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  • Red Hat offers software assistance

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 4:41 pm

    Red Hat announced a service to simplify the administration of systems running its software, as well as a new release of its operating system. The service, called Software Manager, is included as part of the standard installation in the new Red Hat Linux 7.1 and lets IT managers receive customized information about each computer on their networks.

  • Sun/IBM face-off may benefit users

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 4:30 pm

    IBM is introducing two new midrange Unix servers, while Sun Microsystems cut prices on some its machines -- expanding a market share battle between the two vendors that could mean better deals for users, say analysts.

  • Analysis: IBM buys bigger piece of DB pie

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 4:29 pm

    IBM will acquire Informix Software's database business in a cash transaction valued at $1 billion. The move strengthens IBM's hand in its battle with Oracle for relational database dominance, which was once fevered but has lately been quiet.

  • Edgix to restructure

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 4:23 pm

    Edgix, a start-up that taps broadband satellite networks to transmit caches of data across the Internet, is in financial trouble, sources within the company said last week.

  • Microsoft revs up enterprise consulting business

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 4:16 pm

    Microsoft on Tuesday created a worldwide services organization, saying it is ready to become a primary contractor for IT executives looking for Microsoft-centric consulting and professional services.

  • Online Yellow Pages for business set for launch

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 3:54 pm

    A Web-based directory for businesses that has earned the blessing of industry heavyweights is set to launch by next month, opening new ways for businesses to find partners and complete transactions together online.

  • NetScaler aims to help hosting nets

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 3:25 pm

    NetScaler this week will announce two new Web switches designed to speed up Web traffic for large content delivery networks.

  • Dorado Software manages multivendor networks

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 2:50 pm

    Dorado Software wants companies to be able to provision their own bandwidth and network services using the company's Redcell management and provisioning software.

  • Microsoft courts vertical B2Bs

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 2:33 pm

    Microsoft plans to support a business-to-business trading network in the electronics industry via add-on accelerator software being developed for its BizTalk Server 2000 package, and similar initiatives will follow in other vertical markets.

  • Wireless gains market momentum

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 1:56 pm

    Microsoft's Pocket PC has gained enough momentum since its introduction a year ago that analysts now predict that it will seriously challenge the hold rival Palm Inc. and its partners have on the handheld market.

  • Computerworld launches online Resource Centers

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 1:37 pm

    IDG's Computerworld, an information services company for the IT leader community, today announced new online Resource Centers.

  • Patient-safety task force looks to Web to collect data

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 1:30 pm

    A task force to improve patient safety and reduce medical mistakes will look into using new technologies, including a Web portal that will allow four federal health care agencies to better share their patient care data.

  • SAP drops call center software deal with Clarify

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 1:14 pm

    As part of its European user conference, SAP disclosed that it has pulled out of a year-old agreement to resell call center applications developed by Nortel Networks' Clarify division and will now revert to offering technology developed internally.

  • Compaq cutting prices, more workers after weak Q1 results

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 1:08 pm

    The computer maker increased the number of jobs it's eliminating to 7,000 and said it has started taking "aggressive pricing actions" on low-end servers and other products in response to lower-than-expected purchases by users.

  • Microsoft combines consulting, support divisions

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 12:57 pm

    Microsoft said its product support and consulting units are being combined into a single services organization that will offer to act as the prime contractor on corporate IT implementations.

  • Connecticut teen charged with hacking into Air Force computer system

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 12:48 pm

    A Connecticut teenager faces charges of hacking into a government computer system that tracks the positions of U.S. Air Force planes worldwide.

  • NW200: Procket Networks profile

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 11:16 am

    Trying to maintain a low profile, Procket Networks has released few details about its high-performance, scalable Internet infrastructure products under development. But the company is still generating a great deal of buzz because of its founders' reputations.

  • NW200: Start-up Surgient Networks profile

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 10:56 am

    delivery, streaming media and storage.

  • Cisco restructures, expands service offerings

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 10:25 am

    Faced with badly slumping sales, Cisco Systems is hoping that restructuring efforts and expanded services for new markets, including content networking and enterprise storage, will improve its outlook.

  • Sun releases update to Solaris 8

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 10:10 am

    The company released an update to its widely used Solaris 8 operating system Monday, adding several tools designed to simplify the management of large numbers of servers.

  • Update: IBM buys Informix's database business for $1 billion

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 9:57 am

    Big Blue said Tuesday it will acquire Informix's database business, Informix Software, in a cash transaction valued at $1 billion.

  • Cisco, AT&T throw weight behind new carrier

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 9:51 am

    In a most unusual setup, start-up carrier Velocita is readying a nationwide broadband network to be funded in large part by Cisco and based mostly on AT&T's extensive rights-of-way.

  • JMS to Excess

    Posted April 24, 2001 - 12:00 am

    * Component Guide: Succeed with component reuse enterprise-wide!

  • High-grade DSL gains momentum

    Posted April 23, 2001 - 7:31 pm

    Although observers have questioned the long-term health of DSL, a new variant of the technology, SHDSL (Symmetric High-bit rate DSL), could revive interest in the high-bandwidth, copper-based service, especially for businesses.

  • Compaq meets revised estimates, cuts staff

    Posted April 23, 2001 - 7:24 pm

    Compaq reported earnings Monday for its fiscal first quarter, meeting the low end of its revised estimates, and the company also said that it would lay off 2,000 workers around the world, in addition to the 5,000 jobs cuts announced in March.

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