Clint Boulton

CA continued its torrid acquisition pace today, acquiring self-healing software maker Control-F1 Corp. for an undisclosed sum. Control-F1 makes SupportBridge, a suite of applications that prevents, detects and repairs desktop computer problems before they disrupt IT services. Research analysts have been saying for years that corporate data centers need infrastructure software that can not only […]

The Liberty Alliance has released the second version of its Web services framework, including the group’s People Service for letting computer users securely access social applications such as blogs. Part of ID-WSF 2.0, the People Service allows enterprises and service providers to shuttle social software, such as blogs, instant messaging and photos, to consumers and […]

High-tech vendors large and small banded together this week to make Ethernet the high-speed interconnect technology of choice. The Ethernet Alliance, which includes all IEEE 802 Ethernet standards, will help companies increase acceptance and put Ethernet products on the market faster. Founding members of the alliance include 3Com, ADC, Agere Systems, AMCC, Aquantia, Broadcom, Force10 […]

AMD has launched the Athlon 64 FX-60 dual-core processor, a chip designed to meet requirements for greater performance for games and digital media content on personal computers. AMD claimed in a statement the FX-60 is now the highest performing dual-core consumer processor from AMD, showing an average 34 percent improvement on overall digital media performance. […]

UPDATED: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is supporting projects to improve patent quality at a time when software patents are spurring controversy and dissent. The USPTO, which has received flak for the way patents are scrutinized and approved, said it will work with IBM and Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) on three […]

Software startup ClearNova is releasing its development environment under an open source license to help proliferate AJAX as the preferred tool for building rich Internet applications. Available to the public for the first time as a commercial product and under the open GPL license, ThinkCAP JX lets developers build Web-based applications that run businesses, said […]

Information systems vendor EMC has acquired Internosis in a bid to improve the way it delivers professional services to customers with Microsoft-based software systems. Privately held Internosis specializes in IT strategy, application development, IT infrastructure and managed services for Microsoft environments. EMC, whose services revenues have been growing faster than the Hopkinton, Mass., company’s hardware […]

Mercury Interactive has offered to buy Systinet for $105 million in cash to get a foothold in the market for managing distributed computing systems. Mercury decided to acquire Systinet to help its customers manage business services in service-oriented architectures (SOA) and Web services . While known for its intuitive management software for applications and general […]

As if the two weren’t tight enough after 20 years, Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will hold a special employee meeting Tuesday to discuss the “next phase” of the companies’ alliance. Details of this enhanced relationship are murky, but Sun made a point of describing the meeting as a “reinvigorated […]

CA’s bid to acquire Wily Technology will help the company become a lot more formidable in the multi-billion-dollar management software space, analysts said. Wily specializes in application management software that allow IT managers to detect and diagnose application slowdowns and failures as they occur and before they negatively impact system performance. Wily’s software manages billions […]

EMC’s $30 million purchase of Acxiom’s grid software operating system might seem like small potatoes compared to some of the company’s blockbuster purchases. Take a closer look, and you’ll see that the company is gradually adding pieces to its information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy that will enable it to better compete with IBM, HP and […]

EMC is going grid. In its quest to become a pervasive provider of information systems, EMC purchased grid software from Acxiom Corporation for $30 million as part of a technology and distribution partnership. Acxiom, of Little Rock, Ark., makes grid software that helps its customers improve the way they use computers and access information. It […]