Computerworld articles from June 2005

Computerworld archives from June 2005

Red Hat adds directory, but users stay focused on OS: vendor's efforts to go beyond Linux aren't an easy sell, IT execs say.(Directory Server, open-source software)
June 6, 2005... Red Hat Inc. marked the occasion of its first user conference last week by officially launching its Directory Server, the latest addition to its open-source software arsenal. But Red Hat faces an uphill climb as it tries to build on the...

IT sees new, denser servers as a better fit: saving on data center real estate a big factor in buying decisions.
June 6, 2005... Many users upgrade to new servers because they need performance gains or improved capabilities. But there's another reason that may become an increasingly important factor in server purchases: the desire to avoid new real estate costs by...

Sun stakes rebound on StorageTek gambit: acquisition plan intrigues some users but leaves others with questions.(Storage Technology Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.)
June 6, 2005... Sun Microsystems Inc.'s agreement last week to buy Storage Technology Corp. for about $4.1 billion could be a good deal for both companies, some users and analysts said. But it left others scratching their heads and thinking that Sun could have...

Red Hat plans to spin off Fedora.(AT DEADLINE)(Fedora Foundation)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Red Hat Inc. said it will create an independent foundation to oversee its Fedora open-source soft-ware initiative. Red Hat will still provide financial and engineering support for Fedora, but it hopes the Fedora Foundation will attract broader...

EDS faces possible $166M write-down.(AT DEADLINE)(Electronic Data Systems Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Electronic Data Systems Corp. may be forced to write down as much as $166 million in its second fiscal quarter due to problems with an undisclosed project. EDS said that by May 2, the end of its first quarter, it had invested that amount in the...

Lawson buys swedish vendor.(AT DEADLINE)(Lawson Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... The ERP market continues to consolidate with Lawson Software Inc.'s acquisition of Intentia International AB for $480 million in stock. The enterprise software company will operate under the Lawson name with U.S. headquarters in St. Paul,...

Intel discloses more about Yonah CPU.(AT DEADLINE)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Intel Corp. has shed more light on its forthcoming dual-core mobile chip, confirming that the Yonah processor's two cores will share a single bank of cache memory. Yonah, the dual-core version of Intel's Pentium M processor, is slated to ship...

HP faces scrutiny over on-demand strategy: vision for Adaptive Enterprise needs honing, users say.(NEWS)(Hewlett-Packard Co.)
June 6, 2005... HEWLETT-PACKARD Co. today plans to expand on its Adaptive Enterprise strategy for on-demand computing by announcing two OpenView software tools for managing service-oriented architectures (SOA) and reporting on internal controls for regulatory...

Role reversal: audit uncovers gaps in SEC's IT controls; Sarb-Ox enforcer has weaknesses in access controls.
June 6, 2005... The shoe is on the other foot at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after an audit of the agency's 2004 financial statements revealed that the chief enforcer of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act had "numerous" information security control...

McAfee shifts its focus to intrusion prevention.(Q & A)(Brief Article)(Interview)
June 6, 2005... On the eve of McAfee Inc.'s annual meeting with financial analysts last week, Gene Hodges, president of the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company, spoke with Computerworld about McAfee's enterprise strategy and its plans to add new network...

GAO says FAA needs a stronger IT architecture.(Government Accountability Office, Federal Aviation Administration)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... THE FEDERAL AVIATION Administration must develop a strong enterprise architecture if it is to successfully modernize its air traffic control systems, according to a report released last week by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO...

Nortel ships fix for VPN bug.(BRIEFS)(Nortel Networks Corp.)(Virtual private network)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Nortel Networks Corp. is offering a fix for a vulnerability that could let an attacker crash a virtual private network router with a single malformed packet. The denial-of-service vulnerability was reported by Internet security testing company...

Infosys, Alstom plan R & D center.(BRIEFS)(Infosys Technologies Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Infosys Technologies Ltd. and Alstom SA are jointly opening a research and development center in Bangalore, India. Paris-based engineering company Alstom plans to spend about $39 million on research at the R & D center over three years while...

HP unveils three thin-client devices.(BRIEFS)(Hewlett-Packard Co.)(HP Compaq T5000 )(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Hewlett-Packard Co. has unveiled thin-client devices that can provide basic computing power for low-end users while letting IT maintain control over the systems. The three Compaq T5000 devices--priced from $239 to $319--are cheaper than HP's...

Tibco issues Q1 results warning.(BRIEFS)(Tibco Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Tibco Software Inc. warned that its revenue and earnings were lower than expected in its just-ended second quarter, marking the second quarter in a row the company has fallen short. Tibco said several large deals didn't close before the quarter...

New infrastructure lurks behind ...(ON THE MARK)(Datapower Technology Inc. will ship its yet-to-be-priced XML Concentrator chassis next quarter)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... ... the rush to service-oriented architectures (SOA). And it won't be just more software. A new layer of hardware ultimately awaits IT managers who deploy Web services, which depend on XML messaging. "We need a network that knows how to handle...

Migrate Visual Basic apps to Linux ...(ON THE MARK)(Real Software Inc. next week ships REALbasic for Windows and Mac systems and in beta for Linux)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... ... and Macintosh clients with the touch of a button. REALbasic 2005 imports VB code and compiles versions of the program for Linux and Macintosh users. The integrated development environment from Austin-based Real Software Inc. next week ships...

Hercules ships as software or as ...(ON THE MARK)(Citadel Security Software Inc. releases an appliance version of its Hercules 4.0)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... ... part of an integrated appliance. Citadel Security Software Inc. in Dallas this week releases an appliance version of its Hercules 4.0 vulnerability management tool as an alternative to licensing the software by itself. Hercules gathers...

Now that the '0' word no longer ...(ON THE MARK)(Artifact Inc. offers an online service that allows IT managers to see the status of an application's development)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... ... needs to be whispered by users weighing possible outsourcing moves [QuickLink 54064], Artifact Inc. CEO Mark Wesker contends that IT executives should start thinking like their peers in manufacturing. Software development is largely...

HP users say NonStop servers will need long-term support: current models are still expected to be in use beyond planned 2013 cutoff date.(NEWS)(Hewlett-Packard Co.)
June 6, 2005... HEWLETT-PACKARD Co. last week said it will continue to support its existing MIPS-based NonStop servers through 2013, despite a plan to begin shipping Itanium-based models next month. But some users of the fault-tolerant systems think HP may...

3Com, HP expand switch offerings.(NEWS)(Hewlett-Packard Co.)
June 6, 2005... 3Com Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co.'s ProCurve networking unit will separately announce new switches and software products today, expanding their support for building security and management tools into corporate networks. 3Com is...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
June 6, 2005... Bob Woodruff's title at Robbins-Gioia LLC was cited incorrectly in last week's Technology section story about systems integration projects ("All Together Now"). Woodruff is special assistant to Jim Leto, CEO of the Alexandria, Va.-based project...

Oracle revises Solaris 10 licensing.(BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Oracle Corp. has changed licensing terms for users that run its database on Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris 10 operating system, revising a model that analysts said put Sun at a competitive disadvantage with Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM. The...

Nortel reports loss on slight sales rise.(BRIEFS)(Nortel Networks Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Nortel Networks Corp., recovering from an accounting scandal and an industry downturn, reported a first-quarter loss on sales that rose slightly from last year. NORTEL BY THE NUMBERS REVENUE PROFIT/LOSS Q1'05 $2.54B...

Quest buys Vintela for $56.5M in cash.(BRIEFS)(Quest Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Irvine, Calif.-based Quest Software Inc. has agreed to acquire privately held Vintela Inc. for approximately $56.5 million in cash. Lindon, Utah-based Vintela makes tools that allow Microsoft Corp.'s Active Directory and Systems Management...

Fed agencies eye RFID technology.(BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Some U.S. government agencies are eyeing radio frequency identification technology as a tactic to save money and improve services. In a report, the Government Accountability Office said it found that 13 of 24 federal agencies are implementing...

Tablus, PortAuthority unveil security tools: updates aim to boost protection against data thefts.(NEWS)(PortAuthority Technologies Inc.)
June 6, 2005... TWO NEW content-monitoring tools to be released this week will add to the growing number of options for security managers looking to protect sensitive data against compromises and theft. Tablus Inc. in San Mateo, Calif., and PortAuthority...

Informix users want more from IBM.(NEWS)
June 6, 2005... IBM is trying to reassure customers who fear that the perception that the Informix database is a dead product will continue to grow and eventually become reality. IBM bought the Informix technology in 2001 to boost its presence in the...

Israeli police uncover Trojan horse spy ring.(An International IT News Digest)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... ISRAELI POLICE have uncovered a major industrial spy ring that allegedly used Trojan horse software to snoop into some of the country's leading companies. A husband-and-wife team, Michael Haephrati and Ruth Brier-Haephrati, was detained...

U.K. biometric test finds scanning glitches.(An International IT News Digest)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... THE U.K. GOVERNMENT has reintroduced a bill to create a biometric identity card system by 2010 to help fight terrorism and fraud, after having shelved the measure before last month's general election [QuickLink 53211]. But it also released a...

Japan aims for PFLOPS in supercomputer race.(An International IT News Digest)(peta floating-point operations per second)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... JAPAN THIS MONTH will begin a research effort to build a supercomputer capable of crunching numbers about 30 times faster than today's fastest system can, the country's government said last week. Japan's Ministry of Education. Culture,...

Transmeta Corp.(Briefly Noted)(sells its Crusoe line of microprocessors to Culturecom Technology Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Transmeta Corp. in Santa Clara, Calif., said last week that it has agreed to sell its Crusoe line of microprocessors to Culturecom Technology Ltd. in Hong Kong for $15 million in cash. Transmeta announced in late March that it would exit the...

Deutsche Telekom AG.(appointment of Peter Thomas Sany and Anton Hendrik Schaaf)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe's largest telecommunications service provider, last month named 46-year-old Peter Thomas Sany CIO, effective Sept. 1, and said he will be in charge of information management and processes. The Bonn-based company also...

Degussa AG.(Briefly Noted)(selected AT & T Corp. as its worldwide data network provider)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Degussa AG, a large specialty chemicals company in Dusseldorf, Germany, has selected AT & T Corp. as its worldwide data network provider under a five-year contract valued at $45 million, AT & T announced last month.

New tools aim to extend business intelligence.(NEWS)
June 6, 2005... Business intelligence is continuing its march toward the masses as new tools emerge to provide front-line enterprise workers with access to operational data, easing daily decision-making processes. San Jose-based Business Objects SA this...

Believing in blogs.(Editorial)
June 6, 2005... WHEN YOU GOT last week's issue, chances are you read Patrick Thibodeau's Page One story about IT blogging being one-sided, with vendors adopting the medium much more assertively than users. And, like I was, you were probably struck by the...

The case for the portfolio business case.
June 6, 2005... ARE YOU FINDING it more difficult lately to construct a good business case? Infrastructure managers are probably screaming, "Lately? For years!" But now it's becoming more difficult for development teams, too. Part of this was caused by...

Companies striking out on strategy.(Column)
June 6, 2005... THE PROCESS for making and executing strategy in most organizations is broken. Conversations with business school faculty colleagues conducting research on companies based in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. indicate that 70% to 90% of enterprises...

The end is not near for corporate IT.(Letter to the Editor)
June 6, 2005... I DISAGREE WITH Nicholas Carr ["The End of Corporate IT," QuickLink 53976]. He states that smaller companies will find it difficult to buy their own systems, but in reality, prices are falling so that now even individuals can afford to buy...

Witness to IT history: this permanent record of IT innovation serves as a tribute to the men and women who push technology's bounds.
June 6, 2005... INNOVATION HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. So much so that we sometimes overlook the significance of recent technological advances. Ten years ago, we marveled at the possibilities of the Internet, instant messaging and camera phones. Now, those...

Supply chain whirl: five years ago, Whirlpool began an effort to turn around its global supply chain. The company is seeing results, but it's not done yet.
June 6, 2005... THE SUPPLY CHAIN at Whirlpool Corp. in 2000 was broken. Indeed, a manager there at the time quipped that among the four major appliance makers in the U.S., Whirlpool ranked fifth in delivery performance. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We had...

Sun's R & D spectrum: the company's lab is working on a broad range of technologies, from coin-size Web servers to 4-PFLOPS supercomputers.(Sun Microsystems Laboratories)
June 6, 2005... MENTION Sun Microsystems Inc. to someone, and it's likely to evoke images of high-powered workstations, dot-com servers and Java. But a peek inside Sun Microsystems Laboratories reveals a much broader array of emerging technologies and hints at...

A DIY project for network security: with sparse resources, our security manager has to do things herself. But a call has her feeling like part of the team.(security manager's journal)
June 6, 2005... THE PAST few weeks have been frustrating and rewarding all at the same time. I had set a goal to configure an intrusion-detection system (IDS) using the de facto standard, Snort on Linux. In our environment, we have very little in the way of...

Worm poses as IT administrator.(SECURITY LOG)(Mytob.bi)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... A new variant of the Mytob worm entices recipients to open an e-mail attachment that could allow a remote hacker to access and perform commands on an infected machine. The variant, dubbed "Mytob.bi" by some security researchers, scans the hard...

NEC delays crypto system.(SECURITY LOG)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... NEC Corp. said last week that it has delayed the introduction of its first quantum cryptography system by three to four years because of performance and cost issues. NEC had originally planned to start selling the system later this year....

RFID model aims for drug safety.(SECURITY LOG)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... To help fight counterfeit drugs in the pharmaceutical supply chain, Texas Instruments Inc. and VeriSign Inc. introduced a model for Authenticated RFID that has the potential to enhance security and chain-of-custody controls. Combining...

Meridian launches proliance for ILM.(BRIEFS)(information lifecycle management)(Meridian Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Meridian Systems in Folsom, Calif., announced Proliance 3.0. The Web-based information lifecycle management software is designed to integrate facility and project management functionality and is built on a service-oriented architecture. XML...

Oracle announces financial hub tool.(BRIEFS)
June 6, 2005... Oracle Corp. last week released its Financial Consolidation Hub. The product, which will be included in Oracle's Corporate Performance Management suite of analytic applications, is designed to automate the financial consolidation cycle, from...

AppRiver unveils e-mail service.(BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... E-mail security vendor AppRiver LLC in Gulf Breeze, Fla., has announced a new SecureTide e-mail management service that incorporates antispam, antivirus and content management tools. The product's content management tools allow monitoring and...

The operating system as cult classic.(TECHNOLOGY)
June 6, 2005... NEGLECTED COMMUNITIES, be they small towns or virtual ecosystems, shrink and die in much the same way. Names and faces disappear, and real estate becomes empty. In the physical world, over time, windows break, shingles tear off and loose...

The WOW factor: IT is moving hotels into the 21st century.
June 6, 2005... WHEN THE Mandarin Oriental in New York opened in November 2003, the flagship property had invested $40,000 per guest room for technology services. "There is nothing that we don't have in those rooms," boasts Eric Cruz, IT director at the...

Oil and water: network convergence may be a challenge, but integrating voice and data personnel is even harder.
June 6, 2005... WHEN Craig Hinkley at Bank of America Corp. in Charlotte, N.C., first brought voice and data workers together for a three-year VoIP project that would affect 180,000 users, the room divided, and "the voice and data guys set up castles and...

The problem with open-door policies.(STEAL THIS IDEA)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Sometimes, so many people are lined up at your "open door" that you, the manager, can't get any work done. Plus, an open-door policy trains your staff to come to you with all of their problems instead of solving them on their own. Tom...

Best bits: the most useful parts of recent business and IT management books.(BRAIN FOOD FOR IT EXECUTIVES)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 6, 2005... THE BOOK: Many Unhappy Returns: One Man's Quest to Turn Around the Most Unpopular Organization in America, by Charles O. Rossotti (Harvard Business School Press, 2005). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You think you've got problems. On Charles...

Things to ponder.(BRAIN FOOD FOR IT EXECUTIVES)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... * The No. 1 problem with database marketing isn't technology-related: it's the lack of sufficient staff to analyze all the data, according to a Forrester Research Inc. survey of 124 U.S. retail marketers. * Twenty-six percent of online...

Hot stuff.(BRAIN FOOD FOR IT EXECUTIVES)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... What new technologies interest you? 1. Wireless 2. Voice over IP 3. RFID 4. Virtualization 5. Grid computing 6. Biometrics BASE: 100 CIOs (75 in the U.S., 25 in Europe) SOURCE: MERRILL LYNCH & CO., NEW YORK,...

The IT economy.(BRAIN FOOD FOR IT EXECUTIVES)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... One way to reduce complexity in your IT shop is to cut down on the number of IT vendors you do business with. And according to a recent survey, 50% of IT managers are doing just that. 10% Plan to dramatically reduce the number of vendors...

Buying intentions.(BRAIN FOOD FOR IT EXECUTIVES)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... IDC researchers say their index of business IT demand (below) shows that user spending expectations have slipped again. "For many of the last six months, user expectations were overly optimistic," says John Gantz, IDC's chief research officer,...

Global IT-Business conferences 2005: forums with a global view for IT leaders and their business partners.(Calendar)
June 6, 2005... LONDON European PLM Summit * ExCel Event Center, June 22-23 Sponsor: AMR Research Inc. The European PLM Summit on product life-cycle management will include automotive, consumer goods, electronics and life sciences tracks....

Katherine Spencer Lee.(Q & A)(Interview)
June 6, 2005... TITLE: Executive director COMPANY: Robert Half Technology In her position at Robert Half, a provider of IT staff on a project and full-time basis, Spencer Lee has been noticing an evolution lately in the role of the IT professional....

Offshore, literally.(MANAGEMENT)(SeaCode Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... FIRST THERE WAS outsourcing, with companies giving up some of the work their own IT shops had performed to domestic service providers. Then came offshoring, in which work was outsourced to distant, low-wage places like India. Coming next: Well,...

Succession failures.(MANAGEMENT)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Executive recruiting firm Korn/Ferry International asked 201 of its consultants what they believe is the most common succession-planning mistake that organizations make. Lack of preparation 50% No formal...

Tech employment rises.(technology industry)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... THERE WAS AN UPTURN in employment prospects for U.S. IT professionals in April, with several sectors of the technology industry adding jobs, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's monthly jobs report. Computer and electronic-products...

Prudential names Susskind CIO.(EXEC TRACK)
June 6, 2005... Prudential Financial Inc. in Newark, N.J., announced that EMILY SUSSKIND has been appointed CIO of its international division. She will be responsible for the strategic direction of IT in Prudential's insurance and investments operations. Prior...

Sara Lee appoints Chappelle as CIO.(EXEC TRACK)
June 6, 2005... Sara Lee Corp. in Chicago announced the appointment of GEORGE CHAPPELLE to the new position of CIO. He will report to the chief financial and administrative officer. Chappelle previously was CIO at H.J. Heinz Co. Prior to that, he held a...

Evans to lead IT at Jobing.com.(appointment of David Evans)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Phoenix-based Jobing.com LLC. a locally focused employment Web site, announced the appointment of DAVID EVANS as CIO. Evans previously served as vice president of product at Information Technology Toolbox Inc. and director of marketing...

Cameron is COO at VantageMed.(promotion of Cameron Mark)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... VantageMed Corp., a maker of health care software in Rancho Cordova, Calif., has promoted CIO MARK CAMERON to chief operating officer. Prior to joining VantageMed, Cameron was a senior vice president of product development at Beech Street Corp....

Lenses on leadership.(Column)
June 6, 2005... BEFORE THE DAYS OF PHOTOSHOP, it was common to say that photographs don't lie. But even way back when, during the dark ages of chemical film, photographers used different lenses and filters to change colors, highlight some details over others...

Summer of Code.(FRANKLY SPEAKING)(Google Inc. sponsoring)
June 6, 2005... WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KIDS TODAY? Lack of experience. At least that's what's wrong with fresh-out-of-school job applicants from the point of view of corporate IT. These kids may have perfectly respectable computer science educations. But...

Looks like a long, hot summer.(SHARK TANK)
June 6, 2005... User says that when he takes his laptop out of its case, it's very hot to the touch. The machine checks out OK, and support pilot fish wonders aloud if maybe user just forgot to shut it down before packing it up. "I never shut down the laptop,"...

Users wary of federal medical record plans: HHS secretary unveils public-private scheme to develop standard data-exchange methods.(Department of Health and Human Services)
June 13, 2005... Hoping to overcome one of the key obstacles to the creation of a national IT system for exchanging health data, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department last week unveiled a new plan for developing data standards for electronic medical...

Sarb-Ox relief is too late to ease IT pain: much of the hardest work has already been done, tech execs say.(NEWS)
June 13, 2005... Speculation continues to abound that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board may make further revisions to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to help make it easier for companies to comply with the...

IT achievers get recognition, give others ideas: ten organizations win awards for visionary tech projects; Szygenda, Szulik receive individual awards.(SPECIAL REPORT)
June 13, 2005... WHEN A GROUP of IT leaders from Acxiom Corp. approached the stage last week to receive a Computerworld Honors award for their grid computing project, among those paying close attention was Clyde Smith, a top IT executive at Turner Broadcasting...

IT is getting more important than ever, Szygenda says.(General Motors Corp.'s Ralph Szygenda, information technology)(Interview)
June 13, 2005... GENERAL MOTORS CORP. CIO Ralph Szygenda spoke with Computerworld about IT issues at last week's awards ceremony, where he won an individual award for information leadership. (The interview was conducted before GM said it plans to lay off 25,000...

Nortel COO quits after tiff with CEO.(AT DEADLINE)
June 13, 2005... Gary Daichendt has resigned as president and chief operating officer of Nortel Networks Corp. after a falling out with CEO Bill Owens. Chief Technology Officer Gary Kunis will also leave. Owens said Daichendt made a major contribution to...

Intel raises Q2 revenue forecast.(AT DEADLINE)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Intel Corp. said revenue for its current fiscal quarter may be slightly higher than expected due in part to a strong demand for laptop computers. The chip maker said that it now expects sales to be as high as $9.3 billion for the second...

Supreme Court rejects Lexmark.(AT DEADLINE)(Lexmark International Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Printer vendor Lexmark International Inc. has apparently failed in a legal battle to use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to stop competitors from making cheaper, refurbished toner cartridges that can be used in its printers. The U.S....

BEA adds tools to build, manage SOAs.(AT DEADLINE)(service-oriented architectures)(BEA Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... BEA Systems Inc. has unveiled a product line designed to provide service infrastructures for enterprises to build and manage service-oriented architectures. The AquaLogic family, which includes rebranded and new tools, will provide messaging,...

Flash memory gets zapped ...(ON THE MARK)(Wyse Technology Inc. )(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... ... in a scheme to lower costs and increase functionality of network-edge devices. That's part of CEO John Kish's vision to revive the fortunes of Wyse Technology Inc. in San Jose. He arrived seven months ago and replaced nine of 12 top...

Developers can make do without ...(ON THE MARK)(Catalyst Systems Corp. upgrading Openmake)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... ... Make, the software utility that builds a program from multiple component files. Tracy Ragan, CEO of Catalyst Systems Corp. in Glencoe, Ill., claims that "Make, in general, is antiquated." She says developers should dump their creaky Make...

Cookie cutters skew ...(ON THE MARK)(WebTrends Inc. is upgrading its eponymous analytical tool)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... ... Web site traffic data. WebTrends Inc., a Web analytics firm in Portland, Ore., pored over 16 months of its customers' Web traffic--more than 5 billion sessions and concluded that 12% of Web site visitors set their browsers to reject...

Online presentations on the fly ...(ON THE MARK)(Clearengine Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... ... and on-demand and in multi-media is the promise from Clearengine Corp. in Calgary, Alberta. According to CEO Paul Bzeta, low-tech end users, such as sales staff, human resource managers and even CEOs, can easily upload PowerPoint slides,...

United to scrap baggage system at Denver airport: after 10 years, technology still doesn't work right.(NEWS)
June 13, 2005... AFTER MORE THAN a decade of trying to make Denver International Airport's computerized baggage system work as designed, United Air Lines Inc. is giving up on the technology and returning to manual handling procedures. "It's never worked up...

Microsoft targets BlackBerry users with mobile updates.(NEWS)
June 13, 2005... Planned updates to Exchange Server 2003 and Windows Mobile 5.0 that Microsoft Corp. unveiled at its TechEd 2005 conference last week gave some corporate users cause to reconsider their BlackBerry infrastructures. The updates, due this...