Software Development

HP dabbles in utility data center services

UDC pilot program tests market for utility computing

Microsoft looks beyond Windows with datacenter plan

Company plans to open SDM architecture to other OSes

W3C finalizes stance on royalty-free Web services specs

Patent policy is approved

BMC updates management tools for DB2

Releases are part of "Project Golden Gate"

Red Brigades PDA highlights encryption controversy

Sun seeks to grow Java developer base to 10 million

Ease of development to be a focus at show

CEOs gather at Microsoft for annual summit

Indian, Chinese companies team on outsourcing

Pact between companies to give customers choice of location, language

Intel to stop producing Rambus chipsets

Shipments will cease in May 2004

Worldwide RDBMS revenue drops

IBM, Microsoft gain market share, Oracle declines