Clint Boulton

Renewing its campaign to lure customers away from Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems in the multi-billion-dollar server market, IBM rolled out a new machine tailored for the Linux operating system. The OpenPower 710 is a thin, one to two processor, 64-bit rack system designed to meet the computing needs of small to large organizations in government, […]

Recognizing that compliance is a major concern of many enterprises, Sun Microsystems has created a beta of an identity management software package that lets customers create an identity audit trail. The Java System Identity Auditor presents an automated account of an employee’s identity and system access privileges, helping corporations prove and manage who has access […]

Sun Microsystems President and COO Jonathan Schwartz threw down the gauntlet in front of IBM, calling for the company to be more open and interoperable. In a letter on his Web log addressed to IBM CEO Sam Palmisano, Schwartz called for IBM to port its various software applications, including DB2, WebSphere and Tivoli, to run […]

HP has added perks to its OpenView Application Management suite to make application development and IT operations more efficient and cost-effective. Company officials said HP completed the enhancements to address the idea that three quarters of software ownership costs are racked up in the creation and maintenance of applications. By adding management features to the […]

StorageTek released a hardware system to help customers corral and quickly retrieve files to meet government and regulatory compliance rules. Tailored but not limited to financial services outfits, the Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100 (LFCM) is the first of what will be a series of increasingly advanced compliance systems that help businesses house data and […]

Boasting functionality previously only available in top-shelf proprietary databases, the PostgreSQL Global Development group has released version 8.0 of the open source PostgreSQL database server. Features of PostgreSQL 8.0 include native Windows support, which means it does not require an emulation layer to work with Microsoft’s ubiquitous operating system, according to PostgreSQL group spokesman Josh […]

Acknowledging that compliance management software is a multi-billion-dollar opportunity for vendors, Sun Microsystems unveiled a package designed to help enterprises address regulations, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA. The Sun Compliance and Content Management Solution is a bundle of hardware, software and services that will eventually replace Infinite Mailbox, the company’s e-mail archiving solution. The bundle […]

UPDATED: Looking to capitalize on the uncertainty caused by Oracle’s $10.3 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft, SAP AG acquired TomorrowNow, which provides maintenance and support for PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards (JDE) customers. Financial terms of the deal for Bryan, Texas-based TomorrowNow were not made public. But officials said the purchase is the lynchpin for SAP to […]

In an effort to improve the alignment of IT with business practices, Borland Software acquired consulting firm TeraQuest Metrics for an undisclosed sum. Borland said in a statement it plans to leverage TeraQuest’s Capability Maturity Models for schedule performance, reduced rework and better quality and consultants to improve the way developers deliver software and boost […]

NEW YORK — Looking to extend its back-up software leadership in the small- to medium-sized business market, Veritas Software launched two software packages geared to preserve data on laptops, desktops and networks. Veritas, which security software giant Symantec acquired for $13.5 billion, launched Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers and Veritas Backup Exec 10.0 Suite. […]

McData unveiled a device designed to route massive amounts of data across large heterogeneous networks more efficiently. Highlighting a shift in the storage space to products with more advanced networking capabilities, the Intrepid i10K is an intelligent “backbone” director that performs storage area network consolidation by providing partitioning from application to the array. The i10K […]

Business Objects President, CEO and Chairman Bernard Liautaud has a lot to look forward to in 2005. Earlier this week, his Paris-based company launched the most significant business intelligence (BI) platform since he co-founded the company nearly 15 years ago. Liautaud and his staff believe the new BusinessObjects Extreme Insight (XI) platform will tow the […]