Clint Boulton

With rising interest in ramping up the file transfer rates between computers, Network Appliance (NetApp) and Sun Microsystems have embarked on a technical collaboration to accelerate data exchange rates for file-sharing up to 10 gigabytes-per-second. In their quest to update outdated standards in data exchange, Sun and NetApp will bring Network File System (NFS) , […]

IBM Tuesday said it has completed and opened its first facility for delivering supercomputing power to customers over the Internet as their business needs dictate it. Part of the Armonk, N.Y. giant’s overarching e-business on-demand computing strategy, the new Deep Computing on demand facility is located in IBM’s Poughkeepsie plant, where the original mainframe computer […]

While major vendors struggle to define their strategy for utility, on-demand or adaptive computing, one firm stands poised to benefit from their push to bring such methods to the fore: Topspin Communications. The Mountain View, Calif. outfit, which specializes in interconnect fabrics that sew different layers of infrastructure together to power switch computing, Monday has […]

Shipping giant UPS and auction heavyweight eBay have extended their relationship to include new shipping tools for the eBay site, a move that incorporates even more professional shipping and receiving services to the small businesses that call eBay home. To improve the rendering of shipping info and simplify transactions, the new services calculate costs for […]

Taking the next step in its new utility computing plan, Veritas Software Monday introduced new server provisioning software using the technology of one of its acquisitions from last year. The Mountain View, Calif. company said Veritas OpForce 3.0 differs from traditional utilities in that it makes sure resources such as servers, switches and load balancers […]

The database market has been quiet of late, with the exception of a few announcements here and there. But while Big Blue, Oracle and Microsoft are all busy ramping up the next versions of their market-leading 9i, SQL Server and DB2 products, respectively, some companies are working on their own platforms businesses can use to […]

PeopleSoft’s board has voted unanimously to urge its stockholders to reject Oracle’s improved takeover bid of $19.50 a share. The response is the latest twist in an already-protracted, fierce power struggle for two rivals vying for the No. 2 pole position in the enterprise applications space. The fight began June 2 when PeopleSoft moved to […]

NEW YORK — PeopleSoft Chief Executive Officer Craig Conway Thursday said his company will guide the market for enterprise applications into a new era where business software is Web-based and automated, and middleware will be rendered nearly obsolete. Conway spoke at CeBIT America 2003, describing how his company is looking to improve the total ownership […]

Connecticut has leapt into the PeopleSoft/Oracle fray, as the state’s top officials have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Oracle, alleging that its acquisition of PeopleSoft would interfere with the state’s current computer system conversion plan. In the suit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Hartford, Governor John G. Rowland, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, and […]

Oracle Wednesday unveiled the latest version of its customer relationship management (CRM) marketing applications. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company said the goal is to let marketing managers predict customer behavior to deliver more precise marketing programs. Makers of CRM software have been challenged recently to single out customers who get the most bites in marketing […]

Oracle Wednesday raised its bid for PeopleSoft from $5.1 billion to $6.3 billion, significantly sweetening the offer in what has become an escalating takeover/merger struggle among three enterprise application companies. The database giant also fired back at lawsuits from PeopleSoft and its intended merger partner before Oracle’s bid, J.D. Edwards , by saying it intends […]

NEW YORK — Members of the Infiniband Trade Association (IFTA) met here Tuesday in order to clear up any misconceptions about the technology the group represents. The message? Infiniband is alive and well, according to group co-chair Dr. Tom Bradicich. Since the first version of Infiniband — a high-speed interconnect that promises to pipe data […]