Clint Boulton

NEW YORK — BEA Systems made good on its promise to dive deeper into the distributed computing ocean, unveiling its “Think Liquid” brand and AquaLogic service-oriented architecture software family. Formerly dubbed Project FreeFlow, AquaLogic consists of an enterprise service bus (ESB) to help computers exchange Web services . It also includes a data services platform […]

Oracle acquired data management provider TimesTen for an undisclosed sum to get its foot in the door at more financial services firms and telecommunications providers. Privately held TimesTen makes database software for mid-tier applications, a caching infrastructure product and a transaction processing system. These products power real-time billing, stock trading and call centers. But where […]

There’s a consensus that storage hardware has become a commodity in the last few years. Many analysts have said new players intent on selling systems that preserve data won’t be able to penetrate a market saturated by products from EMC, Hitachi Data Systems and IBM. Pillar Data Systems aims to buck the trend. The San […]

The software sector continues its ascension from the depths of the sluggish 2002 market, with database software sales increasing due to reporting and data management requirements. According to new figures from researcher Gartner Dataquest, new license sales for database software grew 10.2 percent in 2004. Makers of database software sold $9.6 billion in new software […]

CitiFinancial’s move to digitally encrypt customer data next month in the wake of lost storage tapes could spur other organizations to follow suit, an information security analyst said Tuesday. Jon Oltsik, of Enterprise Strategy Group, said interest in digital data encryption has picked up in 2005 after a handful of incidents where couriers lost tapes […]

IBM has fashioned new blade servers to accompany its BladeCenter T chassis, a move to lure telecommunications vendors looking for more flexible and sturdy computing devices. Telecommunications businesses require more hardy computing gear because hardware often has to operate undeterred in remote locations subject to unpredictable weather patterns. Servers for telcos generally have to be […]

Oracle has issued new identity management software that protects data shipped on products from different vendors. The Oracle Identity Management suite will guard computer systems and applications against intruders across systems that run operating systems, directories, application servers and applications from different vendors. The release significantly elevates the Redwood Shores, Calif., company’s security software in […]

IBM is putting serious thought into the part of the human brain believed to be responsible for language, learning and memory. The Armonk, N.Y., company and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have embarked on the Blue Brain Project, a major research initiative to study brains. EPFL’s Brain and Mind Institute has done more […]

HP plans to take its OpenView software business into full profitability in the fourth quarter this year behind new products that address compliance and service-oriented architectures (SOA). The Palo Alto, Calif., company Monday unveiled OpenView Compliance Manager, a dashboard tool that gives companies a single view of what what’s going on in their IT shop. […]

Sun Microsystems has a lot of work to do to instill investor confidence that its $4.1 billion bid for StorageTek isn’t a colossal mistake. Several analysts looked down on the deal after it was announced, citing the fallout from the blockbuster HP-Compaq merger of 2002. That purchase is widely viewed as a questionable deal that […]

Companies feeling the burden of Sarbanes-Oxley accounting regulations can take comfort. There’s a maturing specification that helps businesses cut costs and time in reporting financial information, and it is gaining steam from high-tech companies out to improve the exchange of information gaining steam. The eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) was created to promote the automated […]

Microsoft said it will use XML technology as the default file formats for the next version of its productivity software, Office 12. Called Microsoft Office Open XML Formats, they will become the defaults for Redmond’s revamped Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications, slated to appear in the second half of 2006. The software giant said in […]