InfoWorld.com articles from June 2007

InfoWorld.com archives from June 2007

SECURITY ADVISER: Ever-evolving malware is getting nastier; New trends toward Web-site based malware require alert, responsive monitoring and extra education.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Roger A. Grimes Malware evolves in trends. Yesterday’s boot virus is today’s Web server exploit program. Malware follows popularity, and it morphs to get past ubiquitous defenses. Understanding the growing trends in...

STORAGE INSIDER: Betting on the future of parallel NFS; Panasas sacrifices one of its crown jewels to speed up adoption of the newest Network File System protocol.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Mario Apicella Are you using or planning to use NFSv4 (Network File System version 4)? I wouldn’t be surprised if most of the answers to that question are a flat-out no or a quizzical stare, because this latest incarnation of...

Microsoft Orcas Beta 1 hints at a killer IDE on the horizon; Innovations to Visual Studio include greater support for key technologies such as WPF.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Martin Heller While the Visual Studio team at Microsoft has been burning the midnight oil for some 18 months to bring us Orcas Beta 1, the CLR (Common Language Runtime) team has been hammering away on .Net Framework 3.5 Beta 1....

Microsoft unveils integrated security; 'Stirling' package aimed at taking on rivals McAfee, Symantec.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Matt Hines Microsoft shared details of its long-term security product strategy as part of its ongoing TechEd 2007 training conference on June 4, lifting the lid on plans to deliver an integrated suite of its software by mid-2009....

Microsoft names Visual Studio, SQL Server upgrades; Developer platform, database both will bear 2008 nameplate.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft revealed the official names Monday of the next major upgrades to its Visual Studio software development tools platform and its SQL Server database, which will be called, simply, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL...

EDITOR'S LETTER: In search of the best geek vacations; Plus: Introducing InfoWorld Mobile Alerts, our new Green IT newsletter, CTO 25 awards, and SOA Center.(Editorial)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Steve Fox June marks the beginning of vacation season, when offices empty out, traffic lessens, and the daily pace grows languid. The classic vacation mentality is all about getting away -- or at least that's what I've been told....

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Todd Schofield; CTO, International SOS.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Leon Erlanger Todd Schofield joined International SOS after a string of CTOs had done one-year stints. He soon found out why. When Schofield arrived, International SOS had 13 business units, each with its own IT organization...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: K. Ananth Krishnan; CTO, Tata Consultancy Services.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Leon Erlanger K. Ananth Krishnan has a hard enough job handling the technology requirements of a global IT consulting behemoth with 89,000 globally dispersed employees and 34 to 35 percent annual growth. But as an avid follower of...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Robert Lyons; Founder and CTO, Nextrials.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Leon Erlanger It’s hard to believe, but the world of clinical trials management was still mostly paper-based as late as the early 2000s, thanks to heavy regulation and an extremely conservative user base. “There were...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Antonio Nucci; CTO, Narus.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Dan Tynan Comparing Narus' Dr. Antonio Nucci to your average CTO is like comparing Tiger Woods to your average duffer. Over his career, Nucci has published more than 30 papers, applied for 22 patents in optical and IP...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Sekhar Sarukkai; Founder and CTO, Securent.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Carmen Nobel Lots of executives feel a sense of entitlement. Sekhar Sarukkai, CTO and co-founder of Securent, actually develops software to manage it. Securent’s Entitlement Management Solution (EMS) is identity...

Novell says it benefits from Microsoft IP deal; Novell exec says Novell will get more money than Microsoft under their deal; also at TechEd: Microsoft touts SOA strengths.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill Think Novell is sending more money to Microsoft under the vendors' intellectual property agreement than the other way around? Think again, a Novell executive said at the TechEd 2007 conference in Orlando, Fla., on...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: James Chong; Founder and CTO, VidSys.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Many still believe that physical and IT security are one and the same – and James Chong, CTO and co-founder of VidSys, is happy to correct them. In fact, Chong believes that his major contribution to security...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Phil Nail; Founder and CTO, AISO.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Ted Samson As concerns over potential power shortages and global warming rise, some IT leaders are just now dipping their toes into the waters of energy efficiency and environmental responsibility. But Affordable Internet Service...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Carl Snyder; Director of global IT infrastructure and operations, Tellabs.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Ted Samson Sometimes, the process is the product. Employing a blueprint drawn from 26 years of IT experience – along with best practices outlined in the ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) – Carl Snyder...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Padmasree Warrior; Executive vice president and CTO, Motorola.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Eric Knorr February 2006 found Padmasree Warrior in the Oval Office, smiling for the camera as she received the 2004 National Medal of Technology on behalf of Motorola from President Bush. As executive vice president and CTO, she...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Stefan Zutt; Head of IT and facilities management, European Railway Agency.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Leon Erlanger IBM probably never dreamed that its Rational platform for governing software development and delivery would be used to write legislation, but that is exactly what Stefan Zutt is using it for at the European Railway...

Immigration reform's high-tech impact; Merit-based immigration, alterations to H-1B provisions, and caps head the hot-button issues as Senate Bill 1348 takes shape.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Senate Bill 1348 has stirred a great deal of emotion across the United States as of late, in large part because its sweeping approach to immigration reform will affect nearly every sector of the American economy....

App developers finally securing code; Businesses increasingly are adopting scanning tools, security testing to decrease source code vulnerability.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Matt Hines On Aug. 14, IT security training and research authority SANS Institute will convene its inaugural set of exams for software developers seeking to attain its new secure coding certifications. The rise of such initiatives...

Google to discontinue PeakStream products; No more commercial sales for multicore technology.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill While Google is declining to be specific about plans for its newly acquired PeakStream technology, a Google representative confirmed Wednesday that PeakStream's product line will no longer be commercially available. ...

Senators fine-tuning patent bill; Heated debate continues as industries face off on proposed reforms to patent law.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Caron Carlson In the wake of a recent landmark Supreme Court ruling, patent reform is bubbling toward a boil on Capitol Hill, where advocates in both parties and both chambers are urging timely action on pending legislation and...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: Microsoft packs A/V Web conferencing features into RoundTable; Tabletop device delivers phone features and a 360-degree Webcam, tied together with Office Live Meeting 2007.(Discussion)
June 6, 2007... Byline: Oliver Rist The only cool thing about this job is the volume of awesome toys that crosses my threshold. That and having a down-the-hall commute with a shower-optional working environment (kidding, Mom). Just today I picked up...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: John Alber; Technology partner, Bryan Cave.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Galen Gruman In recent years, corporate lawyers long accustomed to charging an hourly rate have found themselves facing client demands for discounts, shared risk deals (where fees are based on results), and flat rates....

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Jamie Bernardin; Founder and CTO, DataSynapse.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Matt Hines As the CTO and founder of software maker DataSynapse, Jamie Bernardin frequently finds himself trying to convince IT leaders and administrators to do something they've been hardwired not to: Stop thinking about managing...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Robert Gourley; CTO, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Galen Gruman Imagine merging 11 companies’ IT departments, creating a standard communications platform that can withstand battlefield conditions, and launching an SOA effort all at the same time. And having it in operation...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Jeremiah Grossman; CTO, WhiteHat Security.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Galen Gruman Everyone knows there are hackers out there intent on compromising Web sites. But it’s often hard for the people operating those sites to identify and plug security holes on their own. After two years at...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Paul Judge; CTO, Secure Computing.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Matt Hines When online technology evangelists began chatting up Dr. Paul Judge about the promise of e-commerce in the late 1990s, he couldn't get one thought out of his head: With all that money trading hands, criminals were sure...

Experts: Botnets add fault tolerance; Networks of zombie computers sport fault-tolerant architectures to withstand takedown attempts.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Matt Hines Security experts contend that a growing number of operators of compromised computer networks (or "botnets") are finding new ways to grow their networks and make them immune to potential shutdowns, including sophisticated...

Microsoft, LG forge Linux amnesty deal; The deal is a 'customer covenant' that allows LG to use patented Microsoft technology in its products, though the companies haven't divulged which patents are being used.
June 7, 2007... Byline: John Fontana, Network World Microsoft inked another cross-licensing patent agreement Wednesday, this time with South Korea's LG Electronics, covering the company's Linux-based embedded devices. As part of the deal, LG, one of...

ENTERPRISE INSIGHT: Let's make a deal! Merger mania is revving up again. Here are the IT implications of the three deals everyone is talking about.
June 7, 2007... Byline: David L. Margulius There’s a feeding frenzy in the business world these days – deal mania!!! – and you might just get caught up in it. Big money’s on the prowl, looking for companies to buy, combine, or...

CTO 25 2007: Paul Butterworth; Co-founder and CTO, AmberPoint.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Eric Knorr Once you discover the unique thing you’re great at, stick with it and play nice with others, and things may work out as well for you as they have for Paul Butterworth, co-founder and CTO of AmberPoint. Of the...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Nicola Gazzaneo; CTO, Grandi Stazioni.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Steve Fox Two million people rely on Nicola Gazzaneo every day. That’s the number of passengers that pass through Italy’s 13 largest terminals, and Gazzaneo’s work affects every one of them. As CTO of Grandi...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Stephan Murer; CTO, Private Banking IT, Credit Suisse.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Eric Knorr Back in the late '90s, the Private Banking IT division of financial services giant Credit Suisse was at a crossroads. Some felt that the organization’s IT infrastructure was beyond repair and would have to be...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Satinath Sarkar; CTO, Orion Technology.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Paul F. Roberts When Satinath Sarkar, CTO of Orion Technology talked to his friends 10 years ago about his specialty -- geographic information systems, or GIS -- he was met with quizzical looks. "People would say 'You work with...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Sheldon Wang; CTO, eHealthInsurance.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Steve Fox Credit a shrewd technology strategy with propelling eHealthInsurance to the top of the heap in the online health insurance business. And that strategy starts with Dr. Sheldon Wang, who has been senior vice president and...

Small-stature Isilon IQ 200 file server packs big features; System compensates for power-supply shortcoming with great manageability and resilience.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Mario Apicella High-speed access to large files, such as those related to scientific research, doesn’t play nice with traditional NAS systems. They're usually just too limited in their throughput and file-system capacity. ...

Sun Fire X4500 server crams 48 drives into 4U; The "Thumper" redefines storage performance — as long as you run this behemoth on Solaris.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Paul Venezia To anyone with a base level of computer knowledge, the concept of a single system with 48 hard drives seems insane. To IT folks, it’s even more outrageous; most disk arrays are limited to 15 drives per shelf and...

Sun ZFS breaks all the rules; The innovative Zettabyte File System soars to new heights in scalability, reliability, and flexibility.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Paul Venezia It’s somewhat surprising that in the past five years, file systems haven’t changed much on any platform. There are dozens of file systems available for UNIX-like operating systems -- ext3, XFS, UFS, and...

SECURITY ADVISER: The security solution revolution; Truly stopping malicious hackers and malware requires ubiquitous authentication for all users and devices. Are you in?
June 8, 2007... Byline: Roger A. Grimes “Every generation needs a new revolution.” — Thomas Jefferson A friend of mine recently sent me a link to the Department of Homeland Security’s request for proposals and whitepapers to...

STORAGE INSIDER: Taking the low (end) road; New products from PMC-Sierra and Brocade converge on the tantalizing low-end server market.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Mario Apicella According to a study recently published by IDC, a remarkable 92 percent of all server shipments worldwide in 2006 were volume servers (units that cost up to $25,000 each). That's nearly 7 million shipments, to put a...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Aristotle Balogh; CTO, VeriSign.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Doug Dineley Here in San Francisco, where the San Andreas fault shifts the ground beneath our feet, most of us try to ignore the fact that the Big One is coming. At VeriSign headquarters in Virginia, they worry about a different...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Simon Crosby; CTO, XenSource.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Doug Dineley XenSource is not only the leader of the open source Xen project, but also the maker of a proprietary server virtualization platform based on the Xen hypervisor. The community side of the house, led by founder and Xen...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Steve McCanne; CTO, Riverbed Technology.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Stephanie McLoughlin Steve McCanne's job at Riverbed Technology is about three things: strategy, strategy, strategy. "I know there are different types of CTO, and I'm much more of an inventor," he explains. "I view my job here...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Chris Uriarte; CTO, Retail Decisions.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Stephanie McLoughlin When Chris Uriarte needs a forensics fix, he doesn't turn on "CSI." As CTO of Retail Decisions (ReD), he has a slew of online fraud and threat studies at his fingertips. "[Forensics] fascinates me," says...

2007 InfoWorld CTO 25: Marc Willebeek-LeMair; CTO, 3Com.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Paul F. Roberts Dr. Marc Willebeek-LeMair, CTO of 3Com, is used to wrestling with weighty problems. After all, the man spent a decade at IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center working on so-called intelligent infrastructure...

AmberPoint Flex-ing SOA management muscles; Interface boosts network view, company says.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill AmberPoint will add an Adobe Flex-based interface to its SOA management platform, with the goal of giving users a bird's eye view of their SOA networks The company on Monday is announcing the release of Version 6 of...

Microsoft linking project, ALM servers; Communications boosted between managers, development teams.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft is boosting integration between its project management and application lifecycle management servers, enabling better communications between project managers and software development teams. Available Monday,...

Sun tailors Solaris package to multicore development; The updated Solaris Express Developer Edition features open source-based OS distribution and support for Java development.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill Sun is sprucing up Solaris Express Developer Edition, which features the Solaris OS bundled with tools, by supporting enhanced application development for multicore processors. The company is unveiling on Tuesday the...

EDITOR'S LETTER: Smart software, stupid criminals; Celebrating the full spectrum of IQ, from clueless hackers to brainy developers.(Editorial)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Steve Fox A buddy of mine who once worked as a New York City assistant DA shared the following insight with me: Most criminals are not very bright. He and I had just seen a heist movie -- something where an evil genius and his...

Stupid hacker tricks; Looking to enter a life of cybercrime? Beware the boneheaded miscues of these infamous cyberschnooks.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Andrew Brandt The annals of crime are rife with tales of heists pulled off by enterprising criminal minds. But for every caper carried out with style and smarts, there are hundreds of imprisoned examples of the boneheaded desperado...

Don't take a (memory) dump where you eat; Stupid hacker trick No. 1: The key to not drawing attention to yourself is to not draw attention to yourself.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Andrew Brandt Perp: Jeanson James Ancheta Status: Convicted (pleaded guilty to all charges), in prison Dossier: When the Feds boasted in November 2005 that they had arrested "a well-known member of the 'botmaster...

Beware the bounty hunter in gym class; Stupid hacker trick No. 2: Teenage anti-spam vigilante gets collared after high school "friend" rats him out.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Andrew Brandt Perp: Sven Jaschan Status: Free on parole, currently employed by a security vendor Dossier: Mild-mannered Sven Jaschan never struck anyone as the master-criminal type, but by the age of 17, the German...

The upper limit of enhancement; Stupid hacker trick No. 3: Hard up for a worthwhile defense, alleged Viagra spammer orders hit on witness -- from prison.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Andrew Brandt Perp: Christopher William Smith Status: Currently resides at the supermax prison in Stillwater, Minn., awaiting trial Dossier: Who doesn't love getting bombarded continuously with solicitations for sexual...

A spammer by any other name; Stupid hacker trick No. 4: Making play as activist victim, Robert Soloway instead draws public ire.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Andrew Brandt Perp: Robert Alan Soloway Status: Arrested; charged with 35 counts of mail fraud, identity theft, and money laundering Dossier: When you've inspired not one but two Web sites to pillory you for your...

Say my name, worm; Stupid hacker trick No. 5: Embedded online moniker leads authorities to Kournikova-feitsh malware maker's door.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Andrew Brandt Perp: Jan de Wit Status: Script kiddie walking (free) Dossier: It's a stretch to describe Jan de Wit even as a coder. A script kiddie in every sense of the word, the Dutchman used a virus-creation toolkit to...

Here's how I steal passwords, officer; Stupid hacker trick No. 6: FBI stings Russian duo with promise of steady paycheck.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Andrew Brandt Perps: Alexei Ivanov and Vasily Gorshkov Status: Ivanov released in 2006; Gorshkov to be released later this year Dossier: When a pair of Russian programmers was asked to come to America for a job interview,...

Parallels for Mac cozies up to Vista; Parallels for Desktop 3.0 improves on a good thing with 3D graphics acceleration, snapshots, and usability tweaks.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Paul Venezia On the heels of Apple's launch of the Intel Mac, a company called Parallels captured the spotlight with an eponymous product that does for Mac OS X what VMware Workstation did for the Windows and Linux world --...

Internet TV to get Silverlight; Maven Networks will use Microsoft's alternative to Flash in its Internet TV hosting service.
June 12, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill Maven Networks, which provides hosting services for Internet TV, will announce Wednesday plans to add Microsoft's new Silverlight technology as a video delivery vehicle. The company is collaborating with Microsoft on...

A developer's-eye view of Leopard; Xray and Core Animation stand out among Apple's immense bag of new Leopard tricks.
June 12, 2007... Byline: Tom Yager Steve Jobs had a lot of fun at Microsoft's expense over Redmond's difficulties shipping the operating systems that have become Vista and Windows Server 2008. So with Vista shipping by default on new PCs and Windows Server...

Helping retailers wipe ID data issue; Defending point-of-sale tools could reduce breaches, data theft expert says.
June 13, 2007... Byline: Matt Hines When data breach investigator Bryan Sartin gets a call to check into an incident involving customer records loss at a retailer, he knows that the situation most likely involves information that has been lifted from a...

PayPal CTO: Security, mobility to spur growth; Early bets on open source, encryption are paying dividends as Internet becomes a global payments platform.
June 13, 2007... Byline: Paul F. Roberts PayPal's Chief Technology Officer, Scott Thompson, is a prime example of what might be called the "payments geek." It's a label that Thompson earned the hard way, with stints at Coopers and Lybrand delivering IT...

Red Hat simplifies pricing on SaaS-based system monitoring; Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, JBoss 4, Oracle10g and VMware ESX version 3 also added.
June 13, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill Red Hat has changed the pricing model for its SaaS-based system monitoring and added support for more software packages, the company said on Wednesday. The Red Hat Command Center service provides remote system...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: SharePoint library: No non-geeks allowed; Not just anyone should have access to SharePoint's spruced-up document libraries.
June 13, 2007... Byline: Oliver Rist Microsoft is pushing a bunch of new technologies as part of the Vista-Office-2007-Server-2008 product bonanza: The new Exchange, Viridian virtualization (eventually), Forefront security. The list is long and maybe even...

VMware Fusion Beta 4 for OS X shows off desktop virtualization chops; VMware’s playing catch-up for once when it comes to the Mac market … or is it?
June 13, 2007... Byline: Paul Venezia It could be argued that VMware has played second fiddle to no one since its inception. In the decade after the first VMware products hit the market, all other comers have found competing with the virtualization giant...

Global co-op feeds FBI's botnet fight; The FBI claims that fighting cybercrime is a top priority, right behind antiterrorism and counterintelligence, and it is seeing better results thanks to worldwide cooperation.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Matt Hines Officials with the FBI claim that global law enforcement partnerships are playing a significant role in its ongoing efforts to stomp out botnets and other computer-borne crimes. Security researchers have long...

iPhone disappoints mobile developers; Keeping the development environment simple will yield the most apps, but Web-based apps are limited, say many.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz No one ever said Apple marketers weren't clever. So if they wanted to start a firestorm of ISVs developing applications for the iPhone, how better to do that than to make development as simple as possible with the...

Microsoft touts Scrum tool; Software offers project management for agile programming methodology.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft has built a tool to track the daily progress of Scrum-based software development projects. The eScrum 1.0 project management tool was released this week. It provides "a one-stop place for all Scrum...

ENTERPRISE INSIGHT: Diagnosing health care IT; Kaiser’s medical records odyssey reveals basic truths about doctors, IT, and resistance to change.
June 14, 2007... Byline: David L. Margulius A few weeks ago I stirred up a heap of contention with my column “RIP, electronic medical records?” about the battle at Kaiser Permanente over its pioneering health care digitization megaproject. The...

Internet television, Apple style; Apple's Wi-Fi media center PC, minus the PC, brings iTunes movies -- and soon, YouTube video -- to the wide (only) screen.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Tom Yager From a consumer electronics point of view, Apple TV pigeonholes easily: It is a set-top box, about the size of a portable DVD player, that turns a wide-screen television or monitor into a hard disk-based media player and...

Homeland Security to detail IT attacks; Hearing will reveal findings of agency's internal investigation into risk of system attacks and other online threats.
June 15, 2007... Byline: Matt Hines Officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will hold a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 20 to discuss the findings of an investigation into the agency's own problems in battling electronic attacks and IT...

iPhone can take a lesson from Opera's fat browser plan; Analysis: Developers wouldn't find iPhone so limiting if Safari incorporated plug-in functionality.
June 15, 2007... Byline: Tom Yager Opera Software's plans to beef up its browser so that Adobe Flash Player-like functionality will be intrinsic to the program are a move in the right direction. At present, Web developers have no consistent way to deliver...

PayPal, eBay offer Security Key to U.S. customers; VeriSign password generator will help stop phishing attacks by augmenting user name/password sign-in with a unique code.
June 15, 2007... Byline: Paul F. Roberts PayPal unveiled a new Security Key on Friday that will add an additional layer of security to user accounts and help prevent online criminals from gaining access to them. The PayPal Security Key is a small...

SECURITY ADVISER: The security solution revolution, continued; Default authentication is cheap; the cost of not improving Internet security is high.
June 15, 2007... Byline: Roger A. Grimes I've just figured out that I'm a guy who needs two or three columns to communicate my big ideas, or at least argue them out. In my last column, I proposed rebuilding computing devices and the Internet from the...

STORAGE INSIDER: Taking RAID out of the box; Startup Pivot3 takes on clustered storage with RAIGE.
June 15, 2007... Byline: Mario Apicella A reader that identifies himself as "Layman" suggests that all the fuss I made in my blog about the reliability of disk drives is somewhat old school. Layman raises a good point, because it's true that clustered...

A developer's-eye view of Leopard, part II; Leopard's Xcode3.0 integrated development environment and Objective-C 2.0 language help define the Mac platform.
June 15, 2007... Byline: Tom Yager Apple has always been pulled in different directions by factions of its user and developer communities. Set-in-their-ways Mac developers whose experience predates OS X have a predilection for the C language, legacy Carbon...

Talent management swims downstream; Workstream launches SaaS suite for midmarket.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz The big news around software as a service (SaaS) has always been the claim that it levels the competitive playing field, giving SMBs the same tools and ammunition that previously only a large enterprise could...

Adobe AIR fulfills hopes for cross-platform developers; AIR applications, which can run online or offline, may pull some market share from existing single-platform applications.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill Developers have high hopes for Adobe's newly named AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) software, but reservations remain about the technology's cross-platform capability and learning curve. Formerly called Apollo, AIR is...

Novell offers Linux service pack; Quad-core processors, Active Directory improvements featured; virtual machine drivers also readied.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill Looking to bolster Linux in enterprise environments, Novell is offering its first service pack for Suse Linux Enterprise 10, with capabilities for new quad-core processors. The company also announced Monday commercial...

Talend applies SaaS to data integration; Open source data integration vendor launches Talend On Demand.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Paul F. Roberts Talend, an open source data integration software maker, unveiled a new service-based software product Monday, Talend On Demand, a service (SaaS) version of the company's Talend Open Studio product. [ Talend is...

EDITOR'S LETTER: More Mac mania; In which we drink the Apple Kool Aid, then get serious about data security and storage networks.(Editorial)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Steve Fox You may have thought that last week was InfoWorld's official "Week of Apple" -- what with all the WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) coverage, reviews of Parallels Desktop 3.0, VMware Fusion Beta 4, Apple TV, Tom...

Suit up your storage network with business sense; Transform your storage environment into a competitive advantage with these business-conscious storage management solutions.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Mario Apicella No longer capable of remaining on the sidelines as a separate administrative domain, today's networked storage must be managed with a deeper awareness of business objectives. But in an era of compliance,...

HP-SPI deal underscores apps security integration; As attacks on applications-level vulnerabilities increase, more enterprises are integrating security testing apps into their software development -- often via acquisition.
June 19, 2007... Byline: Matt Hines Hewlett Packard's acquisition of Web applications security specialist SPI Dynamics on June 19 illustrates a growing demand among enterprise customers to have vulnerability-scanning tools integrated into their software...

Spring Web Flow boosts Web apps; The Web framework is being upgraded to improve activity flow within apps.
June 19, 2007... Byline: Paul Krill Spring Web Flow, a Web framework built on the popular Spring Java framework that integrates with such frameworks as Spring, Struts, and JavaServer Faces, is being upgraded to improve the flow of activities in...

A developer's-eye view of Leopard, part III; Cocoa and other sweet object-oriented frameworks magically make all Mac apps part of an integrated suite.
June 19, 2007... Byline: Tom Yager Mac users have high expectations. A newcomer to the platform quickly discovers that all Mac applications share consistent appearance and behavior, are incomparably fast, and come with "Wouldn't it be great if I could...