Software

One in five companies may deploy grid technology during the next two years, according to a survey of some 550 database administrators and developers by Evans Data Corp.

Trumpeting their support for XML and Web services standards, leading enterprise application vendors spoke at great lengths in 2003 about playing well with others. In the end, however, they proffered their own way of doing things.

Designed to bring high performance processing to applications within small and thermally constrained environments, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Transmeta Corp. introduced two additions to its Crusoe line of chips Monday

IDC recently announced its annual IT predictions for the coming year, and according to the research firm's worldwide analysis, spending will increase and infrastructure will evolve to better support business-driven initiatives.

Chicago-based SSA Global Technologies Inc., the new owner of Dutch ERP software maker Baan, recently revealed its commitment to older Baan technologies with the unveiling of its new product roadmap.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) released a new Athlon 64 processor this week that is a little different than its older brother launched in September. But it comes at a price that will help AMD's 64-bit technology find its way into lower-priced desktops.

It's three for three for storage networking giant EMC Corp. The company announced late Monday that it plans to buy virtualization vendor VMware Inc. in a deal worth an estimated US$635 million.

A commonly heard complaint when real time IT implementations are being considered is the apparently prohibitive cost - that the return on investment is too small to justify the hefty up-front expense. But for two companies, this perception turned out to be untrue.