Friday, December 11, 2009
‘Intelligence platform’ Zoogma searches, analyzes Users can build their own interfaces on this search and analysis platform. Some sample customer interfaces
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Cloud control: Managing and monitoring service San Francisco startup Tap In Systems has launched a deep-level monitoring service that integrates with external clouds and internal non-cloud systems. Enterprises get more control, including the ability to audit bills from cloud vendors. First of a two-part cloud management series
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Verzion to launch LTE-based high-speed wireless network Test service to start in two U.S. cities this year, with commercial service to begin in 2010. The move could erase what some had thought was the lead of wireless WiMAX technology
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Better workflow, less coding An integration hub built using services-oriented architecture shielded Hydro One's developers from complex coding for both new applications and legacy systems
Monday, May 26, 2008
Optical network group to look at 100G DWDM A group is to work on setting standards for 100Gbps long-haul transmissions to complement efforts by the IEEE
Thursday, May 31, 2007
ColdFusion 8 warms up to Microsoft .Net Released on Wednesday for public beta testing, the server-side Java-based software product, ColdFusion 8, now features support for Microsoft .Net objects
Monday, May 07, 2007
Microsoft delivers biggest ever Hotmail upgrade Microsoft Corp. has begun a months-long process of migrating users to this major upgrade of its Hotmail Web mail service. Windows Live Hotmail, dubbed as the biggest Hotmail upgrade since the Web mail service's debut in 1996, has been tested by about 20 million users since Microsoft first allowed people outside the company to try it out in mid-2005
Thursday, December 14, 2006
The great afterthought: your broadband router We all know the saying about the weakest link and recognize its inherent truth. In the great chain of technology that is our broadband service, we seldom think of our state-of-the-art routers as being that link, but perhaps we should.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Boost for desktop Linux as project ties tools A community open-source effort known as the Portland Project gave the first look Tuesday at software tying together the two major Linux desktop environments, KDE and Gnome. The move should help speed the adoption of the open-source operating system on the desktop since developers won't have to choose between the two different interfaces and tools when writing applications.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
NetScreen deal bears Juniper fruit Although Juniper has always challenged Cisco in the high-end router space, they have not had a product that hits very close to Cisco’s core branch-office router business. The new Secure Services Gateway 500 Series represents the first serious threat to Cisco’s ISR router — the most successful device Cisco has ever launched.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Gates talks up midmarket business apps Citing a "huge commitment to business applications," Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates sketched out a mid-market strategy that emphasizes role-based user interfaces and tight integration with Microsoft Office.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Multisourcing with ITIL As the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) continues to gain acceptance around the globe, its implications for each area of IT service delivery are being examined carefully. Most of the focus has been on the internal operations, but the ITIL approach can be just as effective when services are outsourced, even when there are multiple vendors involved.
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Review: Solaris 10 goes after Linux Sun Microsystems Inc. is gunning for some of Linux’s rising popularity in the enterprise with the newest release of its Unix derivative, Solaris. In this Clear Choice Test, we found that Solaris 10, torn from its SPARC-only roots, now runs very quickly and very easily on generic 32-bit x86 Intel and 64-bit Advanced Micro Devices-based servers. It also has new security features and supports a range of Linux applications. And it’s free. 
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Avaya beefs up modular messaging software Avaya Inc.’s recently released Modular Messaging 2.0, allows users to access their voice mail through Outlook or Lotus Notes. 
Sunday, September 26, 2004
Cisco unveils switches, software for SMBs Cisco Systems Inc. on Monday is set to take aim at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that have growing needs and sparse technical expertise, introducing a pair of LAN switches and a graphical management application. 
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Solutions briefs 
Monday, January 26, 2004
IBM moves uptown with NAS gateway IBM Corp.'s customers think big when it comes to network-attached storage (NAS), so the company is scaling up with its latest NAS gateway, which can support at least 224TB of storage, IBM said Tuesday.
Thursday, November 27, 2003
Blades are still set to be the platform of the future Earlier this year, I predicted that the communications platform of the future would be the blade server. My prediction is beginning to be played out.
Thursday, November 06, 2003
Rudder on Longhorn, Indigo, Web services Eric Rudder, senior vice president of servers and tools at Microsoft Corp., declined to nail down a time frame for Longhorn, the next major Windows release this week. But he was more forthcoming about some of the new technologies the company demonstrated at its Professional Developers Conference here. 
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
PDC: Rudder on Longhorn, Indigo, Web services Eric Rudder, senior vice-president of servers and tools at Microsoft Corp., declined to nail down a time frame for Longhorn, the next major Windows release. 
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Network chip makers align for faster gear Several makers of components that go into networking equipment have agreed on a specification for high-speed communication among their chips, which could lead to smaller, less power-hungry and less expensive network gear.
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
New alliance promotes standards for mobile chips Chip designer Arm Ltd. and mobile phone giant Nokia Corp. have teamed with semiconductor manufacturers STMicroelectronics NV and Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) to form an alliance that could help vendors bring new types of mobile devices to market more quickly.
Monday, July 21, 2003
Quantum announces DLTSage tape storage software Quantum Corp. on Monday released new software for its DLTtape line of storage drives that are designed to warn users when their backup tapes are about to go on the fritz. 
Wednesday, July 09, 2003
Survey shows why firms undertake Web services projects A recent Gartner Dataquest survey illuminates what many North American enterprises want from their Web services projects. Software vendors and system integrators should take note.
Thursday, June 05, 2003
Health collaborative backs standards-based records A nationwide collaborative of hospitals, federal health care agencies and health care industry IT vendors that's backed by the New York-based Markle Foundation Thursday released the results of their efforts to use information systems to improve patient care, lower costs and protect privacy.