Clint Boulton

Oracle Monday unveiled two major upgrades to its databases and applications server, and unveiled new enterprise management software to back up their push for more automated systems. The new products are being embraced by many in the industry, inclduing HP, Sun Microsystems, Veritas, Topspin and many others, all of whom are pledging their loyalty to […]

Microsoft Wednesday plans to unveil its widely-anticipated Windows Storage Server 2003 at the Storage Decisions 2003 conference in Chicago. Sources familiar with the Redmond, Wash. software maker’s plans said HP, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, IBM and others are supporting the launch of the company’s new network-attached (NAS) storage product, which is a dedicated file server operating […]

Hours after PeopleSoft conducted a meeting with financial analysts to discuss its plans for absorbing J.D. Edwards , Oracle Thursday reiterated its interest in acquiring PeopleSoft for $7.5 billion and extended its tender offer of $19.50 per share to October 17. The bid marks the second time in as many months that the Redwood Shores, […]

PeopleSoft Thursday said it expects to realize cost-cutting synergies in the range of $167 to $207 million in 2004 en route to posting total revenues of $2.8 to $2.9 billion. The Pleasanton, Calif. applications company, factoring in its newly-closed J.D. Edwards purchase for the first time, also discussed its combined product roadmap integration between the […]

Oracle Thursday released a software preview kit for the latest iteration of Java , the highly-anticipated Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4. J2EE 1.4 has been developed specifically with Web services in mind, which is crucial as competing software vendors large and small are looking to stake claims in the industry turf with new applications. […]

The business analytics software space has seen its share of action of late, with Business Objects buying Crystal Decisions, Hyperion purchasing Brio and Actuate snapping up Nimble Technologies in domino-like fashion over a three-week period. Business Objects, Hyperion and Actuate were all gunning for reporting technology to round out their analytics software portfolios. Mission accomplished. […]

Verizon Wireless has chosen Canada’s Nortel Networks as its infrastructure provider in a $1 billion network expansion to accommodate the anticipated rush for third-generation (3G) wireless voice and data services. The hefty backbone contract is the latest bid by the country’s leading wireless network to extend its customer base over such competitors as AT&T Wireless […]

With Linux finding its way into larger slices of mainstream America, it makes sense that the open source operating system has also found favor among a swath of scholarly pursuits. IBM Wednesday aired its latest Linux-oriented win when it announced that the University of Washington, Rutgers Universities Libraries, and the Georgia Institute of Technology Interactive […]

Since it was unveiled earlier this year, IBM’s DB2 Information Integrator product, which pools data many sources into one location, has become so popular that customers have asked the company to one-up itself. So IBM has embarked on a new project, codenamed “Masala,” to add to that product, which was purchased by such customers as […]

PeopleSoft Friday officially closed its acquisition of J.D. Edwards , purchasing the remaining shares of the Denver-based software maker in its bid to compete better at the mid-market applications level. Pleasanton, Calif.’s, PeopleSoft, in the midst of the struggle for its life to fend off a hostile merger attempt by applications rival Oracle , initially […]

Oracle has big plans for its upcoming OracleWorld San Francisco 2003 event. The software company will unveil new versions of its database and application servers with a newer focus: grid computing . Bob Shimp, vice president of Oracle database marketing, said the company will have a laser-like focus on grid computing for products it is […]

Business integration software maker Tibco Software filed suit Wednesday against Apple Computer , alleging the computer vendor infringed on two trademarks for its Rendezvous name and messaging software. Palo Alto, Calif.’s, Tibco filed the suit in the District Court for the Northern District of California, claiming Cupertino, Calif.’s, Apple infringed on the trademarks with intent […]