InfoWorld.com articles from July 2003

InfoWorld.com archives from July 2003

Open source code quality endorsed; Apache Web server found on par with commercial equivalents.
July 1, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Code in the Apache open source Web server Version 2.1 is on par with that found in commercial equivalents, according to a study by Reasoning, which provides code inspection services. The findings, being announced on...

Serena updates TeamTrack; Unix backing is added to issue management software.
July 1, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Serena Software this week is shipping Serena TeamTrack 5.8, the first version of the issue and request management software released since Serena acquired TeamShare and took over development of the product. TeamTrack...

Software AG enhances XML document storage; Searching improved in Tamino.
July 1, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Software AG on Tuesday is announcing Version 4.1.4 of Tamino XML Server, featuring better search tools and an API for the C programming language. Tamino XML Server is a platform for storing, publishing, and...

Microsoft revamps ID management offering; Windows Server updated.
July 2, 2003... Microsoftfinally placed a definitive stake in the lucrative identity management market Wednesday by unveiling a revamped version of its Meta Directory product, dubbed Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003. In conjunction with its new...

IGS to fuel Web services push; Big Blue sees technology finally moving into the corporate mainstream.
July 2, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM is in the throes of readying an all-out initiative designed to help users accelerate the implementation and management of Web services with IBM Global Services (IGS) unit serving as the focal point. The company says...

Actional, Systinet forge Web services partnership; UDDI, agents key to deal.
July 3, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Actional and Systinet, two Web services software companies that on the surface may appear to be competitors, will announce a partnership on Tuesday. Through the arrangement, Actional will resell Systinet's WASP (Web...

Recovering from an IIS hack requires serious refortifying; The silver lining of an attack is that it strengthens the case to invest in better security tools.
July 3, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist Normally, I don't deal much with Microsoft's IIS, except when it's used to run a distributed application behind the firewall. That's the luxury of being a network integrator instead of someone in the Web hosting...

Trust, but verify; Maybe The Gipper had it right when it comes to dealing with business partners.
July 3, 2003... Byline: Wayne Rash Jonathan Krim, writing in the July 1, 2003, issue of The Washington Post, tells a chilling tale. In his page-one story "Web firms choose profit over privacy," Krim reports that many commerce sites on the Web are telling...

Brocade plays it safe; Work begins to create standard APIs to manage storage networks.
July 3, 2003... Byline: Mario Apicella By next year, building SRM (storage resource management) applications should become an easier task, thanks to a new standard that recently began its development path within the T11.5 technical subcommittee of the...

How I tested.
July 3, 2003... Byline: Alan Zeichick Blade-server systems are big and draw a lot of juice. After all, you're provisioning as many as 14 dual-processor servers from a single bank of power supplies. To do the job, all three of the server systems tested...

Telelogic hails dynamic requirements management; Development tool enhanced.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Telelogic on Monday is announcing dynamic requirements management capabilities for software development, through the unveiling of DOORS/ERS 7.0 The company defines dynamic requirements management as the practice of...

Technology and trends for today's CTOs.
July 7, 2003... Technology and trends for today's CTOs Edited by Carlton Vogt, senior editor EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * Blade server duel * Interview: IBM's road map for Web services * Shoptalk: InfoWorld's CTO on RSS - - - - - - - - - - -...

Microsoft, IBM advance Web services spec; Security is focus of proposal.
July 8, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Building on their previous efforts to create a framework for producing secure and interoperable Web services, IBM, Microsoft, and several other leading software companies on Tuesday will announce a specification...

JBoss, Popkin boost Java, business simulation; Open source app server in Panther OS.(Brief Article)
July 9, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill JBoss Group and Popkin Software this week separately announced alliances in software development pertaining to Java application server technology and business simulation, respectively. JBoss Group said it will offer...

IBM adds Power 4 chip to WebSphere; Big Blue looks to help companies scale up Linux strategies.
July 9, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Hoping to entice those corporate users looking to scale their Intel-based Linux strategies upward, IBM on Wednesday unveiled the first Linux-based version of its WebSphere Application Server that takes full advantage of...

Liberty Alliance cites business issues in network identity; Group publishes guidelines.
July 10, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill The Liberty Alliance, in a document published this week, is emphasizing that business issues, not just technology, affect federated network identity. Released at the Catalyst conference in San Francisco, Liberty...

New group releases open source groupware; Project called a Microsoft Exchange replacement.
July 10, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill OpenGroupware.org (OGo) on Thursday announced its formation and release of groupware server software under an open source format. An official at OpenOffice.org, a complementary project for building an open source office...

Rumors abound as Macworld NY opens; G5 systems are anticipated by rumor sites.
July 10, 2003... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz It wouldn't be a Macworld without the rumors that inevitably swirl around what announcements CEO Steve Jobs has cooked up for the show. This year, when the Macworld Creative Pro conference opens its doors in New...

Burton Group speakers debate Web services; Security remains a concern.
July 11, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO -- Speakers at the Burton Group Catalyst Conference 2003 here on Friday debated the pros and cons of Web services-based application integration, illustrating the diversity of opinions still surrounding the...

Microsoft plans Web services spec meeting; WS-ReliableMessaging to be scrutinized.
July 11, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft on Tuesday at its Redmond, Wash., campus plans to hold a summit meeting to seek input on the Web Services Reliable Messaging (WS-ReliableMessaging) specification for Web services-based integration, according to...

Tools for the business front line; Some handy utilities make life easier for administrators answering angry end-user calls.
July 11, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist Instead of hitting another management-oriented topic for enterprise Windows networking this week, let's get a little grittier and help the front-line systems administrator. Like real world firemen, the front-line...

Pure IP SANs are here; Facing the low-cost iSCSI, networked storage challenge.
July 11, 2003... Byline: Mario Apicella You've probably heard the news: IP-based SAN solutions offered at a price of only cents per MB are entering the storage arena. If your budget is tight, for your next storage-purchasing campaign take a look at the...

Computer Associates tackles Web services management; Tool released for discovery, monitoring.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca In an effort to overcome complexities associated with Web services management, Computer Associates on Monday introduced Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) 1.0, a tool designed to automatically...

Former Iona exec assumes Kalido CEO post; Data warehousing startup scores $18 million in VC funding.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan Kalido on Monday appointed a new chief executive and announced that it has gained a round of venture capital funding. The London-based data warehousing provider claimed that both the funding and the new CEO were...

Unisys preaches Java for large Wintel box; Virtual machine scales to 32 processors.
July 14, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Looking to scale Java applications on its Windows-based multiprocessor system, Unisys on Monday will announce availability of a Java Virtual Machine for its ES7000 server running Windows and as many as 32 Intel...

CA rolls out Security Command Center; Web services feed offers real-time security updates.
July 15, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca Targeting customers overburdened with managing vulnerabilities and buried under security information overload from multiple security devices, Computer Associates on Tuesday rolled out its eTrust Security Command...

Interview: Michael Dell digs into the datacenter; Scale-out strategy forms basis of enterprise drive.
July 15, 2003... Byline: Kevin McKean and Mark Jones Forget the consumer PC business. Dell Computer generates most of its dollars from enterprise hardware. Following Dell's launch of an Itanium 2 processor-based server, InfoWorld CEO and Editorial Director...

Microsoft adds Web apps to Java conversion tool; Company issues Version 2.0 of Java Language Conversion Assistant.
July 15, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Continuing attempts to lure developers from the rival Java development camp, Microsoft on Tuesday is releasing Version 2.0 of its Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA) software to enable migration of Java...

Update: PeopleSoft adds AIM support; Apps vendor rounds out integration with instant messaging products.
July 15, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan PeopleSoft is adding support for AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) Tuesday, a few months after integrating with instant messaging products from Lotus, Microsoft, and Yahoo. "It's hooked in as part of our AppConnect...

Wakesoft enables services-oriented architectures; Provisioning provided for J2EE- based apps.
July 15, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Wakesoft this week released Wakesoft Architecture Platform, Version 4, providing services provisioning for Java-based services-oriented systems. The product actually is a renaming of the company's Wakesoft...

Microsoft previews upgraded Web services pack; Security to get boost.
July 15, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft on Tuesday will release a preview of an upcoming update to its Web Services Enhancements (WSE) kit, focusing on security. Due for general release by the end of this year, the free kit for Visual Studio .Net...

Apple shows off G5, Panther; Executives demonstrate hardware, OS improvements.
July 16, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan NEW YORK -- Apple on Wednesday demonstrated the forthcoming G5 personal computer and detailed desktop and server versions of Panther, here at the Macworld Creative Pro show. Claiming that its highly anticipated G5...

Interview: Torvalds gets down to the kernel; Linux creator talks up Version 2.6.
July 16, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell and Brian Fonseca Life seems to be getting even better for Linus Torvalds. Having just taken a leave from his "day job'' at chip designer Transmeta, Torvalds is about to begin a new one at the Open Source Development...

McData details its intelligent switch; New switch to challenge Brocade and Cisco.
July 16, 2003... Byline: Scott Tyler Shafer After widespread industry speculation, McData on Wednesday unveiled its plans for a next-generation Fiber Channel (FC) switch. Unlike its primary competitor Brocade Communications Systems, McData is not requiring...

C++ Web services infrastructure released; Systinet upgrades WASP platform.
July 16, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Systinet on Wednesday is releasing Web Applications and Services Platform (WASP) Server for C++, a Web services infrastructure platform for building and deploying Web services in C and C++ applications. The product...

Microsoft releases private beta of Yukon database; Five hundred customers receive a copy.
July 16, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft this week released a private beta of its upcoming Yukon database to 500 select customers, a company representative confirmed on Wednesday. Yukon, the code name for the next major release of the SQL Server...

Mobile storage for emergencies; Procom ProMobile is an essential tool in a system admin's emergency toolkit.
July 18, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist Sometimes it happens. The stars misalign, your karma takes a beating, and the powers that control the universe decide, "Things are going to break today." When this happens to me, the powers usually pick a time when I'm...

You're on your own; Looking for good security resources? Wayne suggests some don't-miss Web sites.
July 18, 2003... Byline: Wayne Rash As I mentioned last week, while you'd be reading this, my daughter and I would probably be touring the vineyards near Paris and not thinking about security at all. The editors, meanwhile, fearing that I might not...

How I tested.
July 18, 2003... The anti-virus software was loaded into a test network consisting of two Windows 2000 servers and six workstations running Windows XP Pro. The controlling server was a Dell PowerEdge 2600 server with two 2.4GHz Xeon Processors, 1GB of RAM, and...

How I tested.
July 18, 2003... Because we are looking at these SATA drives from an enterprise deployment perspective, I tested their performance accordingly, using Iometer 2003.2.15 to simulate typical server loads and recording the number of I/O operations per second that...

SSA acquires Baan; Consolidation in ERP space continues.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Consolidation in the enterprise application space appears to be picking up a full head of steam as SSA Global Technologies announced on Monday that it will acquire Baan, a 25-year-old ERP company. Meanwhile,...

Compuware hails model-driven Java development; OptimalJ adds IMS, IDE access.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Compuware on Monday will ship its OptimalJ 3.0 model-driven development environment for J2EE featuring integration with both mainframe-based IMS databases and integrated development environments from other vendors. ...

Avaya introduces security gateways; Vendor delivers IP telephony support.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Scott Tyler Shafer Looking to one up the competition, Avaya on Monday introduced a line of security gateway products that combine VPN, firewall, and IP telephony support in a single device. According to Lawrence Byrd, a...

Proofpoint launches into anti-spam fray; In-band message filtering to rely on user controls.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Mark Jones Anti-spam startup Proofpoint on Monday emerged from stealth mode backed by $7 million in venture capital and a big name from the Netscape era: Eric Hahn. Hahn brings his messaging background to Proofpoint, serving as...

Actional boosts Web services broker; Company readies SOAPstation 4.1, broadens support for XML documents.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Actional on Tuesday will announce an update of its SOAPstation Web services broker, featuring broader support for XML documents and improved management capabilities. SOAPstation is a Web services broker that acts as...

VMware beefs up Virtual Server; New server software consolidates larger applications.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Hoping to cash in on corporate users' growing desire for server consolidation, VMware on Monday rolled out an improved version of its core product that makes virtual SMP (symmetrical multi-processing) available to...

IBM delivers grid-laced WebSphere; 'Traffic cop-like' system monitors application workloads.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Trying to edge grid computing closer to the commercial mainstream, IBM on Monday unveiled a new capability in WebSphere designed to access untapped resources across an enterprise and apply them through a single virtual...

Woz spins Wheels of Zeus; Apple co-founder's wireless platform tracks lost children, animals, property.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Peter Cohen Earlier this year Apple co-founder Steve "Woz" Wozniak announced the launch of a new technology venture called, appropriately enough, Wheels of Zeus, or wOz for short. At the time, the company noted plans to develop...

HP pitches Web services management standard; Sun-backed effort heads to OASIS.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Seeking its consideration as an industry standard, Hewlett-Packard on Monday will announce plans to submit its Web Services Management Framework to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards...

Quantum builds on MAM; New family of tools promises more reliable diagnostics of Quantum tape drives and media.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Mario Apicella By the time you read this, Quantum will have put into service a new architecture that will bring MAM information into the open, consolidate drive and media statistics in a comprehensive log, and provide IT managers...

Aberdeen: IT execs see continuing growth in spending.
July 21, 2003... A study by Aberdeen Group among more than 150 IT executives indicates that IT spending will continue a slow but steady growth in the near future. Overall, we can expect an increase of 3.4 percent in the second half of 2003, according to the...

Groove tackles project management; Workspace Project Edition taps TeamDirection tools.
July 22, 2003... Byline: Cathleen Moore Groove Networks on Tuesday rolled out a project management version of its desktop collaboration software designed to help distributed project teams work together more effectively. Groove Workspace Project Edition...

NetScaler scales security; Start-up adds SSL VPN support to switch.
July 22, 2003... Looking to secure and improve the performance of employees' remote access to Web-based business applications, start-up NetScaler today announced enhancements to its existing switch. The new switch features added to the existing NetScaler...

Microsoft to deliver new content manager; Company pushes into mid-size markets.
July 22, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Microsoft will ratchet up its push into medium-size businesses by delivering a Standard Edition version of its Content Management Server 2002 by year's end, company officials told InfoWorld on Tuesday. To be sold...

Sprint PCS fires roaming salvo; Carrier begins by offering access to Wayport, Airpath hot spots.
July 22, 2003... Byline: Glenn Fleishman Mobile workers can choose speed or ubiquity for wireless data, with costs that range from predictable to astronomical. A new deployment by Sprint PCS might limit bills and turn Wi-Fi into the preferred data bursting...

EMC touts new Symmetrix array; Ficon/iSCSI support added to DMX line.
July 25, 2003... Byline: Lucas Mearian, Computerworld EMC plans in September to unveil a new high-end Symmetrix array, plus upgrades to its DMX800, DMX1000 and DMX2000 arrays that include native Ficon mainframe connectivity and Internet SCSI (iSCSI) for...

Interwoven unwraps Version 6; New versions of platform and server offer content control for business users.
July 25, 2003... Byline: Cathleen Moore Content management vendor Interwoven this week launched new versions of its platform and content server with a focus on improving business usability. Interwoven 6 introduces a new customization framework, dubbed...

Electronic voting machines security risk; Diebold Election Systems under attack.
July 25, 2003... Byline: Ellen Messmer Computer-science researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Rice University are heaping criticism on electronic voting machines built by Diebold Election Systems, based on software code for the machine said to have...

The services fabric; Looking forward to the intersection of Web services and grid computing.
July 25, 2003... Byline: Jon Udell In 1998, Graham Glass was CTO of ObjectSpace, a Dallas-based vendor of a popular ORB (object request broker) known as Voyager. In an article on distributed agents, InfoWorld wrote: "Glass believes Voyager agents will...

Is Exchange Server 2003 worth pitching? Though it looks promising, some testing is a must.
July 25, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist The roiling waters of Lake Product Churn have washed up yet another new shiny piece of software flotsam on Microsoft's beach: Exchange Server 2003. Microsoft released Exchange 2003 RC1 into the wild last month, which...

Technology doesn't have all the security answers; Despite today's impressive tech capabilities, you can't solve every problem.
July 25, 2003... Byline: Wayne Rash The company CTO sighed after looking over his logs. Clearly, his company's Web servers had been the victim of a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack, and his servers had been able to handle the extra load, but the...

Dancing with WORMs; Computer Associates and Sony demo backup solutions on non-rewritable tapes at CA World.
July 25, 2003... Byline: Mario Apicella Blame it on technological progress if you wish, but lately many IT managers have been looking for alternatives to tape backups to protect their data. The recent availability of disk drives offering exceptional...

How I tested.
July 25, 2003... I installed JBoss 4.0 on a Pentium III-based Dell Latitude CPx laptop with 512MB of RAM and 60GB of hard disk space. I installed and ran a number of small Web applications that connected to a MySQL-based database, applications I had been using...

StorageNetworks kaput; CEO quits, most employees fired.
July 31, 2003... Byline: Deni Connor, Network World StorageNetworks Inc., the once-high-flying start-up that supplied storage to enterprise businesses as a storage service provider (SSP), is liquidating its operations, according to a story from Reuters.The...