Clint Boulton

Data-center management specialist Opsware got a lift today, securing a multi-million-dollar distribution agreement with Cisco Systems. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cisco will distribute Opsware’s Network Automation System (NAS) software under the Cisco brand through its worldwide direct sales force and channel partners. Opsware and Cisco’s network management technology unit will also […]

Ping Identity has reached something of a milestone in the quest to combine identity management and Web services technologies. The Denver-based company, one of the last independent single sign-on software makers on the market, rolled out PingTrust, a WS-Trust Security Token Server. PingTrust is an important step along the path to secure Web services and […]

Oracle is preparing to introduce the next major versions of its application server, developer tools and identity management software next week. The company, which recently closed its purchase of Siebel Systems, will roll out the third incarnations of its Application Server 10g, JDeveloper 10g and Identity Management 10g suites. All three suites are crucial components […]

Oracle plans to layoff 2,000 staffers, or 3.5 percent of its workforce, as a result of the acquisition of customer relationship management software maker Siebel Systems. Oracle, which closed the Siebel buy last week, said it will retain more than 90 percent of Siebel’s product development, product support and sales teams. Once the integration is […]

When Sun Microsystems agreed to acquire software integrator SeeBeyond last year, it promised a swift integration. After all, both companies were steeped in Java and shared similar visions for how to use the language to build out service-oriented architectures. Some of Sun’s plans for SeeBeyond have come to fruition, company officials said The company unveiled […]

Business intelligence software leader Business Objects agreed to buy Firstlogic, which sells data-quality management software and services, for $69 million in cash. FirstLogic is a private company with 2005 revenues of $50 million and 6,000 customers worldwide. The company’s software and services assess data and clean it up so that it can be turned into […]

Gateway CEO Wayne Inouye has resigned to pursue other interests, leaving another executive to try and put the computer maker in a better position to compete with rivals. The Irvine, Calif., company’s board named chairman and director Rick Snyder as interim CEO. Rick Snyder, interim CEO of Gateway Source: Gateway Snyder, a former Gateway president […]

Symantec is increasingly breaking out of its mold as a security software provider. The Cupertino, Calif., company has agreed to acquire Relicore, which makes change and configuration management software to help manage the ebb and flow of housed-in data centers. Relicore’s flagship Clarity software pinpoints applications on servers, tracks their configuration information and analyzes the […]

NEW YORK — Addressing the industry’s need to process bigger applications in a smaller footprint, IBM today unveiled new blade servers and a chassis that routes data as much as 10 times faster than previous systems. Blade servers are thin, self-contained computing machines that can be pulled in and out of a chassis as needed […]

Microsoft today said it plans to charge consumers $49.95 per year to protect up to three computers with its forthcoming Windows OneCare Live PC security service. The software, designed to help consumers better secure their PCs from nasty viruses, Trojans and other malware, is still expected to be ready for the public in June. Launched […]

HP today agreed to acquire partner OuterBay, a top provider of archiving software for enterprise applications and databases. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. OuterBay’s software is used to manage database clutter and improve database performance. The Cupertino, Calif., company’s Application Data Management suite shuttles data between storage tiers, ensuring free access to […]

UPDATED: The number of corporate PCs using Microsoft Office that have to be upgraded due to a patent-infringement settlement might not be so small after all, according to a new survey. AssetMetrix Research Labs said 22 percent of the 600,000 corporate PCs it surveyed that run Office with Access must be upgraded with Office 2003 […]