Michael Singer

Computer Access Technology Corporation Friday said it has signed an agreement to purchase Verisys, which makes SCSI Bus Analyzers for the Storage Area Network (SAN) marketplace. Santa Clara, Calif.-based CATC said the acquisition will enhance its position in the SAN marketplace, complementing an existing portfolio of analyzers including the IBTracer 1X and IBTracer 4X, both […]

A federal judge Wednesday denied a Russian software vendor’s request to dismiss criminal charges against the company for violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Judge Ronald Whyte of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that Elcomsoft, a company that markets eBook formatter software, must now face criminal charges. […]

SAN FRANCISCO — IBM reaffirmed its position in the IT universe with an unexpected announcement that it would update its WebSphere platform from version 4.1 to version 5. During the opening keynote, John Swainson, a general manager for the company’s Application and Integration Middleware Division said IBM is currently working on its popular application software […]

One of the holy grails of networking in the last few years was Ethernet connection speeds of up to 10 Gigabits per second. Engineers may have to find another benchmark, according to the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance (10GEA). The cluster of participating companies Tuesday said it is demonstrating the world’s largest 10 GbE Interoperability network […]

SAN JOSE — With its usual flair, Apple Computer Monday previewed its next significant operating system release. As a jet-black casket raised and pipe organ music boomed from the smoke-filled stage, Apple CEO Steve Jobs pulled out a eulogy. “We are here today to mark the passing of Mac OS 9,” said Jobs in front […]

Novell, Inc. subsidiary Volera Inc. Monday entered the Web Services fray with a pledge: “to deliver software solutions that accelerate, manage and secure the delivery of Web services.” Building on an earlier promise to deliver e-Business networking solutions, Volera said it will tweak its Velocity content distribution network (CDN) platform just enough to make it […]

A highly criticized six-year, $95 million computer contract between Oracle and the state of California has expanded to almost Enron-Arthur Anderson proportions. In an unprecedented move, the office of Governor Gray Davis Thursday asked state Highway Patrol officers to step in and prevent document shredding at the Department of Information Technology in Sacramento. This after […]

Network Associates said it is getting a helping hand in fighting Internet security threats from Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS) . The two companies Thursday signed strategic alliance to deliver integrated security products and services. The deal is expected to combine Santa Clara, Calif.-based Network Associates’ Sniffer and McAfee software lines with ISS’s RealSecure […]

Officials with CERT Coordination Center warned Wednesday that it has discovered serious holes that affect some Sun Microsystems servers. The format string vulnerability affects the rwall daemon (rpc.rwalld), in Sun Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, and 8. CERT said Hewlett-Packard servers; IBM’s AIX operating system, versions 4.3.x and 5.1L; and NetBSD are not at risk. The […]

PeopleSoft Inc. is smiling wide this week with the release of new business automation software, tools and a support system too boot. The Pleasanton, Calif.-based business software maker Monday released a host of products to combat competitors Oracle , Siebel and SAP in the Web services space. The company’s upgrade to its Enterprise Portal includes […]

Internet security company SonicWALL Tuesday said it is restructuring parts of its business to stay competitive. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based firm said it is cutting staff levels somewhere between 15 and 20 percent. The changes include consolidation of office facilities, and the elimination of duplicate resources resulting from the company’s October 2001 acquisition of RedCreek Communications, […]

Game chipmaker NVIDIA Corporation , of Xbox fame, Monday said that it is restating its previously reported results for the first three quarters of fiscal 2002 and for fiscal years 2001 and 2000. The move came after a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation and the recommendation of NVIDIA’s independent Audit Committee, with assistance from […]