InfoWorld.com articles from June 2003

InfoWorld.com archives from June 2003

Accenture rolls out platform for BEA; Software designed to boost application development on WebLogic.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Accenture gave the fortunes of BEA System's WebLogic Platform a boost on Monday by announcing a software environment that will enable corporate developers to build an integrate e-business applications significantly...

Compuware boosts application reliability; CARS solution combines services, tools.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan Compuware on Monday unwrapped the Compuware Application Reliability Solution (CARS), quality assurance processes combined with a personnel and products package designed to bolster application delivery. CARS is...

EqualLogic debuts iSCSI array; Company introduces industry's first iSCSI storage system.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Scott Tyler Shafer The latest sign that the iSCSI protocol has arrived comes in the form of a storage array from startup EqualLogic -- the first native iSCSI target system on the market. The Nashua, N.H.-based company on Monday...

IT still vital, Microsoft stresses; Company delays Yukon database, provides road maps.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill DALLAS -- IT is still critical for a competitive advantage, stressed a Microsoft official Monday morning at the TechEd 2003 conference here, while also touting Web services and providing product road maps. As part...

HP taps Opsware for provisioning; UDC joins utility computing gold rush.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell and Brian Fonseca Trying to gain an advantage over archrivals IBM and Sun in the utility computing market, Hewlett-Packard on Monday formed a strategic relationship with Opsware that will see that company's datacenter...

Microsoft introduces Storage Server 2003; HP, EMC to adopt quickly.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Scott Tyler Shafer At its annual TechEd conference, Microsoft on Monday introduced Windows Storage Server 2003- the successor to its popular Windows Powered NAS product. Already, OEMs are lining up to license the latest version....

PeopleSoft to buy J.D. Edwards; $1.7 billion deal targets manufacturing.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca PeopleSoft shook the enterprise software application landscape on Monday by announcing that it plans to purchase J.D. Edwards in a stock deal valued at approximately $1.7 billion. As part of the deal, stockholders...

AmberPoint boasts Java Message Service backing; Web services platform also integrated with HP OpenView.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill AmberPoint on Tuesday announced it is adding Java Message Service (JMS) support to its Web services management platform. New releases from AmberPoint are intended to address a need for reliable, asynchronous transport...

Microsoft, VeriSign raise security stakes; Companies forge PKI deal.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill DALLAS -- Microsoft is raising the stakes in security, announcing on Tuesday PKI services for Windows with VeriSign and security certification training for Microsoft system administrators and engineers. The company...

TechEd Panelists debate SOAs; Paradigm held up against mainframes.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill DALLAS -- SOAs (service-oriented architectures) were pitted against legacy mainframes in a debate at TechEd here Tuesday featuring Microsoft officials responding to audience queries. Panelists participating in a...

It may be an old issue from Intuit's point of view, but readers still had a lot to say last week about TurboTax product activation.
June 3, 2003... It may be an old issue from Intuit's point of view, but readers still had a lot to say last week about TurboTax product activation. The announcement that the next version of TurboTax would not have product activation caused many to wonder, like...

JBoss officials exit for open source startup; Core Developers Network is founded.
June 4, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Core Developers Network, a services company for integrating Java-based open source software projects, was officially launched on Wednesday, spawned out of organizations such as the JBoss Group. Core Developers wants...

Microsoft spruces up Project; Company ties desktop, server versions.
June 4, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Reinforcing its longer-term plans to more tightly integrate the features and functions of its desktop applications with those of its server-based applications, Microsoft unveiled a new family of Project offerings on...

IBM eyes smaller businesses with database; Big Blue ships DB2 UDB Express.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill IBM on Thursday announced general availability of DB2 UDB (Universal Database) Express, a database intended for smaller-size businesses and departments. Installable with no mouse-clicks required, DB2 Express features...

IBM to boost grid capabilities; Oracle also eyes enhancements.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- Endorsing grid computing as a means to better utilize IT resources, IBM plans to add grid computing technologies to its operating systems and WebSphere application server beginning later this year,...

How we tested.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2003... The ZyXEL ZyWall 100 was deployed into a production network consisting of a Cisco 826 ADSL Router and 3Com SuperStack 48-port 10/100 managed switch, with two Windows 2000 Servers and numerous Windows XP Professional clients connecting via cable...

IBM bolsters WebSphere's J2EE muscle; New adapters designed to strengthen app integration.
June 6, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM and a collection of business partners are set to turn up the volume on WebSphere's integration capabilities, announcing more than 300 adapters designed to tighten its links to leading enterprise application...

JBoss not upset over departures; Former associates formed new company this week.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill JBoss Group, which provides commercial support for JBoss, a Java-based open source application server, is not stressed over the departure of several workers to a newly formed open source integration company this week....

Lawsuit won't stop Linux, Oracle exec says; Company remains committed to open source platform.
June 6, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- An ongoing legal challenge to Linux is not likely to stop the market's march to Linux overall, but it may stall some movement to the open source platform, an Oracle official said at the Enterprise...

More Terminal Services for more; Microsoft is building on the Windows 2000 tool and passing the cost on to you.(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 6, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist For systems managers, one of our favorite tools in Windows 2000 has always been Terminal Services and its Remote Desktop extension. Terminal Services grants us the ability to run multiple sessions on a single console,...

A switch in protection; Is your VoIP stream secure? Does it matter if it's not?
June 6, 2003... Byline: Wayne Rash I spent much of my first day at last week's Supercomm getting briefed on IP phones of one sort or another. After several of these chats, I began to suspect that I'd uncovered a security hole in VoIP (Voice over IP). ...

A switching storage world; Major storage vendors converge on arbitrated loop solutions, with a twist.
June 6, 2003... Byline: Mario Apicella A recent announcement from Fujitsu adds new Eternus3000 storage arrays models for entry-level and mid-range storage system captured my attention this week. The larger unit, the Eternus3000 model 600, can attach as...

How we tested.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2003... I tested both 1U servers on a scalability and throughput basis, generating an ever-increasing number of simultaneous scripted Web sessions. These sessions were conducted by activating the Microsoft

How we tested.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2003... I received evaluator versions of Sonic ESB 5.0, SonicMQ 5.0, and Sonic Stylus Studio 4.6 on three CD-ROMs. Sonic Stylus Studio is an optional XML schema and XSLT development environment, but ESB will not run without SonicMQ. I installed...

XML querying proposed as Java standard; Planned specification to be announced on Tuesday.
June 9, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Oracle and IBM on Tuesday plan to announce a Java Specification Request (JSR) to define a Java API for invocations of queries written in the W3C standard XML query language, XQuery, according to an Oracle representative....

IBM expands WebSphere portfolio; Lotus Workplace joins string of announcements.
June 10, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM applied more glue to its integration strategy on Tuesday, significantly expanding the number of pre-built adapters that connect its WebSphere Application Server 5.0 with various enterprise applications and hardware...

HP to ship Cisco storage switches; Company joins IBM and others.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2003... Byline: Scott Tyler Shafer Next week Hewlett Packard will begin reselling Cisco Systems' line of MDS storage switches. HP joins IBM as the initial resellers of Cisco's line of multi-protocol switches. In addition to offering the MDS...

Sun pushes for Java ubiquity; Unified front sought for programming language.
June 10, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill and Robert McMillan SAN FRANCISCO -- Making Java ubiquitous and presenting a unified Java to make that happen are key goals Sun Microsystems has for its popular programming language, company officials said Tuesday during...

XML querying proposed as Java standard; Planned specification to be announced on Tuesday.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Oracle and IBM on Tuesday plan to announce a Java Specification Request (JSR) to define a Java API for invocations of queries written in the W3C standard XML query language, XQuery, according to an Oracle representative....

Unisys unrolls blueprints for business; Plans are designed to tie IT to corporate strategy.
June 10, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan NEW YORK -- Unisys unveiled a package, including technology and services for blueprinting, with the aim of more closely aligning IT strategy with business goals at an event for press and analysts here. The Blue...

Oracle-PeopleSoft merger may harm partners; BEA exec acknowledges potential ramifications.
June 11, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO -- If Oracle succeeds in its hostile $5.1 billion bid to acquire PeopleSoft, the deal could have a ripple effect on vendor partners. BEA Systems, for one, has PeopleSoft as a customer for BEA's...

Microsoft enhances FrontPage, SQL Server; Users can build data-driven Web sites.
June 11, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft this week announced efforts to support development of XML-based Web sites in Office FrontPage 2003 and to extend SQL Server database capabilities to more than 50 proprietary databases and files. Part of the...

SuSE to sign Sun, HP to desktop deals; SuSE advances its Linux desktop fortunes.
June 11, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell SuSE is close to wrapping up OEM deals with Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard that will call for the Linux distributor to bundle its version of the open source operating system on select client and server systems...

Interview: Autonomic decisions may not be automatic; IBM vice president Alan Ganek talks about the tough task of selling on demand computing.(Interview)
June 12, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell As vice president in charge of IBM's initiative for autonomic computing, Alan Ganek has the tough job of convincing budget-constrained corporate IT shops to spend money on cutting-edge technologies that have yet to...

Java update in the works; Version 1.5 of J2EE will include metadata and generics.
June 12, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO -- Although Sun Microsystems has yet to ship Version 1.4 of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), the Web services-enabled implementation of the platform, the company already has a blueprint for the follow-up...

Sun's JXTA poses expansion possibilities; Peer-to-peer technology could find its way to grid software.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO -- Sun Microsystems is pursuing opportunities for its JXTA peer-to-peer technology, such as putting it in the Sun Grid Engine software for grid computing, a Sun official said at the JavaOne conference here...

Sun eyes mobile Java app future; JavaFirst project builds component-based architectures.
June 12, 2003... Byline: Mark Jones and Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO -- Sun Microsystems has revealed plans to further develop component-based applications for wireless devices. As the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company continues to beat its "Java...

IBM sprinkles Cinnamon on Content Manager; Big Blue to bolster XML in forthcoming version.
June 13, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan IBM is working on ways to make XML documents and data easier to pull into its content management software, and to index and search the data once it is in there. The initiative, code-named Cinnamon, currently is...

4GL tools company takes on Java, .Net; Four J stresses alternative to industry giants.
June 13, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Like David taking on two Goliaths, 4GL development software vendor Four J believes it has a better idea than the industry's primary development platforms, Java and Microsoft .Net. Four J's Genero is an object-based...

Sun's McNealy cites Java successes; Writing to OS now passA[c], according to exec.
June 13, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO -- Sun Microsystems chairman, president, and CEO Scott McNealy at the JavaOne conference here on Friday continued a week-long theme of "Java Everywhere," hailing successes in server, desktop, wireless, and...

Simplifying the patch process; Several tools ease the costly yet critical task of patch management.
June 13, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist Next to random Windows problems and day-to-day systems management, I find patch management the nastiest task for an enterprise Windows systems admin. It's often frustrating, time-consuming, and complex, and if you don't...

Don't bother to quarantine; They may be infectious, but you shouldn't bother to quarantine virus-laden files.
June 13, 2003... Byline: Wayne Rash In his enterprise anti-virus review, Dan Morton mentions that the Symantec solution does not include the software needed to quarantine a virus found entering your enterprise. The software has the capability of repairing...

How many IT technicians does it take ... Outsourcing can be the best answer to user data protection challenges.(Connected's DataProtector)
June 13, 2003... Byline: Mario Apicella ... (no, not to change a light bulb, but) to protect user data? Data protection grows in different shapes that vary according to the different business requirements of each context. Take, for example, application...

How we tested.
June 13, 2003... All 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 RAM, and...

Interview: Altiris extends management reach; Linux capabilities bolster PC, PDA support.
June 16, 2003... Byline: Mark Jones While more glamorous companies have struggled to weather the economy, Lindon, Utah-based Altiris continues to forge ahead with its systems management offerings. Executive News Editor Mark Jones caught up with Altiris CEO...

Ascential rolls out integration suite; Package leverages service-oriented architecture.
June 16, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Ascential Software on Monday is rolling out a new version of its flagship integration suite that leverages a SOA (service-oriented architecture) that is designed to help enterprise users improve the value of their more...

HP touts Adaptive Enterprise advantages; Infrastructure flexibility a must, exec says.
June 16, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca CHICAGO -- Trying to convince its customers that disparate software and hardware impediments can be transformed into manageability and control tools powering a dynamically shifting infrastructure, Hewlett-Packard...

Salesforce.com joins Liberty Alliance; Federated ID gets backing from online CRM vendor.
June 16, 2003... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Salesforce.com became the 174th member of the Liberty Alliance this week. Membership in the Liberty Alliance sends a shorthand message to potential enterprise customers that the online customer relationship...

Cyclone Commerce eyes transaction data; Suite monitors supply chain operations.
June 16, 2003... Byline: Heather Havenstein Cyclone Commerce this week will roll out a new suite of applications designed to allow enterprises to capture real-time content from transactions flowing outside the organization. The suite is designed to...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: InfoWorld's annual IT compensation survey.
June 16, 2003... Technology and trends for today's CTOs Edited by Carlton Vogt, senior editor EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * InfoWorld's annual IT compensation survey * Interview: Autonomic decisions may not be automatic * Shoptalk: InfoWorld's CTO...

Companies selling into the small-medium business market should sharpen their pencils and get ready for a spending spree.(according to Harte-Hanks study)(Industry Overview)
June 16, 2003... SMALL-MEDIUM BUSINESS MARKET POISED FOR SPENDING SPREE Companies selling into the small-medium business market should sharpen their pencils and get ready for a spending spree. A recent study by Harte-Hanks shows that there is significant...

IBM rolls out WebSphere Commerce; New server can host b-to-b and b-to-c sites on one platform.
June 17, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM on Wednesday will introduce a spruced-up version of its WebSphere Commerce Server that for the first time allows users to operate both b-to-c and b-to-b Web sites from the same software platform. WebSphere...

Borland upgrades embedded database; InterBase gets Windows Server 2003 support.
June 17, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Borland Software on Tuesday introduced InterBase 7.1, a cross-platform embeddable database that adds support for Windows Server 2003. The announcement demonstrates the company's commitment to the Microsoft .Net...

Mercury heats up business optimization for SAP; ERP apps to benefit.(Mercury Interactive's Optane for SAP)(Brief Article)
June 17, 2003... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Business optimization vendor Mercury Interactive will unveil Optane for SAP at SAP's Saphire 2003 conference in Orlando, Fla., this week. The Optane solution is targeted at SAP customers migrating during the...

Network Appliance bolsters open developer program; Offering development kit for free.(Manage ONTAP API )(Brief Article)
June 17, 2003... Byline: Deni Connor, Network World FRAMINGHAM -- Network Appliance Tuesday announced that it is offering its Manage ONTAP API suite and Software Developer's Kit free of charge to any company that wants to develop systems that will run...

Pervasive, OuterBay boost data management; Linux extender, data monitoring offered.(Pervasive Software's Remote Data Requester for Linux and OuterBay Technologies' Application Data Management 3.0)(Brief Article)
June 17, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Pervasive Software and OuterBay this week made moves in data management, with Pervasive extending database access to Linux and OuterBay unveiling a software suite for application data life cycle management. ...

QA Systems offers quality control for Java source code; Web-based product reduces time-to-market and code review efforts.
June 17, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill QA Systems on Tuesday will announce a quality control offering for Java source code, QStudio for Java Enterprise. The Web-based product allows software process managers and developers to inspect and control the quality...

Attachmate boosts emulation; Company shows off software for C#, centralized management.
June 18, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan NEW YORK -- Attachmate introduced three new emulation products here on Tuesday at the CeBIT show. All three products are designed to "modernize" existing legacy applications, according to Markus Nitschke, vice...

BMC bolsters DB2 profile; Company acquires DGI.
June 18, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill BMC Software has acquired DGI (Database Guys Inc.), a maker of performance management tools for IBM's DB2 Universal Database, for $3 million, according to BMC. The acquisition strengthens BMC's SmartDBA data...

MCI adds to broadband access services; New IP VPN extends enterprise networks' reach.
June 18, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan New York -- MCI used the CeBIT trade show here to detail some of the pieces that will comprise its strategy for converged networks. For starters, MCI announced an IP VPN remote access solution. The service enables...

PolarLake releases enterprise service bus offering; JIntegrator boosts XML, Web services.
June 18, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Dublin, Ireland-based PolarLake this week released PolarLake JIntegrator, which the company describes as the first "Universal Enterprise Service Bus." The product handles the exchange of XML documents and SOAP...

NetLedger teams up to run apps on HP hardware; Companies show off NetSuite on HP Tablet PCs, notebooks.
June 19, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan NEW YORK -- NetLedger and Hewlett-Packard are joining forces to offer enterprise applications to small and midsize businesses, the companies said Thursday here at the CeBIT conference. Under terms of the deal, HP...

Microsoft readies kit for security initiative; Developers to get early look at NGSCB.(Next-Generation Secure Computing Base )
June 19, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles in October plans to release a preliminary software development kit for its Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) security technology,...

IBM rolls out raft of SMB offerings; Big Blue debuts Express-based bundles.
June 19, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell and Stacy Cowley IBM next Wednesday in New York will underscore its commitment to small- and medium-sized companies (SMBs) when it unwraps several bundled solutions with the company's Express line of scaled-down...

IBM rolls out speedier Linux Directory; Linux Directory Server's delivery date pushed up.
June 20, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM on Friday shipped an updated version of its Linux-compatible Directory Server running for its eServer i- and p-Series systems that contains improved security, advanced replication features, and Web services support....

Microsoft to install AV engine in Windows; Purchase of GeCAD Software means better Windows security, but not necessarily from Redmond.
June 20, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist Vendors like to visit technology journalists from time to time, say hello, hand out a T-shirt or a logo mug, and then demo the latest version of whatever product they're selling. They're demo meetings, pure and simple....

One lump or two? One is not enough when it comes to anti-virus engines and solutions.
June 20, 2003... Byline: Wayne Rash In Dan Morton's recent review of several enterprise antivirus packages, use of multiple anti-virus engines was something he considered an important characteristic. In fact, the anti-virus solution with the best score,...

Seagate strikes back; Leading disk drive manufacturer enters the mobile market.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2003... Byline: Mario Apicella Disk drives steal the spotlight again this week as a flurry of related news comes from storage companies. You might imagine that disk manufacturers and other storage vendors have enough on their hands with the...

How I tested.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2003... I ran both the JDT included with Eclipse SDK 2.1 as well as the more-extensive WebSphere Application Developer Studio built atop an earlier Eclipse version. In both cases, I found the environment so feature-rich that it was difficult just to...

ActivCard plunges into Linux, Solaris, Mac; Smart card ties into user credentials.(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca Moving support for its smart card authentication and digital signature product beyond the Microsoft Windows realm, ActivCard on Monday announced ActivCard Gold for Linux servers, ActivCard Gold for Sun Solaris...

Startup to create composite applications; Former webMethods CTO founds Composite Software.
June 23, 2003... Byline: Heather Havenstein A new company launching itself on Monday plans to deliver a framework to further the concept of composite applications. Composite Software, based in San Mateo, Calif., will provide reusable composite views of...

Intel touts high-performance computing status; Chips now power heavy-duty systems.(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Intel at the ClusterWorld conference in San Jose, Calif., this week plans to tout what the company describes as its emergence as a player in high-performance computing. Intel-based systems in the Top500's list of...

Apple renews IBM chip partnership, launches G5 Macs; Company also launches instant messaging with video, audio.
June 23, 2003... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple CEO Steve Jobs kicked off Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference here on Monday with the renewal of a chip partnership with IBM and the launching of an instant messaging system featuring...

McAfee Desktop Firewall 8 locks policies; Software can quarantine network access.
June 23, 2003... Byline: Brian Fonseca In an effort to help customers identify and isolate potential blended threats to their network infrastructure before damage can be caused, McAfee on Monday unveiled McAfee Desktop Firewall 8 featuring a new quarantine...

SuSE, Cray team up to brew Red Storm; Companies ink pact to create Linux supercomputer.
June 23, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell SuSE Linux on Monday announced it has been selected by Cray to play an integral role in developing the Department of Energy's parallel processing computer, called Red Storm, to be located at the Sandia National...

Provisioning software improves; Veritas, Altiris, RLX update packages.
June 23, 2003... Byline: Scott Tyler Shafer Veritas Software on Monday began following through on efforts to join the utility space, although the storage software giant isn't alone. The company last month had announced intentions to participate in...

Nortel smartens the edge; Company introduces new stackable switch.
June 24, 2003... Byline: Scott Tyler Shafer Looking to capture today's more innovative enterprises as customers, Nortel Networks on Tuesday released two new switches positioned at those running distributed applications. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based...

Novell moving networking services to Linux; Nterprise Linux Services package due at year's end.
June 24, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Following up on its recent pledge to back Linux, Novell on Tuesday will announce that its networking services are being moved to the open source Linux platform. The company will announce Nterprise Linux Services,...

W3C ratifies SOAP 1.2; Web services spec is finalized.
June 24, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Version 1.2 of the SOAP specification, a foundational technology for Web services, was released by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on Tuesday, with vendors pledging support in products. The revised specification,...

IBM establishes supercomputer center; Big Blue looks to spur On Demand computing.
June 24, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Trying to take its On Demand computing initiative to a new frontier, IBM on Tuesday is announcing the opening of a facility for delivering supercomputing-class processing power to developers over the Internet, which is...

Dell joins Itanium fray -- again; PowerEdge 3250 server signals Dell's re-entry into 64-bit computing.
June 25, 2003... Byline: Mark Jones When Dell launches a product you know a technology has come of age. The company today launched its Intel Itanium 2-based PowerEdge 3250 server, marking the company's re-entry into the 64-bit computing market. Dell...

IBM takes aim at SMBs; Big Blue touts products, services designed specifically for small and midsize customers.
June 25, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell NEW YORK -- IBM redoubled its efforts to gobble up marketshare among (SMBs) small and midsize businesses on Wednesday, rolling out several bundles made up of its hardware, software, services, and financing programs that...

Stalker bolsters messaging suite; CommuniGate Pro Version 4.1 gains groupware functions.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2003... Byline: Cathleen Moore Hoping to lure Microsoft Exchange users to a more cost-effective messaging platform, Stalker Software this week rolled out an updated version of its CommuniGate Pro, featuring new groupware capabilities. Version...

Sun moving telco capabilities to clustering product; Convergence is sought.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Sun Microsystems in 2004 plans to boost its enterprise clustering product by fitting it with high-availability capabilities now used in telecommunications applications, a Sun official said this week. Capabilities...