Clint Boulton

EMC answered questions about what it would do with its Legato and Documentum acquisitions by rolling out new compliance software packages. The Hopkinton, Mass.-based storage systems provider unveiled EMC Proven Solutions for e-mail and content archiving and retrieval. Also in its update: new data management functionality for its Centera platform, as well as new services […]

IBM is bringing real-time enterprise information to customers with an open beta of its software that lets users pull information from multiple data types from one location. Launched Monday, DB2 Information Integrator software known internally as “Masala” (an Indian word meaning a “mixture of spices”) is now ready for developers to test. Masala promises a […]

If Adobe has its way, every document or form published with its software will be a lot smarter than its ancestors. The creator of the ubiquitous portable document file (PDF) software is launching one of its most important pieces of its Intelligent Document Platform yet, with document services that bridge the gap between static document […]

The scope of Web services and service-oriented architectures (SOAs) became much broader last week, as BEA Systems and Computer Associates staked out their paths for distributed computing. Why SOAs and Web services? Consensus around the software industry is that customers are seeking cost-effective fixes for their integration issues en masse. SOAs and Web services facilitate […]

The worldwide market for database software appears to be on a comeback, as total revenues reached $13.6 billion in 2003, improving slightly from 2002, according to the latest figures from market research firm IDC. The market rebounded from a sluggish 2002 when revenues totaled only $12.6 billion and the niche declined for the first time […]

Sanjay Kumar, the embattled former CEO of Computer Associates International , has left the company following intense scrutiny by federal regulators and investors. Kumar, who was forced to resign as CEO to take on the lesser role of chief software architect in April, “will cease all involvement with the Company’s business effective immediately” according to […]

Worldwide spending on Web services software will top $11 billion by 2008 as enterprises continue to look for ways to integrate applications while cutting costs, according to a new report from tech research company IDC. Report author Sandra Rogers said that despite the lofty total, businesses will remain cautious as they test service-oriented architectures (SOAs) […]

A group dedicated to creating standards for the communication of computing systems in real-time 3D XML has completed its first draft of a specification to render secure, 3D computer assisted design (CAD) content on the fly. The Web3D Consortium, whose members include HP , Sun Microsystems and 3Dlabs, said the CAD Distillation Format (CDF) is […]

Documentum, an enterprise content management provider and division of EMC , took steps Tuesday to broaden its portfolio by adding business process management software to the mix. EMC purchased Pleasanton, Calif.-based Documentum, to help round out its information lifecycle management portfolio. EMC said the new BPM suite integrates the perks in the company’s eRoom collaboration […]

UPDATED: Dot Hill Systems has joined the ranks of vendors offering low-cost storage provisions with new hardware geared to pack more capacity into a data center without packing a punch to the customer’s checkbook. The Carlsbad, Calif.-based storage systems manufacturer has hinged its new SANnet II SATA systems on Serial Advanced Technology Attachment, a high-speed […]

HP stepped up its commitment to open source software Monday by pledging to offer and support the MySQL database server and JBoss application server software in its servers. The Palo Alto, Calif. systems vendor said it has inked agreements with those open source purveyors to certify and support MySQL and JBoss software on its servers. […]

Linux siphoned market share from UNIX in the relational database management system (RDBMS) market, a niche that grew 158 percent from $116 million in new license revenue in 2002 to nearly $300 million in 2003. Overall, the market for database server software rebounded last year, growing from $6.7 billion to almost $7.1 billion in new […]