InfoWorld.com articles from February 2003

InfoWorld.com archives from February 2003

BEA pursues entry-level Java developers market; Two editions of app server targeted at departmental use.(BEA Systems Inc.)
February 3, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill BEA Systems on Tuesday will pursue departmental developers with a price reduction on its WebLogic Express application server, intended for basic Web site development, and the launch of WebLogic Server, Workgroup Edition,...

CA extends CleverPath portal to new heights; Trio of new CleverPath Options set to debut.(Computer Associates International Inc.)
February 3, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca BEA Systems on Tuesday will pursue departmental developers with a price reduction on its WebLogic Express application server, intended for basic Web site development, and the launch of WebLogic Server, Workgroup...

Data Junction offers enhanced integration platform; Multiple tools available within IDE.(Data Junction Corp.)
February 3, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill BEA Systems on Tuesday will pursue departmental developers with a price reduction on its WebLogic Express application server, intended for basic Web site development, and the launch of WebLogic Server, Workgroup Edition,...

Swingtide unveils first products; Company eyes XML.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan BEA Systems on Tuesday will pursue departmental developers with a price reduction on its WebLogic Express application server, intended for basic Web site development, and the launch of WebLogic Server, Workgroup...

VMware spruces up virtual machine; Software allows multiple OSes on same box.(VMware Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill BEA Systems on Tuesday will pursue departmental developers with a price reduction on its WebLogic Express application server, intended for basic Web site development, and the launch of WebLogic Server, Workgroup Edition,...

Groove bolsters collaboration; Company updates Workspace, ships Web services APIs.(Groove Networks )
February 4, 2003... Byline: Cathleen Moore Groove Networks on Wednesday plans to roll out a Web services integration framework for its Workspace product as well as an updated version of Workspace featuring tightened integration with Microsoft Outlook and STS...

IBM unveils Xperanto data integration technology; Two products set for beta release.
February 4, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Groove Networks on Wednesday plans to roll out a Web services integration framework for its Workspace product as well as an updated version of Workspace featuring tightened integration with Microsoft Outlook and STS...

Linux desktop consortium launched; Group aims to gain steam for OS.(Desktop Linux Consortium)
February 4, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Groove Networks on Wednesday plans to roll out a Web services integration framework for its Workspace product as well as an updated version of Workspace featuring tightened integration with Microsoft Outlook and STS...

Actuate eyes Java developers behind ReportingEngines launch; New division bolsters J2EE application and Web server reporting tools.(Actuate Software )(Brief Article)
February 4, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca Groove Networks on Wednesday plans to roll out a Web services integration framework for its Workspace product as well as an updated version of Workspace featuring tightened integration with Microsoft Outlook and STS...

Borland to offer IDE for Microsoft's .Net; Project Sidewinder integrates application lifecycle for developers.(Borland International)(integrated development environment)
February 4, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Groove Networks on Wednesday plans to roll out a Web services integration framework for its Workspace product as well as an updated version of Workspace featuring tightened integration with Microsoft Outlook and STS...

PowerLynx powers communication management; Software AG tool utilizes XML to energize documents.
February 4, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca Software AG on Tuesday announced the release of PowerLynx, its new communications management product to give businesses a consolidated view of communications with employees, partners, and customers drawn from...

IBM, partners build grid for smallpox; Project links 2 million PC resources.
February 5, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM along with two partners announced on Wednesday a global research effort that will focus on developing new drugs to combat the smallpox virus post infection. The project will employ a huge computing grid designed to...

Could your site survive a denial-of-service attack? WebTeaser:Assaults are overwhelming DALnet.
February 5, 2003... Byline: Brian Livingston Your e-business may not have become the victim of a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack yet. But it may only be a matter of time -- and, at present, you may not have an effective way to protect yourself....

IBM yanks one away from .Net; IBM yanks one away from .Net.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Claiming to yank a .Net win away from Microsoft, IBM on Friday announced that Cerner, a large supplier of clinical and management information and knowledge systems, will now use IBM's middleware products to deliver a...

JetQue tackles voice messaging management; Software streams messages to mobile devices.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Cathleen Moore JetQue this week introduced secure voice messaging software designed to stream voice and text message contents over wireless networks to a variety of mobile device types. Unlike most wired approaches to unified...

Shipping the prototype; Let's promote scripting languages to the status they deserve.
February 6, 2003... Years ago, when the paint was barely dry on Visual Basic 3.0, a developer showed me a CD-ROM-burning application he'd written using that toolkit. The idea was to prototype the UI in Visual Basic, then rewrite in C++ for performance. But in the...

Linux talent search; From dealing with self-taught 'experts' to re-training gurus, CTOs face Linux talent issues.(Chief Technology Officer)
February 7, 2003... Byline: Eve Epstein With Linux becoming more prevalent in the enterprise, especially as a cost-saving option, chief technologists are starting to look for experienced talent to run Linux systems. But because it has only recently been...

People like the old rules; Corporations have redefined the workplace, but individuals haven't.
February 7, 2003... Byline: Carlton Vogt With Linux becoming more prevalent in the enterprise, especially as a cost-saving option, chief technologists are starting to look for experienced talent to run Linux systems. But because it has only recently been...

Borland integrating TogetherSoft into apps; Acquired software to replace Rational's.
February 10, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Borland Software this Wednesday plans to add technology gained in its TogetherSoft acquisition to its Java tools suite. The company is launching Borland Together Edition for JBuilder, a Borland-labeled version of...

Interview: Intalio enables a process-managed enterprise; Co-founder IsmaelGhalimi explains the benefits of a BPMS.(Mark Jones)(Interview)
February 10, 2003... Byline: Mark Jones Intalio, founded in July 1999, is set to go public with a trio of BPMS (business process management system) products that leverage customers' best-of-breed applications while enabling a process-managed enterprise....

Macromedia adding to Studio MX suite; Content tool for Web sites now in package.
February 10, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Macromedia on Monday will add to its Studio MX Suite its Contribute tool for adding content to Web sites and a new version of the Freehand design tool. The company will rename the suite Studio MX Plus and also unveil...

Sun sharpens blade vision; N1 strategy unfolds around datacenter play.
February 10, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Sun Microsystems on Monday boosted its N1 strategy for datacenter resource unification by introducing a cadre of blade, server, and storage products. The company's intention with N1 is to position the enterprise...

BEA adding Web services to Tuxedo; Transaction processing software being upgraded.
February 10, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill BEA Systems on Monday will announce a version of the Tuxedo transaction processing software that leverages Web services and is linked more closely to other BEA products. Version 8.1 of Tuxedo is a Web...

DVD burners, desktop chips in new Toshiba notebooks; New models serve as home replacement machines.(Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2003... Byline: Tom Krazit BOSTON -- Toshiba America Information Systems has released two new notebooks with DVD-R/RW burners designed for home use as desktop replacement machines, it said Tuesday in a press release. The new additions to...

Business Layers, Netegrity spur SPML; SPML demo targeted for RSA conference.
February 11, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca In an effort to allow disparate provisioning systems to integrate and communicate with each other through an XML interface as service-oriented architectures become more prevalent, Business Layers and Netegrity on...

Database pioneers ponder future; Panelists say don't count out relational data management.(Panel Discussion)
February 11, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Mountain View, Calif. -- While technologies such as microsensor-based data collection will present new trends in data management, relational databases are likely to endure, said panelists at a Computer History Museum...

divine updates Content Server; Version 5.0 simplifies document access.(Divine Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2003... Byline: Cathleen Moore divine this week rolled out Version 5.0 of its Content Server, which adds new document management and classification capabilities as well as expanded support for Web services. Aiming to give business users a...

Update: Microsoft previews dev tools; Microsoft previews tools.(Microsoft Corp.)
February 11, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill San Francisco -- Microsoft at the VSLive show here previewed several upcoming development tools, including an incremental release of its development environment, Visual Studio .Net 2003. The company also announced...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.(Cheif Technology Officers)(Interview)
February 11, 2003... Technology and trends for today's CTOs Edited by Carlton Vogt, senior editor EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * Building a future on storage networks * Integrating technology across business units * Shoptalk: InfoWorld's CTO on...

Make yourself almost immune to credit card fraud; Simple steps you can take to protect yourself.
February 11, 2003... Byline: Brian Livingston Thieves who buy items from your e-commerce site -- and then reverse the charges on the credit card they used -- not only cost you money, they can even cause you to lose your merchant account due to "too much...

Migration programs launched for Visual Basic developers; ArtinSoft looks to make conversions easier.
February 12, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO -- ArtinSoft this week is launching three consulting programs designed to assist developers with migrating applications to Visual Basic .Net, the latest version of Microsoft's Visual Basic programming...

Cyber-Ark shuts vault to sensitive data; New gateway options bolster Inter-Business Vault.(Cyber-Ark Software )
February 12, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca SAN FRANCISCO -- ArtinSoft this week is launching three consulting programs designed to assist developers with migrating applications to Visual Basic .Net, the latest version of Microsoft's Visual Basic programming...

Interview: Sun clears away N1 clouds; VP Steve McKay uncovers the networked datacenter system.(Sun Microsystems )
February 12, 2003... Byline: Mark Jones and Tom Yager SAN FRANCISCO -- ArtinSoft this week is launching three consulting programs designed to assist developers with migrating applications to Visual Basic .Net, the latest version of Microsoft's Visual Basic...

Are developers programmers or engineers? Software project management pondered.
February 12, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO -- ArtinSoft this week is launching three consulting programs designed to assist developers with migrating applications to Visual Basic .Net, the latest version of Microsoft's Visual Basic programming...

Cognos boosts OLAP in next Cognos Series 7; Zero-footprint, future trend prediction lead upgrade charge.(Cognos Inc.)
February 13, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca Cognos is set to unveil its Cognos Series 7 V.2 software next week, giving end-users a sleeker version of the one-year-old BI (business intelligence) product featuring increased support volume functions highlighted by...

IBM to unwrap Express apps; PartnerWorld showcases SMB play.
February 13, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Cognos is set to unveil its Cognos Series 7 V.2 software next week, giving end-users a sleeker version of the one-year-old BI (business intelligence) product featuring increased support volume functions highlighted by...

Are corporate employees free moral agents? Finding an ethical way to restore balance when dealing with corporations.
February 13, 2003... Byline: Carlton Vogt Cognos is set to unveil its Cognos Series 7 V.2 software next week, giving end-users a sleeker version of the one-year-old BI (business intelligence) product featuring increased support volume functions highlighted by...

Refactoring the business; How to find the better way.
February 13, 2003... Byline: Jon Udell Cognos is set to unveil its Cognos Series 7 V.2 software next week, giving end-users a sleeker version of the one-year-old BI (business intelligence) product featuring increased support volume functions highlighted by new...

Interview: McNealy all aboard the NC train; Sun's CEO discusses blade servers' impact on the datacenter.(Scott McNealy)(Network Computing)(Interview)
February 14, 2003... Byline: Mark Jones, Tom Yager and Paul Krill Sun Microsystems on Monday unveiled its Network Computing strategy in the pursuit of its N1 vision. InfoWorld's Executive News Editor Mark Jones, Technical Director Tom Yager, and Editor at Large...

Web services reliability spec moves to OASIS; Oracle, Sun, others back effort.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Sun Microsystems on Monday unveiled its Network Computing strategy in the pursuit of its N1 vision. InfoWorld's Executive News Editor Mark Jones, Technical Director Tom Yager, and Editor at Large Paul Krill sat down with...

No growth in IT budgets? No problem; Protecting IT budgets all depends on how you map projects.(information technology)
February 14, 2003... Byline: Jerrold M. Grochow Sun Microsystems on Monday unveiled its Network Computing strategy in the pursuit of its N1 vision. InfoWorld's Executive News Editor Mark Jones, Technical Director Tom Yager, and Editor at Large Paul Krill sat...

Sun hails XACML; OASIS ratifies specification as Open Standard.
February 18, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Sun Microsystems on Tuesday announced the release of an open-source implementation of XACML (eXtensible Access Control Markup Language) 1.0, billed as a standard mechanism for setting access controls in Web services and...

IBM to offer expanded subscription levels; Company says move will help reduce prices.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 18, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM next week will announce a wider range of subscription levels along with new support options for its developerWorks Toolbox subscription, which offers access to 1,000 IBM products and technologies programmers can use...

IBM shows off Power5 chip; New processor has better error detection, correction.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Meta Pad)
February 18, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell NEW ORLEANS -- IBM kicked off its annual PartnerWorld conference here on Monday by unveiling a number of new reseller programs, promising some $100 million in marketing and co-marketing funds to partners, and giving a...

Microsoft, Sun focus on mobile apps development; Bluetooth also gets boost.
February 18, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Mobile application development is receiving a boost from companies such as Microsoft and Sun Microsystems this week, and also is getting added support on the Bluetooth wireless platform. Microsoft this week at the...

Demo searches for next big thing; Wi-Fi tops agenda as panelists affirm innovation.(Wireless Fidelity)(IDG Executive Forums)
February 19, 2003... Byline: Mark Jones SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-- Panelists at IDG Executive Forum's Demo conference here on Tuesday offered a reality check on the "state of innovation," given the current negative economic climate. The majority of time during...

IBM reveals Content Manager Express; Big Blue fills in Express line for SMBs.
February 19, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell NEW ORELANS -- IBM deepened its commitment to small and medium-size companies (SMBs) on Tuesday, formally announcing at its PartnerWorld conference here a new line of middleware products that will help them better...

More on protecting against credit card fraud; Keep an eagle eye on foreign orders.
February 19, 2003... Byline: Brian Livingston I summarized last week several little-known ways that small e-commerce sites can reduce credit card fraud and chargebacks. My list included checking the address and other identifying features of a customer's order...

Sun trumpets royalty-free Web services specs; Company challenges Microsoft, IBM.(International Business Machines Corp.)
February 20, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Royalty-free industry specifications are needed to enable Web services to fulfill its potential as a mechanism for business process integration on a massive scale, Sun officials stressed during a Sun "Chalk Talk" session...

Sun readying integrated Web services platform; Portal and app servers, other components to be featured.(Brief Article)
February 20, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Royalty-free industry specifications are needed to enable Web services to fulfill its potential as a mechanism for business process integration on a massive scale, Sun officials stressed during a Sun "Chalk Talk" session...

Ten things to know about XDocs; InfoPath a huge step in the right direction.(eXtensible Markup Language)
February 20, 2003... Byline: Jon Udell Royalty-free industry specifications are needed to enable Web services to fulfill its potential as a mechanism for business process integration on a massive scale, Sun officials stressed during a Sun "Chalk Talk" session...

Interview: IBM Lotus goes modular; VP Ken Bisconti discusses the roadmap for next-gen products.
February 24, 2003... Byline: Mark Jones, P.J. Connolly and Steve Gillmor As vice president of messaging and advanced collaboration solution for IBM Lotus software, Ken Bisconti manages a broad portfolio of products, including Notes and Domino, Sametime,...

Documentum digests eRoom; Collaboration workspaces unite with content management.(eRoomEnterprise)(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... Byline: Cathleen Moore Enterprise CM (content management) vendor Documentum on Monday unwrapped the first integrated product to result from its acquisition last year of collaboration technology provider eRoom. eRoomEnterprise is...

Content aggregator feeds blogs into Outlook; NewsGator pulls Weblogs, news into Outlook folders.(NewsGator 1.0)(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... Byline: Cathleen Moore Reinacker & Associates this week rolled out a content aggregator designed to integrate news content feeds from multiple Web-based sources such as Weblogs or news sites into Microsoft Outlook folders. NewsGator...

Sun ponders grid computing come storage future; Pirus acquisition to see the light.
February 24, 2003... Byline: Scott Tyler Shafer San Francisco -- Sun Microsystems on Monday attempted to articulate a future computing architecture that combines elements of grid computing with storage networking. In a meeting with Sun's Rich Napolitano,...

HP introduces iSCSI router; Company also updates its NAS line.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)(i Small Computer System Interface )
February 25, 2003... Byline: Scott Tyler Shafer Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced it is shipping a storage device that connects remote servers to a storage area network through the use of the recently ratified iSCSI protocol. The product, dubbed...

Ixiasoft boosting XML content searching; Link with Microsoft Content Management Server offered.(eXtensible Markup Language)(Textml)
February 25, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced it is shipping a storage device that connects remote servers to a storage area network through the use of the recently ratified iSCSI protocol. The product, dubbed StorageWorks...

Micro Focus unveils Cobol migration for Linux; Apps moved to IBM mainframes.
February 25, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Micro Focus on Tuesday will roll out a version of its Server Express development environment to enable migration of Cobol applications to IBM's eServerzSeries Linux mainframe. The product, Micro Focus Server Express...

Tarantella signs pact with CodeWeavers; Companies to enable Windows apps to run on Linux.
February 25, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Hoping to cash in on the growing interest among users wanting to run Windows applications from Linux-based desktops, Tarantella on Tuesday announced a technology partnership with CodeWeavers. Under the deal the two...

Microsoft rolls out XP integration tool; Company looks to cut deployment times.
February 25, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Hoping to speed the integration of Windows XP into corporate environments, Microsoft on Tuesday will announce updates to a set of tools that helps administrators reduce the time it takes to deploy the operating system...

Update: OASIS eyes Web services messaging; IBM, Microsoft not behind spec yet.
February 26, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill OASIS will develop a generic model for ensuring reliable message delivery for Web services, but the initiative lacks the support thus far of industry stalwarts IBM and Microsoft. The newly formed OASIS Web Services...

Oracle touts RosettaNet backing; App server complies with e-biz standard.(Brief Article)
February 26, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill OASIS will develop a generic model for ensuring reliable message delivery for Web services, but the initiative lacks the support thus far of industry stalwarts IBM and Microsoft. The newly formed OASIS Web Services...

Veritas improves NetBackup functionality; Enhancements reduce downtime.(Brief Article)
February 26, 2003... Byline: Scott Tyler Shafer OASIS will develop a generic model for ensuring reliable message delivery for Web services, but the initiative lacks the support thus far of industry stalwarts IBM and Microsoft. The newly formed OASIS Web...

WS-I board seats sought; Sun, VeriSign, Cape Clear, Nokia among candidates.(Web Services Interoperability Organization)
February 26, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill OASIS will develop a generic model for ensuring reliable message delivery for Web services, but the initiative lacks the support thus far of industry stalwarts IBM and Microsoft. The newly formed OASIS Web Services...

BEA eyes mobile offering; Browser technology is key to product.(Brief Article)
February 27, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill BEA Systems is developing a mobile computing offering based on browser technology, the company confirmed on Thursday. The product will feature connection technology allowing for information distribution between the...

IBM offers DB2 certifications; New exams available.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Database 2)(Brief Article)
February 27, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill BEA Systems is developing a mobile computing offering based on browser technology, the company confirmed on Thursday. The product will feature connection technology allowing for information distribution between the...

The ethics of paying taxes -- or not; How many people cheat, and what constitutes cheating?
February 27, 2003... Byline: Carlton Vogt BEA Systems is developing a mobile computing offering based on browser technology, the company confirmed on Thursday. The product will feature connection technology allowing for information distribution between the...

McAfee preps 'worm-killer' VirusScan; Update offers desktop in-memory process scanning.(Anti-virus software)
February 28, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca McAfee next week will unveil VirusScan Enterprise 7.0, its first major update to VirusScan in years that introduces newly combined desktop and file server protection as well as clear lessons learned from the massively...

Search tools look for context; Information retrieval gains improved relevance.(MindServer 2.1)
February 28, 2003... Byline: Cathleen Moore McAfee next week will unveil VirusScan Enterprise 7.0, its first major update to VirusScan in years that introduces newly combined desktop and file server protection as well as clear lessons learned from the...

Spam-proof the contact addresses you put on your site; Tips for keeping your info out of the hands of harvesters.(unsolicited commercial e-mail)
February 28, 2003... Byline: Brian Livingston McAfee next week will unveil VirusScan Enterprise 7.0, its first major update to VirusScan in years that introduces newly combined desktop and file server protection as well as clear lessons learned from the...

Information trailblazing; The game is over for proprietary data pumps.
February 28, 2003... Byline: Jon Udell McAfee next week will unveil VirusScan Enterprise 7.0, its first major update to VirusScan in years that introduces newly combined desktop and file server protection as well as clear lessons learned from the massively...