InfoWorld.com articles from August 2004

InfoWorld.com archives from August 2004

HP fills out ProLiant line; Company offers entry-level storage array for SANs.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Bob Francis Hewlett-Packard is announcing five new servers, including a new blade server and a new rack server, along with two new storage products aimed at the entry-level SAN market. The five new HP ProLiant servers utilize...

Cingular launches corporate e-mail service; Carrier partners with Seven for behind-the-firewall solution.
August 3, 2004... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz As carriers look for additional bait to lure corporate users onto their high-speed data networks, two infrastructure providers Seven and Xpherix announced this week technology to keep data safe and secure behind...

Update: IBM donates Cloudscape to the ASF; IBM relational database joins ranks of open source Ingres, MySQL.
August 3, 2004... Byline: Stacy Cowley, Ed Scannell San Francisco -- Hoping to accelerate the delivery of more innovative Java-based applications to market, IBM on Tuesday at LinuxWorld Conference announced along with the Apache Software Foundation (ASF),...

Red Hat debuts open source app server; IBM, Oracle will contribute to app server.
August 3, 2004... Byline: Ed Scannell SAN FRANCISCO -- On the eve of this week's annual LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, Red Hat on Monday night announced the availability of its open source application server, a lower-end server that reportedly will work...

SunGard, EVault team up to secure online data backup; SunGard to integrate EVault Protect solutions into its line of products.
August 3, 2004... Byline: Bob Francis SunGard Availability Services and EVault Inc. have inked a partnership aimed at the growing market for securing online data backup and recovery solutions for medium- and large-size businesses, the companies announced...

IBM says it won't assert patents against Linux kernel; Big Blue exec challenges IT to establish procedures to avoid infringement claims.
August 4, 2004... Byline: Ed Scannell SAN FRANCISCO -- In his keynote address on Wednesday at LinuxWorld, IBM Senior Vice President of Technology and Marketing Nick Donofrio assured the Linux nation his company would not assert its formidable patent...

Oracle launches global version of supply change management; Company touts consolidation of data across regions.
August 4, 2004... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Oracle unveiled on Wednesday Supply Chain Management Version 11i.10 that reflects customer demand for a global approach to SCM and visibility. Included in 11i.10 are new capabilities to manage global...

PostX bolsters secure messaging; Trusted Enterprise 5.0 rolled out.
August 4, 2004... Byline: Cathleen Moore PostX this week unveiled Trusted Enterprise 5.0, which provides secure message delivery by integrating with an enterprise's existing infrastructure. Version 5.0 adds a secure statement generation framework...

BlueArc adds controllers to Titan NAS server; Engenio's Fibre Channel and SATA controllers provide added flexibility.
August 5, 2004... Byline: Bob Francis BlueArc Corp. is adding Fibre Channel and Serial ATA (SATA) controllers from Engenio Information Technologies Inc. to its Titan SiliconServer, a network-attached storage (NAS) server. The announcement means BlueArc...

Edmunds.com deploys text mining tool for user forums; Online vehicle Web site to use Attensity PowerDrill technology.
August 6, 2004... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Edmunds.com, an online service for vehicle information, unveiled its latest tool to mine the potentially invaluable data stored as unstructured content in its user forums, consumer ratings, and reviews archives. ...

Microsoft comes through with Windows Service Pack 2; Often-delayed update contains crucial security improvements.
August 6, 2004... Byline: Ed Scannell After some last-minute waxing and buffing, Microsoft finally sent its Windows XP Service Pack 2 to manufacturing early Friday. The product is expected to be available shortly through the Windows Updates feature in...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: The IP SAN waiting game; iSCSI, you SCSI -- we all scream for iSCSI hardware.
August 6, 2004... Byline: Oliver Rist “Ah, don’t worry about storage; storage is cheap.” I hear that little myth every time we purchase a new server setup. In a small way it’s true -- per-gigabyte disk costs have dropped markedly in...

SECURITY ADVISER: Phishing for your secrets; Once a crime aimed at individuals, phishing can hurt your enterprise.
August 6, 2004... Byline: Wayne Rash It’s reached the point where it’s not even a surprise. There was the usual e-mail from EarthLink with the usual clumsy English. When I expanded the headers, I found the usual spoofed IP address deep inside....

STORAGE INSIDER: Broadcom bets on SATA RAID; The Broadcom-RAIDCore acquisition bears some tasty fruit in the BC4000 SATA RAID controller.
August 6, 2004... Byline: Mario Apicella With all the events that are making 2004 an incredible year for storage, you may have missed yet another acquisition that happened in January: Broadcom bought RAIDCore, a startup specializing in RAID software. ...

Macromedia to boost reporting, clients in ColdFusion tool; Blackstone release is readied for 2005.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill Macromedia is readying a multifaceted upgrade to its ColdFusion Web development tool, code-named “Blackstone,” that will boost reporting capabilities while also enabling new clients such as IM systems to...

DAT gets road map; HP, Certance agree on future for tape.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Bob Francis Hewlett-Packard and Certance, two of the top manufacturers of DAT technology, announced today a long-term commitment to the technology through 2010 and three future product generations. The commitment is important...

Microsoft supplementing SharePoint apps integration; Toolkits offered via shared source.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft’s Office System group on Monday is making available free of charge two “Web Part” toolkits and a Web services toolkit to boost integration of the company’s SharePoint Portal Server 2003...

Update: RFID gets active and smart; WhereNet adds business logic to vehicle tracking.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz WhereNet, a wireless location and communications company, will unveil later this week WhereSoft Vehicle, a VTMS (vehicle tracking and management system) that will for the first time marry RFID and business rules...

IBM adds to business process modeling tool; Version 5 of WebSphere-based offering set to ship with BPEL backing.
August 10, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill IBM is looking to improve business process modeling in its WebSphere Business Integration Modeler tool by backing an emerging Web services standard and building its product around the Eclipse development tool framework....

Autodesk tackles project collaboration; Buzzsaw service eyes better visibility into construction, manufacturing projects.
August 11, 2004... Byline: Cathleen Moore Autodesk this week unwrapped an updated version of its hosted project collaboration service targeted at the construction and manufacturing industries. Autodesk Buzzsaw lets multiple, dispersed project participants...

Tool converts .Net code to Java; Stryon offering counters Microsoft utility for moving from Java to .Net.
August 11, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill While Microsoft already has had a tool to migrate Java code to the company’s .Net application development platform, Stryon is turning the tables. Stryon’s iNet product migrates applications and Web...

PeopleSoft to launch mobile synchronization; Partnership with Intellisync will enable wireless data exchange with CRM apps.
August 12, 2004... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz PeopleSoft announced this week a deal with Intellisync to use its data synchronization technology, Intellisync Mobile Suite, to enable its enterprise users deployed on PeopleSoft's Enterprise and EnterpriseOne...

Storage, servers brings down HP results; Executives walk plank for poor showing.
August 13, 2004... Byline: Bob Francis Hewlett-Packard blindsided analysts with news that its third- and fourth-quarter earnings would badly miss estimates primarily because of problems in its server and storage division. HP's enterprise servers and...

Tools wrap: Sun, Javalobby, Infravio make moves; NetBeans still platform of choice for Sun instead of Eclipse.
August 13, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill Officials at Sun Microsystems, Javalobby, and Infravio this week revealed initiatives positioned as advances in either Java development or Web services consumption. The Sun Microsystems-led NetBeans open source tools...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: Linux: Rebel with a clue; InfoWorld's 'Microsoft guy' discovers that Linux has a home in a Windows-based shop.
August 13, 2004... Byline: Oliver Rist "But you're the InfoWorld Microsoft guy. Why are you at LinuxWorld?" If I only had a dime for every time someone asked me that last week, I'd be wealthier -- by about 10 cents. But why shouldn't I be at LinuxWorld?...

SECURITY ADVISER: Gazing into the crystal ball; What will get security products on the right track? Sometimes a little conversation helps sort out the future.
August 13, 2004... Byline: Wayne Rash "So what do you think?" shouted Chuck Teubner, newly appointed chairman of e-Security. Teubner was shouting at me, so I shouted back: "Things are going to have to get much more simplified if most of today's enterprises...

STORAGE INSIDER: A sophisticated storage palate; Western Digital serves up more Caviar -- with a twist.
August 13, 2004... Byline: Mario Apicella How to better use new technologies is one of the most debated topics in the storage world, which is not surprising because often a new technology opens doors that were previously locked and forces potential users to...

Interwoven scoops up records management company; Acquisition of Software Intelligence aims to boost document retention, compliance wares.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Cathleen Moore ECM (enterprise content management) company Interwoven on Monday announced the acquisition of Software Intelligence, a maker of records management technology, for $2 million in cash and stock. Previously,...

AccuRev touts software configuration management approach; System relies on streams, not files, company says.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill AccuRev on Monday will release an upgrade to its SCM (software configuration management) package that the company argues offers a superior alternative to file-based SCM systems. Intended for coordination of...

IBM rolls out midrange eServer i5; Box offered in two editions.
August 17, 2004... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM is filling in the center of its Power 5-based eServer i5 lineup on Tuesday, unwrapping a four-way system aimed at midsize companies looking to consolidate a variety of business applications. The new eServer i5...

IBM tightening Eclipse, Java, Linux links; Software development kit packaged with runtime.
August 18, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill IBM on Thursday will announce the release of a free tools bundle for Eclipse to make it easier to deploy Java applications on Linux. The package features the latest Eclipse open source SDK from eclipse.org, which is...

Spruced up 64-bit Windows beta ready; New builds include Luna UI, Bluetooth support.
August 18, 2004... Byline: Ed Scannell Microsoft on Wednesday made available the latest builds of its 64-bit version of Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, that each features a handful of new improvements including the Luna user...

Embarcadero, Ixiasoft focus on data management; Web client, fault tolerance touted.
August 19, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill Embarcadero is shipping Embarcadero Performance Center 1.9, a version of its multiplatform database monitoring product that adds a Web client and management functions for Linux and Unix databases. The Web client...

IBM shows off new grid apps; New apps aid distributed development.
August 19, 2004... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM on Friday is scheduled to make available early versions of three grid-based technologies intended to help corporate and third-party developers better manage grid-based resources as a way to solve large and...

Javalobby removes Java specs at Sun’s request; Sun said to want APIs such as J2EE, J2ME only on its own site.
August 20, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill Javalobby, an online community of Java developers, has removed from its new JDocs documentation Web site several vital Java APIs at the request of Java founder Sun Microsystems, an official with Javalobby said on Friday....

SECURITY ADVISER: The quest for perfect security; Sometimes being perfectly protected means learning when to wait to apply patches.
August 20, 2004... Byline: Wayne Rash THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE -- Before I left northern Virginia for my vacation, I decided to make my office and lab completely invulnerable to anything that could be a worm, virus, or even a highly skilled hacker attack. And I...

STORAGE INSIDER: Perfecting replication; Complementary data replication systems keep all your storage needs in sync.
August 20, 2004... Byline: Mario Apicella It's no secret that ensuring proper data protection at remote sites is one of a CTO's most trying challenges. As often happens in this business, the perfect data protection system frequently depends on a...

BEA readies app server package for ISVs; Company looks to jumpstart SOAs.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill BEA Systems on Monday is releasing a version of its application infrastructure suite designed to enable ISVs to deliver products for SOAs (service-oriented architectures). The BEA WebLogic Platform ISV Edition is...

Sun partners for high-speed Ethernet; Company to arm Solaris with drivers for S2io's Xframe 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Bob Francis Sun Microsystems will integrate drivers for S2io's Xframe 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter into the Solaris operating system for Sparc, AMD Opteron, and Intel Xeon servers. In addition, S2io will partner with Sun to develop...

BEA departures continue; Chief marketing officer is latest to leave.
August 24, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill BEA Systems continues to see an exodus of high-level executives, with Chief Marketing Officer Tod Nielsen exiting this week. His departure, to pursue other interests, follows the exits of CTO Scott Ditezen, who left...

Connexion by Boeing partners with iPass; Deal will give iPass customers Wi-Fi connectivity while flying.
August 24, 2004... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz This week Connexion by Boeing, a Boeing subsidiary, announced a deal with Wi-Fi hot spot aggregator iPass. The deal will give iPass customers Wi-Fi connectivity while flying and Boeing will get a partner that...

IBM reconfigures NAS gateway; Single-processor system allows customers to start small and scale up.
August 24, 2004... Byline: Bob Francis IBM is offering a scaled-down version of its TotalStorage NAS Gateway designed for departments and small businesses that want a lower priced disaster recovery system. The new TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 is a...

WS-I tackles Web services attachments; Three profiles released.
August 24, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) on Tuesday is releasing three profiles intended to make it easier to send attachments using Web services technologies. The organization is publishing is Basic...

BMC adds PeopleSoft management; Product patrols for service issues.
August 25, 2004... Byline: Bob Francis BMC Software has released a new version of Patrol for PeopleSoft 2.0 that allows companies to centrally manage PeopleSoft users, transactions, jobs, SQL requests, and business processes. The goal of the new product...

Borland acquires software project planning tool; Technology to be fitted to requirements management package.
August 25, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill Focused on improving its requirements management arsenal for software development, Borland Software on Wednesday is announcing its acquisition of Estimate Professional, a software project planning and estimation tool....

Dell adds new switch to lineup; PowerConnect features 24 ports.
August 26, 2004... Byline: Bob Francis Dell has upgraded its PowerConnect line with the addition of the PowerConnect 5324, a 24-port managed gigabit layer 2 switch. The new switch includes advanced VLAN (virtual LAN) support, cable diagnostics for...

NetBeans IDE beta released, tackles Java specs; Upgrade also backs Apache Ant projects.
August 26, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill NetBeans.org, which oversees the NetBeans open source Java tools environment, has released a beta version of the NetBeans 4.0 IDE, featuring support for the latest Java specifications and Apache Ant-based projects. ...

IBM puts grids to work at U.S. Open; Big Blue's On Demand technologies fuel back end of annual tennis championships.
August 27, 2004... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM will put a collection of its On Demand-related products and technologies to this test next week at the U.S. Open tennis championships, implementing a grid-based infrastructure capable of running multiple workloads...

Microsoft readies beta for application life cycle management; Team System being fitted in Visual Studio 2005.
August 27, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft is refreshing the beta release of its Visual Studio 2005 developer tool platform to feature the full range of technologies planned for the company’s Team System application life cycle management system,...

Trilog eases Domino to Java transition; FlowBuilder 3.5 helps Lotus Notes Developers work with J2EE.
August 27, 2004... Byline: Cathleen Moore Trilog Group this week rolled out an integrated J2EE development framework designed to let IBM Lotus Notes developers use their existing skills for J2EE development projects. FlowBuilder 3.5 taps Web services...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: Windows Tablet XP 2005 cures many platform ailments; Better security, handwriting recognition are just what the doctor ordered.
August 27, 2004... Byline: Oliver Rist Tonight was cinema night. In Collateral, Tom Cruise’s Vincent, the silver-haired hit man, still likable in a sociopath-esque sense, is sitting behind Jamie Foxx 's terrified character. And as Vincent banters about...

SECURITY ADVISER: The SP2 catch-22; University decisions on delaying SP2 updates make one wonder if they’re paying attention to last year's worm outbreaks.
August 27, 2004... Byline: Wayne Rash I was talking to NBC technology reporter IJ Hudson about Microsoft’s impending release of SP2 (Service Pack 2), which allegedly starts going out to Windows Update users in the next few days, if it hasn’t...

STORAGE INSIDER: Certance makes its mark in tape storage; CL800 tape drive represents the latest blow in the LTO-3 prizefight.
August 27, 2004... Byline: Mario Apicella Am I confused or did we actually hear about the new LTO-3 (Linear Tape-Open Ultrium format generation 3) tape format only a few weeks ago? Well, there is more on that topic, because with one swift move Certance took...

IBM to help Cloudscape developers; Online resources for Java-based database to be unveiled.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill IBM on Monday will unveil free developer resources for Cloudscape, a small-footprint, Java-based database that the company recently contributed to the Apache Software Foundation as an open source project. Resources...

Juniper adds security software support; JEDI group takes saber to security issues.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Bob Francis Juniper Networks is making a big push into SSL security. The company on Monday updated its NetScreen Secure Access SSL VPNsecurity appliance that further integrates it with end-point security software packages. Juniper...

San Francisco sues Microsoft; Class action suit seeks redress for alleged overcharging.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Despite numerous out-of-court settlements with various state governments around the country, it appears Microsoft's legal woes aren't over yet. The city and counties of San Francisco and Los Angeles and the...

IBM, Sun join with Microsoft on Web services event specification; Interoperability is sought for subscribing to notifications.
August 31, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Computer Associates have jumped aboard in support of the WS-Eventing specification for subscribing to Web services-based events, joining original developers Microsoft, BEA Systems, and Tibco...

Sun readies app server upgrade; Enterprise product features management, high availability, J2EE 1.4.
August 31, 2004... Byline: Paul Krill Sun Microsystems is readying an upgrade to its enterprise-level application server and is touting new downloading figures as evidence of the company’s growing presence in the application server market. Sun...