Clint Boulton

IBM has agreed to offer evaluation copies of VMware’s applications with its BladeCenter system in an attempt to bring the promise of virtualization software on blade servers to life. Financial terms of the agreement, expected to be announced at the Server Blade Summit in Santa Clara, Calif., were not disclosed. Brian Byun, vice president of […]

UPDATED: Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) accounted for 44 percent of information technology spending in the United States, shelling out $320 billion in 2004, according to Forrester Research. This highlights the desire for companies with fewer employees and smaller budgets to expand. The Cambridge, Mass., research firm expects IT spending in the SMB segment, which […]

HP has updated its grid software for information lifecycle management (ILM), more than doubling the storage capacity and slashing the price by almost half. The system, called StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System (RISS) 1.1, helps users locate specific files by facilitating full text indexes and original content across storage “smart cells,” a form of grid […]

Reactivity released a new appliance and software, the latest in a flurry of products to improve the performance of Web services for service-oriented architectures (SOA) . The XML machine maker launched SOA Gateway, an appliance that helps enterprises run Web services among data centers to integrate applications. It also released new operating system software with […]

UPDATED: IAC/InterActiveCorp agreed to acquire Ask Jeeves for $1.85 billion in stock in a blockbuster search engine deal that solidifies the e-commerce player’s footing in the online advertising and search market. One of the largest generators of online advertising, Ask Jeeves counts roughly 42 million U.S. users per month, making it an attractive target for […]

HP announced today it will provide NASDAQ with more than 500 new processors to help the exchange improve its electronic order display and trading execution system. As part of a three-year deal, the exchange purchased the processors for the HP NonStop servers it already owns and extended its license of HP’s OpenView management software to […]

EMC issued the first major refresh of its content management platform, unifying the various software components to share a common architecture. The release is the first since it acquired content management software provider Documentum for $1.7 billion. The Content management applications in Documentum 5.3 now share the same code base, security model, repository, object model […]

Iona Technologies enhanced its flagship enterprise service bus (ESB) by adding support for mainframe systems and integration with the popular Eclipse development platform. Designed to help enterprises exchange and integrate data written in disparate languages, Artix 3.0 helps facilitate Web services messages across service-oriented architectures (SOA) . While previous ESBs limit integration points to limited […]

Grid computing is being hampered, says new research from The 451 Group. And it’s because IT departments can’t afford to buy software licenses for every processor or device in a grid for each application they intend to run on that grid. Grid software creates efficiencies in computing systems by simultaneously applying the resources of many […]

Microsoft has issued a Community Technical Preview (CTP) test of Indigo to give developers a taste of its forthcoming Web services software. Indigo is a platform the Redmond, Wash., software giant has been working on to enhance Web services , or application-to-application communication, for the company’s next-generation operating system, Longhorn. When it’s completed, Indigo will […]

The European Union gave Symantec’s $13.5 billion offer to acquire Veritas Software its blessing, saying that the merger would not hinder competition in Europe. The finding eliminates the last major stumbling block for the purchase, which is slated to be completed in the second quarter 2005. “The commission’s examination of the deal showed that the […]

Back-up storage provider Yosemite Technologies has decided to focus on the enterprise space, unveiling a software application and throwing its hat into a competitive ring led by Veritas . Yosemite Backup Advanced is the first in a family of storage solutions the San Jose, Calif., concern will be crafting to serve the backup needs of […]