accounting practice that the Securities and Exchange Commission said resulted in the software company misstating its income by material amounts between July 1994 and June 1998. In a...

Wireless Handhelds Grip Computex.(Industry Trend or Event)
June 3, 2002... TAIPEI, Taiwan - Computex Taipei 2002, one of the world's three largest computer shows in parallel with Hannover CeBIT and Comdex Fall, is open to the slowly recovering world economy this week at the Taipei World Trade Center here. In...

Layoffs Looming at Oracle.
June 3, 2002... Oracle Corp. is facing the prospect of significant layoffs in the next few weeks, according to a Wall Street analyst, as the company steps up its battle over a controversial state of California contract. Lehman Brothers Analyst Neil Herman...

Peregrine Hires New CEO.(Gary Greenfield)
June 3, 2002... Peregrine Systems Inc. announced today it has hired Gary Greenfield as CEO, to replace Richard Nelson. Nelson filled the CEO position on an interim basis following the May resignation of Steve Gardner. Gardner resigned on May 8 as chairman...

IBM, Inktomi Team on Content Delivery.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... IBM and Inktomi Corp. are joining together to provide enterprise content delivery network (eCDN) technology to companies looking to see the benefits of CDN behind their firewalls. The two companies are teaming up to meet the demands of an...

Career Coach.
June 3, 2002... Career Coach is a column that gives IT professionals a chance to pose questions about training, certification, salaries or any other career-related issues to eWEEK's panel of IT managers, hiring and training experts. Dear Career Coach: I...

Microsoft Downplays Linux Win.
June 3, 2002... Microsoft Corp., moving to downplay the impact of the recent Linux-based agreement between IBM and the German Ministry of the Interior, on Monday stressed that its relationship with the German government remained strong and was unaffected by...

IBM Launches Smart Chip Services.(IBM Global Services)
June 3, 2002... IBM Global Services today launched a new series of defined services packages to help enterprises exploit the benefits of smart chips. After helping a handful of enterprises in early consulting engagements, including Shell Oil Co., IGS...

Storage Switching Alliances Form.(Brocade Conference 2002)
June 3, 2002... LAS VEGAS - Numerous announcements in the "co-opetition" trend are debuting around the Brocade Conference 2002 this week. Officials of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., the San Jose, Calif. storage switching vendor, announced several...

Citrix Portal Server Goes Plug-and-Play.(Citrix Systems' NFuse Elite)(Product Announcement)
June 3, 2002... Citrix Systems Inc. announced the latest version of its application portal server Monday, promising a plug-and-play technology to solve implementation headaches and deliver a personalized experience to users. The software, known as NFuse...

Enosys Casts New Eye on Data.
June 3, 2002... Enosys Software Inc. Monday announced and XQuery-based suite of products known as the Enosys platform. The Enosys platform is targeted at enterprise environments to help enterprises gain real-time views of their data that is typically...

HP: Merger Could Net $3B in Savings.
June 4, 2002... Executives with Hewlett-Packard Co. told securities analysts in Boston Tuesday that savings generated by the acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. could reach $3 billion by 2004, $500 million more than what the company had projected during the...

Microsoft Pushes Move From Java to C#.(Java Language Conversion Assistant beta 2)(Product Announcement)
June 4, 2002... Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced the delivery of the second beta of the Java Language Conversion Assistant, its tool to help Java developers move to Microsoft's C# language. The Redmond, Wash., company is positioning the tool as a...

SilverStream Program Promotes RosettaNet Adoption.(SilverStream Software's SilverStream eXtend QuickStart for RosettaNet)
June 4, 2002... SilverStream Software Inc. this week announced SilverStream eXtend QuickStart for RosettaNet, a solution for creating trading networks based on RosettaNet standards. SilverStream, of Billerica, Mass., said the new release, which includes...

Linking Business Processes, Web Services.(Q-Link Technologies' Q-PAC Web Services)(Product Announcement)
June 4, 2002... Providing a Web services link to business process management, Q-Link Technologies Inc. will announce at mid-month its Q-Process Action Component for Web services. Q-Link provides an integrated development environment and BPM platform for...

Sourcefire Hires New CEO.
June 4, 2002... Looking to move into the top tier of security companies, intrusion-detection system vendor Sourcefire Inc. on Tuesday announced the hiring of a new CEO. Wayne Jackson, formerly of Aether Systems Inc., takes over the helm of the company,...

Wahl Joins Agile Board.(Agile Software)
June 4, 2002... Business-to-business software developer Agile Software Corp. announced today a new member of its board of directors - Paul Wahl, president and COO of Siebel Systems Inc. Prior to his appointment at Siebel, Wahl served as the CEO of an...

Computex Plays to a Full House.(Computex Taipei 2002 exhibition)
June 4, 2002... TAIPEI, Taiwan--High booth demand has forced the Computex Taipei 2002 exhibition to be separated into three halls. Both vendors and buyers see that as a sign of not only an increasing warming of global IT business but also that the next wave of...

HP Maps Out Compaq Integration.
June 4, 2002... BOSTON--Securities analysts got an up-close look at how Hewlett-Packard Co.'s integration of Compaq Computer Corp. is going Tuesday. More dollars will be spent on research and development, inventory times will decrease for consumer and imaging...

Plumtree Shares Unchanged on Debut.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2002... Plumtree Software Inc.'s long-awaited initial public offering Tuesday saw the company's stock price end the trading day unchanged from its debut price of $8.50 per share. The San Francisco-based portal software company, privately held...

Red-M's Bluetooth Server Vulnerable.(Red-M's 1050AP)
June 5, 2002... Security researchers have identified numerous flaws in the Bluetooth short-range wireless access points sold by Red-M Communications Ltd., the most serious of which could compromise the administration password. @stake Inc., a security...

Developers Hold Platform Futures in Their Hands.
June 5, 2002... Of all the surprising events to find at a glitzy Hollywood resort, the i-comm trade show would have to be one of the most incongruous. What could be less glamorous than industrial handheld computers? Even so, this conference (hosted last...

A Question of Security.(push to adopt open-source software)
June 5, 2002... It's been a big buzz week for open-source software in government. First, there was Monday's announcement from the German government of its plans to standardize on Linux and open source across that nation's entire IT organization with help from...

Hitachi to Buy IBM's Hard-Drive Business.
June 5, 2002... IBM has agreed to sell its more than 45-year-old hard-drive business to Tokyo-based electronics giant Hitachi Ltd. for $2.05 billion, the two companies announced Tuesday. The sale comes as IBM struggles amid slumping demand for IT...

Mozilla 1.0 Finally Released.(Netscape Communications Corp's Web browser)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 2002... After some four years in the making, the Mozilla 1.0 open-source Web browser suite was released on Wednesday. The code for the browser can be downloaded from the Mozilla.org Web site, founded by Netscape Communications Corp. to develop its...

Rational Grows Development Tools Offerings.(Rational Suite 2002 Release 2)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 2002... Rational Software Inc. has expanded its suite of software development tools with a new version, a new design system for architects and designers, and a new Java testing capability. Rational this week released Rational Suite v2002 Release 2,...

Whither Internet Explorer?
June 5, 2002... The long-awaited Mozilla open-source browser is finally available for download, and AOL Time Warner Inc.'s Netscape 7 is in beta. So, where is the next release of Internet Explorer? Microsoft's not talking beyond IE 6, which it shipped last...

Taking the Pain Out of PC Migrations.(Miramar Systems' Desktop DNA Enterprise Edition 4.0 and Desktop DNA Professional)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 2002... Miramar Systems Inc., a veteran of the PC migration industry, will announce on Monday that it has re-architected its Desktop DNA migration tool into two different versions for larger enterprises and small-to-medium-size businesses. The...

Plattner Rouses the SAP Faithful.(SAP AG's Co-chairman and CEO Hasso Plattner )
June 5, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. -Contrition is the word that came to mind listening to SAP AG's Co-chairman and CEO Hasso Plattner deliver the opening keynote address at SAP's huge user conference here today. Sapphire '02 is about setting the record...

Mozilla's Chief Lizard Wrangler Speaks.(Netscape Communications' Mitchell Baker)(Interview)(Product Announcement)
June 5, 2002... "Mozilla 1.0: Stick a fork in it, it's done." So reads the home page (www.mozilla.org) for the group that's been building and testing the open-source browser and related component technologies for the past four years. On Wednesday, the Mozilla...

Oracle Moves Deeper into Linux.
June 6, 2002... REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. - Oracle Corp. formally launched its latest Linux effort Wednesday, along with partners Red Hat Inc. and Dell Computer Corp. As earlier reported, Oracle is bolstering the use of its 9i database Real Application...

Ellison: No More Layoffs.
June 6, 2002... REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. - Oracle Corp. Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison on Wednesday said the company is not planning additional layoffs, despite a Wall Street analyst report predicting reductions. The announcement was made at a conference...

WorldCom Exits Wireless Reseller Business.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... WorldCom Inc. on Wednesday announced it plans to exit the wireless reseller business. WorldCom doesn't have its own wireless network or network equipment, but the company is the largest wireless reseller in the United States, reselling...

Microsoft's New Web Security Play.(TrustBridge)
June 6, 2002... Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced plans for a new technology called TrustBridge which it says will help businesses securely share customer identity information. Scheduled for release next year, the technology is roughly analogous to...

Mozilla Impresses From All Angles.(Netscape Communications' Mozilla Web browser)(Evaluation)
June 6, 2002... Finally, Mozilla 1.0 is ready. The much-anticipated fruit of the open-source browser effort has left the long road of beta testing and is finally ready for regular use. And to quote the Grateful Dead, "What a long, strange trip it's been." ...

SAP Delivers its Latest Technology Platform.(MySAP Technology )(Product Announcement)
June 6, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. - While its stated primary focus is on assuring customer satisfaction in this tough economic climate, software maker SAP AG did manage to release a bevy of new products at its Sapphire 2002 user conference here this week. ...

EMC to Enter Storage-Over-IP Arena.
June 6, 2002... NEW YORK -- Enterprise storage leader EMC Corp. will enter the storage-over-IP market, more actively pursue a channel strategy for sales to midrange and low-end customers, and "virtually merge" its supply chain with partner Dell Computer...

Getting Under the Hood of Apple's Jaguar.(Mac OS X Jaguar operating system)
June 6, 2002... At Apple Computer Inc.'s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., last month, CEO Steve Jobs used the first-day keynote event to offer a public "sneak peek" at the next major release of Mac OS X, code-named Jaguar. The new...

Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta Ships.(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Microsoft Corp. on Thursday released the first beta of Service Pack 1 for its Windows XP operating system. While the service pack includes all the security fixes, application compatibility updates and updated drivers released since the...

SAP Unveils Component xApps.(SAP Cross Applications)(Product Announcement)
June 6, 2002... Building on its mySAP Technology platform, SAP AG introduced a new line of applications at its SAPPHIRE user conference in Orlando, Fla., this week. Cross Applications, also known as xApps, will enable users to leverage existing...

Intel Lowers Its Revenue Outlook.(Statistical Data Included)
June 6, 2002... Warning of weaker than expected demand in Europe, Intel Corp. on Thursday lowered its revenue projections for the quarter, rekindling concerns that the high-tech industry has yet to recover its footing after a more than year-long slump. ...

Switch Rivals Move on Fibre Channel, IP.(Brocade Communications Systems, McData)
June 6, 2002... The two top storage switching vendors are planning to take slightly different paths into the future. Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and McData Corp., along with other switch makers, have three choices before them: to focus on the...

Trading Your Job for a Career.(Column)
June 7, 2002... For some, IT is their job. For others (those in the geek category, perhaps) it is their life. In between we have categories like trade, vocation, livelihood, line of business, occupation, calling, pursuit and living. But, for most of us, IT is...

VoIP Shoots, But Does It Score?
June 7, 2002... I don't know about you, but I'm having trouble keeping pace with all the action at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Sure, abusing the corporate Internet usage policy by watching streaming replays (www.fifaworldcup.com) helps, but too many questions...

Joining Forces for Homeland Security.
June 7, 2002... If approved, the proposed Department of Homeland Security would radically alter the shape of the federal government's information security response and detection apparatus. The new department would absorb five separate security-related...

Analyst Predicts More Oracle Layoffs.
June 7, 2002... Two days after Oracle Corp. Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison brushed aside suggestions of layoffs, the software maker is facing renewed projections of cutbacks from Wall Street analysts. The latest analyst, George Gilbert of Credit Suisse...

Full Text of Ballmer Memo.
June 7, 2002... From: Steve Ballmer Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 1:47 PM To: Microsoft and Subsidiaries: All FTE Subject: Realizing Potential The executive staff recently spent several days at a retreat where we had some breakthrough discussions about the...

Ballmer Issues Mission Statement to Employees.
June 7, 2002... Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday encouraged every employee to adopt a new culture and mission of excellence, responsibility, strong values and inclusivity. In a four-page memo sent to all staff late Thursday, Ballmer said many...

Novell Joins UDDI Advisory Group.(Universal Discovery, Description and Integration)
June 7, 2002... Novell Inc. on Friday became a member of the UDDI Advisory Group as part of the organization's effort to promote Web services standards. As a member of the group, Novell will help to define and promote the UDDI (Universal Discovery,...

3Com Ramps Up IP PBX System.
June 7, 2002... 3Com Corp. is boosting the capacity of its IP PBX system and, in a partnership, is adding an option for customers to use legacy, non-IP telephone handsets on its system. 3Com on Monday is launching an upgrade to the system software for its...

Red Hat Weighs Hancom Office Bundle.
June 7, 2002... Linux vendor Red Hat is evaluating Hancom Office, a desktop productivity suite produced by Korea's Hancom Linux, for possible inclusion in its European and American distributions. Last month eWeek reported that Red Hat would no longer...

3Pardata Seeks to Ease Storage Management.(3Pardata InServ Storage Server S200, S400, S800)(Product Announcement)
June 7, 2002... 3Pardata Inc. wants to make running a storage system easier, more efficient and less costly. The Fremont, Calif., company, which was established three years ago, this fall will release its first products, all part of its InSpire...

IBM Offers Remote Management.
June 7, 2002... IBM Global Services on Friday put its stamp of approval on the management services provider business model when it launched its Services Anywhere remote management offering. The IBM Managed Hosting-Services Anywhere offering provides a...

Storage Newcomer to Launch SAN Management Tool.(Syred's CloudStor)(Product Announcement)
June 7, 2002... A unique company with years of military IT contracts and relatively unknown commercial storage products will announce a new application for storage-area management next week. Syred Inc. will announce CloudStor, which gives users in-band...