Clint Boulton

EMC today reported a slim first-quarter profit of 1 percent, as income rose to $272.5 million, or 11 cents per share, from $269.8 million in the year-ago period. The information systems vendor posted revenue of $2.55 billion, which was 14 percent higher than the $2.24 billion for the period a year ago, but short of […]

Microsoft today said it has updated its SQL Server 2005 database software, adding new management and mirroring tools to a product the company considers a cornerstone of its Windows Server platform. The formal release comes two weeks after Microsoft Senior Vice President Paul Flessner promised that SQL Server 2005 will eventually allow users to access […]

Enterprise search is less murky this week, as Cognos announced it teamed up with Google and IBM to take advantage of its enterprise search software. Running on top of the Cognos 8 Business Intelligence suite beginning in May, Go! Search will allow corporate users to access reports, analysis, dashboards and alerts through Google’s new OneBox […]

It’s true. Blockbuster mergers can sometimes come back to bite the buyer. Security software giant Symantec said in a Securities and Exchange filing that it owes the government $1 billion in unpaid taxes, mostly relating to an audit of its purchase of Veritas Software. Symantec, which has watched its shares drop since it purchased Veritas […]

UPDATED: Oracle today said it has created a service delivery platform (SDP) to make it easier for vendors in the telecommunications space to offer Voice over IP (VoIP), mobile and multimedia applications. The Oracle SDP was designed to help service providers, network operators and systems integrators move from inflexible, “silo-based networks” to a more modern […]

Borland Software, in its latest bid to improve the way software development projects are managed, introduced new software to ease the requirements process. Borland said in a statement that defining requirements helps close the gap between business managers and IT administrators to ensure that the right ingredients are used in the software stack from the […]

Server virtualization startup Cassatt today trotted out a new piece of software that manages the virtual workloads of VMware, Xen and Microsoft. Cassatt Collage Cross-Virtualization Manager — the company calls it XVM — manages physical and virtual machines to combat the burden of computer systems running several operating systems at once. XVM is a complement […]

CA today agreed to acquire Cybermation, which makes workload automation software for businesses, for $75 million in cash. Privately held Cybermation, of Markham, Ontario, posted sales of $30 million in 2005. Cybermation’s software and services schedule “jobs,” such as order fulfillment, maintenance and patch installation, across multiple computers in a network. Job-scheduling software is an […]

EMC added to its growing services portfolio today with a new offering to help customers manage their data with help from EMC experts. The EMC managed services portfolio is designed to help customers improve their information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy for stowing data from its creation until its destruction. ILM is popular among vendors hawking […]

Reporter’s Notebook: The CTIA Wireless 2006 conference has been over since the last exhibitor packed up and moved out of the Las Vegas Convention Center Friday. With a few days to reflect on the value of the show, let me review some of the key highlights. Disney Mobile, a mobile virtual operator network (MVNO) service, […]

With service-oriented architecture strategies maturing, along with products to implement them, some vendors are beginning to target specific markets for distributed computing. HP today said it has designed SOA frameworks geared toward financial services, network service provider, manufacturing and distribution and public sector markets. The technologies use software from HP’s OpenView management suite. As with […]

Cisco Systems today made its application delivery software a reality, unveiling the Application Control Engine (ACE) to pipe data at up to 16 gigabits per second (Gbps) of throughput. The software module, designed for the popular Catalyst 6500 Series Switch, speeds applications to their destinations and lets IT administrators create up to 250 logical devices […]