Erin Joyce

Computing On Demand. Sounds so straightforward, doesn’t it? Computing services on demand, by the drink, as you need it, utility style. Makes sense to the bean counters. As IBM describes it, the term means offering data center services like a utility, and basing those services on open standards that underpin integrated systems imbued with self-healing […]

UPDATED: Intel’s next generation of dual-core chips for home and office PCs are front and center on the company’s new “platformization” strategy. On Thursday, Intel unveiled its Pentium D dual-core processors designed to help consumers do more with digital media. Snazzy new features include a media accelerator for improved 3-D graphics about two times over […]

Microsoft is throwing its weight into the work of unifying a growing patchwork of different identity management protocols for Web services. Call it the latest lessons learned from what not to do with its .Net Passport identity management system. Passport, which was bedeviled by proprietary platform and security issues, is all but defunct. Now, with […]

As Intel’s new CEO Paul Otellini takes the reins of the world’s largest chipmaker, the company is moving forward with its “platformization” strategy of building the next generation of embedded systems while updating customers on product roadmaps. This includes a longer timeframe before dual-core chips will make it into Intel’s product lines for business PCs, […]

Terry Schade, senior vice president in the Wholesale Banking Division of financial services provider National City, had a big training problem on his hands. The company had just adopted a new payroll processing platform for its banking industry customers, many of which deliver payroll and direct deposit paychecks to employees of merchant clients large and […]

Bob Weinschenk is on a mission to change (for the better) the industry’s focus on security, one little piece of hardware at a time. Make that one more Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Network Interface Card at a time. And a piece of silicon at a time and fewer CPUs , to boot. Britestream’s bright idea: […]

Two years after the launch of AMD’s Opteron processors and its 64-bit extensions to classic x86 architecture, a robust computing ecosystem is finally growing around dual-core 64-bit computing. On the server side, at least. With Microsoft’s long-awaited shipment of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional x64 Editions, just announced at its WinHEC event, and […]

Jon von Tetzchner really knows how to make a splash over browsers. The CEO of Opera Software, which just released version 8 of its Opera browser Tuesday, is so confident about the latest version, he’s ready to take a plunge in the Atlantic to make his point. During a recent company meeting, Opera said if […]

Software on demand isn’t just about CRM software. Vulnerability management providers are getting in on the action, too. Take Qualys, which makes on demand vulnerability management and policy compliance solutions. The Redwood City, Calif-based company has just launched its spring release of QualysGuard 4.0, and with it, a policy-compliance software development kit (SDK) and application […]

IBM reported a profit during its first quarter of 2005 but missed its earnings guidance by five points. Big Blue blamed difficulty closing key deals and signs of slowing growth in overseas markets as reasons for the numbers that were just below what they laid out. Net income was $1.4 billion for the quarter, up […]

If you thought the browser world was stirring again with the fast adoption of Firefox, a new Netscape on the drawing board, an update of IE with a pushed-up schedule, and rumbles of a potential Google browser — just wait. Version 8 of Opera’s sleek, fast and secure browser is slated to be released soon, […]

Hospital Compare gives the nation’s hospitals a report card for key best practices. The site is designed to provide objective information about the quality of hospital care, scoring facilities on whether they engage in certain practices that give patients the best shot at getting better. Hospital Compare, which went live on Friday, reports quality-of-care information […]