Computerworld articles from May 2006

Computerworld archives from May 2006

Health IT Czar's abdication won't slow e-records push: Brailer kick-started program, but his successor must show results, users say.(NEWS)
May 1, 2006... Users from the health care community last week said the resignation of the point man for federal health IT efforts shouldn't blunt ongoing moves to adopt electronic medical records nationally. But they stressed that whoever replaces David...

CA, Sun still looking for answers: Kumar admits to accounting fraud; CA warns of poor financial results.(NEWS)
May 1, 2006... Sanjay Kumar, the former chairman and CEO of what is now CA Inc., pleaded guilty to securities fraud, conspiracy and other charges last week, closing the book on a key chapter in an accounting scandal that the software vendor is still trying to...

CA, Sun still looking for answers: users applaud choice of Schwartz as Sun's CEO but want more changes.(NEWS)
May 1, 2006... Wall Street investors aren't the only group looking for some tangible improvements from new Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz, who took over for Sun co-founder Scott McNealy last week. Users also ticked off a list of changes they want...

Intel plans to cut costs, workers.(AT DEADLINE)(Table)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Intel Corp. expects a 3% drop in revenue for 2006 and is planning a reorganization that could include layoffs over the next 90 days. Intel is projecting that profits will drop from $12.1 billion in 2005 to $9.3 billion in 2006. The projection...

EC, Microsoft battle in antitrust appeal.(AT DEADLINE)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Microsoft Corp. violated antitrust law to "double-lock" a virtual monopoly it holds on PC operating systems, a European Commission lawyer argued during a weeklong court session to debate Microsoft's challenge to the EC's antitrust ruling. A...

CA unveils free database tool set.(Unicenter Database Command Center)
May 1, 2006... CA Inc. this fall will ship a Unicenter Database Command Center tool designed to help administrators simplify the management of multiple databases running on different platforms. The browser-based tool provides an integrated user interface for...

Microsoft profits miss expectations.(AT DEADLINE)(Table)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... New-product sales helped Microsoft's third-quarter revenue grow by 13% over the year-earlier period, though profits slightly missed analyst estimates. The company said sales of new products such as SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft Dynamics...

Networking vendors take upgrade route at Interop: product announcements focus on performance, security improvements.(NEWS)
May 1, 2006... AT INTEROP Las Vegas 2006 today, Cisco Systems Inc. will announce three add-on products that it said could triple the performance of its popular 7200 Series routers. Cisco's announcement is one of dozens being made at Interop by networking...

IBM unveils mainframes starting at $100,000.(NEWS)
May 1, 2006... IBM never talks publicly about the price of its high-end mainframes, which can cost millions of dollars. But when it announced a new low-end model last week, the system's $100,000 starting price was a featured attraction. IBM hopes that...

Users embracing 'BI for the masses': training, easier interfaces can foster use of tools.(NEWS)
May 1, 2006... Several users at Information Builders Inc.'s (IBI) Summit 2006 user conference here last week are embracing a "BI for the masses" philosophy with new projects to quickly move business intelligence reports and analysis to workers, suppliers and...

Feds scrambling to meet looming ID card deadline.(NEWS)(Federal agencies)
May 1, 2006... The U.S. government is studying whether to create a shared technology and services infrastructure to help agencies issue new Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smart cards to all employees and contractors beginning in October. Such a...

Bugs found in Symantec tool.(BRIEFS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Security researchers have found three bugs in Symantec Corp.'s Scan Engine security software. Attackers could exploit the flaws to gain control of the Scan Engine server or to inappropriately gain access to files. Security firm Rapid7 LLC...

RSA purchases PassMark for $44M.(BRIEFS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... RSA Security Inc. has acquired PassMark Security Inc., a vendor of lightweight authentication technology, for $44.7 million in cash and stock. RSA said the acquisition of PassMark will help the company become a "strategic hub" for the financial...

Microsoft unveils IE 7 beta software.(BRIEFS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Microsoft Corp. has launched a beta version of its Internet Explorer 7 browser, emphasizing new security features designed to overcome problems that plagued earlier versions of the Web browser. The new version includes a phishing filter, which...

Jury awards $306M to Rambus in IP suit.(BRIEFS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... A jury found that Hynix Semiconductor Inc. infringed on a series of Rambus Inc. patents and awarded the latter company $306.5 million in damages. The jury in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California found that Hynix infringed...

Getting a knack for NAC tools ...(ON THE MARK)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... ... that help keep nefarious programs off your network can be a gnarly task--at least for now. Stacey Lum, CEO of InfoExpress Inc. in Mountain View, Calif., says that effective use of network access control (NAC) software involves no small...

Open-source dreamers are ...(ON THE MARK)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... ... flocking to Oregon. The state's official slogan is "We love dreamers," and Oregon seems to be attracting plenty of open-source devotees who dream of unseating commercial software inside IT departments. Bob Repine, director of the Oregon...

Don't get stuck in the middle of ...(middleware transaction)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... ... a middleware transaction. That's what's happening to a lot of applications, claims Bob Harmon, CEO of Solstice Software Inc. in Claymont, Del. His company's Integra Enterprise Suite does quality-assurance checks on how well Tibco, MQSeries,...

Put your Notes on a stick ...(International Business Machines Corp. plans for memory stick)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... ... a memory stick, that is. Or any other type of Universal Serial Bus storage device, for that matter. IBM plans to give end users the ability to store a full Notes client on USB fobs by year's end, says Carl Kranzel, a senior technical staff...

Secure messaging content across ...(ON THE MARK)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... ... many communications protocols with one tool. Andrew Graydon, chief technology officer at BorderWare Technologies Inc. in Mississauga, Ontario, says the MXtreme Infinity software that his company plans to ship late this summer will enable IT...

Users seek more info on Microsoft's model plan: exec defends company's progress on management tools strategy.(NEWS)
May 1, 2006... MICROSOFT CORP. last week took several steps designed to bolster its System Center line of management tools. But some attendees at the Microsoft Management Summit here said they were disappointed by the lack of new information about the...

GM security chief gives hackers a lesson.(Q & A)(Interview)
May 1, 2006... General Motors Corp.'s chief information security officer, Eric Litt, used the chance to speak at the European Black Hat Convention in Amsterdam earlier this year to reach out to the hacker community and explain the problems large corporations...

Have you unlocked the true Value of Business Intelligence? Computerworld's IT Management Summit can show you how.
May 1, 2006... Why do some companies thrive and prosper by leveraging business intelligence, while others can't seem to find the value? In today's competitive marketplace, maximizing business performance can be directly related to understanding how to unlock...

NEC victim of piracy ring; Probe ongoing.(BRIEFS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... NEC Corp. acknowledged today that the company has been the victim of a large-scale piracy ring that sold both counterfeit NEC goods as well as NEC-branded products that the company does not even manufacture. An NEC spokesman said that the...

Avocent to buy LANDesk for $146M.(BRIEFS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Avocent Corp., a maker of infrastructure management software, has agreed to buy LANDesk Group Ltd. for $146 million. LANDesk, a maker of desktop management products, was once part of Intel Corp., which spun it off into a separate company in...

Microsoft purchase to boost asset tracking.(BRIEFS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Microsoft Corp. has acquired AssetMetrix Corp., a small Ottawa-based provider of Web-based asset management services. Officials said AssetMetrix's technology will help improve the asset-tracking capabilities in Microsoft's System Center family...

NEC merges North American divisions.(BRIEFS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... NEC plans to merge three North American units--NEC America Inc., NEC Solutions (America) Inc. and NEC USA Inc.--into a single company. The merged company, to be called NEC Corporation of America, will be headquartered in Irving, Texas. The...

World users push for additional training, upgrades from Oracle: hope company's extension of support is a harbinger of more improvements.(NEWS)
May 1, 2006... WORLD ERP users last week said they hope that Oracle Corp.'s promise to support the software indefinitely will also mean improvements to the vendor's technical assistance programs and a clear upgrade process. Users of the former J.D....

Protesters Aim to foil U.K.'s ID card plans.(An International IT News Digest)
May 1, 2006... A CONSUMER GROUP in the U.K. is urging residents to renew their passports this month in order to avoid being listed in a national identity registry for the next 10 years. The London-based group, called No2ID, is campaigning against the...

U.S. firm buys stake in Deutsche Telekom.(Blackstone Group)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... THE BLACKSTONE GROUP, a New York-based private equity firm, has agreed to pay about [euro]2.7 billion ($3.3 billion U.S.) to buy a 4.5% stake in Deutsche Telekom AG from KfW Bankengruppe, a bank that's owned jointly by Germany's federal and...

Survey shows rise in cost of U.K. breaches.(An International IT News Digest)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... THE OVERALL cost of security breaches at large U.K. companies rose by about 50% between 2004 and 2005, according to a study that was commissioned by the U.K. government and released last week at the Infosecurity Europe 2006 conference here. ...

Intel Corp.(opens a new center for research and development)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Intel Corp. has opened a research and development center for multicore processors at its lab in Braunschweig, Germany. The chip maker had said last year that it would shift the Braunschweig facility's focus from designing chips for optical...

Microsoft Corp.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Microsoft Corp. has agreed to spend $900 million over the next five years to promote the growth of the IT industry in China, according to a statement released by the company and China's National Development and Reform Committee. Microsoft plans...

Malmo Aviation.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Malmo Aviation, an airline in Malmo, Sweden, has awarded a five-year IT operations management contract worth 24 million Swedish crowns ($3.2 million U.S.) to Unisys Corp. Under the deal, Unisys will manage the airline's business applications...

Vendors promise network, storage management links.(NEWS)
May 1, 2006... Users last week had mixed views of growing vendor efforts to create products that can merge network and storage management functions. "It's a logical evolution," said Bill Mahoney, a network architect for the U.S. Air Force at Hanscom Air...

Hyperion CEO stresses conservative growth goals: Sullivan offers views on corporate governance, global software development, H-1B visa law.(Godfrey Sullivan)(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Godfrey Sullivan is approaching his two-year anniversary as CEO of Hyperion Solutions Corp. following a three-year stint as the company's president and chief operating officer. In an interview with Computerworld during Hyperion's Solutions 2006...

Open-source group to create online forum for corporate users.(NEWS)
May 1, 2006... Open-source software is everywhere. But how does a large company--from its executive team down to its IT staff--figure out which open-source applications are right for its users and won't endanger the core business? The Business Readiness...

Checks and balances.(Sanjay Kumar pleaded guilty)
May 1, 2006... WHEN former CA Chairman and CEO Sanjay Kumar pleaded guilty last week to the charges of financial fraud and other offenses hanging over him, a lot of people were surprised. I wasn't one of them. I had a feeling that Kumar would eventually...

A week in the life of agile IT.(information technology)(Column)
May 1, 2006... OK, LISTEN UP, my Agility Corps friends. Here's the situation. Your company acquired a new operating unit and needs to provide systems for it to meet its business objectives. Headquarters sent out a bunch of analysts, but things got too...

Act before you must.(information technology workers management)
May 1, 2006... PROACTIVITY IS NOT a virtue that is evenly distributed among the members of the human race. IT managers, being human, are as fallible on this count as anyone else. Laying meticulous plans, spending hours developing elaborate lists of risks and...

E-bills will become the norm in time.(READERS' LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... I AGREE WITH Barbara Gomolski's main points in her article "Automated Billing: Have We Gone Too Far?" [March 20]. As time goes on, more and more companies are pushing their customer base to move to e-delivery of their billing statements. I...

Rigorous oversight from U.S. gov't?(READERS' LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... I WONDER IF I am the only reader who saw the irony in Don Tennant's editorial "Filling a Void" [April 3]. Tennant states that "the U.S. government's well-established, rigorous security certification process would have uncovered the dastardly...

No zero-sum game.(READERS' LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... READING THROUGH Michael H. Hugos' April 10 column in Computerworld on "Factoring Complexity," I was surprised to find that his easily factored problem was more complex than he thought. In fact, his problem is so complex that it is unsolvable....

Getting a grip on virtual machines: as virtual machines enter the enterprise in increasing numbers, administrators face a different set of management challenges.(TECHNOLOGY)
May 1, 2006... IT STARTED OUT as a way to save money when Gannett Co. was adding new servers back in 2002. Now, says Eric Kuzmack, IT architect at the McLean, Va.-based newspaper publisher, "we have a couple hundred virtual machines in our data center."...

Computer science looks for a remake: how can CS become an appealing career choice again? Robot dogs, a new focus on users and a prime-time TV show.(FUTURE WATCH)(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Two of the world's premier facilities for research and education in computer science are celebrating big birthdays this spring. Stanford University's CS department observed its 40th birthday in March, and Carnegie Mellon University's school of...

Supercomputer suggests avian flu strategy.(stochastic simulation model )
May 1, 2006... USING SUPERCOMPUTERS to respond to a potential national health emergency, scientists have developed a model that makes stark predictions about the possible course of an avian influenza pandemic. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] The large-scale,...

Single-molecule diodes could extend Moore's Law.(GROVES OF ACADEME)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... USING THE POWER of modern computing combined with innovative theoretical tools, an international team of researchers has determined how a one-way electrical valve, or diode, made of only a single molecule does its job. [ILLUSTRATION...

Bridging the language gap.(using compilers)
May 1, 2006... EARLY COMPUTERS did not use compilers, which are programs that translate text written in one computer language (the source language) into another computer language (the target language). Those relatively primitive early machines had just a few...

Of laptops, caffeine, nicotine and chocolate: laptop security concerns give our manager a headache she can't shake by any number of unhealthy means.(SECURITY MANAGER'S JOURNAL)(Column)
May 1, 2006... I SAT AT my desk, staring at the whiteboard on the wall. I was plagued with security insecurities and a massive headache. My allergies were feeding the headache, but at the root was stress. I had a lot on my mind, including what to do about...

HIPAA security compliance up.(SECURITY LOG)(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... According to a survey conducted by the American Health Information Management Association, compliance with the security rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is on the rise. Of 1,117 hospitals and health systems...

Man charged with hacking database.(SECURITY LOG)(Eric McCarty)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... A 25-year-old network administrator in San Diego has been charged with hacking into a computer system at the University of Southern California and accessing confidential information submitted by more than 275,000 students applying to the...

Spam case settled.(SECURITY LOG)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The Federal Trade Commission has settled with two Washington state residents who sent millions of unsolicited commercial e-mail messages in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act. Matthew Olson and Jennifer LeRoy sent spam with false "From" data and...

LogMeln offers PC backup service.(BRIEFS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... LogMeln Inc., a vendor of remote access products and services, has announced a new backup service that's designed to allow computer users to automatically back up files over a secure connection between any number of remote or local computers....

Accsense launches sensor pod line.(Accsense Inc.)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Accsense Inc. in Santa Barbara, Calif., has introduced a turnkey wireless sensor product. It's designed to measure a wide range of physical properties and makes real-time measurements available online for any computer or Web-enabled device,...

Zmanda rolls out open-source app.(Amanda Enterprise Edition)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Zmanda Inc. has unveiled its first enterprise-class corporate data protection software. Amanda Enterprise Edition is a commercial-grade version of the widely used Amanda open-source backup and recovery software; it was built to address the...

RFID security worries need a reality check.(radio frequency identification equipment)
May 1, 2006... SOMETIMES our anxieties about security make us lose sight of how a technology is used. Such is the case with radio frequency identification, a proven technology that delivers big efficiencies and has yet to experience a confirmed hacker attack...

Saving face in China: good IT systems can help bridge a critical cultural gap.(MANAGEMENT)
May 1, 2006... SHANGHAI -- In the West, companies want to put on a good face for customers, even if it means having to admit mistakes. Righting wrongs is a big part of a good public image, and a good internal image as well. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In...

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Squeezing dollars from maintenance: creativity and discipline can liberate capital for discretionary projects.(information technology investment)
May 1, 2006... IT'S A conundrum many IT executives face: how to drive down spending on IT maintenance and operations to free up capital for discretionary IT-business projects. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The problem requires creative thinking on the part...

Rebecca Wettemann.(of Nucleus Research)(Interview)
May 1, 2006... TITLE: Vice president of research [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] COMPANY: Nucleus Research Inc., Wellesley, Mass. Savvy CIOs and IT consultants frequently point out the need for good communication between IT and business professionals....

Reading between the lines.(Career Watch)
May 1, 2006... That's what IT pros have to do with the Milken Institute's Best Performing Cities ranking of the 200 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. The think tank lists the locales based on five-and one-year growth in jobs, salaries and gross domestic...

Confident, yes, but let's not get cocky.(a survey conducted on confidence level of IT workers)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... IT workers are almost giddy with confidence, according to the Hudson Employment Index. The index is calculated monthly for the U.S. as a whole, for various regions and cities, and for several industries. IT's confidence level for March 2006...

Goebel to head IT at DHL Express.(Maryann Goebel ' s appointment)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... DHL International Ltd., a Plantation, Fla.-based express delivery and logistics company, has appointed MARYANN GOEBEL CIO for DHL Express in the Americas/Asia-Pacific region and emerging markets/Latin America. Goebel was formerly CIO at General...

Hackenson chosen CIO at lucent.(Elizabeth Hackenson's appointment)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... ELIZABETH HACKENSON has joined Lucent Technologies Inc. in Murray Hill, N.J., as CIO. Hackenson, who previously held a similar position at MCI Inc., has more than 25 years of experience in IT, with the past 12 in the telecommunications...

TicketsNow hires Giannantonio as CTO.(Frank Giannantonio's appointment)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... TicketsNow, a Chicago-based online marketplace for event tickets, has chosen FRANK GIANNANTONIO as chief technology officer. Previously, Giannantonio was CIO at Lands' End Inc. and Victoria's Secret Direct LLC/The Limited Inc.

Hartford life group hires Esposito.(Mark Esposito' s appointment)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. in Hartford, Conn., has named MARK ESPOSITO as CIO for its individual life division. Esposito, who is also vice president and director of business technology, will be a member of the senior planning...

Jenks named CIO at Safeco.(William Jenks's appointment)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Safeco Corp., an insurance company in Seattle, has named WILLIAM JENKS CIO. Jenks most recently served as executive vice president and CIO for worldwide operations at Publicis Groupe SA in Paris.

How to learn with peers.(MANAGEMENT)(Column)
May 1, 2006... LAST MONTH, I wrote about a missed opportunity for learning that's sadly too common among IT managers. While many believe that a career in management requires a commitment to continuous learning, they often miss out on chances to glean ideas,...

Surf city.(personal internet use regulations)
May 1, 2006... MAYBE you saw the news stories last week--the ones with headlines like: "Judge: Web-Surfing Worker Can't Be Fired" and "Not Unreasonable for City Workers to Surf Web." One enthusiastic headline read "Surf to Your Heart's Delight." Great stuff,...

What did you expect?(power failures and personal computers)(Column)
May 1, 2006... It's thunderstorm season, and when the power goes out at one branch office, the uninterruptible power supplies kick in, everything shuts down, and this pilot fish waits for power to return. And waits. And waits. "Late evening sees the power...

Accessibility issue comes to a head: target lawsuit could be a test case; new wave of apps concerns blind users.(Bruce Sexton Jr. accused Target Corp.)
May 8, 2006... Bruce Sexton Jr. wants to be able to access the same Web content that anyone else can. Because he can't, he now finds himself at the center of a potentially precedent-setting legal fight over Web site accessibility. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Web services, BI tools speed path to data: with SOA, users get operational data straight from the source, say IT execs.(business intelligence tools, service-oriented architecture)
May 8, 2006... Next month, Long & Foster Real Estate Inc. will for the first time marry Web services with business intelligence tools in a project designed to boost its housing sales and win new listings. The Fairfax, Va.-based real estate firm plans to...

Microsoft to release three patches.(AT DEADLINE)(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Microsoft Corp. this week plans to release one critical patch for its Exchange messaging server and two patches, at least one that is critical, for Windows. The updates may require restarts and can be found online using Microsoft's Baseline...

Borland to cut 300 jobs in realignment.(Borland Software Corp.)(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Borland Software Corp. announced a restructuring plan last week that calls for laying off 300 employees, or 20% of its full-time workforce. Most of the staff cuts will result from a realignment of Borland's international operations, officials...

Unisys to resell all JBoss products.(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Unisys Corp. and JBoss Inc. have signed an expanded agreement that allows Unisys to provide service, support and training for all JBoss products, including the components in the integrated JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite. Unisys said the deal...

JCP approves new version of Java EE.(Java Community Process approves Sun Microsystems Inc.'s new software products)(Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5, the Java EE 5 Software Development Kit and the Compatibility Test Suite)(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Sun Microsystems Inc. said the latest version of the enterprise edition of Java was approved last week by the Java Community Process, the committee that manages Java development. Sun said the Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5, the Java EE 5...

Users scrutinize hosted VoIP: Avaya details new service at Interop.(voice over internet protocol, Interop Las Vegas 2006 conference )
May 8, 2006... AVAYA INC. last week announced a set of subscription-based IP telephony, call center and voice-mail services for businesses--an unusual move for a networking equipment vendor, since hosted voice over IP is primarily the domain of...

Microsoft, SAP to ship link in June.
May 8, 2006... Sometime rivals SAP AG and Microsoft Corp. next month will start shipping a jointly developed product that links SAP's business applications with Microsoft's Office desktop software. The plan to build a tool for accessing SAP ERP and CRM...

Utility's disk drives--and data--sold on eBay: power company scrambles to retrieve recycled drives from online buyers.(Idaho Power Co.)
May 8, 2006... ANYBODY WITH five bucks and a little patience may be able to score sensitive corporate data on eBay. Organizations engaging in the common practice of disk drive recycling--selling unneeded disk drives directly or through a service--may...

Mainframe sites remain key to Sun's storage strategy.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)
May 8, 2006... Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Scott McNealy may call the mainframe "an airplane with pedals," as he did last week, but such systems remain a big part of Sun's storage business, thanks in part to its acquisition of Storage Technology Corp. last year....

Sun claims Azul infringed on patents.(Sun Microsystems Inc. vs Azul Systems Inc.)(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Sun Microsystems Inc. has filed a lawsuit in federal court in California charging network-attached processing specialist Azul Systems Inc. with infringing on its memory technology patents. The filing counters a suit Azul filed in March asking...

Mozilla releases fix for Firefox bug.(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Mozilla Corp. has released an update to its Firefox browser that fixes a security flaw in the open-source software. The bug, reported late last month, relates to the way Firefox handles JavaScript code. Attackers could use the flaw to crash an...

Kraft awards EDS $1.7B IT contract.(Kraft Foods Inc., Electronic Data Systems Corp.)(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Kraft Foods Inc. has signed a seven-year, $1.7 billion contract to outsource its IT infrastructure, including data centers and desktop and telephone support, to Electronic Data Systems Corp. As part of the agreement, about 670 Kraft employees...

AttachmateWRQ to acquire NetIQ.(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... AttachmateWRQ has agreed to acquire NetIQ Corp. for about $495 million. AttachmateWRQ, formed from the 2005 merger of Attachmate Corp. and WRQ Inc., is owned by an investment group. Upon completion of the acquisition, NetIQ will operate as an...