InfoWorld articles from February 2004

InfoWorld archives from February 2004

Intel unleashes Prescott.
February 2, 2004... Intel released the first major revision to its Pentium 4 processor in two years with the introduction of four new processors based on Intel's 90-nanometer Prescott core this week. The chips are Intel's first 90-nanometer products to hit the...

Oracle shows off E-Business Suite update.(Oravle E-Business Suite 11i.10)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... Oracle gave a sneak peek of Version 11i.10 of its E-Business Suite, due out midyear, last week at its AppsWorld conference in San Diego. Enhanced integration features include support for the Open Applications Group's (OAG) standard interfaces...

SAP offers migration incentives.(SAP is tempting customers of its flagship R/3 enterprise software to migrate to its newest version, mySAP ERP)(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... SAP is tempting customers of its flagship R/3 enterprise software to migrate to its newest version, mySAP ERP, with financial incentives and a warning that maintenance service for the aging enterprise application will end by 2009. The company...

IBM to link DB2 to Eclipse.(IBM DB2 Universal Database would link the database )(Brief Article)
February 2, 2004... IBM will offer this week early versions of plug-ins for the upcoming Stinger release of IBM DB2 Universal Database, which would link the database to the Eclipse open source toolkit. IBM's free plug-ins focus on Java development for Stinger, due...

IBM services bring On Demand closer.(Infrastructure Management Assessment Service Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator and Web Server Orchestration )
February 2, 2004... IBM unveiled three new service offerings last week, each designed to help corporate users better automate and manage datacenters. According to a company spokesperson, the Infrastructure Management Assessment Service evaluates not just...

Panda, Trend Micro seek anti-virus supremacy on workstations, file servers.(Panda Software's BusinesSecure 3.0 and Trend Micro Client/Server for SMB 6.0)(Software Review)(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 2, 2004... Gone are the days when a simple anti-virus program installed on workstations on the corporate network was good enough to keep your business safe from virus and worm attacks. Protecting businesses now requires a multilayer approach that...

Symantec's early warning system shines.(DeepSight Threat Management System 5.0)(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 2, 2004... It has always been hard for a single business to gather the intelligence necessary to prepare for the depredations of hackers, virus creators, and worm writers. Suddenly, you're faced with having to update your systems with too little time to...

Oracle Ups PeopleSoft Ante.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... Oracle raised its bid for PeopleSoft to a total to $9.4 billion, up from its initial bid of $5.1 billion. Oracle also extended, for the sixth time, the deadline on its bid. Previously set to expire Feb. 13, the offer to shareholders is now...

HP Goes on Buying Spree.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... Hewlett-Packard intends to enhance OpenView with technologies from Consera, which allows businesses to map IT resources, and Novadigm, which provides automated system-configuration management. The two acquisitions follow a string of recent...

WatchGuard Ships Security Appliance.(WatchGuard Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... WatchGuard has introduced a line of expandable multifunction security appliances. Dubbed Firebox X, the family of Intel-based devices combines VPN, firewall, application-layer security, intrusion prevention, authentication, and spam and Web...

Microsoft Software Assurance on trial.
February 9, 2004... With contracts coming up for renewal this year, many Microsoft customers will have the opportunity to pass judgment on the company's software maintenance plan. Some analysts see the looming contract expirations as the biggest challenge yet for...

Good Technology upgrades messaging.(GoodLink Version 3.0)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... Promising laptop functionality on a handheld, Good Technology is unveiling GoodLink Version 3.0 for wireless messaging and corporate data access. The new version of the software will allow users to access e-mail in a format that resembles...

Sun revs new Opteron, Sparc servers.(Sun Microsystems Inc., UltraSparc)
February 16, 2004... Sun Microsystems is overhauling its server lineup with new systems based on AMD's Opteron processor and a new, dual-core version of its own UltraSparc chip. The moves represent both a new direction for Sun and an extension of a technology that...

Intel to talk 'tera era' at IDF.(Intel Developer Forum)(Brief Article)
February 16, 2004... Intel will spend its spring Intel Developer Forum (IDF) this week talking about what it considers technology's next epoch: increasing mobility and the "tera era" of large data sets and more complex applications. Sources have indicated that...

Commerce One Conductor takes on integration.
February 16, 2004... What business really wants from IT is automation of the processes that make the business go. Ironically, the very enterprise-level support systems that CIOs installed in the '90s to support HR, customer service, accounts receivable, and so on...

APM under the microscope.(application performance management)
February 16, 2004... APM (application performance management) is a lot like exercise: Everyone knows they need it, but only a fraction practice it consistently, citing high costs and lengthy deployment times as excuses. In these days of doing more with less,...

Demo 2004 reflects IT security concerns.
February 23, 2004... If Demo 2004 is any gauge of what is top of mind for enterprise IT, the answer is security. Products unveiled at the conference covered the full security spectrum, ranging from application-level offerings and document management to Web...

Microsoft issues Virtual Server 2004 beta.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Microsoft sent out the first beta of its Virtual Server 2004 to more than 15,000 testers last week. The forthcoming server, built on the virtual machine technology Microsoft acquired from Connectix in January 2003, now contains support for a...

Sun, IBM further developer tools.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Sun moved its Java Studio Creator IDE into the second phase of its technical beta program, and IBM released a series of evaluation kits designed to draw developers to its own IBM Software Development Platform. Creator's second technical preview...

Ariba extends spend management.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Ariba unveiled Ariba Category Procurement, Ariba Contract Workbench, and Ariba Settlementlast week. Category Procurement is targeted at purchasing indirect goods and services; Ariba Contract Workbench, is focused on accelerating the...

RSA: Big guns tighten security.
February 23, 2004... Stalwarts and startups alike will trot out new wares at the RSA Conference this week in San Francisco. Several products will focus on fighting viruses, making mobile devices more secure, and vulnerability scanning. Hewlett-Packard,...

Cisco unwraps videoconferencing wares.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Cisco Systems unveiled a new system enabling real-time videoconferences on Internet phones for less than $200 per user. Release 4.0 of the company's CallManager software, which is designed for IP voice server systems, and the new Cisco VT...

Mitsubishi introduces two-faced LCD.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... Mitsubishi Electric showed off an LCD that can be viewed from both sides. Developed initially for use in clamshell-type cellular phones, the LCD could make such devices thinner and lighter. The display has three modes: front view, rear view,...

iAnywherelinks database to Web software.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... iAnywhere Solutions is releasing a free developer version of M-Business Anywhere, used for delivering Web-based applications to mobile devices, and has integrated the software with its SQL Anywhere Studio database. Integrating M-Business...

Intel touts 64-bit extensions.
February 23, 2004... Intel's next-generation Xeon processor and future versions of its Prescott Pentium 4 processors will come with 64-bit extensions technology, Intel CEO Craig Barrett announced at the Intel Developer Forum last week in San Francisco. Intel...

IBM issues toolbox for autonomy.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... IBM launched the Autonomic Computing Toolkit to help developers build autonomic elements into their systems last week. Based on the Eclipse open source framework, the toolkit contains embeddable components, tools, usage scenarios, and...

Overland, Spectra tap iSCSI for backup and restore.(internet Small Computer System Interface)(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 23, 2004... When was the last time you took a critical look at your backup gear? Storage vendors are proposing new iSCSI (Internet SCSI) backup devices that can make your data protection cycles faster and more flexible -- and therefore more responsive to...

Exclusive: Seeking a Windows mainframe in the ES7000.
February 23, 2004... The ES7000 Orion 540 enterprise server from Unisys successfully merges attributes from three worlds: the application support of a typical Windows server, the scalability of a Unix server, and the hardware resiliency of a mainframe. This...