InfoWorld articles from May 2004

InfoWorld archives from May 2004

BI bigwigs ramp up platforms.
May 10, 2004... BI vendors Firstlogic, IBM, Informatica, and SAS Institute are all working to broaden the reach of their respective BI platforms via extensions to their product lines focused on data integration. SAS will announce this week a suite of...

Red Hat dons new desktop Linux.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... Red Hat unveiled a new version of the Linux operating system designed for the corporate desktop. Red Hat Desktop will be a companion product to Red Hat's current desktop offering, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS. Red Hat Desktop will be...

Microsoft bangs the 64-bit drum.
May 10, 2004... Microsoft used its annual WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) last week to get aggressive about 64-bit computing. The company urged hardware suppliers to start building 64-bit drivers now so as to avoid any hardware...

Clementine 8.1 melds BA with BI foundation.(business analytics, business intelligence)(Product/Service Evaluation)
May 10, 2004... Innovation, such as that required to create and deploy BA (business analytics) solutions, is generally an easier process for smaller, focused development groups. So I'm seriously impressed by what SPSS has been able to accomplish in the BA tool...

RLX blade-and-storage combo falls short.(Product/Service Evaluation)
May 10, 2004... RLX latest offering is what the company calls a "modular computing" solution, containing blade servers and FC (Fibre Channel) storage arrays, plus an enhanced version of its Control Tower management software for provisioning the storage system....

SAP, Microsoft tie platforms with Web services.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2004... SAP and Microsoft detailed a plan to integrate their respective NetWeaver and .Net platforms. SAP will offer: a version of SAP Enterprise Portal SDK for .Net within the next four months to enable developers who use the ASP.Net to customize and...

IBM to modernize Cobol.(Enterprise Cobol)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2004... IBM is looking to modernize Cobol applications by bridging its mainframe-oriented Cobol and WebSphere products to EJB and service- oriented architectures. With the new version of Enterprise Cobol, Version 3.3, the language can be extended to...

Yet another Sasser appears.(Sasser F worm)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2004... Despite the arrest of Sasser's alleged author, a new variant, known as Sasser F, appeared last week. Although Sasser F was deemed unlikely to spread widely, the discovery suggests that the worm's code is circulating on the Internet and raises...

IBM-Microsoft co-opetition heats up.(International Business Machines Corp.)
May 17, 2004... Last week IBM announced a server-based strategy aimed at users of desktop and mobile devices could raise its long-running "co-opetition" with Microsoft to another level. Big Blue formally detailed new messaging and document management...

SCO changing industry, not slowing Linux.
May 17, 2004... A year ago this month, the SCO Group exited the Linux business, announcing it would cease sales of the open source operating system and claiming it would have a "stronger focus on Unix and the company's growth strategy around Web services." ...

SOAPscope scrubs up Web services.
May 17, 2004... In the world of Web services, SOAP's human-readable interactions are easy to create and debug. But to take advantage of that, you must first find a tool capable of capturing network traffic and another capable of analyzing it. Mindreef's...

Barracuda sinks teeth into spam.(Spam Firewall)
May 17, 2004... I've reviewed many security products, but it's rare for me to be so impressed with a product that I want to keep and use it after the review. Barracuda Networks' Spam Firewall is my favorite keeper so far this year. In my experience,...

HP helps users meld business with IT.
May 31, 2004... Hewlett-Packard will unveil next week a two-pronged effort to help enterprise customers reduce operational costs by rapidly synchronizing business needs with IT purchasing. As part of the effort, HP will launch its eBusiness, Customer, and...

CA updates WSDM.(Computer Associates)(Web Services Distributed Management)(Brief Article)
May 31, 2004... Computer Associates cranked up its Web services effort, edged into the hosted-software fray, and released a new tool for managing wireless networks at its CAWorld conference last week. Last week marked the release of the latest iteration of...

IBM updates SAN File System.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2004... IBM plans to release a new version of its TotalStorage SAN File System Software next month, now redesigned to work with a wider variety of server and storage environments. Unlike previous versions of the SAN File System, which supported...

Clientele banks on self-service strength.
May 31, 2004... Epicor's recently released Clientele CRM.Net Suite 8.2 has a lofty goal: provide a backbone of customer support with sales-force automation tools that reduce costs and improve the art of the deal. Clientele's standout features include its...