Mark Berniker

Ford Motor Company has chosen IBM and Dassault Systemes SA to provide software and consulting service in the automaker’s bid to integrate its computer design and manufacturing processes around the world. The contract victory is a major win for IBM and Dassault, which won the deal away from outsourcing rival, Electronic Data Systems . EDS […]

Aether Systems, Inc. and Sun Microsystems have signed a global strategic alliance to deliver mobile data solutions to corporate enterprises and government agencies. Aether and Sun will combine some of their technologies, including Sun ONE Application Server, Java and Solaris and Aether Fusion. The two companies will jointly market their wireless data solutions, as well. […]

Hours after a federal court of appeals blocked an order forcing Microsoft to incorporate Sun Microsystems’ Java programming language, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant went ahead anyway removing its own Virtual Machine (VM) from its Windows XP operating system. Late Monday, Microsoft posted its Windows XP Service Pack 1a for users to download. The company […]

CODA, the Cooperative for Open Dealer Applications, said Monday it is forming a consortium to address the ongoing problem of technology integration at auto dealerships nationwide. CODA said it is forming the consortium with the purpose of speeding up the adoption of “open standards for inter-application communication among industry technology providers.” The consortium is being […]

A new global study of the Internet reveals that both use and skepticism about the credibility of content is growing. The UCLA Internet Report, created by the Center for Communication Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, surveyed thousands of respondents about their Web patterns. The study found that most people are less concerned […]

The European Commission on Thursday said Microsoft has agreed to make some major changes to its .NET Passport authentication system. Through Passport, users who register for the service have to enter personal information, such as e-mail address and password once, and then can enter a variety of Web sites without re-entering the same information. Microsoft […]

In a court filing, Sun Microsystems claims that a federal judge’s order to include its Java programming language in Microsoft’s is imperative to prevent Java from extinction. Sun’s filing Tuesday comes on the heels of Microsoft’s appeal of federal judge’s order in Baltimore last week that orders Microsoft to include an updated versions of Java […]

Microsoft won a legal victory when a federal judge decided to throw out five of the consumer antitrust suits filed against the software company. The case were filed in Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland and Oklahoma. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz ruled the suits were without merit, as laws in those states don’t permit consumers to […]

Microsoft says it will release this spring a new software solution that will map to Six Sigma methodologies. Microsoft will take some of its existing products and enhance them to help companies improve the efficacy of data in the enterprise in an effort to improve productivity. Six Sigma is a management philosophy that puts emphasis […]

E*Trade said Friday the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Christos Cotsakos has resigned, and will be succeeded by President and COO Mitchell Caplan. While the company gave no reason for Cotsakos’ sudden departure, effective immediately, there is speculation that Cotsakos’ lavish pay package and corporate governance issues were hanging over the diversified online broker. […]

As expected, Microsoft is asking a federal appeals court to delay a federal judge’s order that forces the software giant to incorporate Sun Microsystems’ Java programming language into its Windows operating systems. Microsoft makes the argument that Sun doesn’t face any “imminent irreparable harm” that would make it imperative for it to revise its Windows […]

Sun is making a major push into the developing market for Linux and Open Source products. The Santa clara, Calif.-based concern is rolling out seven Sun ONE products for Linux as the company expands into the x86 server marketplace. The new products include the Sun ONE Application Server 7 and Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1 […]