Clint Boulton

Andre Durand and his staff at Ping Identity are a little lonely these days, given the slew of identity management software providers that were snapped up in the last two years. With Hewlett-Packard’s acquisition of Trustgenix earlier this month, Ping found itself the last software outpost along the identity management mile called federation. Federation software […]

While Seagate officials fervently described how good its purchase of rival hard disk drive (HDD) maker Maxtor will be for the company, the bid left some analysts scratching their heads. Seagate executives stressed that the $1.9 billion acquisition of Maxtor would help Seagate achieve greater scale, reduce product costs and allow it to offer more […]

It’s cooperative competition, baby. Oracle said today that it has become a founding partner of the just-launched IBM AIX Collaboration Center (IACC), a facility where IBM engineers can help software vendors write new applications and middleware for the AIX operating system and 64-bit Power systems. In this role, Oracle and IBM developers will work together […]

Microsoft received a stern warning about its alleged antitrust behavior from the European Commission as it heads into the Christmas holiday and New Year. But instead of receiving coal in its stocking, the EC said the software giant will have to shell out as much as $2.37 million per day for failing to comply with […]

UPDATED: In one of the last blockbuster deals of 2005, Seagate has agreed to acquire long-time rival hard-disk drive maker Maxtor for $1.9 billion in stock. With the deal, Seagate expects to strengthen its position as the dominant hard-drive maker for computer systems. HDDs are crucial for storing data and have taken on a bigger […]

Looking to draw from the well that helped make Dell successful, computer maker Lenovo Group Limited has appointed William J. Amelio President and CEO. Amelio, most recently senior vice president of Dell and president of Dell in Asia-Pacific and Japan, will immediately succeed Stephen M. Ward, Jr., who will assist in the transition and serve […]

Application integrator Progress Software has agreed to buy Neon Systems for $68 million to make mainframe integration a part of its DataDirect unit. DataDirect makes software drivers for databases and operating systems to connect disparate types of data, which is a crucial task in distributed computing models, such as service-oriented architectures (SOA). But one area […]

IBM moved to shore up its portal provisions today acquiring partner Bowstreet, which helps companies bundle applications, documents and databases to view information through one console. Bowstreet makes Portlet Factory, a customizable software kit that helps customers unite data and information from disparate computer systems into one composite application without requiring additional coding. The Tewksbury, […]

Fresh off of the integration of its purchases of OctetString and Thor Technologies, Oracle released the Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite to help corporations address security concerns. The complete suite, which will be sold on a perpetual-based license that will vary according to implementation size, will keep applications, systems and data from unauthorized access. […]

Oracle has again pared its software licensing schemes for multi-core servers, offering significant discounts to machines based on Sun Microsystems’ UltraSparc T1 chips, AMD and Intel chips. For the UltraSparc T1, Oracle will charge users on a processor factor of .25 for each UltraSparc T1. So, a machine running a T1 chip requires two-processor licenses, […]

Microsoft has created a Web services software package to make it easier for financial advisers to access customers’ information. Microsoft Advisor Platform lets investment planners and wealth managers use a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to integrate back-office proprietary software systems and render the information through one portal. The package is part of Microsoft’s goal to improve […]

HP has agreed to support the HD-DVD high-definition DVD format in addition to the Blu-ray Disc format, becoming the latest influential company to back both competing standards for high-quality digital television. The Palo Alto, Calif., systems vendor also joined the HD-DVD Promotions Group. Originally only a backer of Blu-ray, HP last month promised to add […]