Erin Joyce

ANALYSIS: America Online’s latest desktop software version 9.0 came out in beta this week, and the advances in its own Winamp multimedia player have some industry players convinced that its partnership with media player RealNetworks is in decline. As testers poke through the beta and pore over the advanced version of the Winamp media player […]

IBM is showing no signs of pulling away from Linux support, despite a lawsuit SCO Group filed against it over core code in the open source operating system. Big Blue on Thursday said the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has deployed a new email system running on Linux. IBM said […]

Computer systems vendor Hewlett-Packard has finalized details on a five-year outsourcing contract with Ericsson in which HP will provide global IT and on-demand computing services to the Swedish mobile phone maker. Although the companies provided no details on the value of the contract, analysts noted in April, when the pact was announced, that the deal […]

AT&T said it would spend $500 million on a range of next generation networking services for businesses, including corporate intranet access via Wi-Fi hotspots it plans to install in hotels and airports around the country. During the “SuperComm 2003” telecommunications conference in Atlanta, AT&T’s Chairman and CEO David Dorman unveiled a number of improvements the […]

IBM has signed on long-time client The Electrolux Group for a new outsourcing pact that also includes a significant portion of computing services served up “on-demand” for the maker of outdoor and indoor appliances. Under terms of the seven-year contract, IBM is expected to help manage the Stockholm-based Electrolux’s entire European desktop environment. The company […]

By now, the technology world is well-acquainted with the movement among major systems vendors such as IBM , HP and Sun Microsystems to offer on-demand computing services. The trend makes sense, technology veterans say. On-demand is the next progression from the client-server era of computing to a more distributed model of offering utility-like data center […]

In what is widely viewed as a bid to boost sales of its desktop software suite, Microsoft has dropped the price of its Office XP family of desktop applications and tweaked the terms for its volume licensing program in response to customers’ concerns. Analysts that follow Microsoft pondered whether the step was more, such as […]

Enterprise software maker Computer Associates has launched the latest version of BrightStor Enterprise Backup 10.5, which is geared at helping storage administrators break down more important data from data that can be stored for longer periods. As systems vendors such as IBM , HP and Sun roll out on-demand utility-like computing services, CA is among […]

You could say that PricewaterhouseCoopers consultant Walter Hamscher began his work with the XML standards consortium XBRL International more than a few years ago while he was working on his PhD in computer science at MIT. He was working with artificial intelligence and needed some data to feed the programs, but was frustrated by the […]

A new study from the New York City Council is recommending that the Big Apple throw open the competitive bidding process for its annual $130 million phone and Internet bill in order to leverage one of the most expansive — and underused — fiber optic networks in the country. In so doing, New York City […]

George Soros continues to make designer discount etailer Bluefly.com his cause. An investment fund related to the hedge fund billionaire, Soros Group, has tossed in $1 million to the New York-based company’s coffers, the latest in a string of investments by the fund to help bolster Bluefly.com’s operations. Shares of Bluefly.com were trading at $1.47 […]

Number one cable provider Comcast is keeping a wary eye on Wi-Fi services that its broadband rival Verizon recently rolled out, but said it has no plans to launch a similar service for its high-speed data customers. At least, not yet. Depending on how Verizon’s