NetFlash: Microsoft scrubs Jupiter project

Microsoft had it all planned out. Businesses could get their content management and e-commerce software all in one package, all from Microsoft. That was the promise of the company’s Jupiter project, which would have integrated BizTalk Server, Content Management Server and Commerce Server. But the plan raised all sorts of licensing questions, and customers told Microsoft they wouldn’t buy it. The End. Microsoft scrubs Jupiter project http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0217jupe.html?net

Microsoft had it all planned out. Businesses could get their content management and e-commerce software all in one package, all from Microsoft. That was the promise of the company’s Jupiter project, which would have integrated BizTalk Server, Content Management Server and Commerce Server. But the plan raised all sorts of licensing questions, and customers told Microsoft they wouldn’t buy it. The End.

Microsoft scrubs Jupiter project

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0217jupe.html?net

Cisco powers up Ethernet ports with standard

For some time, Cisco has been sending electrical power over the same cables as Ethernet signals – but it has been doing so in a proprietary way, mainly to support its own IP phones. Now the company is adopting the IEEE 802.3af standard for power over Ethernet, which has a greater range and can support a wider variety of devices.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0218ciscopower.html?net

Vendors showcase security

Security vendors Lancope, Network Associates and Symantec are looking to address a variety of user security concerns with enhancements to intrusion-detection systems, patch management and Secure Socket Layer VPNs, respectively.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216security.html?net

Oracle takes appeal to PeopleSoft shareholders

With the clock ticking on an expected U.S. Department of Justice ruling on Oracle’s hostile bid for PeopleSoft, Oracle has appealed directly to PeopleSoft shareholders to facilitate the deal before it is too late.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0218oracltakes.html?net

Today at “Layer 8”

AOL is apparently like smoking or a cult – it’s difficult to quit the first time. Reporter Sam Allis tried but the ISP wouldn’t take “No” for an answer when he said he wanted to discontinue his service. Read about AOL’s sneaky cancellation tactics; learn why “anonymous” may not mean what you think when it comes to Amazon.com in Canada; and enter our new caption contest – all that and more today at Layer 8.

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