Clint Boulton

IBM has created new software that helps companies share information without revealing its origin, a breakthrough at a time when protecting user identities remains a major challenge. DB2 Anonymous Resolution helps customers share records or documents with other organizations while protecting the identity of individuals involved in a data exchange. The software, designed to thwart […]

IBM’s information management team wants to bring the hammer down on Oracle’s database group. The company has planned a sales blitz to help steer Oracle customers to its DB2 Universal Database, arguing that Oracle is too focused on its applications business at the moment to care for its database customers. The program will be launched […]

Reactivity said it has created new software that improves the way large chunks of XML-based messages are processed on computer networks. Using a new technological conjuring it calls multi-mode message processing, the software breaks a large XML message barrier, allowing unlimited operations on XML messages of any size. The technology does not impinge security or […]

IBM is intent on building out its service-oriented architecture (SOA) portfolio, unveiling the new Business Integration Adoption Model along with new tools, workshops and services. SOAs represent the next popular model of computing, using Web services and other reusable assets to help organizations integrate applications and trigger communication between computers and gear from multiple vendors. […]

Microsoft plans to boost collaboration and content management in the next version of its Office productivity software, which includes the popular Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications. Noting that the world is shifting from manufacturing to service-based offerings, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said it is becoming increasingly important for workers to collaborate across […]

Gateway Founder and Chairman Ted Waitt said he will step down from the company’s board following the company’s annual shareholders meeting today. The executive said he is retiring to focus on “business and philanthropic interests.” The board will replace Waitt with former President and long-time Director Richard Snyder immediately after the meeting. “This year marks […]

The Bank of America (BofA) is steeling itself and potentially irate customers for a computer system changeover that will render some 40,000 accounts inaccessible via online banking, ATM card access and automated phone. The lockdown will begin June 16 and extend to July 25, cutting off Northeast customers who rely on computerized banking through the […]

IBM is intent on shifting grid computing from the research lab to commercial deployments. The Armonk, N.Y., company Wednesday debuted its Economic Development Grid, a plan to bring advanced computing to government agencies, universities and local businesses. For the last several years, grid computing has been confined to research labs in various parts of the […]

NEW YORK — Sun Microsystems became the latest major vendor to introduce service-oriented architecture (SOA) services, unveiling a new practice called SOA Path. The idea is to allow customers to use Sun’s Java software and services to support an enterprise’s SOA from its planning stage to its implementation. According to Joe Keller, Sun vice president, […]

NEW YORK — Service-oriented architectures (SOA) have a ways to go to becoming fully realized. But there is a disconnect between how CIOs and software developers view distributed computing progress, according to BEA CTO Mark Carges. The engineer, who co-authored the popular Tuxedo e-commerce platform, said CEOs believe SOAs are more advanced than developers recognize. […]

When Microsoft and Sun Microsystems announced last week that they would be working to create single sign-on utilities between their products, the news raised more questions than it answered. The companies have developed the Web Single Sign-On Metadata Exchange (Web SSO MEX) protocol and Web Single Sign-On Interoperability Profile (Web SSO Interop Profile) specifications. Microsoft […]

IBM plans to offer new Tivoli management software to help customers manage IT processes as services. The plan is part of IBM’s agenda to weave its software lines together into a services-oriented architecture (SOA) . Tivoli will help developers build IT processes and automate integration. The idea is to cut down on the time and […]