InfoWorld.com articles from April 2005

InfoWorld.com archives from April 2005

In Brief: Xirrus introduces wireless LAN array; Also in Brief: Xamlon opens Flash to .Net developers; OuterBay announces enhanced ADM Suite 4.0 for ILM; System integrator takes over Japan's VA Linux; BEA, ProActivity team on business process tools.
April 1, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff Xirrus has launched the next-generation Wireless LAN Array for enterprise Wi-Fi networks. The WLAN Array integrates the functionality of a WLAN switch and up to 16 integrated access points into a single device...

Storage virtualization: talk turns to action; IBM, EMC, HDS, HP begin to deliver virtualization products.
April 1, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell When it comes to storage virtualization, everyone from the top vendors to enterprise users talks about it, but nobody does much about it. That is, until now. The major storage companies are delivering products or...

SECURITY ADVISER: Safety in numbers; Joining together for security sounds good, but will these alliances work?
April 1, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis A basic tenet of computer security should be, "Be proactive." It's the computer equivalent of putting your wallet in a safe place before going out on the town. That's true on an individual level, and it's also true...

In Brief: Open source group goes international with new board; Also in Brief: BlueCat Networks unveils Meridius 500 security gateway; Open source group goes international with new board; Xirrus introduces wireless LAN array; Xamlon opens Flash to .Net developers; OuterBay announces enhanced ADM Suite 4.0 for ILM.
April 4, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff SOA Software (formerly Digital Evolution) has added a registry-based dashboard to its Service Manager. The registry-based dashboard uses real-time alerts to improve Web services performance by securing,...

HDS adds NAS appliance to storage lineup; New product attaches to TagmaStore array.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) on Monday entered the network-attached storage (NAS) market with a new blade as part of its high-end virtualization platform, the TagmaStore array. The blade is the first Hitachi-developed NAS...

JBoss expanding indemnifications against IP claims; Company to defend customers, repair and replace code on an unlimited basis.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill JBoss on Tuesday is strengthening indemnification against intellectual property-related claims, seeking to mimic what customers have expected from rival commercial software vendors. The open source software company...

Open source apps are seen as new business opportunity; VA Linux founder Larry Augustin discusses advantages.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO - The next wave in open source development is applications, which presents opportunities for open source vendors to focus on the small- and medium-sized businesses that established commercial vendors cannot...

In Brief: MicroStrategy ports BI platform to HP-UX 11i; Also in Brief: SOA Software offers registry-based Web services dashboard; BlueCat Networks unveils Meridius 500 security gateway; Open source group goes international with new board; Xirrus introduces wireless LAN array; Xamlon opens Flash to .Net developers.
April 5, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff MicroStrategy announced Tuesday plans to port its business intelligence platform to the HP-UX 11i operating system on Itanium 2-based HP Integrity servers. This latest port, which is expected to be complete in the...

IBM debuts light laptop; New ThinkPad X41 has fingerprint reader.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM on Tuesday announced what company officials said is its lightest portable notebook that features the company's built-in fingerprint reader, along with new software that carries out a complete hardware check to...

IBM sets out SOA services; Implementation and management are featured.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill IBM Global Services on Tuesday is unveiling services for the planning, design, implementation, and management of SOAs (service-oriented architectures). The “asset-based services” feature IBM software...

Sun’s Schwartz cites open source Solaris intentions; Move was intended to grow community.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO - In offering an open source version of the Solaris operating system, Sun Microsystems’ main intent was to expand the open source community rather than to grab business from the rival Linux OS, Sun...

SpikeSource pushes open source adoption with integration software; Startup debuts testing stacks.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Hoping to take the worry and pain out of deploying open source applications with proprietary software, SpikeSource on Tuesday formally launched its first product and services to help with such an integration. The...

IBM delivers data management software; Big Blue ships WebSphere Product Center 5.2.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Hoping to help manufacturers and retailers bring their products to market faster, IBM on Tuesday announced several enhancements to its WeSsphere Product Center software that combines product information management with...

In Brief: Microsoft to release Office Small Business Accounting; Also in Brief: Brocade, Sun offer SilkWorm SAN switch; Nokia to invest $100 million in Indian factory; Ecora releases Patch Manager 4.0; Cordys raises the bar on ESB; MicroStrategy ports BI platform to HP-UX 11i; SOA Software offers registry-based Web services dashboard; BlueCat Networks unveils Meridius 500 security gateway.
April 6, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Microsoft in September plans to release Office Small Business Accounting, a new product designed to help small businesses operate better, taking on Intuit, Best Software, and others. Microsoft will sell Office Small...

Google bumps up Search Appliance capacity, lowers price; Entry price for Google Mini is now less than $3,000.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore Google on Wednesday announced new licensing terms for its search appliances that lowers the price point and ups the document capacity for both the Google Mini and the Google Search Appliance. The document...

IBM's battle with EMC gets NASty; IBM to resell NetApp storage systems.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis IBM and Network Appliance on Wednesday announced a strategic storage relationship aimed at expanding both companies' product lines and offering a more united front against storage giant EMC. As part of the...

Microsoft exec broaches open source paradigm; Commonalities cited with traditional commercial ventures.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill San Francisco -- Like a Roman Catholic speaking to an audience of Protestant evangelicals, a Microsoft representative at the Open Source Business Conference Wednesday focused on similarities between traditional...

Linux forking is not likely, kernel maintainer says; Andrew Morton clarifies his statement from November.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO -- Linux devotees need not worry about the Linux kernel ever forking into multiple, incompatible derivatives, Andrew Morton, lead maintainer of the 2.6 version of the kernel, said at the Open Source...

In Brief: Network Appliance acquires Alacritus; Also in Brief: HDS, Aptare partner on backup management software; Microsoft to release Office Small Business Accounting; Brocade, Sun offer SilkWorm SAN switch; Nokia to invest $100 million in Indian factory; Ecora releases Patch Manager 4.0; Cordys raises the bar on ESB.
April 7, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Network Appliance announced Thursday an agreement to acquire privately held Alacritus for approximately $11 million in cash. Alacritus' Virtual Tape Library (VTL) software makes disks emulate tape, providing high...

VMware ships virtual desktop package; Version 5's collaboration features help developers simulate scenarios more efficiently.
April 7, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell VMware next week will ship an improved version of its desktop virtualization software that helps programmers collaborating in teams to provision multi-tiered applications as well as simulate real-world deployment...

Macromedia touts video for the Web; Upcoming Flash technologies are previewed at conference.
April 7, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill San Francisco - Macromedia’s technology agenda is focused on boosting Web-based video experiences, company officials said during the Flashforward2005 conference on Thursday. Executives provided glimpses of...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: One patch does not mend all; SBS users may find that Windows Server 2003 SP1 causes more problems than it fixes.
April 7, 2005... Byline: Oliver Rist The Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle, female rejection, and Microsoft information dissemination. These are a few of the happy conundrums that can take up my weekend. And, like female rejection or the NYT crossword...

STORAGE INSIDER: SNIA pushes for storage interoperability; New proposed specs move scope beyond FC networks.
April 7, 2005... Byline: Mario Apicella As storage and computing professionals, we know all too well that moving disk drives between different RAID controllers is a royal pain in the neck -- if we want to preserve our data, that is. One of the great...

ActiveGrid lights LAMP, grid with Java-less app server; Open source, commercial products are readied.
April 8, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill ActiveGrid on Monday will announce an early-access release of its open source enterprise application platform that will leverage PC-based computing grids and will include an application server not based on Java. The...

In Brief: Siemens acquires IPTV software company Myrio; Also in Brief: Network Appliance acquires Alacritus; HDS, Aptare partner on backup management software; Microsoft to release Office Small Business Accounting; Brocade, Sun offer SilkWorm SAN switch; Nokia to invest $100 million in Indian factory; Ecora releases Patch Manager 4.0 .
April 8, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff German electronics giant Siemens has reached an agreement to acquire U.S. software company Myrio, which specializes in technology for providing TV service over the Net. Myrio provides middleware and applications for...

Database sea change drawing near; Next-generation technology will focus on TCO, unstructured data, and convergence of OLTP and analytics.
April 8, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz There is no non-biological entity that can compare to the human brain's ability to process massive amounts of different types of data, integrate it, analyze it, and respond to it in a split second. But to hear the...

Another kind of database; SenSage captures enterprise log data for security.
April 8, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Based on the boilerplate description SenSage uses to describe itself as a "security information management" solution provider, no one would guess that the company offers a unique database management system: one...

SECURITY ADVISER: Microsoft Service Pack 2 remains a question mark; Security software as a service? Can it be?
April 8, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis Microsoft released Service Pack 2 for Windows XP with the best of intentions. It's a fairly bold move to increase security on Windows XP and give users a way to determine the level of security on their systems. It also...

Apollo launches predictive analytics as a service; Boutique provider offers data mining at low cost.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz The field of advanced analytics, once the proprietary domain of companies willing to deploy costly enterprise software from the likes of SAS Institute and SPSS, now has an alternative from a startup, Apollo Data...

In Brief: LogicLibrary ships Logiscan 2.0; Also in Brief: Novell and Wincor Nixdorf partner on Linux POS systems; Siemens acquires IPTV software company Myrio; Network Appliance acquires Alacritus; HDS, Aptare partner on backup management software; Microsoft to release Office Small Business Accounting; Brocade, Sun offer SilkWorm SAN switch.
April 11, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff LogicLibrary has announced the release of Logiscan 2.0 (formerly known as BugScan). Logiscan, part of LogicLibrary's governance platform for service-oriented architectures (SOAs), is an easy-to-use appliance that...

In Brief: Microsoft takes Windows XP Starter Edition to Brazil; Also in Brief: AXS-One makes records compliance easier with Enterprise 9.0; LogicLibrary ships Logiscan 2.0; Novell and Wincor Nixdorf partner on Linux POS systems; Siemens acquires IPTV software company Myrio; Network Appliance acquires Alacritus; HDS, Aptare partner on backup management software.
April 12, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Microsoft on Wednesday plans to announce it will offer a simplified and lower-priced version of Windows XP in Brazil. Microsoft already said it will offer the product in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, and...

Eclipse focuses on tools for parallel systems development; Alliance cited with Los Alamos National Laboratory.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill The Eclipse Foundation and Los Alamos National Laboratory on Tuesday are formally announcing the Parallel Tools Platform Project to furnish better open source software tools for parallel computers. The Eclipse-based...

Gartner: IBM maintains integration lead; Analyst firm states that Microsoft, for the first time, has moved into top five application integration and middleware companies based on license revenue.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM continued to extend its lead in the overall AIM (application integration and middleware) market over archrivals BEA Systems and Oracle, capturing a little more than 37 percent of the worldwide market in 2004,...

Netline debuts open source server; Open-Xchange Server features new support for Outlook.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Netline Internet Service rolled out a new version of its Open-Xchange Server that features improved compatibility with Microsoft's Outlook, and complemented that offering by also debuting a version of the product...

Sun adds new functions, features to StorEdge 6920; Backup, recovery key to new release.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis Sun Microsystems today announced several enhancements to its Sun StorEdge 6920 that are designed to help customers consolidate storage assets and ensure data availability in a reasonably priced midtier system. "The...

In Brief: Insightful announces S-Plus 7; Also in Brief: AIM Software, Avaloq offer integrated package for banks; Microsoft takes Windows XP Starter Edition to Brazil; AXS-One makes records compliance easier with Enterprise 9.0; LogicLibrary ships Logiscan 2.0; Novell and Wincor Nixdorf partner on Linux POS systems; Siemens acquires IPTV software company Myrio.
April 13, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Insightful has announced an update of its S Plus statistical data analysis and predictive analytics platform. S-Plus 7 adds the ability to read, manipulate, and analyze extremely large data sets. Its new "pipeline...

Oracle promotes Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 within Eclipse; Open source project is detailed.
April 13, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Oracle on Wednesday said it is spearheading a project within the Eclipse open source community to boost the EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) 3.0 specification. Specifically, Oracle will help build an open source EJB...

SAS unveils BI for the masses; BI Enterprise Server Version 9 gains 110 new enhancements.
April 13, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz SAS Institute unveiled this week an interim release of Version 9 of its BI Enterprise Server. As an upgrade from Version 9 launched last year, the enhanced Web Report Studio will offer nontechnical business users...

FineGround, ADIC add to storage wares; Speed, flexibility key to new products.
April 13, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis PHOENIX -- Storage Networking World opened Tuesday here and flooded the Arizona desert with announcements of new and updated storage systems. FineGround, a provider of Web application delivery systems, unveiled...

In Brief: AIIM to develop SOA framework for iECM; Also in Brief: Indian outsourcer Infosys sees revenue soar 50 percent; Insightful announces S-Plus 7; AIM Software, Avaloq offer integrated package for banks; Microsoft takes Windows XP Starter Edition to Brazil; AXS-One makes records compliance easier with Enterprise 9.0; LogicLibrary ships Logiscan 2.0.
April 14, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) announced a project to develop a service-oriented architecture (SOA) framework for interoperable Enterprise Content Management (iECM). The project aims to...

Oracle, Sybase to offer RFID integration solutions; Both database vendors ramp up sensor offerings.
April 14, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Database vendors Oracle and Sybase this week made significant RFID announcements related to integrating RFID and traditional enterprise data. Sybase's RFID Enterprise picks up where its RFID Anywhere, launched...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: DPM aims to keep off the data weight; Redmond's attempt at distributed, disk-based backup oddly won't play nice with DFS.
April 14, 2005... Byline: Oliver Rist They call it managing my weight. I call it bouncing up and down the fat-boy meter due to variables such as season, adult ADD, work stress, and emotional fruit loopiness. Sometimes I grab real control for a few months...

STORAGE INSIDER: The news from SNW; Vendor consolidation and alliances are this year’s emerging trend.
April 14, 2005... Byline: Mario Apicella It's the week of SNW (Storage Networking World) Spring, probably the most important event for the storage industry and its customers. An exhaustive summary of the show, inclusive of speeches, live demos, and...

Worms wiggle into IM; Once the domain of e-mail, virus and worm attacks are zeroing in on instant messaging.
April 15, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore Like airborne viruses, instant messaging worms are fledglings, but very much on the rise. These new worms are also proving that once inside a corporate network they can be just as destructive, if not more so, than...

SECURITY ADVISER: Microsoft opens its grab bag of patches; Recent patch packs include thank-you notes; is Redmond reading Miss Manners?
April 15, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis Last week it was time for the monthly present from Microsoft: brand-new security patches. Each month the Redmond gang gathers up various patches for its products and sends out security alerts to help its users avoid...

BI startups aim to undercut bigwigs; Armed with a blend of open source and commercial tools, JasperSoft and Greenplum hope lower price point will attract customers.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Tom Sullivan BI just may be poised to become the next big piece of the open source puzzle. On Monday two startups sharing a similar focus introduced themselves to the open source community and brought forth tools for reporting...

In Brief: Speedera, Macromedia team on secure content delivery; Also in Brief: Mondosoft launches MondoSearch Enterprise; Salesnet unveils development site for Salesnet integrations; AIIM to develop SOA framework for iECM; Indian outsourcer Infosys sees revenue soar 50 percent; Insightful announces S-Plus 7; AIM Software, Avaloq offer integrated package for banks.
April 18, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Speedera Networks and Macromedia on Monday will announce the addition of secure authentication to Speedera's service for delivering Macromedia Flash video content. Speedera serves as an application host and content...

Microsoft ships second Visual Studio 2005 beta; April preview of SQL Server 2005 database also set.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft on Monday is releasing the second beta version of its upcoming Visual Studio 2005 as well as the April Community Technology Preview for the SQL Server 2005 database. With Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2, all the...

SOA wrap: webMethods, Jacada, Systinet make moves; Business processes, composite apps, governance in focus.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill In separate announcements, webMethods, Jacada and Systinet on Monday are bolstering wares for deploying service-oriented architectures, focusing on business processes, composite applications, and governance. ...

Softricity debuts on demand provisioning; New application virtually powered.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Softricity on Monday debuted an application-provisioning and access technology that, in concert with the company's existing virtualization technology, allows desktop users to gain access to Windows applications via an...

Tibco launches complex event processing application; Software maps business processes and expected outcomes.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Tibco Software unveiled this week Tibco BusinessEvents, software that adds the notion of complex event processing to traditional business process management software. Historically, if a company wanted the state...

Verity launches search-injected BPM; LiquidOffice 4.0 searches in-process content.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore Verity on Monday rolled out Version 4.0 of LiquidOffice, which embeds the company's full-text enterprise search technology with BPM software. LiquidOffice 4.0 offers built-in capabilities for searching,...

OPEN ENTERPRISE: Linux on the desktop is not enough; Laptop Linux should be job one for programmers and hardware vendors alike.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Neil McAllister Let's not beat around the bush. When I talk about desktop Linux, what I really mean is Linux on laptops. An unfair benchmark? Maybe so. Still, today the notebook is king. Tasked with serving the needs of...

In Brief: SOA Software offers free Registry; Also in Brief: Speedera, Macromedia team on secure content delivery; Mondosoft launches MondoSearch Enterprise; Salesnet unveils development site for Salesnet integrations; AIIM to develop SOA framework for iECM; Indian outsourcer Infosys sees revenue soar 50 percent; Insightful announces S-Plus 7.
April 19, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff SOA Software (formerly Digital Evolution) is offering its Registry product for free for a limited time. Registry is an enterprise-class UDDI Version 3-compliant services registry and meta-data repository. By...

AtlasIPM maps data for compliance; Policy management suite enforces information retention and disposal rules across multiple systems.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore PSS Systems this week rolled out AtlasIPM (Information Policy Management), a suite of products for creating and enforcing information policies across the enterprise. AtlasIPM consists of the Policy Atlas, a...

Red Hat exec criticizes software patents, Microsoft; Shared Source program called into question.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Santa Clara, Calif. -- A Red Hat executive speaking at the MySQL Users Conference 2005 event here on Tuesday heaped scorn on the issuance of software patents, saying they stifle innovation. The executive, Michael...

Two open source object-relational projects afoot in Eclipse; Versant unveiling follows Oracle effort.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill A tale of dueling open source projects for object-relational mapping may be brewing within Eclipse, with similar proposals floated by Versant and Oracle. Versant on Tuesday will announce that it has proposed to lead...

Web services reliable messaging spec submitted to OASIS; BEA, IBM, Microsoft, Tibco seek standard status for proposal.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft, IBM, BEA Systems, and Tibco Software on Tuesday said they will submit the latest version of the WS-RM (Web Services ReliableMessaging) specification, featuring protocol and policy assertions, to OASIS for...

In Brief: PowerBasic makes upgrade offer to Visual Basic developers; Also in Brief: C&W adding at least 100 services staff in India; SOA Software offers free Registry; Speedera, Macromedia team on secure content delivery; Mondosoft launches MondoSearch Enterprise; Salesnet unveils development site for Salesnet integrations; AIIM to develop SOA framework for iECM.
April 20, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff PowerBasic, a provider of enterprise programming tools, is offering a competitive upgrade offer to Visual Basic developers who may feel abandoned by Microsoft's decision to discontinue support for Visual Basic 6 and...

MySQL CEO touts open source as an alternative; Mickos cites shrinking IT budgets as motivating factor.
April 20, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Santa Clara, Calif. -- With its open source database, MySQL represents the economy class of databases, which can be a sufficient alternative to more expensive products, according to Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL. ...

MySQL readies database clustering improvements; Tables, replication, partitioning to be highlighted.
April 20, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- MySQL plans improvements in areas such as tables, replication, and partitioning with upcoming versions of the its database clustering product, a company consultant said at the MySQL Users...

IBM unwraps new WebSphere MQ; Version 6.0 features new ESB support.
April 20, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Hoping to add some muscle to its application integration strategies, IBM on Wednesday rolled out a new version of its WebSphere MQ product with 150 technical improvements, including improved support for creating an ESB,...

Web services standards efforts controlled, says Bosworth; Former BEA executive, now at Google, lashes out at IBM, Microsoft.
April 21, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Former BEA Systems executive Adam Bosworth on Thursday criticized what he called the control of Web services standards development by companies such as IBM and Microsoft, who collaborated with...

In Brief: Fourteen vendors collaborate on WS-Security OASIS InterOp; Also in Brief: Amacom launches high security portable hard drives; Microsoft names new Japan chief; PowerBasic makes upgrade offer to Visual Basic developers; C&W adding at least 100 services staff in India; SOA Software offers free Registry; Speedera, Macromedia team on secure content delivery.
April 21, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Fourteen organizations teamed up at the Gartner Application Integration and Web Services Summit in Los Angeles Wednesday to demonstrate interoperability of the WS-Security standard. WS-Security was developed by...

Of marketing and messaging; Slick new features could drive admins to shoot the Messenger.
April 21, 2005... Byline: Oliver Rist Why does everything come due in April? It turns a perfectly charming month into a stomach-wrenching anxiety fest as I sit here and drop check after check into the insatiable jaws of the Internal Revenue Service, the...

STORAGE INSIDER: Microsoft releases storage salvo at SNW; New backup server and maturing technologies promise better administration for small and midsize datacenters.
April 21, 2005... Byline: Mario Apicella If I had to choose a single reason why anyone should go to SNW (Storage Networking World), it would be: because you can see stuff actually working, which is also an opportunity to take an early peek at new, upcoming...

Oracle re-brands middleware, lays out PeopleSoft road map; Apps to be certified in 2005, 2006.
April 22, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Oracle on Monday is re-branding its middleware line, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and laying out a road map for when these middleware products will be certified to work with newly acquired PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards...

In Brief: DoubleClick bought for $1.1 billion; Also in Brief: Microsoft aims for students in Africa, Middle East; Fourteen vendors collaborate on WS-Security OASIS InterOp; Amacom launches high security portable hard drives; Microsoft names new Japan chief; PowerBasic makes upgrade offer to Visual Basic developers.
April 25, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Two U.S. private equity firms have bought online advertising company DoubleClick for $1.1 billion, DoubleClick announced Monday. The firms, Hellman and Friedman and JMI Equity, expect to complete the deal in the...

Microsoft: Let the 64-bit era begin; Gates to preview Longhorn at WinHEC.
April 25, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Microsoft will attempt to bring Windows into the 64-bit era with a bang on Monday, unveiling its long-awaited 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP client. It will also show off the progress it has made...

MontaVista to launch Linux for cell phones; Unlike other handset OSes, no second processor is required.
April 25, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz MontaVista Software announced on Monday that it will ship an embedded version of Linux, Mobilinux 4.0, based on the Linux 2.6 kernel. The announcement follows a MontaVista initiative launched last February...

OPEN ENTERPRISE: Microsoft and the 24-hour Linux phenomenon; Linux is strong on servers, but Jim Allchin says desktop Linux is dead in the water.
April 25, 2005... Byline: Neil McAllister Recently I had the opportunity to meet with Jim Allchin, Microsoft's group vice president in charge of platforms, to talk about the future of Windows. As it turned out, however, what he has to say about Linux is...

In Brief: Dell NAS device consolidates data on a SAN; Also in Brief: NetQoS acquires RedPoint Network Systems; DoubleClick bought for $1.1 billion; Microsoft aims for students in Africa, Middle East; Fourteen vendors collaborate on WS-Security OASIS InterOp; Amacom launches high security portable hard drives.
April 26, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Dell on Tuesday announced a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device that enables customers to consolidate data from heterogeneous systems on a common Dell/EMC Storage Area Network (SAN). The Dell/EMC NS500G NAS...

Juniper adds to network toolkit; Redline, Peribit acquired.
April 26, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis Juniper Networks signed definitive agreements Tuesday to acquire Peribit Networks and Redline Networks. The two acquisitions give Juniper additional products in the network application delivery and performance space....

MySQL CEO pans software patents, touts open source; Executive sets stage for upcoming enterprise-level database release.
April 26, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill MySQL has become perhaps the most visible player in the open source database market. With revenues now at $20 million annually, the company is eyeing a greater enterprise presence with its upcoming MySQL 5.0 database,...

Oracle president promises to certify best practice configurations; Charles Phillips notes that the company owns much of the software stack and is in a good position to offer customers ideal configurations.
April 26, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Santa Clara, Calif. — Charles Phillips, Oracle's president, kicked off Software 2005, an annual event sponsored by venture-capital firm Sand Hill Group, with a keynote address that focused on the future of...

SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese lays out bright open source future; Industry luminary says it will change the world.
April 26, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Industry veteran Kim Polese, formerly of Sun and Marimba and now CEO of SpikeSource, gave an upbeat address on the long-term repercussions of the open source phenomenon at the Software 2005...

CIOs, CTO give thumbs-up to software as a service; Open source also lauded.
April 27, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill SANTA CLARA, Calif. - CIOs and a CTO serving on an IT issues panel at the Software 2005 conference here on Wednesday gave a thumbs-up to software as a service, open source, and collaboration technology. The...

HP exec cites open source, commercial mix; Shane Robison also emphasizes SOA management.
April 27, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Rather than IT shops settling on one paradigm, mixed environments of commercial and open source software will prevail, Hewlett-Packard CTO and Chief Strategy Officer Shane Robison said Wednesday...

In Brief: eMeta enhances eRightsWeb suite; Also in Brief: Safe Passage expands its support; NetApp, Veritas offer integrated data protection solution; Motorola opens 3G development center in Beijing; Dell NAS device consolidates data on a SAN; NetQoS acquires RedPoint Network Systems.
April 28, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff eMeta on Thursday announced that its eRightsWeb managed software suite, which provides software and media companies with the tools to monetize their digital assets, will now support utility pricing and billing....

Microsoft not glowing over LAMP; Company officials tout Visual Web Developer Express Edition, ASP.Net 2.0.
April 28, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft officials are undaunted by the popular LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL Perl/Python/PHP) application stack that serves as an open source rival to the Microsoft .Net platform. Touring to promote the company's...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: The skinny on Microsoft's thin client OSes; Awkwardly code-named Eiger and Monch signal Microsoft's interest in utility computing.
April 28, 2005... Byline: Oliver Rist Writing technology articles for a living can occasionally be so frustrating that you want to take a bone saw to your skull. Take Microsoft, for example: Several trips to the campus followed by several phone calls asking...

STORAGE INSIDER: SNW's debut performances; Emerging storage companies leave their mark on storage array, 10 Gig storage markets.
April 28, 2005... Byline: Mario Apicella My previous columns on the recent SNW (Storage Networking World) have been almost entirely focused on some very popular names in storage, but I don't want you to think that startup companies are not present at the...

In Brief: SOA Software provides SOA extension to Oracle BPEL products; Also in Brief: eMeta enhances eRightsWeb suite; Safe Passage expands its support; NetApp, Veritas offer integrated data protection solution; Motorola opens 3G development center in Beijing; Dell NAS device consolidates data on a SAN.
April 29, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff SOA Software (formerly Digital Evolution) next week will announce the integration of its Service Manager with Oracle's BPEL Process Manager and related products. Service Manager delivers security and management for...

Just what is an ESB, anyway? Growing debate within the integration fray centers on whether an enterprise services bus is an actual product or merely a concept.
April 29, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) technology has sparked a debate in the integration space. Players in the ESB arena agree this newfangled technology is critical in providing a mechanism for application integration in...