Social networking driving server sales
News Earlier this month Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz announced the company would be merging its server and storage teams into a converged system team, with the aim of putting a stronger focus on virtualisation.
[October 5, 2007, 8:35]
Information Commission lambasts anti-terror bill
News Part 11 isn't necessary, and if it is necessary it should be made clear why," said Jonathan Bamford, assistant commissioner to the information commissioner. Sweeping measures to retain communications data for law enforcement purposes have been...
[November 14, 2001, 13:51]
Sun puts Network.com grid-computing service on ice
News Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz discussed Network.com during an interview with CNET News.com' Dan Farber in May. Sun appears to have put its utility computing effort, Network.com, on hold until the company gets an idea of how to resurrect it.
[December 10, 2008, 10:22]
Woman gets nine-year sentence for piracy
News I'm pleased that such a significant loss has been appropriately punished," Deputy District Attorney Jonathan P. A California woman has been sentenced to nine years in prison for software piracy, in what may be the longest sentence ever given to a...
[November 27, 2002, 8:30]
Quotes of the Week, October 21-25
News AOL's Jonathan Bulkeley on the inevitability on UK ISPs including VAT in their pricing structures. "There are no similar panels around which allow the same connectivity. You don't need bright sunlight.
[October 25, 1996, 11:51]
Microsoft's server u-turn
News Microsoft knew full well that there was a place for big iron, said Illuminata analyst Jonathan Eunice, but salespeople know to sell the wares they've got in hand. For years, Microsoft has argued that servers containing only a handful of processors...
[November 25, 2002, 7:47]
What ZDNet UK's editors want for Christmas review
Reviews Jonathan As another year heads towards closure in a whirl of deadlines, press parties, hangovers and last-minute shopping, the technology journalist's thoughts naturally turn towards ensuring that some shiny and expensive bits of high tech kit make...
[December 16, 2004, 8:50]
Compaq notebook packs desktop power
News There's a class of users who are looking more for a desktop versus a notebook they could take on an airplane," said Jonathan Kaye, manager of product marketing for HP's personal systems group. With its new line of Compaq Presario notebooks, Hewlett...
[June 14, 2002, 12:42]
New Sun unit lines up partnerships
News Last week, Sun President Jonathan Schwartz underlined the importance of OEM business to Sun at the company's annual summit meeting with financial and technology analysts. Sun Microsystems will launch a new business unit next week to sell hardware...
[February 8, 2006, 9:25]
Widespread condemnation of BT Net plan
News If BT is able to offer this facility and no other ISP is, it must be viewed as an abuse of its position" says Jonathan Robinson, MD of Net Benefit, a London ISP. BT intends to launch a consumer package in September, following a trial in Northern...
[June 10, 1998, 16:24]
Microsoft suffers patch problems
News Although there are only 10 patches, they address 26 vulnerabilities, and it's the largest release for Microsoft this year," said Jonathan Bitle, manager of technical accounts at Qualys. Microsoft on Tuesday released a slew of patches for Windows...
[October 11, 2006, 9:40]
SuSE feels safe despite SCO legal threat
News Proving that code was copied will require that SCO show the instructions aren't just an independent recreation of a particular method, said Illuminata analyst Jonathan Eunice. An agreement with SCO Group protects Linux seller SuSE from legal action...
[May 6, 2003, 11:26]
AMD launches dual-core Phenom, Athlon CPUs
News Though the semiconductor market is proving a difficult source of profits for chipmakers, according to Jonathan Cassell, analyst at market researcher iSuppli, the processor market has never been more buoyant.
[June 2, 2009, 16:41]
Biometrics: Where is the business case?
News A lack of open standards is also holding back the adoption of the technology, said Dr Jonathan Cave, senior lecturer in economics, at the IT vendors need to provide clear examples of why and how biometrics can benefit businesses if the technology...
[October 19, 2005, 17:15]
Peacefire throws Web-filter grenade
News One group, the Censorware Project, decided it would disseminate information about filters, but would not release code or applications to disarm them, said Censorware member Jonathan Wallace. Porn-blocking Web filters from Net Nanny, CyberSitter...
[December 19, 2000, 9:24]
Napster gets temporary reprieve
News We're studying the implications of the decision," Napster general counsel Jonathan Schwartz said. A federal appeals court on Wednesday issued a short reprieve for Napster, saying the company can temporarily restart its song-swapping service online.
[July 19, 2001, 10:58]
Linux services boom at IBM
News Stallings also took issue with a prominent rival, Sun Microsystems chief operating officer Jonathan Schwartz. Selling servers is IBM's biggest Linux business, with nearly $2bn (£1.09bn) in sales expected in 2004, but the company says services and...
[August 5, 2004, 10:55]
Hopefuls seek slice of Google's search-ad billions
News With this financing, the company has raised a total of $22.5m in the past year, including money from private investors former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller and Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and managing partner of the Founders Fund.
[July 30, 2008, 8:14]
IBM names new Unix server chief
News Given how superlatively the pSeries has done on Adkins' watch -- versus how superlatively mediocre they were before he arrived there -- Rod is clearly one of IBM's best and brightest," said Illuminata analyst Jonathan Eunice.
[October 24, 2001, 15:45]
XML merger standards on the way
News XInclude's editors are Jonathan Marsh of Microsoft and David Orchard of BEA Systems. With the publication of a new specification, the Web's leading standards organization promised XML authors a simpler way to merge documents.
[December 21, 2004, 11:05]



