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IBM’s Atlantic tools platform set to sail

Executives to roll out plan on Wednesday

Microsoft fights itself

Supreme Court passes on RIAA, network-sharing cases

Appeals in separate cases will not be heard

IBM brings high-end storage functions to midrange

New products aim at EMC, Hitachi

Microsoft pushes out seven critical security fixes

Company advises customers to take action as quickly as possible

Oracle unveils planning and budgeting application

Solution will retire Financial Analyzer and Sales Analyzer solutions

IBM buys Canadian project portfolio management vendor

Big Blue acquires maker of PMOffice project portfolio management suite

Experts wonder: Is telecom dead?

VOIP is changing the landscape of the traditional telecom market

IBM beefs up ISV programs

New programs offer financial support

SonicWall releases stand-alone content filtering device

Device helps companies restrict Web sites their users can access

SCO’s McBride warns of open source ‘wild west’

SCO CEO tells companies to protect their IP

Optware finds funding for holographic storage

Technology enables storage of up to 1TB of data with data transmission speeds of up to 1Gbps

Hitachi, IBM to lay off 400 at hard disk drive venture

Layoffs are continuing part of the integration of IBM's and Hitachi's hard-disk businesses

Update: Verizon, Comcast execs slam regulation

Rewrite of Telecommunications Act is pondered

Changing telecom industry meets in Vegas

VOIP, bundled services are hot topics at Telecom '04 show

Hot servers not so cool for data center managers

Vendors leap ahead with dense, fast systems, but cooling issues make some users reluctant to buy

Caymas introduces company and products

Gateways designed for enterprise security

IBM supersizes storage arrays

TotalStorage boxes expected to support advanced capabilities across different vendors’ platforms

StorageTek users get a dose of history

Polycom targets high-quality desktop conferencing

Business-grade features delivered through Microsoft partnership  

Government, Microsoft haggle over documentation

Microsoft is behind schedule in complying with court order to document its proprietary protocols

Update: Former CA chief Kumar appears at Cannes technology show

Kumar hopes to mentor young technology companies

Plumtree upgrades portal package

Better control of business processes, application integration eyed

SGI launches Linux-based visual computer line

SGI debuts Prism line as successor to its Onyx systems

IBM delivers WebSphere 6.0

New version tuned for SOAs

Call Perl routines from Java

Use XML-RPC to call Perl routines from your Java code

Cognos reassigns new exec after indictment

Official cited in case involving Peregrine Systems

MPAA asks Supreme Court to rule on P-to-P cases

Appeals court decision had absolved companies of liability for copyright violations by users

Update: Honeywell LCD patent suit targets PC industry

Apple, Dell among those named as defendants

Coming to a college near you: Services science?

New discipline may emerge

Sun settles Java suit with Kodak

Settlement of $92 million has potential to stifle Java innovation

Undaunted PeopleSoft rolls out business apps

CRM and back office to share UI and customer data

FTC files suit against alleged spyware distributor

Complaint alleges vendors infected systems, then tried to sell blocking software

IBM upgrades blade servers

Management software also unveiled

Ellison: Oracle may cut its PeopleSoft bid

Company also seeks to eliminate provisions blocking hostile takeover

BEA envisions role of ‘application configurator’

Service provisioning and routing would be key in company’s Diamond platform

ASP.Net glitch discovered

Microsoft investigating vulnerability that could let an attacker bypass security features on a Web server

Microsoft opens IP in licensing push

Company hopes to increase industry cooperation by sharing its intellectual property

ICANN to set up shop in Africa

Group to help establish African Regional Internet Registry and ISPs throughout the continent

HP to roll out managed SMB services next year

HP to offer Internet access, servers, VOIP, and help desk calls at fixed monthly rates

Microsoft, Sun, Intel push IT management via Web services

Specification also backed by Dell, AMD

Dell recalls laptop power supplies

Nearly one million adapters pose a risk of fire or electrical shock

Siemens adds Flash-OFDM to broadband wireless family

Siemens also plans to offer wireless broadband access systems based on WiMax

SANS unveils Top 20 security vulnerabilities

Web servers and services top list of most commonly exploited vulnerabilities in Windows

Update: AMD’s Q3 led by strong Opteron, Athlon 64 sales

64-bit Opteron, Athlon processors now account for over one-third of AMD's sales

HP launches standards-based telecommunications push

Company to launch blade server based on ATCA hardware standard, Intel 32- and 64-bit chips, and Linux

Oracle again extends PeopleSoft offer

$7.7 billion cash offer good until until Oct. 22

AT&T boosts 2004 job cuts to 20 percent

Long-distance carrier blames financial woes on pricing pressure, changes in the regulatory environment

Sun, Kodak settle Java lawsuit

Sun agrees to pay $92 million to settle software patent suit

PeopleSoft trial airs dirty laundry

Courtroom battle unearths internal documents and discussions usually hidden from public view