InfoWorld articles from June 2005

InfoWorld archives from June 2005

Cisco adds Intelligence to network gear - IBM, SAP, Tibco join partnership in AON messaging vision.
June 27, 2005... Embarking on a new path, Cisco Systems unveiled details of its first move into the messaging middleware business last week, with its AON (Application-Oriented Network) business unit. Armed with development agreements with several vendors,...

Product previews.
June 27, 2005... JBoss upgrades portal, Coraid unwraps storage appliance, iLumin introduces messaging compliance tool, Electric Mail beefs up anti-spam service By InfoWorld Staff JBoss upgrades open source portal JBoss this month rolled out...

Microsoft sells security package.(Brief Article)
June 27, 2005... Microsoft said it completed its acquisition of the anti-virus software vendor Sybari Software and has decided to continue selling Sybari's products on a stand-alone basis. Microsoft will offer a host of Sybari products for Windows, including...

CA unveils SMB Protection Suites.(Brief Article)
June 27, 2005... Computer Associates International introduced five Protection Suites that offer comprehensive security, storage, and data migration targeted at SMBs. The release of the Protection Suites adds support for 12 more languages and includes...

SOA Software eyes Web services boost.(Brief Article)
June 27, 2005... SOA Software announced Service Manager Version 3.0, an upgrade of the company's Web-services management product intended for managing SOAs. Version 3.0 adds registry-based dashboard functionality, service endpoint discovery, auto-management,...

JBoss embraces EJB 3.0 - Spec implemented in Application Server 4, Hibernate 3, and Eclipse 1.5 IDE.(Brief Article)
June 27, 2005... JBoss is upgrading three of its Java middleware products to include an early version of the EJB 3.0 specification. EJBs are pieces of reusable server code that include the business logic of an application. EJB 3.0 aims to make developers...

WebEx unveils compliance package - Collaborative Technologies Conference show also features new offerings from Raindance, Arel.(Brief Article)
June 27, 2005... At the collaborative Technologies Conference last week, WebEx Communications introduced a Web conferencing application designed to record and archive all meeting content in accordance with compliance requirements for financial services...

Microsoft issues beta of Communicator Web Access - Software giant looks to broaden reach with Internet-based interface.(Brief Article)
June 27, 2005... Microsoft next month will release a beta version of a forthcoming product dubbed Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access, an official said during an interview at the Collaborative Technologies Conference last week. The product will...

Seagate preps hard-disk encryption technology - FDE technology automatically encrypts all data written to the drive.(Brief Article)
June 27, 2005... Seagate Technology announced last week its intention to ship a security technology for some of its hard-disk drives next year, which will make it more difficult for notebook PC thieves to read stolen data. The technology Hardware-Based...

JavaOne features Sun open source ESB - Conference product rollouts from BEA, Oracle, Sun focus on free software.
June 27, 2005... Open source and free software strategies will be at the forefront during the JavaOne conference this week in San Francisco, with varied rollouts from BEA Systems, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and others. Although the Java language specification...

EDITOR'S LETTER: What's really driving BPM - BPM is revolutionary, all right. But who's seeking liberation from whom?
June 27, 2005... Among the many great quotes in David Margulius' BPM in the trenches is one from Mike Barnett, who describes the rise of BPM as "a near revolution of management against IT to get more control over the rules that control the enterprise." ...

SECURITY ADVISER: Here we go again -- more consumers in jeopardy - Intruders say: "I'll take Visa premium cards for $50, Alex".
June 27, 2005... CardSystems Solutions, a payment processor, has apparently exposed approximately 40 million credit and debit card accounts. I would say "Here we go again" or "I told you so" at yet another security breach, but at this point, it's just getting...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: SAP hunts execs for sport, Gates falls a little short - Gossipy gourmand poisoned in near-fatal cooking incident.
June 27, 2005... Many thanks to readers who submitted their favorite quail recipes. My local market was out of quail, so they suggested I use Dove instead. I must say, it tasted a little soapy. Perhaps I'm not ready to foist my cooking on the...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Linux has a fight ahead - Several billion dollars, thousands of professional engineers, and decades of pedigree earn open Unix a look.
June 27, 2005... Analysts tell us that Unix is setting, Linux is rising, and Windows will always be the reason microcomputers exist. The market share Unix loses will get snapped up by Linux such that by the end of the decade, a third or more of all servers...

STRATEGIC DEVELOPER: ActiveGrid blazes path for enterprise LAMP - New tools streamline application development on the open source platform.
June 27, 2005... Back in 1998 I built a mission-critical application using the technology suite now called LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Perl/PHP/Python). It was a killer combination: blazing performance, rock-solid reliability, rapid development. Perl's...

CTO CONNECTION: Code jag in Vegas - Sometimes getting ugly is necessary, but be sure to document your quick fix.
June 27, 2005... About two years ago, a funny thing happened during a stay in Las Vegas. Up against great implementation odds, I got in touch with my inner hacker. A business deal had closed, and when the terms were related to me, I knew I was in...

REALITY CHECK: The case for active RFID - Active tags may be more expensive, but they open up a whole new world of wireless possibilities.(Radio Frequency Identification)
June 27, 2005... Remember the old Hallmark slogan, "when you care enough to send the very best"? When it comes to RFID, there may be a similar message in the offing. RFID is a generic term that refers to more than just the cheap tags that companies slap...

Omniture streamlines Web smarts - SiteCatalyst 12 and Discover tools make it easier to dig deeper into visitor behavior.(Brief Article)
June 27, 2005... Web analytics tools can easily show key site-performance indicators -- such as purchases by visitor type -- that speak for themselves. If you're willing to dig, the tools can also offer deeper, more mysterious insights into visitor behavior....

Java, 10 years later - After 10 years of success, challenges still remain if Java is to meet the needs of today's developers.
June 27, 2005... Java's first decade has proven it to be remarkably adaptable. Originally conceived as an embedded language for consumer devices, Java emerged from Sun Microsystems in 1995 as the programming language for Web browsers. It then morphed into the...

BPM in the trenches - The experiences of four companies reveal how BPM bridges the gap between business and IT.
June 27, 2005... Lately it seems the moon and the stars are perfectly aligned for BPM -- the tools and methodologies for modeling, developing, and maintaining enterprise business processes. Scores of vendors now offer BPM software, which provides the means to...

Client-facing Java perks up - With Swing and JavaServer Faces, developers finally have tools for mature Java-based UIs.
June 27, 2005... Although Java has earned a reputation for solid back-end performance, its history as a client-facing platform has been troubled. When Java first shipped in 1995, programmers could create GUI components with the AWT (Abstract Windowing...

Exclusive: JackBe nimble, JackBe quick for cranking out JavaScript - IDE enables developers to code rich clients that run on the browser.(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 27, 2005... If you happen to be an old Web developer and think you've seen all the tricks that can be coded in HTML, consider looking at JackBe NQ Suite 4.0, a toolkit for producing sophisticated, JavaScript-enabled forms and spreadsheets. The IDE runs...

Exclusive: JRules 5.0 touches all the bases - Latest edition of the enterprise BRMS for Java improves ease, flexibility, and speed.(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 27, 2005... Abstracting business logic from underlying code into a separate language that business users can understand, a BRMS (Business Rule Management System) puts the control of business applications into the hands of the business owners. An...

Exclusive: CodeAssure 2.0 seeks out security holes in your software - Code-combing suite finds problems easily but lacks support for multiple languages.(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 27, 2005... The regular release of software patches to protect applications from hackers suggests that safety from malicious attacks remains a difficult and elusive goal. Part of the problem is that security is not wired into software developers'...

Sun harnesses the power of Java for the enterprise - Java Studio Creator empowers developers to design dazzling apps.
June 27, 2005... During the past year java vendors have heard an increasingly insistent drumbeat from developers: Simplify enterprise Java. J2EE, the rich but extraordinarily complex set of Java server technologies, is proving intractably complicated. As a...

Sun streamlines federated ID management - Products aim to smooth linking of identities across multiple sites and applications.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Sun Microsystems unwrapped two new identity management products this week, designed to ease the process of federating identity across multiple partners and customers. The Sun Java System Federation Manager can be used to build federated...

ASP trend counters software consolidation - More and more enterprises purchasing application services built for smaller companies.(application service providers)
June 20, 2005... It may fly in the face of current IT wisdom, but some departments within larger enterprises are turning away from centralized solutions and are buying their own on-demand and on-premises packaged applications. Although most CIOs say...

IBM beefs up clustering options.(enhanced network product)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... IBM rolled out a new version of its eServer Cluster 1350 powered by AMD's dual-core Opteron chip. The offering gives users access to a broader range of higher-end applications. The product, which supports the new AMD Opteron LS20cq for IBM...

Tacit enhances WAN optimization.(wide area network, Tacit Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Tacit Networks added e-mail acceleration, distributed software management capabilities, network and Web services, performance- increasing features, and flexible product packaging options to its WAN optimization products. The company's Ishared...

HP rolls Turion into notebooks.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Hewlett-Packard updated its slate of consumer notebooks, bringing AMD's Turion mobile processor to several models ahead of one of the more important PC-buying periods. AMD's Turion chips are now available on notebooks in the Pavilion ze2000...

Sun opens Solaris - OpenSolaris kernel and networking software available for free.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Sun Microsystems has released the source code for a slate of technologies from OpenSolaris, the open source version of the Solaris 10 OS. Components, including the kernel and networking software, are available for free under Sun's Common...

Level 5 works to dissolve server bottlenecks - Ethernet-based EtherFabric bolsters CPU efficiency and server throughput.(product launch by Level 5 Networks)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Level 5 networks this month begins shipping EtherFabric, an Ethernet- based high-performance interconnect aimed at enterprise datacenters and HPC (high performance compute) clusters. EtherFabric promises to improve CPU efficiency, reduce...

Oracle, Siebel ship major upgrades - Software giants add functions to business apps.
June 20, 2005... Enterprise software giants Oracle and Siebel Systems last week followed through on commitments to release upgrades to key products. Oracle enhanced its JD Edwards offering, whereas Siebel added marketing to its CRM OnDemand application. ...

EDITOR'S LETTER: An end to Enrons - New, real-time monitoring systems detect corporate misbehavior. But what then?(usage of network management systems)(Editorial)
June 20, 2005... Forget Michael Jackson. The real courtroom dramas today are the trials of Kenneth Lay, Bernie Ebbers, and Dennis Kozlowski in connection with misdeeds at Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco, respectively. Today's execs have more to worry about, thanks...

OPEN ENTERPRISE: Solaris comes down from its high horse - Having tried everything else, Sun resigns itself to an open source Unix future.(intellectual property of Sun Microsystems Inc.)
June 20, 2005... Well, they did it. For months we've been hearing about Sun Microsystems' plans to open the source code of its flagship Solaris operating system. Last week, the company finally delivered the goods. The question is: Will Sun be any better off?...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Bedraggled Bobster discovers blind dates and bad diets - Bank data takes flight, Adobe is contrite.
June 20, 2005... So I had lunch with the social-networking diva last week. She's on a diet where she only eats foods beginning with the letter Q. Looks like I may be eating a lot of quiche, quesadillas, and Quaker Oats -- she's darned qute. Citi Ain't...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Inside the Intel-based Mac - Mac developers are enthusiastically on board, and the reason is Tiger.(production management of Apple Computer Inc.)(Column)
June 20, 2005... Apple's shift to Intel is a good thing for everybody who has or is considering acquiring a stake in the Mac. (I personally have no stake in Apple's future and own no stock.) The excitement at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference was...

STRATEGIC DEVELOPER: The tacit dimension of tech support - Sometimes it's not what you know but what you can find out.
June 20, 2005... When I had dinner recently with InfoWorld Contributing Editor Phil Windley, he put his finger on something I've been trying to nail down for years. Like me, Phil works mainly in a home office, is married to a nongeek, and is often called on...

REALITY CHECK: In search of the perfect price point - Price optimization software suggests retail pricing based on fluctuating consumer demand.
June 20, 2005... A year ago I rarely heard the term price optimization. Now on any given day my inbox has two or three e-mails announcing software with that capability. In addition, during the last year and a half the big four consulting firms have all added...

CTO CONNECTION: Intel at Apple's core - Thanks to open source, Apple's big shift from IBM to Intel will have little effect in the real world.(chief technical officer)(production management of Apple Computer Inc.)(Column)
June 20, 2005... The recent news about Apple adopting Intel chips for its hardware elicited roughly the same amount of excitement in me as washing a pile of dirty laundry -- that is to say, not much. My main reaction was this: Since when did Apple people care...

Product previews.(ManageSoft Corp. launches ManageSoft Refresh)(Entuity Inc. launches Eye of the Storm 4.0)(Composite Software Inc. launches Composite Application Views)
June 20, 2005... ManageSoft refreshes desktop management tool, Entuity releases version 4.0 of network management suite, Composite queries SAP and Siebel, and Macrovision automates software delivery By InfoWorld staff ManageSoft refreshes desktop...

ITM peers inside the inside threats - Oakley Networks' activity- monitoring agents stops information leaks at their source.(Insider Threat Manager 3.0)(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 20, 2005... Oakley Networks' ITM (Insider Threat Manager), an unobtrusive server- agent solution, provides enterprisewide monitoring of workstations and laptops, even those used remotely or wirelessly. Because ITM blocks policy violations at the source...

High availability at the low end - Stratus ftServer W 2300 is light on horsepower but hard to kill.(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 20, 2005... Although the Stratus ftServer W Series 2300 doesn't deliver top-notch performance or provide much room to grow, it's still worth the extra dough. Running the Standard Edition of Windows Server 2003, this entry- level Intel-based server...

SOAPtest 4.0 targets Web services - New security tests, load testing make for squeaky-clean Web services.(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 20, 2005... Whereas most of us surf the visible HTTP exchanges between browser and Web server, Web services are transporting an increasing load of otherwise invisible traffic. With the help of SOAP, Web service clients and servers carry on unseen...

NeoPath offers clear route to flexible file server management - File Director's virtualized network shares make storage changes a walk in the park.(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 20, 2005... Many organizations find that file servers tend to pop up all over the place and are often hard to manage. Worse, consolidating the servers may disrupt end-users, because consolidation usually requires changing network mappings and user...

Exclusive: ECS agents protect you from the unknown - Elemental Compliance System ensures only compliant hosts connect to your network.(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 20, 2005... The only truly secure computer is one that's unplugged and buried in a hole 6 feet deep -- or so it's been said. Unfortunately, you can't disconnect and bury your servers to keep them safe. You can, however, move access control from the user...

Clamp down on security leaks - The InfoWorld Test Center scrutinizes solutions from iLumin, Reconnex, Tablus, Vericept, and Vontu aimed at stopping insiders from spilling your secrets or breaking the law.(Reconnex iGuard 3300 1.4, Tablus Content Alarm NW 2.1, Vericept Intelligent Protection Platform 7.1, Vontu 4.0 and iLumin Assentor Compliance 3.3)(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 20, 2005... Your organization's Sarbanes-Oxley audit is scheduled for this summer. Will you be able to show who has access to financial records and what they're doing with that data? Just as important, can you prove you're equipped to take immediate...

Securing data at the point of use - Protecting data at the desktop keeps it from slipping out via removable storage, printers, and other means.
June 20, 2005... Inspecting content on the wire, the approach taken by the products in this roundup, is nothing new. In fairness to these vendors, they've put a lot of hard work into optimizing their solutions to handle high data volumes and the fresh ways...

Take a holistic approach to data security - Technology only goes so far in safeguarding your valuable data.
June 20, 2005... Technology that safeguards private data and intellectual property is clearly an essential part of a total security strategy. Experts say at least one of the technologies covered in this roundup should be installed to protect content, whether...

Product previews.(email service from AppRiver)(Wi Fi services from T-Mobile USA Inc.)(new product from Pillar Data Systems)
June 13, 2005... Storage startup Pillar marries NAS and SAN, AppRiver launches secure e- mail service, T-Mobile builds out Wi-Fi service and hot spots, and Eclipse issues BIRT reporting tool By InfoWorld staff Pillar Data blends SAN, NAS into a...

Apple developers sanguine about switch to Intel - Move is not without risk, but many expect it to be worthwhile.(Apple Computer Inc.)
June 13, 2005... The declaration that Apple computer will transition its microprocessor platform from the PowerPC to the Intel architecture has analysts, pundits, and prognosticators predicting doom and gloom for the company. One group seems unruffled,...

Oracle to Buy Database Vendor.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Oracle has agreed to buy TimesTen, which makes software for boosting the performance of database applications used for stock trading, airline reservations and other areas where fast response times are critical. Whereas customers use Oracle s...

JBoss Updates Partner Program.(JBoss Group L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... JBoss is reorganizing its partner program and considering moves into new types of software, including tools for building rich client interfaces, as it prepares to fend off increased competition from other providers of open-source middleware....

Nortel Eyes Outlook Multimedia.(Nortel Networks Corp., Microsoft Corp., contract)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Nortel Networks reached out to enterprises with multimedia communications software, announcing a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook that allows companies to integrate voice and other forms of communication with the widely used e-mail client. The...

Intrusion Protection Systems get hot - Web services and internal threats become a new focus.
June 13, 2005... Taxed with providing an ever-expanding range of complex security functions, IPS vendors are rising to the challenge, transforming their wares to go beyond simply identifying and stopping attacks based on updated threat profiles. The IPS...

Microsoft weighs in on VoIP - Deals struck with Amdocs, AT&T, Sylantro.
June 13, 2005... The ramp up of VoIP continued last week as Microsoft added its considerable weight to the technology with new products and services, and with strategic alliances with Amdocs, AT&T, and Sylantro Systems. Microsoft s goal is to provide...

Ballmer tells of "New World of Work" - At TechEd, Microsoft also sets a ship date for Visual Studio, SQL Server upgrades.(Steve Ballmer )(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... At the Microsoft TechEd 2005 conference last week Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer touted the company s vision of a New World of Work for information workers, with a focus on information access, business processes, and collaboration. ...

EDITOR'S LETTER: IT salaries heading north - But heavy workloads, tight budgets, and clueless management could spell trouble.
June 13, 2005... Finally, some good news! after three years of shrinking IT salaries, disconcerting budget forecasts, and mounting employment insecurity, the InfoWorld 2005 Compensation Survey shows the makings of a turnaround. As this week s cover story a...

SECURITY ADVISER: Another week, another few million confidential records lost - Sending customer data to Texas is asking for trouble with a capital T.
June 13, 2005... It's beginning to get a little too routine. Nearly every week, some well-known, highly respected financial institution a) loses, b) misplaces, or c) has in its possession stolen confidential consumer financial data. The week of June 6,...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Apple hooks up with Intel, social nets kiss and tell - The old boy has some life in him yet, it seems.(partnership deal between Apple Computer Inc. and Intel Corp.)(Column)
June 13, 2005... So I looked up my new friend at that social-networking firm. She's got quite an impressive set of connections. It seems we're each three degrees away from Paris Hilton and Pee-wee Herman. I started by sending her a few e-mails, and now we're...

STRATEGIC DEVELOPER: Are Tiger's features compelling enough? The real competition for the new version of Mac OS X is the network itself.(Column)
June 13, 2005... Last week i upgraded to the 10.4 (tiger ) version of Mac OS X, and I ve been getting acquainted with its new features. The headline attractions are Spotlight (for search), Dashboard (for lightweight applications), and Automator (for...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Open source resumes - What weight would you give a prospective employee's open source experience?
June 13, 2005... Open source software is not unique to the United States, but America strikes me as one of the least likely places for it to take root. Americans live in a society that regards remuneration as the sole measure of labor s worth. In business,...

CTO CONNECTION: Money talks - Understanding any IT operation begins with a hard look at where the money is going.(Column)
June 13, 2005... As a high school kid with an unusual interest in politics, one of my favorite books (and movies) was All the President s Men, the Woodward and Bernstein classic on the Watergate scandal. Unless you ve been holed up in Uzbekistan, by now you...

REALITY CHECK: Putting a stop to counterfeit products - Electronic pedigree systems ensure authenticity throughout the supply chain.
June 13, 2005... Although a bottle of bogus Viagra might prove to be a big disappointment, a counterfeit bottle of a heart medication such as Lipitor could be deadly. On the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy s list of drugs most susceptible to...

Directory Server rides again - Red Hat revs and revamps LDAP server acquired from Netscape.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... On June 1, Red Hat announced the availability of RHDS (Red Hat Directory Server). The Linux community has had solid LDAP servers for years, such as the OpenLDAP project, but these servers haven t been particularly easy to manage. If you...

Built for comfort, not for speed - Dell/EMC's iSCSI AX100i makes storage networking easy and affordable but slow.
June 13, 2005... If any technology is transforming from budget buster into budget saver, it s storage area networks. Just a few years ago the cost per gigabyte of SAN storage and the expertise necessary to implement a SAN far exceeded the resources of small...

Server management from your beach chair - IP-enabled KVMs unchain admins from server rooms.
June 13, 2005... As a server farm matures, its managers often come to lean on KVM switches, because using a single keyboard, video, and mouse to control a small stack of servers and/or workstations is vastly more efficient. But as a stack grows, managers find...

2005 InfoWorld Compensation Survey - More money isn't everything. This year, dissatisfaction among IT workers and managers increases, even though total compensation packages are on the rise.
June 13, 2005... At first glance, results from the 2005 InfoWorld Compensation Survey show an industry looking up. As company performance has risen, so have salaries and bonuses in the IT sector, suggesting the downturn is over. Jobs are to be had. Purse...

Bonuses loom large in executive compensation.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Executive bonuses proved lucrative, and personal-performance perks lifted middle management compensation, but fewer IT staff garnered awards than they did the year before Click for larger view. Copyright (c) 2005 InfoWorld Media...

Regional rewards.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... With the exception of significant salary gains in Denver, the coastward migration of IT dollars continues Click for larger view. Copyright (c) 2005 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Shifting insecurities.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Tight budgets still give tech workers the job jitters, while the realities of outsourcing and offshoring threaten to further polarize the org chart Click for larger view. Copyright (c) 2005 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Staffing issues that affected the trends.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... This year's drastic HR actions were fewer in number and severity than last year - but worse than employers had forecasted Click for larger view. Copyright (c) 2005 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Tech bolsters budgets, business begs off.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... The tech industry is enjoying an influx of bucks, whereas business budgets slipped slightly. Once again, government and education organizations set a benchmark for making do with scarce resources Click for larger view. Copyright (c)...

The frustrations of running in place.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Bean counting and obliviousness to shifts in technology surpassed thin wallets as the top reasons tech professionals feel management has given IT shorter shrift Copyright (c) 2005 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

The rationale behind cuts and raises.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Senior IT execs' salaries tended to follow company performance, whereas managers took home more pay for taking on more responsibilities Click for larger view. Copyright (c) 2005 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Turnaround in take-home pay.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Whereas IT staff benefited from slightly higher salaries, tech execs profited from the return of the bonus. Managers found a middle balance, with moderate gains in both forms of compensation Click for larger view. Copyright (c) 2005...

Better prospects, easier pickings.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... A nascent market for IT skills gives hope of an eventual payoff, as an increase in job openings makes competition among applicants less cutthroat Click for larger view. Copyright (c) 2005 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Short-changed and seeking new employment.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... More than half of IT professionals are entertaining thoughts of walking out the door, despite their 2005 salary increases Click for larger view. Copyright (c) 2005 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

The value of IT by venue.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... Salaries in the business and government/education sectors trended upward in the past year, but the tech industry still pays top dollar Click for larger view. Copyright (c) 2005 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Windows Storage Server unleashed - FalconStor iSCSI Storage Server brings SAN power to your Windows NAS.(storage area network, network attached storage)
June 13, 2005... When it comes to simplifying storage while still offering powerful administrative tools at a reasonable price, not many solutions can compete with FalconStor s ISS (iSCSI Storage Server). Offering a combination of block and file serving, as...

HP iSCSI pack kicks DAS - Amazing Application Storage Manager smooths migration to networked storage.
June 13, 2005... Migrating file servers, e-mail servers, and databases from DAS to networked storage improves resilience and performance, and it s probably less expensive in the long term, but it requires a mastery of a variety of storage technologies a...

Borland, Macromedia back Eclipse - Flex, Peloton tools tuned for open source IDE.
June 6, 2005... Borland and Macromedia are making commercial tools for the open source Eclipse IDE. Macromedia plans to join the Eclipse Foundation on Monday, unveiling a plug-in planned for Eclipse. Borland already unveiled an incarnation of JBuilder last...

Product previews.
June 6, 2005... HP updates ProCurve lineup, Media Publisher unveils video platform, Netezza bolsters storage capacity, Accellion expands file transfer appliances By InfoWorld staff HP updates ProCurve lineup Hewlett-Packard's ProCurve...

HP weaves SOA wares into OpenView - OpenView SOA Manager and Compliance Manager align IT with business, help with regulatory compliance.
June 6, 2005... Hewlett-Packard plans to unwrap two new pieces of its OpenView lineup this week. The new software helps IT comply with government regulations and more effectively deliver services using an SOA. OpenView SOA Manager is built to help...