Infrastructure

Scalent recently released Version 2.0 of its software designed to help corporate users virtualize the server, network and storage resources in their data centres.

Enterprise architects need to think differently about how they

Features will find appeal with high-end enterprise networks, analyst says

Raising its profile in the SOA space, JBoss is readying upgrades to its jBPM (Java Business Process Management) software to support the 1.1 and 2.0 versions of BPEL (Business Process Execution Language). The open source software vendor also released a beta version of its ESB (enterprise service bus) last month.

Companies increasingly are converging multiple applications onto a common network forming complex adaptive systems to decentralizie and distribute control structure. But complex systems fail and the best precaution is to recognize that failures will occur, and have a business-continuance plan in place that can handle rare, catastrophic outages.

Business Objects SA is stepping up its efforts in the area of corporate performance management software with an acquisition and the integration of some existing applications with its business intelligence suite.

IBM Corp. has started selling the first computer based on its multicore Cell processor, targeting organizations that run compute-intensive tasks like medical imaging or oil exploration.

The emphasis on novelty notwithstanding, Dell company execs are quick to point out that Dell 2.0 does not constitute a reinvention but rather a revitalization.