BEA unveils service software family
BEA Systems is fighting to secure its place among larger software rivals IBM, Microsoft and Oracle, while at the same time
battling Wall Street doubts that the software maker can execute the financial turnaround it needs.
U.S. Census makes big VoIP splash
When the U.S. Census Bureau decided to switch to VoIP in 1998, it was one of the first federal agencies to adopt what was
then a bleeding-edge technology. Now, with 6,500 IP phones installed, the Census Bureau is a champion of the flexibility and
new features that VoIP has to offer.
AT&T expands WiMAX testing
AT&T announced last week that it plans to launch its second WiMAX trial to further test the performance of the fixed wireless
technology with business customers.
Data archiving attracts new wares
The data archiving market last week gained two new offerings, one from the market leader, another from an industry upstart.
Users eye wireless voice/data unification
As forward-looking companies move off legacy PBXs to VoIP infrastructures, even bolder groups of users are looking to literally
cut the cord connecting employees to 20th-century voice technology.
3Com's China link
3Com stopped selling high-end routers and switches for corporations about six years ago to concentrate on service provider
and small business gear. But in 2003, the company reentered the market by forming a joint venture with China's Huawei Technologies.
Users offer RFID reality check
RFID has great potential, it can bring about fundamental improvements in core business processes, and every company should
be engaged in RFID pilot projects. But speakers also agreed that the business case today for RFID is shaky at best, and that
an out-of-the-box RFID starter kit is many years away.
Postini to promote reputation services
E-mail security provider Postini last week said it has been awarded a patent covering its approach to identifying threat patterns
in IP traffic, underlining the growing popularity of such reputation services to help block spam, viruses and other Internet-borne
attacks.
Users swap advice on network mobility
Landstar System supports a Web site where truckers can find out what freight loads need hauling and what shipping agent to
call to sign a deal - a streamlined way for truckers to do business, but the company's top IT man says they constantly want
more.
News briefs: Nortel to re-enter router market
Also: Network Appliance buys Decru; economist says carrier mergers bad for enterprises; Symantec files suit against alleged
adware company; Trend Micro buys Kelkea
Start-up to debut advanced server NICs
Level5 Networks this week is expected to launch its inaugural product - a Gigabit Ethernet server adapters; but there's a
twist to these network interface cards, the start-up says.
Storage conference focuses on recovery
IT professionals are changing the way they back up and recover data, experts say, with new emphasis on the speedier fetching
of data made possible by advancing technologies.
Vendors tout desktop spyware protection
Choices in desktop anti-spyware protection this week are widening with Aluria Software moving from the consumer market into
the corporate realm and Trend Micro announcing its product entry.
China's up and comers
Huawei Technologies and ZTE have grabbed international attention by winning telecom contracts around the world, but they aren't
the only Chinese networking vendors looking to grow their international business.
In brief: Consolidation helps ERP market grow
ERP spending grew last year as market consolidation helped to make the biggest players even bigger, according to new research.
AMR Research says ERP market revenue grew 14% in 2004. Looking ahead, AMR expects ERP revenue growth to slow to just less
than 3% this year, and the top five players - SAP, Oracle, Sage Group, Microsoft and SSA Global - to account for 72% of ERP
vendors' total 2005 revenue. Despite Oracle bulking up through its PeopleSoft acquisition, SAP is predicted to maintain a
comfortable lead over Oracle in 2005 with a projected 43% market share. Oracle's projected 2005 share is 19%.
In brief: Microsoft goes with Aruba for WLAN upgrade
Also: Symantec announces IPS upgrade; McAfee adds IPS version for Linux
Start-up uses Wi-Fi signals to pinpoint location
An innovative, new location service discovers the broadcast signals from the millions of current public and private wireless
LAN access points to find and map the position of wireless users.
IBM opens up Power processors
IBM hopes to do for its Power processor what it helped do for Linux: create a bigger market, in which lots of vendors can
play, and earn more money for IBM in the process.
NetApp's chief speaks out
NetApp CEO talks open source, virtualization and IBM
NetApp chooses AMD
Advanced Micro Devices' new embedded Opteron program has a new customer: storage vendor Network Appliance. NetApp has selected
Opteron as the processor for an upcoming storage server, NetApp CEO Dan Warmenhoven says.
Entuity adds VoIP, blade server management to software
Entuity last week announced it had upgraded its flagship management software with features that will help corporate customers
collect data on port usage, Cisco IP telephony applications and blade servers from IBM.
Levanta puts Linux management in a box
Management software maker Levanta next month is expected to unveil an appliance equipped with software that could ease the
burden on systems administrators responsible for provisioning and managing Linux servers.
Asoka to unveil BPL equipment
Asoka USA, a developer of broadband-over-powerline equipment, this week is expected to unveil commercial-grade products that
will be sold through service providers to hotels, office buildings and apartment complexes.
