InfoWorld.com articles from March 2005

InfoWorld.com archives from March 2005

In Brief: JCP approves JDO 2 public draft; Also in Brief: Microsoft hires AT&T exec to manage Windows; IBM finds improper hardware sales in Japan unit; Sony to build new R&D center in Japan; Samsung invests $2.1 billion to meet growing LCD demand.
March 1, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff The Java Community Process (JCP) executive committee for J2SE/J2EE on Tuesday approved the reconsideration ballot for JSR-243 (Java Data Objects 2). The reconsideration ballot strengthened the alignment between...

Eclipse evolving, seeks to become vertical apps platform; Health care records focus is cited.
March 1, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill BURLINGAME, CALIF. -- Eclipse Foundation members on Tuesday stressed the evolution of Eclipse technology and cited goals to have Eclipse serve as a platform for building vertical applications such as health care record...

Enterprise grid group expands; Big players Microsoft, IBM remain on the sidelines.
March 1, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill The Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA), formed last year to promote use of computing grids in enterprises, will announce five new members on Tuesday, including Unisys and Univa. But the organization still is without...

EMC unveils storage search; Centera Seek uses metadata to scour storage archives.
March 1, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis EMC today announced Centera Seek, designed to search, retrieve, and utilize active enterprise archives created with EMC Centera CAS (content addressed storage) system. The software is based on the InStream...

Intel lays out processor road map at IDF; Pentium Processor Extreme Edition and the D processor are among dual-core offerings.
March 1, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz SAN FRANCISCO -- At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Tuesday, Intel laid out the processor and platform road map for its much-discussed dual-core, hyper-threaded processors. Targeted for all segments of its...

IBM's Workplace woos SMBs; Collaboration platform gains vertical options, iSeries bundling.
March 1, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore This week at its PartnerWorld show, IBM unfurled several collaboration offerings designed to expand the reach its Workplace software in the SMB (small and midize business) market. Adding to its Workplace...

VMware, Intel get real on virtualization; Two companies to work jointly on products and market awareness.
March 1, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell VMware deepened its relationship with Intel on Tuesday, announcing plans to work with the chip maker on optimizing its VMware server product with Intel's future chip-level virtualization technologies and working to...

IBM unwraps Tivoli tools for mainframes; Management suite helps isolate, repair problems.
March 1, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM on Tuesday bolstered its mainframe-based software strategy, rolling out an improved suite of Tivoli-based systems management tools to be part of an infrastructure management solution for its zSeries. The new...

In Brief: China tightens surveillance of Internet forums; Also in Brief: Axcess releases FleetTag RFID system; VA Linux, Sun Wah team on Debian Linux; Asianux 2.0 coming to China, South Korea in July; AMD opens new Chinese packaging plant for chips; JCP approves JDO 2 public draft; Microsoft hires AT&T exec to manage Windows.
March 2, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff The Chinese government has tightened surveillance of Internet chat rooms and discussion forums ahead of the annual National People's Congress (NPC) meeting, which begins March 5 in Beijing, according to the...

Software industry struggles to survive in an open source world; Panelists ponder how to make money through new software paradigm.
March 2, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Software industry dignitaries at the EclipseCon 2005 conference here Tuesday pondered a burning question: How do you make money in open source software when the software is free? The selling of...

Parallel systems development eyed by Eclipse; Project in motion for tools to build for large systems.
March 2, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill The Eclipse tools environment is being extended to support development of applications for large, parallel systems, an Eclipse official said at the EclipseCon 2005 conference on Tuesday. The Eclipse Foundation's...

IBM: Eclipse faces challenges ahead; Big Blue reaffirms commitment to project.
March 3, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill BURLINGAME, CALIF. - Eclipse will have to deal with its own success and the challenges that success presents, said Lee Nackman, a CTO and vice president at IBM Rational Software who was involved in founding the open...

NetSuite targets services companies with new vertical app; NetCRM-Service Edition focuses on 'customer-centric approach'.
March 3, 2005... Byline: Tom Sullivan Walking the vertical applications path, NetSuite on Thursday added a new service to its fleet: NetCRM-Services Edition. The ASP's latest application, as the name implies, was designed for customers who offer...

Visual Networks adds VoIP analysis services; New suite offers VoIP monitoring .
March 3, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis Visual Networks, a provider of network and application performance management solutions, on Thursday announced the immediate availability of a suite of on-site Voice over IP (VoIP) readiness and monitoring services. ...

In Brief: Siemens Business Services moves to strengthen position; Also in Brief: China tightens surveillance of Internet forums; Axcess releases FleetTag RFID system; VA Linux, Sun Wah team on Debian Linux; Asianux 2.0 coming to China, South Korea in July; AMD opens new Chinese packaging plant for chips; JCP approves JDO 2 public draft.
March 4, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff German IT services provider Siemens Business Services (SBS) is selling its German hardware maintenance and repair. SBS has agreed to sell Sinitec Vertriebsgesellschaft, which employs around 1,100, to A&O Systems...

Eclipse chief talks up projects, awaits Sun and Microsoft; Mike Milinkovich cites advances in open source development technologies.
March 4, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill The Eclipse Foundation for open source tools held its technical conference, EclipseCon 2005, in Burlingame, Calif., the week of Feb. 28. Stressing its momentum, the organization touted participation frrm vendors such as...

Java object spec set for open source Apache licensing; Technology had been subject of petition drive.
March 4, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill LAS VEGAS -- Java Data Objects (JDO) 2.0, a specification for Java object persistence that has been controversial of late, is to be offered under Apache open source licensing, said a Sun Microsystems architect at the...

Java staving off .Net, Spring founder says; Rod Johnson touts J2EE, agile programming, open source.
March 4, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill LAS VEGAS -- J2EE technology is in a very healthy state, staving off the rival .Net platform and fostering innovation, said Rod Johnson, founder of the open source Spring Framework for Java development, in a presentation...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: Microsoft will reap the spoils of the AMD-Intel chip wars; The success of OPMA or x64 CPUs means success for Redmond.
March 4, 2005... Byline: Oliver Rist It's like two big dogs fighting over a bone while a little dog sits by watching as it happily gnaws on the prize. Of course, in this case, the little dog is actually just as big as the other two, if not bigger, and the...

SECURITY ADVISER: Security losses can be less than high-tech; D'oh! Homer Simpson changes jobs -- he's now in computer security.
March 4, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis Last week, I talked about the hack of Paris Hilton's T-Mobile system and the subsequent, uh, exposure of much of her personal data on the Internet. The hack of the T-Mobile system took a bit of intelligence, some skull...

STORAGE INSIDER: Coraid binds storage and open source; Ethernet-based protocol connects all the storage your Linux and Unix servers can eat.
March 4, 2005... Byline: Mario Apicella For some people, having "storage" and "open source" in the same sentence may sound like an oxymoron, but by the end of this column, I'm hoping their opinion will change. First, let me give credit for this week's...

In Brief: Digital Evolution changes its name to SOA Software; Also in Brief: Mozilla moves into China; Siemens Business Services moves to strengthen position; China tightens surveillance of Internet forums; Axcess releases FleetTag RFID system; VA Linux, Sun Wah team on Debian Linux.
March 7, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff Digital Evolution, a provider of enterprise class Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web services security, management, and provisioning solutions, on Monday announced it has changed its name to SOA...

Nokia, IBM, Oracle tout developer programs; Reaching app builders is critical, companies say.
March 7, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Nokia may be best known as a mobile phone provider. But like other IT vendors, the company needs developers to pursue its multi-tiered strategies, a Nokia official stressed at the Evans Data...

JRG launches first on-demand supply chain solution; Service challenges Excel spread sheet model, say analysts.
March 7, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz The software-as-a-service model continued to cast its shadow across traditional enterprise software solutions Monday with the announcement from JRG that it is launching the first on-demand supply chain planning...

Astaro rolls out new spyware; Linux-based package protects desktops from inside firewall.
March 8, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Astaro on Tuesday released an improved version of its Linux-based security package that now includes gateway-based spyware protection against malware and the ability to block and removed infected software already on a...

BI vendors push new data integration capabilities; Information Builders offers operational analytics.
March 8, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Access to all data all the time appears to be the oft-repeated theme from the three BI software vendors who are announcing either new products or upgrades to the current versions of their BI applications this week....

IBM, Sun to extend developer platforms; Test tools, grid offering slated.
March 8, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill IBM Rational Software and Sun Microsystems are preparing upgrades to their tools strategies, with IBM to offer testing tools and Sun looking to build a compute grid to serve Java developers. IBM Rational is readying...

Microsoft unveils IM client, outlines Office vision; Gates' speech emphasizes communication breakthroughs in Office.
March 8, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates on Tuesday outlined Microsoft's vision for collaboration and communication within the Office System product lineup, introducing a new IM...

In Brief: Software AG delivers key building block for SOA; Also in Brief: Engenio unveils Replication Express for DB2;JetBrains releases ReSharper 1.5 for Visual Studio .Net 2003; Digital Evolution changes its name to SOA Software; Mozilla moves into China; Siemens Business Services moves to strengthen position.
March 9, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff Software AG on Wednesday announced Enterprise Information Integrator (EII) 2.1, an important building block in implementing a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Version 2.1 incorporates Semantic Web...

Offshore software development is spreading; India, China are not the only regions gaining in strength, programmers now spread around the globe.
March 9, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Offshore software development, already considered the bane of U.S.-based programmers, is growing stronger, according to officials at Sun Microsystems and IBM who spoke at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference in...

Salesforce.com offers peek into Summer '05 release; Multiforce will allow users to multitask between on-demand applications.
March 9, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Almost four months before its release date, salesforce.com on Wednesday unveiled a new customization component to its on-demand platform, called Multiforce. Multiforce will be available in June upon release of...

Symantec to offer 'holistic' grouping of products after Veritas merger; CEO John Thompson says software stack of integrated products is taking shape.
March 9, 2005... Byline: Jack McCarthy Symantec CEO John Thompson says his company's $13.5 billion acquisition of Veritas Software is moving ahead, with the merged company set to offer enterprises a "holistic" grouping of integrated products to more easily...

BEA, Microsoft, Sun tout data visualization, tools moves; Liquid Data, Team System, NetBeans strategies boosted.
March 9, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Major players in software are making plays in data management and software development. BEA Systems is looking to spread its wings in data visualization, and Microsoft and Sun are reinforcing their tools arsenals. ...

Web Services Distributed Management spec approved; OASIS measure backed by IBM, HP, others.
March 9, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill OASIS on Wednesday announced that its members have approved the Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) specification as an OASIS standard. WSDM is intended to enable management applications to be built using Web...

In Brief: BT signs hefty Reuters contract, buys Radianz; Also in Brief: Software AG delivers key building block for SOA; Engenio unveils Replication Express for DB2;JetBrains releases ReSharper 1.5 for Visual Studio .Net 2003; Digital Evolution changes its name to SOA Software; Mozilla moves into China.
March 10, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff Reuters Group has awarded BT Group a worldwide network services outsourcing contract valued at $3 billion over eight and a half years. Additionally, Reuters is selling its Radianz unit to BT for $175 million....

Update: Microsoft's Groove buy has ramifications for Longhorn; Deal raises questions about how Groove's collaboration software will fit in with Microsoft's upcoming releases.
March 10, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Hoping to boost its collaboration software strategy, Microsoft on Thursday announced its intention to acquire Groove Networks, naming Groove founder Ray Ozzie a CTO of the company. The deal calls for Microsoft to...

Novell unwraps new version of Linux; Version 9.3 previews upcoming code.
March 10, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Hoping to appeal to as broad a technical audience as possible, Novell on Thursday released a new version of Suse Linux Professional at Cebit, in Hanover, Germany, that includes the 2.611 version of the kernel, the 2.0...

Campaign to save Visual Basic 6 gathers support; Microsoft rep says petition won’t change decision to cut free support at month’s end.
March 10, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill An online petition gathering signatures to save Microsoft’s Visual Basic 6 programming language will not change the company’s intention to cut free support on March 31, a Microsoft representative said on...

Viruses taking flight; Worms and viruses are going mobile and attacking wireless phones and PDAs. Here are the steps IT can take now, and what to expect from vendors.
March 11, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis Worms and viruses are increasingly sprouting wings, taking to the air, and nesting in wireless phones, PDAs, and other devices. If none of these assailants have found their way into your users' devices and data, then...

Apple wins ruling against rumor sites; Judge orders online reporters to divulge sources.
March 11, 2005... Byline: Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral.com SAN FRANCISCO - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg ruled in Apple Computer Inc.'s favor on Friday and ordered three online reporters to turn over confidential sources to the...

In Brief: Macrovision's FlexNet Connector enables licensing prioritization; Also in Brief: Microsoft to open R&D center in Ireland; BT signs hefty Reuters contract, buys Radianz; Software AG delivers key building block for SOA; Engenio unveils Replication Express for DB2;JetBrains releases ReSharper 1.5 for Visual Studio .Net 2003.
March 11, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff Macrovision this spring plans to introduce FlexNet Connector, which would provide an API enabling third-party software providers and service providers to connect into Macrovision's FlexNet license management...

Microsoft takes gradual approach to Project Green; MBS exec revises the vision for aligning Microsoft's business apps.
March 11, 2005... Byline: Stacy Cowley The task of aligning Microsoft's collection of business applications around a common technology stack will happen in two distinct stages, Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) head Doug Burgum told attendees at...

Novell debuts ZENworks for Linux; Version 7.0 has lifecycle management.
March 11, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Novell on Friday at the CeBit show took the wraps off its Linux-based management system, emphasizing its lifecycle management capabilities, which are intended to lower the overall costs of an IT operation. Version...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: Smartphones need better tones; Is quality MP3-playing from a cell phone too much to ask for?
March 11, 2005... Byline: Oliver Rist I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Smartphones only need four things to make me happy: my contact list, my schedule, an MP3 player, and a rock-solid cell phone. I don’t need a below-average...

SECURITY ADVISER: The phone virus is calling; Note to E.T.: Don't phone home.
March 11, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis The long-discussed phone virus threat is apparently already calling. The good news is that the virus is relatively harmless and not terribly efficient. The bad news is that, like computer-virus creators, the writers of...

In Brief: Microsoft releases Visual FoxPro 9.0; Also in Brief: Smaller SD memory card on the horizon; Verizon Wireless buys additional spectrum; Macrovision's FlexNet Connector enables licensing prioritization; Microsoft to open R&D center in Ireland; BT signs hefty Reuters contract, buys Radianz.
March 14, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff Microsoft is now shipping Visual FoxPro 9.0. Using the newest version of the database development tool, developers can create .Net-compatible solutions using hierarchical XML and XML Web services and are able to...

CipherTrust adds compliance features to IronMail; New regulations target of new components.
March 14, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis Messaging security vendor CipherTrust on Monday announced Compliance Control, the latest version of its IronMail appliance with enhanced compliance capabilities targeted at customers concerned with recently adopted...

SOA Software gains messaging technology; Company buys event-based messaging company ThoughtDigital.
March 14, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill SOA Software, formerly Digital Evolution, on Monday is announcing its acquisition of ThoughtDigital, which will add event-based reliable messaging to the SOA Software product line. Financial terms of the deal were...

In Brief: Microsoft, Time Warner complete ContentGuard buy; Also in Brief: Microsoft releases Visual FoxPro 9.0; Smaller SD memory card on the horizon; Verizon Wireless buys additional spectrum; Macrovision's FlexNet Connector enables licensing prioritization; Microsoft to open R&D center in Ireland.
March 15, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff The European Commission has given Microsoft, Time Warner, and Thomson the green light to close their joint acquisition of digital rights management (DRM) company ContentGuard. Microsoft and Time Warner attempted...

SOA emphasized by IBM exec; Businesses are now operating in distributed fashion.
March 15, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – SOAs (service-oriented architectures) are needed to accommodate the distributed nature of today’s businesses, said an IBM official at the SD (Software Development) West 2005 Conference...

Personnel issues cloud software development; 'Agile programming' discussion draws varied opinions from panelists.
March 15, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Personnel issues with software programming teams remains a sore point with development projects, panelists and audience members agreed during a session at the SD West 2005 conference here on Monday...

In Brief: Windows XP Starter Edition out in June in India; Also in Brief: Research in Motion and NTP resolve patent litigation; Vodafone invests in Eastern Europe with $3.5B deal; Interwoven announces MediaBin Presentation WorkBench; Lumina updates Analytica platform for business analytics; Microsoft releases Visual FoxPro 9.0.
March 16, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff Microsoft's Windows XP Starter Edition will be launched in India in June. The product is in the pilot stage and being tested by nongovernment organizations and other sites in the country, according to a company...

Sun tweaks Java licensing but does not go open source; Company also offers update on forthcoming Mustang version of the platform.
March 16, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Sun Microsystems on Wednesday tweaked its Java licensing, emphasizing that the company wants to make Java as open source as possible while maintaining platform compatibility. The vendor also provided an update on the...

Will Longhorn be short on features? Microsoft's much anticipated and frequently postponed OS may ultimately lack compelling reasons for customers to upgrade.
March 17, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell While Microsoft continues raising Longhorn, rivals are seizing the operating system's extended adolescence to develop competing feature sets of their own. The already scaled-back version of Longhorn is still roughly...

Microsoft jumps into paid search ad competition; Ballmer announces beta of service at Strategic Account Summit.
March 17, 2005... Byline: Jack McCarthy Microsoft jumped into the paid-search online advertising world Wednesday with the introduction of the beta of MSN adCenter, which will provide advertisers with demographic usage profiles linked to keywords. ...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: Beware the cool-factor danger zone; Connecting slick devices to the corporate network calls for strict security policies.
March 18, 2005... Byline: Oliver Rist Ever have one of these conversations? Me: OK, Mr. CEO Gadgetfreak, we're done configuring your system. It's the best technology at the best price for the business goals you said were most important to you. You're...

OPEN ENTERPRISE: The good and bad of Linux LiveCDs; Bootable CD-ROM distributions are a double-edged sword.
March 18, 2005... Byline: Neil McAllister If you're an IT manager, introducing Linux into your enterprise is a tough decision. Choosing to take the plunge at all is one thing, but facing the myriad choices is another. At last count, the database at...

SECURITY ADVISER: FTC takes "bold" spyware actions; Spyware Assassin vendor gets wrist slapped.
March 18, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis In a bold move, the Federal Trade Commission has temporarily shut down a software vendor that used allegedly false scare tactics to increase sales. Bold, that is, if it had taken the action -- oh, say -- five years...

STORAGE INSIDER: Cisco unveils network-based storage services; New switch module offers a range of services coveted by numerous storage vendors.
March 18, 2005... Byline: Mario Apicella The discussion of where storage virtualization intelligence should reside has been going on for a while. As you may remember, three opposing theories suggested servers, network devices, or storage devices as...

GreenBorder wraps IE, Outlook in security; Product sends unwanted code to a "time-out".
March 21, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis GreenBorder has launched its network security product, which is designed to secure computers using Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Outlook products by putting unwanted code in a "time-out." GreenBorder...

Novell touts identity-driven computing; Two identity architecture SDKs released.
March 21, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - At its annual BrainShare conference here Monday, Novell introduced two modular platforms designed to let developers build Web-services applications and make applications identity-enabled. ...

Microsoft sets Visual Studio 2005 pricing; Developer subscriptions are being encouraged with new pricing plan.
March 21, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft on Monday will release pricing for its upcoming Visual Studio 2005 development tools line. The plan establishes costs for the new Team System for application lifecycle management, slashes the price of...

Novell ZENworks 7 targets cross-platform management; Systems management suite facilitates management of Windows workstations from Linux platform.
March 21, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Novell on Monday introduced a new version of its ZENworks systems management suite that is designed to offer full lifecycle management for Linux and Windows systems. ZENworks 7, announced...

In Brief: MCI adds thousands of wireless hotspots; Also in Brief: Reactivity extends XML Web services infrastructure into SOA; Dell opens call center in northern India; AOL travel search site goes into beta; Bluetooth pitched as national standard for China; New Yahoo service to feature blogging tool.
March 22, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff MCI on Tuesday launched 1,300 new Wi-Fi hotspots in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region, and will launch 3,400 hotspots in the U.S. in May. In addition to typical Wi-Fi locations such as airports and hotels, the...

Microsoft bridging relational, object, XML data models; Comega research project is under way.
March 22, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft Research has had 7,000 downloads of its Comega programming technology, which is intended to bridge the gap between relational, object, and XML data models. Comega, or C?, is described by Microsoft as a...

HP bolsters information lifecycle management lineup; Reference Information Storage Systems gets upgrade and open APIs.
March 22, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis Hewlett-Packard beefed up its ILM (information lifecycle management) offerings today, delivering on some technology it demonstrated to customers last year. HP's new offerings center around its RISS (Reference...

Novell preps Linux Desktop 10; Desktop search, note taking features will surpass Windows, execs say.
March 22, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Linux is ready for the corporate desktop, and the forthcoming version of Novell's Linux Desktop offering will go head-to-head against Windows, Novell executives said here this week at the...

Interview: IBM's Rumbaugh scorns Microsoft UML stance; IBM engineer was one of "Three Amigos" who created modeling language.
March 22, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Jim Rumbaugh is an IBM Distinguished Engineer who currently leads software modeling efforts at IBM Rational. Along with Grady Booch and Ivar Jacobson, he was part of the “Three Amigos,” a trio responsible for...

Xdrive launches wireless access to online storage; Service will allow users to send files via e-mail or fax.
March 22, 2005... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Online storage company Xdrive launched this week a new service that gives subscribers wireless access to their files stored on the Xdrive site. The service uses Oracle translation services to reformat files for...

IBM offers VMware apps; IBM blades to bundle virtual apps.
March 23, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Hoping to inspire more enthusiasm among corporate and smaller users alike for virtualization technology, VMware signed a deal to bundle evaluation copies of its entire virtual infrastructure software line with all IBM...

In Brief: Gluecode readies enterprise app server; Also in Brief: Oracle opens Irish, U.K. customer support center; Samsung begins mass-production of its MMCmicro card; Toshiba ordered to pay Lexar $380M in patent dispute; MCI adds thousands of wireless hotspots; Reactivity extends XML Web services infrastructure into SOA.
March 24, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff Gluecode Software in the second quarter of this year plans to offer an enterprise-level version of its open source Joe application server, which is based on the Apache Geronimo application server....

Toshiba adds partners for networking line; Switches, services, and security part of new offering.
March 24, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis Toshiba America's Digital Solutions Division (TAIS DSD) announced Thursday it is offering a total IP telephony solution consisting of its new Toshiba Strata CIX pure IP telephony system along with networking, security,...

Yahoo launches Creative Commons search; Service restricted to Web content with flexible copyrights.
March 24, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore Yahoo this week launched a beta version of a search tool designed to scour the Web for information that can be shared, built upon, or reused under certain conditions. The Yahoo Search for Creative Commons makes...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: WSUS: Better platform, bolder name; With superior manageability and stronger security, WSUS is no WUS.
March 24, 2005... Byline: Oliver Rist Repetition is sometimes the essence of depression. To wit: Yet another day begins with yet another friend of a client calling to ask whether not keeping his anti-virus software up to date could have anything to do with...

STORAGE INSIDER: Rainfinity's NAS virtualization courts ILM; New applications bring pattern analysis to NAS solutions.
March 24, 2005... Byline: Mario Apicella The last time I spoke about Rainfinity was almost three years ago when the company first launched its NAS virtualization product, RainStorage. Since then, Rainfinity has gradually introduced features such as...

In Brief: IBM touring for Linux development; Also in Brief: Gluecode readies enterprise app server; Oracle opens Irish, U.K. customer support center; Samsung begins mass-production of its MMCmicro card; Toshiba ordered to pay Lexar $380M in patent dispute; MCI adds thousands of wireless hotspots.
March 25, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff IBM is on a worldwide tour to try to boost development on the Linux platform and help out users moving from Windows and Unix. A 40-city series of Linux technical briefings now under way intends to equip...

Sun project seeks to solve Java memory, execution issues; Multi-Tasking Virtual Machine intended to boost ability to run multiple apps.
March 25, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill Sun Microsystems Laboratories (Sun Labs) is working on a research effort to address issues with the memory footprint, startup and execution times when running multiple Java applications concurrently. The...

Sun, Microsoft seek to calm app dev storm; Both vendors are attempting to meet developers' needs during Java, Visual Basic transitions.
March 25, 2005... Byline: Paul Krill In separate efforts, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft are taking steps to try to satisfy developers irked with the vendors' recent policy decisions pertaining to application development. For Sun, the company has...

SECURITY ADVISER: Security takes a run for the border; Bad for spam, good for us.
March 25, 2005... Byline: Bob Francis A fellow journalist I knew used to say something to the city hall officials he covered: "A good day for you is a bad day for me." It's both funny and mostly accurate. We journalists are generally -- with exceptions...

In Brief: HP donates Web services spec implementations; Also in Brief: Compuware boosts app testing offerings; Trend Micro to guard 100M e-mail accounts for Sina; IBM touring for Linux development; Gluecode readies enterprise app server; Oracle opens Irish, U.K. customer support center.
March 28, 2005... Byline: InfoWorld.com staff Hewlett-Packard recently donated implementations of three sets of Web services specifications to the Apache Software Foundation, according to an HP representative. The company has donated Apollo, which is an...

Update: Oracle buys Oblix; Identity management and security added to database company's mix.
March 28, 2005... Byline: Stacy Cowley Oracle announced today the acquisition of Oblix, a developer of identity-based security products. Oblix is a leading developer of identity management software that allows Web access control, including SSO (Single Sign...

Plumtree launches portal analytics; Analytics Server offers real-time reporting on portal usage.
March 28, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Moore Plumtree Software on Monday rolled out a new product designed to give IT administrators real-time reporting information about portal usage and activity. The Plumtree Analytics Server integrates with the Plumtree...

Mainframe Websphere will have common code base; New version optimizes Java workloads.
March 28, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM later this week will unveil a version of Websphere Application Server Version 6.0 with new capabilities designed to take advantage of the company's zSeries of mainframes. The new version, for the first time, will...

Black Duck debuts IP compliance software; Package validates open source code.
March 28, 2005... Byline: Ed Scannell Black Duck Software on Monday rolled out an on-demand service that allows developers and due diligence teams to examine software projects for open source code in order to make sure their licensing obligations are being...