Clint Boulton

JNI , which makes equipment that connects heterogeneous systems to be part of the same storage area network (SAN) , Monday said it has completed a new line of speedy host bus adapters that run at 2GB and are easier to install and configure. Host bus adapters provide input/output (I/O) processing and physically connect servers […]

Borland Software Monday introduced a new software development environment and application lifecycle management (ALM) suite for the C++ language , which some research firms say will boast the largest degree of developers for the next couple of years. Borland C++BuilderX is a new C++ integrated development environment (IDE). Accompanying that is the Borland Enterprise Studio […]

Oracle Friday revealed that its net income for its fiscal first quarter soared by 28 percent while revenues rose 2 percent from the same time a year ago. The Redwood Shores, Calif., software maker, embroiled in a protracted fight to takeover rival PeopleSoft , posted income of $440 million on revenues $2.07 billion for the […]

Sun Microsystems Thursday issued source code for its Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) version 1.4, which includes support for the WS-I Basic Profile and the J2EE model for portable Web services applications. The release may be viewed as a treat for developers hungry to create applications on the heralded next version of J2EE , […]

Hyperion has updated the public on its plans for integrating the assets of rival Brio Software , pledging to extend the company’s product line after dropping them into its business performance management (BPM) software suite. Sunnyvale, Calif.’s, Hyperion said it would take Santa Clara, Calif.’s Brio’s business intelligence software suite and maintain it as a […]

Sun Microsystems Wednesday announced a new pact to help outsourcing outfit Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) offer utility computing to Global 1000 companies the world over. Sun plans to deliver ACS network computing resources on a pay-for-use basis to ACS. ACS will then outsource services to customers with utility-based, or pay-as-you-need it pricing — much like […]

Microsoft Wednesday rolled out its highly-anticipated storage server to a raft of products from vendors seeking to offer their customers network-attached storage devices with software from the leading operating system maker. Windows Storage Server 2003 is now generally available from Dell, EMC, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP, INLINE, Iomega, MaXXan Systems and NEC Corp. The Redmond, […]

NEW YORK — Cognos took the wraps off of ReportNet, a new business intelligence (BI) software reporting tool geared to launch the Burlington, Mass. vendor into competitive company with several vendors who have recently acquired such capabilities. Cognos CEO Ron Zambonini introduced the new product at a launch in New York City Tuesday, which was […]

Cisco Systems Tuesday raamped up its fierce rivalries with fellow fabric makers Brocade Communications and McData with the addition of two storage area networking (SAN) switches to its Cisco MDS 9000 family. The Cisco MDS 9120 and Cisco MDS 9140 Multilayer Intelligent fabric switches fill gaps in the San Jose, Calif., vendor’s important MDS portfolio. […]

IBM Tuesday gave its blade servers a boost by offering integrated Layer 2-7 Ethernet switching from Nortel Networks in its BladeCenter product. The Armonk, N.Y., company is offering customers a significant boost from its previous BladeCenter devices, which it said relied on Level 2 switching to get data packets to the appropriate receivers. The Nortel […]

If the events of two years ago this month threw the spotlight on data back-up planning, then the blackout of August 14 exposed the issue of disaster recovery even further. Regardless of the ramifications of both synthetic and natural disasters that could plague IT networks and threaten the fabric of enterprises large and small, recent […]

Business Objects Monday debuted the latest version of its business intelligence software suite replete with improved performance and analysis features, more data integration productivity and dashboard customization. Business intelligence (BI) software consists of applications that make computer systems more attuned to customer behavior. It is geared to helping enterprises make more informed business decisions about […]