Erin Joyce

Get ready for a more mature demonstration of Linux in the enterprise — and on the desktop — as the LinuxWorld Expo springs to life in New York City this week. Although Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, is not expected to attend the conference and expo in New York’s Javits Convention Center, the gathering […]

As its contract dispute against IBM regarding code in Linux winds its way through the legal process, SCO Group is laying the groundwork for collecting license fees from Linux users in European companies. The company’s new licensing plan announced this week targets small-to-medium sized businesses and large corporations in European countries that are using the […]

Technology bellwether IBM reported a profit of $2.7 billion ($1.55 per share) during the fourth quarter of 2003, helped by continued strength across its hardware lines, global services division, and middleware segments. The profit was an improvement of about over 40 percent compared to its net income of $1.9 billion, (59 cents per share) during […]

AMD’s Opteron chip may have some new bragging rights in the drug-testing sector, thanks to deal between IBM and pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb. The health care products company Tuesday said it would be using a low-cost supercomputer cluster from IBM in order to help its research division accelerate early discovery of new compounds that […]

Investment banks are in love with technology again, fueled in part by the continued rally in the tech-heavy Nasdaq index, which is up by over 50 percent in the past 24 months, thanks in part to a solid outlook in the semi-conductor sector. SG Cowen is the latest technology investment research concern to adjust its […]

Fence-sitting about whether to deploy a Voice over IP calling system with data networks may become the new pastime for some enterprises in 2004, but try telling that to Equant . The global data and networking giant, which is based in Paris and Washington, D.C., now counts Zurich Financial Services as one of its big […]

The Nasdaq index stayed in above-2000 territory Tuesday, a subdued trading day as the New Year’s holiday approached. The index finished the day at 2009.88, up 3.40, following its close on Monday at 2006.38, the first time it had crossed the 2000 mark since January, 2002. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back some of […]

PC makers Dell and HP are establishing themselves as the choice suppliers for consumers that are increasingly interested in home networking, according to a new survey by The NPD Group. As a result of a survey of over 9,000 panelists, the NPD Group’s said Dell was cited as a leader in developing home networking products […]

The Nasdaq stock market returned to where it left off in 2002 when it pushed past the 2000 mark Monday during a strong overall day in the broad markets. Bellwether tech stocks also rose Monday as the Nasdaq composite closed at 2006.38, up 33.34 points, or about 1.7 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose […]

The Nasdaq index returned to where it left off in 2002 when it pushed past the 2000 mark Monday during a strong overall day in the broad markets. Bellwether tech stocks also rose Monday as the Nasdaq composite closed at 2006.38, up 33.34 points, or about 1.7 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 125.33 […]

Online travel site Expedia is selling tickets for US Airways flights on its Web platform again after US Airways pulled its sales following a dispute in early December over increased booking fees. The new partnership means that Expedia customers can now purchase US Airways tickets through all of Expedia’s worldwide points of sale, including Expedia.com, […]

With volume light across all major indexes on a shortened trading holiday the day after Christmas, bargain hunting was about the thing traders could look for Friday, besides marvel at the online shopping numbers of Amazon.com The e-commerce bellwether reported that the 2003 holiday shopping season was its busiest ever in its nine year history, […]