Clint Boulton

UPDATED: Server startup Azul Systems today said it has filed a lawsuit to protect itself from allegations of patent infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets from Sun Microsystems. Azul, led by former Cobalt CEO and Sun executive Stephen DeWitt, makes servers that pipe computing and storage resources as a distributed network service to power Java […]

Fujitsu Computer Systems today unveiled an 8-socket blade server, a new machine the company hopes will help it gain market share versus top rivals IBM and HP in the modular computing space. The Primergy BX630 blade server is fueled by dual-core AMD Opteron processors, allowing customers to scale from two to eight processors in one […]

Amazon Web Services today rolled out Amazon S3, a new storage service to help programmers house large amounts of data for their Web development projects. Amazon S3, which stands for “simple storage service,” is an Internet-based storage option that frees Web builders from worrying about where they are going to store data as they work […]

VeriSign today said it is entering the market for delivering broadband content services by agreeing to purchase Kontiki for $62 million in cash. Kontiki makes Delivery Management System (DMS), a grid software platform designed to pipe video, software and other forms of digital content to employees, partners and customers over the Internet. In grid fashion, […]

Thanks to continued high demand in back-up, management and replication technologies, storage software revenues grew 12.6 percent, totaling $8.9 billion in 2005. These segments were responsible for pumping almost $1 billion of revenue into the market, according to IDC’s latest storage software report. For the full year, EMC led with 29.7 percent revenue share, followed […]

IBM is taking service-oriented architecture (SOA) to its channel partners, hoping to find more placement for its distributed computing technologies in small- to medium-sized businesses. The company today expanded its SOA arsenal at PartnerWorld in Las Vegas, padding its portfolio for the more than 1,200 partners in its SOA partner program, which includes Oracle, Lawson, […]

Looking to give database programming a more modern look and feel, Oracle today unveiled a free development tool called SQL Developer. Formerly known as Project Raptor, SQL Developer is a more sleek, graphical version of SQL PLus, a command line SQL and PL/SQL language interface that ships with the Oracle database. SQL Developer will let […]

Any doubts concerning whether Google is serious about challenging Microsoft’s Office word processing software can be quelled. The search giant this week purchased Silicon Valley startup Upstartle, which makes Writely, a collaborative word processor that runs in a Web browser. Writely lets several users edit documents online with whomever they choose and then publish them […]

Microsoft has spent enough time going after software counterfeiters in court, so the company is taking a more proactive stance. The software giant, whose products are among the most pirated in the world, created the Genuine Software Initiative (GSI) to protect its consumers and resellers from bogus software. Microsoft said in a statement that GSI […]

Google is close to settling a click fraud case to the tune of $90 million, according to an attorney for the search giant. The move would end a gift shop’s gripe that the search engine giant was charging advertisers for clicks on online ads that did not come from consumers. Lane’s Gifts and Collectibles and […]

IBM today is pitching a major performance breakthrough in the way that large computer networks access and share information. Called Project Fastball, IBM and its supercomputing partner-in-arms Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) shuttled 102 gigabytes per second of sustained read and write performance to a single file using the ASC Purple supercomputer. This achievement, maintained […]

Flash memory maker Spansion is seeking over $100 million in damages in a trademark infringement lawsuit against Macronix International and Macronix America. The Flash memory spinoff from AMD and Fujitsu said Macronix deliberately made false statements about being fully compatible with Spansion’s MirrorBit Flash memory products to piggyback on its brand. The company is asking […]