Michael Singer

The Liberty Alliance Project, a coalition of companies focused on an open-system single sign-on for the Web services sector, Wednesday said it has added 30 new members to its lineup including representatives from new industries such as healthcare and media. The group is the brainchild of Sun Microsystems as an alternative to Microsoft’s .NET and […]

The new and improved Hewlett-Packard Tuesday posted a its quarterly earnings for the first time since it officially merged with Compaq Computer. The last time HP posted quarterly earnings, it did so as a solo company. For its third quarter revenue, HP reported of $16.5 billion, compared to $18.2 billion on a combined company basis […]

Internet business software maker PeopleSoft looked to inject some new life into its sales with the release of new homeland security products and an international mid-market sales program. The Pleasanton, Calif.-based firm Monday took the wraps off its PeopleSoft PASS (Patriot Act SEVIS Solution). The software lets colleges and universities comply with the U.S. Justice […]

Computer maker PeoplePC Inc. Friday said it will pay a $100,000 civil penalty enforced by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission after it was accused of not notifying customers of shipping delays. The San Francisco-based company, which was recently acquired by Internet service provider EarthLink, Inc. , sells four-year memberships for about $25 a month and […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Yea, give me a double latte, half-caf, extra whipped cream and… a Wi-Fi connection. Coffee giant Starbucks launched a nationwide campaign to put wireless access with T1 speeds in some 1,200 of its U.S. and European stores with about 2,000 of its stores but the end of the year. But, some customers […]

Data back up is the buzzword of the year, for sure. But, are you unknowingly saving corrupted data to your storage systems? While data corruption in storage networks is rare, it can be costly if the problem goes undetected for some time. The recovery process can be slow and costly, depending on when the database […]

IBM and Hewlett-Packard have butted heads in the past, but the No. 1 and No. 2 computer makers were all smiles Tuesday when it came to their newly announced partnership on open storage networks. The two companies inked a new interoperability agreement intended to let their customers install open storage networks without a lot of […]

When it comes to storing data, Sun Microsystems says it wants to be as open on its position as possible. So the Palo Alto, Calif.-based networking giant Tuesday unveiled its new StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager (ESM) software based on open standards technology like Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) and Common Information Model (CIM). Calling it […]

The new and improved Hewlett-Packard Monday dropped a bombshell on its longtime chip partner Intel by saying it will turn to the competition for its new low-priced business PCs. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker said it is using Advanced Micro Devices Athlon XP processors and NVIDIA GeForce2 3D graphics cards for its […]

A federal court Friday said a lawsuit brought forward by ReplayTV owners will get its day in court. The suit by five ReplayTV owners including craigslist.org founder Craig Newmark, asserts they can zap commercials and swap recorded programs over the Internet without being sued for copyright infringement. District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper denied an entertainment […]

Marc Andreessen’s Loudcloud is no more. Long live Opsware. Electronic Data Systems Corp. officially took over Loudcloud’s name and managed services division Thursday leaving Andreessen and 100 employees to change the remaining business’s name to Opsware Inc. “I’m a pragmatist. I think this makes a lot of sense,” Andreessen told Reuters. “Our baby is the […]

SAN FRANCISCO — In a sign that the company is – completely, 100 percent, no questions asked – behind Linux as an enterprise-ready technology, IBM said Wednesday it has moved some of its key applications to the open source operating system. The changes impact some of core functions at the Armonk, N.Y.-based company including the […]