Clint Boulton

Grid computing is in a tight spot these days. Vendors such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, Oracle and others are throwing their weight behind initiatives that allow many computers work to solve complex problems, which is a good thing. But the licensing issues that face grid computing vendors threaten to thwart their ability to release products […]

Symantec and Microsoft are about to launch new software for replicating and saving files on Windows systems at a greater frequency than many offerings on the market. The releases will mark the companies’ entries into the growing niche of continuous data protection (CDP), which pares the backup window faced by organizations, because data can be […]

As a preemptive strike to major storage announcements from Symantec and Microsoft next week, EMC said it has rewritten its RepliStor software to execute several point-in-time copies data from files and applications. Version 6.1 of RepliStor, which EMC usurped when it purchased Legato Systems, copies files housed in Microsoft Windows systems, avoiding data loss at […]

IBM’s new WebSphere Process Server is the company’s most advanced tool for powering a service-oriented architecture (SOA). One of the key motors driving the software, and other updated WebSphere products, is an abstraction layer technology Big Blue calls Service Data Objects (SDO) that goes where Java can’t in modern programming. Chandra Venkatapathy, IBM WebSphere manager […]

Oracle and HP are combining their philosophies for modern business computing, unveiling a joint “Optimize for Agility” initiative to help enterprises improve IT service levels and lower IT costs. In a deal that typifies on-demand computing, the companies will work to ensure Oracle’s 10g grid platform and Enterprise Manager work with products from HP’s OpenView […]

Sun Microsystems is making good on its pledge to boost the performance of its Sun Fire Unix servers, offering versions of those machines with the company’s new UltraSPARC IV+ processors. The new Sun Fire V490, V890, E2900, E4900 and E6900 servers are powered by 1.5 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors, which feature twice the performance of […]

Proving that it isn’t going to sit on its laurels while rival Oracle snaps up applications specialists, SAP AG agreed to acquire retail software maker Triversity for a private sum. Toronto, Canada-based Triversity is a top maker of point-of-sale (POS) software, which helps computers in retail stores execute purchases. The company makes applications that cover […]

UPDATED: HP is looking to give its already strong management software portfolio a lift, agreeing to purchase IT management specialist Peregrine Systems for $425 million in cash and storage management company AppIQ for an undisclosed sum. Should HP close the Peregrine deal in the first quarter of 2006 as it Expects to, it will tuck […]

Oracle is kicking off its Open World conference Monday by showcasing the latest version of its Application Server 10g. Company officials said it is designed to help business run new-fangled applications in a grid computing network. Release 3 of the popular runtime software will help programmers add services to business processes, keep them secure and […]

Distributed computing is taking off enough to make vendors create models that help software makers sell the value of service-oriented architecture (SOA) projects for potential business customers. Next week, a group of software makers, including Sonic Software, AmberPoint, Systinet and BearingPoint, will announce the creation of the SOA Maturity Model white paper. SOAs are schemas […]

With the storage niche it plays in recently validated by IBM and EMC , continuous data protection (CDP) provider Revivio is gearing up for new product releases next week. The company plans to announce a new configuration to its CPS 1200 data protection server, the CPS 1200i. The CPS 1200i is a lighter version of […]

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has asked seven file-sharing companies to stop making and promoting software that lets users download copyrighted music. The cease-and-desist letters ask the companies, which the Wall Street Journal said includes LimeWire and BearShare, to stop promoting the infringement of RIAA member sound recordings. The RIAA is trying to […]