Michael Singer

Seeing a great opportunity in overseas markets, enterprise portal maker Verity Tuesday said it is opening its Verity Japan K.K. offices in Tokyo. Officials with the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company say the new bureau (located at 15th Floor, Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8512), will play a major role in the company’s designs on global […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A coalition of smaller Internet service providers Monday expressed concerns that they are being regulated right out of their jobs. While trying to resuscitate their industry financially, the sector has been bombarded with legal issues of late, including the pending extension to the Internet tax moratorium in the Internet Freedom Act […]

A Silicon Valley-based chip design firm says it is trying to break away from the pack by merging with two other semiconductor support companies. Magma Design Automation Monday said it will take over the assets of Silicon Metrics (a library/IP characterization company out of Austin, Texas) and Random Logic, which makes 3D software tools for […]

Hoping to keep its momentum up right out of the gate, PalmSource Monday said it has inked a deal to make Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) its primary banking partner. The deal with the Silicon Valley Bancshares subsidiary includes an introductory $15 million line of credit that Sunnyvale, Calif.-based PalmSource said will be earmarked for working […]

With the launch of iTunes for Windows last week, Apple Computer officially threw down the gauntlet against rival Windows-based music services, but analysts say it’s still too early to identify a clear winner. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker’s second generation of its jukebox player and online store are an attempt to convert the masses and […]

Despite the myriad of challenges facing Internet service providers these days (spam, Wi-Fi, court orders, federal regulation, consolidation), ISPs are showing a renewed sense of confidence about the marketplace, say the producers of this year’s ISPCON. The three-day event, which kicks off in Santa Clara next week, is a unique blend of high-caliber conferences, focused […]

BEA Systems was one of the first companies to adopt Web services. Through its WebLogic platform, the San Jose, Calif.-based firm has even taken IBM down a peg or two. Customers are clearly responding to BEA’s approach. According to a recent Gartner report, BEA’s WebLogic Portal has grown to become a leader in the enterprise […]

When it wasn’t talking about losing money this week, Sun Microsystems was making a serious fuss over the next generation of its Solaris operating environment. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker Wednesday released the next round of its Solaris Express software (code-named Fire Engine). As first reported by internetnews.com, customers can download high-quality snapshots […]

The semiconductor industry is living large this week with analysts pointing to a chip-injected recovery and Intel posting one of its best quarterly results. But all is not well in every corner of the globe as Infineon Technologies and Microtune Thursday reported some corporate restructuring. Munich-based Infineon said it is about to slim down its […]

Hoping to make some beautiful digital music together, Intel and Sony Music Thursday said they are partnering to bring better quality music, images and video to Intel-based cell phones and PDAs. The two companies also said they plan to co-develop some next generation apps and services for Intel-based phones, including applications that will enable consumers […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Computer Thursday made its best case for its popular iTunes music download service by adding support for Windows-based systems. With CEO Steve Jobs orchestrating the event, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker also bettered its chances by inking an exclusive deal with AOL . The partnership will instantly bring 25 million AOL […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Hoping to calm the tumultuous interoperability waters in a vast sea of Instant Messaging, one industry group says it has the fix. The Jabber Software Foundation (JSF) Wednesday hearalded the release of SIMPLE and Wireless Village (OMA — Open Mobile Alliance MPS). The gateways built by Antepo and Jabber, Inc., are […]