InfoWorld.com articles from December 2005

InfoWorld.com archives from December 2005

In Brief: Google talks up future additions to Talk; Also in Brief: Intel gets in tune with Chinese Internet users; Netease appoints founder to take over as CEO; Taiwan's Elitegroup buys rival's PC division; Software AG ships Tamino with WebDAV support; Samsung to make chips under contract for Qualcomm; Chinese man detained over fake eBay baby ad.
December 1, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Google has set up a blog to talk about future additions to its Google Talk VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) application, promising that "exciting things" are in the pipeline. In an inaugural post on the...

CommVault tackles information lifecycle management; QiNetix upgrade includes two new applications.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Mario Apicella CommVault announced more features in the forthcoming upgrade of its data-management product, QiNetix, with ILM (information lifecycle management) capabilities among the features added to the suite. QiNetix 6.1,...

In Brief: Panasonic moves up plasma display expansion plans; Also in Brief: Google talks up future additions to Talk; Intel gets in tune with Chinese Internet users; Netease appoints founder to take over as CEO; Taiwan's Elitegroup buys rival's PC division; Software AG ships Tamino with WebDAV support; Samsung to make chips under contract for Qualcomm.
December 2, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., better known by its Panasonic brand name, is moving up expansion plans for plasma display panel (PDP) production in response to high demand. The company is planning to start...

AmberPoint able to manage sets of SOA services; Version 5.0 also increases integration with authentication systems.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill AmberPoint is upgrading its SOA management platform to accommodate more complex deployments. Focusing on run-time governance, the company on Monday is announcing release 5.0 of AmberPoint, adding the ability to manage...

SaaS broadens reach to product life cycle management; Arena Solutions adds critical components for compliance.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Once the domain of only the largest manufacturers, Product Lifecycle Management [PLM] applications are now needed by even the smallest machine shop thanks to environmental compliance regulations. Companies in...

In Brief: VA Software unveils SourceForge On Demand; Also in Brief: GT Software unveils Ivory Service Architect; Panasonic moves up plasma display expansion plans; Google talks up future additions to Talk; Intel gets in tune with Chinese Internet users; Netease appoints founder to take over as CEO; Taiwan's Elitegroup buys rival's PC division.
December 5, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff VA Software on Monday launched SourceForge On Demand. This hosted version of SourceForge Enterprise Edition delivers a secure, collaborative solution for small development teams or workgroups in large enterprises...

RFID tags for chickens? Digital Angel says tracking temperature of poultry could be early warning system for avian flu.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Digital Angel, the world's largest manufacturer of implantable microchips for animals, is proposing that biothermal RFID chips be used on a sampling of the world's 25 billion chickens as an early warning system for...

Update: IBM to support Open Document standard; Workplace Managed Client 2.6 next year will gain ODF-based word processing, spreadsheets.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore The love for open formats for electronic documents pouring out of the government ranks of Massachusetts is encouraging, but where are the products to help make the Open Document dream a reality? IBM early next...

JBoss makes enterprise transaction play; SOA factors into technology buy.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill JBoss on Monday is set to make enterprise transactional software part of its open source software portfolio. The company is announcing its acquisition of the ArjunaTS (Transaction Service) technology from Arjuna...

Mindreef launches Web services lifecycle collaboration; SOA seen as application for company's Coral platform.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Mindreef is launching a venture into what the company calls Web services lifecycle collaboration management for building Web services and SOA. Being unveiled on Monday, the Mindreef Coral platform enables...

OpSource launches SaaS incubator program; Company offers free infrastructure and support for six months.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz In what some are calling a significant sign of the times in the software industry, OpSource, a SaaS (software as a service) infrastructure provider, will announce this week the Incubator Program, one of the first...

In Brief: Watchfire announces AppScan 6.0; Also in Brief: Inform adds RSS and Web syndication to online news platform; VA Software unveils SourceForge On Demand; GT Software unveils Ivory Service Architect; Panasonic moves up plasma display expansion plans; Google talks up future additions to Talk; Intel gets in tune with Chinese Internet users.
December 6, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Watchfire has released AppScan 6.0, which adds new remediation capabilities, enhanced regulatory compliance reporting, a redesigned user interface, and other features that improve users' ability to manage Web...

Microsoft launches multitenant CRM; CRM Version 3.0 will allow SaaS vendors to use single instance of SQL for multiple customers.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Microsoft will open a second front in its assault on the CRM market this week with the release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. The move signals a step beyond SMBs, with the company targeting the enterprise for the...

Microsoft touts Web apps boost through new OS; Sixty-four-bit support is deemed key.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft's Web Platform for developing and deploying Web applications is being bolstered by the imminent shipment of Windows Server 2003 R2, a company official said on Tuesday. Through the new OS and other recent...

In Brief: Intalio acquires FiveSight; Also in Brief: Watchfire announces AppScan 6.0; Inform adds RSS and Web syndication to online news platform; VA Software unveils SourceForge On Demand; GT Software unveils Ivory Service Architect; Panasonic moves up plasma display expansion plans; Google talks up future additions to Talk.
December 7, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Intalio announced it has acquired privately owned FiveSight Technologies, the company that brought to market the first open source implementation of OASIS' BPEL 2.0 specification. Maciej Szefler, architect of...

Tools wrap: NextApp, Compuware to unveil products; Offerings for AJAX and application quality management are on the way.
December 8, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill NextApp and Compuware next week are set to boost offerings for application development in the areas of AJAX (Asynchronous Java plus XML) and application quality management, respectively. For NextApp, the company's...

In Brief: Nokia to open retail stores worldwide; Also in Brief: Smart card giants Gemplus and Axalto to merge; Virgin Mobile spurns NTL advance; Intalio acquires FiveSight; Watchfire announces AppScan 6.0; Inform adds RSS and Web syndication to online news platform; VA Software unveils SourceForge On Demand.
December 8, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Nokia took the wraps off its first retail shop on Thursday, unveiling the Nokia Flagship Store in Moscow. The company said it plans to open several such stores in shopping capitals of the world over the next couple...

Siebel offers CRM services for BEA-based SOA; Similar offering for Oracle platform is likely to be on the agenda.
December 8, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill If an SOA-related announcement made by Siebel Systems on Thursday is any indication, the company maintains a streak of independence despite its imminent acquisition by Oracle. Siebel said it has begun shipping a...

In Brief: Samsung invests $15 million in Indian phone plant; Also in Brief: Nokia to open flagship stores worldwide; Smart card giants Gemplus and Axalto to merge; Virgin Mobile spurns NTL advance; Intalio acquires FiveSight; Watchfire announces AppScan 6.0; Inform adds RSS and Web syndication to online news platform.
December 9, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Samsung Electronics announced it will invest $15 million in India to set up a manufacturing plant for mobile phones. The new facility will be located at Manesar in Haryana state in north India, and the first two...

SugarCRM to release version 4.0; Application is ready for the enterprise, says co-founder .
December 9, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Calling it a release that favorably compares with CRM solutions from Salesforce.com or Siebel, open source ISV SugarCRM unveiled SugarSuite 4.0 this week. The company's release includes Sugar Open Source, a...

In Brief: BenQ Mobile to launch 3 co-branded handsets; Also in Brief: DoCoMo to invest in Chinese cellular payment company; China Spacecom to provide Iridium services in China; Samsung invests $15 million in Indian phone plant; Nokia to open flagship stores worldwide; Smart card giants Gemplus and Axalto to merge; Virgin Mobile spurns NTL advance.
December 12, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff BenQ Mobile plans to launch three new mobile phones in January that will for the first time use the new BenQ-Siemens brand. The new mobile phone company born from Taiwanese electronics maker BenQ's acquisition of...

Software-quality tools focus on concurrency, ease of use; Coverity, Worksoft ready product boosts.
December 12, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Coverity and Worksoft on Tuesday will reveal wares intended to improve software quality, focusing respectively on concurrency and ease of use. Coverity is announcing its Coverity Prevent 2.3 source code analyzer,...

Salesforce.com to launch full production test bed; Sandbox offers enterprise customers a mirror image of production environment and data.
December 12, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Hoping to capture more seats in the enterprise, Salesforce.com will introduce Salesforce Sandbox as part of its Winter 2006 release. Sandbox is a full parallel copy of a company's production environment to be used...

In Brief: Stratacache launches OmniCast 3.0 Also in Brief: BenQ Mobile to launch 3 co-branded handsets; DoCoMo to invest in Chinese cellular payment company; China Spacecom to provide Iridium services in China; Samsung invests $15 million in Indian phone plant; Nokia to open flagship stores worldwide; Smart card giants Gemplus and Axalto to merge.
December 13, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Stratacache has announced Version 3.0 of its OmniCast content distribution software. OmniCast reduces IT administration by automating scheduled data distribution to predefined groups. Data is distributed...

In Brief: Nvidia to acquire Taiwan's ULi; Also in Brief: MCI gets $593 million services contract with ABN Amro; Stratacache launches OmniCast 3.0; BenQ Mobile to launch 3 co-branded handsets; DoCoMo to invest in Chinese cellular payment company; China Spacecom to provide Iridium services in China; Samsung invests $15 million in Indian phone plant.
December 14, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Graphics chip giant Nvidia said Wednesday it will acquire Taiwanese core logic chip set developer ULi Electronics in a cash deal valued at $52 million. The deal will bolster Nvidia's ability to get its graphics...

In Brief: China's 99Bill to offer payment service for blogs; Also in Brief: Philips separates semiconductor unit; Nvidia to acquire Taiwan's ULi; MCI gets $593 million services contract with ABN Amro; Stratacache launches OmniCast 3.0; BenQ Mobile to launch 3 co-branded handsets; DoCoMo to invest in Chinese cellular payment company.
December 15, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Chinese online payment provider 99Bill has signed an agreement with Beijing Blog Times Information & Technology, which operates the Bokee Web log service, to provide a payment platform for the service. Web logs,...

Microsoft, IBM, SAP discontinue UDDI registry effort; Project based on Web services standard said to be no longer necessary.
December 16, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Article Body: Microsoft, IBM, and SAP are discontinuing the UDDI Business Registry (UBR) project for Web services on January 12, according to Web-based bulletins from the three companies. UDDI prescribes a...

SECURITY ADVISER: Honeypots as an early warning system; These sticky traps make a good backup plan for malware detection -- and every enterprise should have at least one.
December 16, 2005... Byline: Roger A. Grimes I often recommend that my clients set up and use a honeypot, and not just because my last book was entitled Honeypots for Windows. Honeypots are any non-production computer asset set up only as a target for hackers...

In Brief: Savvis announces Security Utility; Also in Brief: Infragistics ships NetAdvantage for Visual Studio 2005; China's 99Bill to offer payment service for blogs; Philips separates semiconductor unit; Nvidia to acquire Taiwan's ULi; MCI gets $593 million services contract with ABN Amro; Stratacache launches OmniCast 3.0.
December 19, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld staff Savvis announced its Security Utility, a new portfolio of managed security utility services that does not require hardware or software to be installed or managed at the customer's premise. The Savvis Security...

Eclipse touts Web, J2EE development in tools release; Open source organization also has lofty plans for 2006.
December 19, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Bolstering development of Web and enterprise J2EE applications in the open source arena, the Eclipse Foundation on Monday is set to release Version 1.0 of its Eclipse Web Tools Platform. Version 1.0 features the...

Microsoft changes anti-spyware name in Vista OS preview; Security, other features are enhanced.
December 19, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft's December Community Technology Preview (CTP) for the Windows Vista client OS features a renamed version of the company's anti-spyware software. Announced on Monday, the December CTP, known as build 5270, will...

OPEN ENTERPRISE: What will 2006 hold for open source? Applications, gadgets, and a broader Linux market will be the hallmarks of the coming year.
December 19, 2005... Byline: Neil McAllister As December draws to a close, it's customary for all of us columnists to regale our readers with our predictions for the New Year. And who am I to break with tradition? I could take the easy route and tell you that...

Best practices are key in IBM software portfolio tool; Integration with Rational offerings also is critical.
December 20, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill IBM is upgrading its software for managing enterprise software development projects, emphasizing best practices and integration with Rational tools. IBM Rational Portfolio Manager 6.2 is the company's project and...

Speedev enhances application lifecycle offering; Customization, SOAP API are featured.
December 22, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Speedev this week upgraded its application development lifecycle offering that is geared toward managing software products and projects. The Web-based Speedev 4.5 package features custom common entity definition, a...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: The Microsoft machine churns on; Redmond's elves are hammering on security -- and have the reports to show for it.
December 29, 2005... Byline: Oliver Rist I could do it. But we both know you’re hoping I don’t. It’s the very last column of 2005, so tradition says we should either talk about “The Top 10 Microsoft Somethings of 2005,” or I...

STORAGE INSIDER: Will Seagate's acquisition of Maxtor spell trouble for its rivals? The disk drive industry holds its breath for an acquisition rivaling the Hitachi-IBM deal.
December 29, 2005... Byline: Mario Apicella Three years ago, a January Storage Insider column focused on a big and, at that time, stunning acquisition in the disk drive market segment. The deal essentially translated into IBM selling its disk drive business to...