Debian start-up wants more funding
News Progeny, a start-up seeking to commercialise the Debian version of Linux, is on the prowl for new funding, a company co-founder has confirmed. Ian Murdock, chief strategy officer and a co-founder of both Debian and Progeny, said his company has...
[August 15, 2005, 9:15]
Start-up employees: Read the fine print
News This does not bode well for a start-up's common shareholders. Why would start-up executives agree to such a deal? In the case of a media event showdown between wireless start-up Livemind and VC firm Technology Crossover Ventures, the company opted...
[October 3, 2001, 12:56]
Fast-Start Failover Best Practices: Oracle Data Guard 10g Release 2
White Papers Fast-Start Failover is an Oracle Data Guard 10g Release 2 feature that automatically, quickly, and reliably fails over to a designated, synchronized standby database in the event of loss of the production database, without requiring manual...
[May 11, 2007, 1:00]
Super-speed Ethernet start-up wins IBM backing
News IBM plans to begin selling Ethernet adapters from Neterion on Monday, the most significant partner thus far for a start-up whose products transfer data at 10Gbps. Big Blue will sell the products under its own name for use in its higher-end Intel...
[October 31, 2005, 8:30]
Cisco catches up with Wi-Fi start-ups
News According to one analyst, the capabilities provided by the module will put Cisco's gear on par with products from start-ups such as Airespace and Aruba Wireless Networks. But start-ups including Airespace and Aruba have been offering these features...
[May 5, 2004, 9:25]
Malaysia to invest £23m in open-source start-ups
News The Malaysian government has created a fund worth $36m (£23m) for start-ups developing open-source software. The OSS-Platform Investment Program (OSS-PIP) is aimed at forming 40 commercially active open-source software companies over the next two...
[October 30, 2003, 15:49]
Integrated Infrastructure Helps Web Start-Up Cut Time to Market From Months to Weeks
White Papers After launching an award-winning Arabic news portal, Web start-up Danat decided to launch a number of Web sites for Arabic language users. But it needed a reliable infrastructure to support multiple portals and reduce the need to re-write codes.
[December 24, 2008, 0:00]
Start-up software harnesses processing power
News Now a start-up called PeakStream is developing software designed to let technical computing customers take advantage of that horsepower more easily. More and more, new computers are packed with processing engines.
[September 18, 2006, 9:45]
Single Sign-On for Java Web Start Applications Using MyProxy
White Papers The authors demonstrate their solution in the MAEviz application portal, a Java Web Start application for earthquake risk management and analysis. Single sign-on is critical for the usability of distributed systems.
[January 9, 2009, 0:00]
Exclusive: MSN gets a new start
News Sticking to its stated plan of moving the service to support Internet standards, start will take pride of place alongside the increasingly popular ‘portal site' model - already adopted by Yahoo and Excite among others.
[May 21, 1998, 15:43]
Microsoft sues Linux start-up over name
News Microsoft asked a court on Thursday to stop a Linux start-up from using a name the software giant contends infringes on the Windows trademark. The suit asks the court to order the start-up to stop using the Lindows name and also seeks unspecified...
[December 21, 2001, 10:01]
Start-up claims secure VoIP on any network, anywhere
News A start-up called Net6 claims that its virtual private network products offer companies high-quality voice communications over any network from anywhere. On Tuesday, Net6 announced several enhancements to its VPN gateway that enhance the quality of...
[September 8, 2004, 10:20]
Xen: The start-up in Citrix clothing
News Now, as a start-up we thought we expected to multiply by 100 every quarter, but doubling our sales is just fine. We still have a start-up feeling. It's been a year since Citrix bought XenSource, the company created by the founders of the Xen open...
[October 29, 2008, 6:47]
Java Web Start Technology and Application Clients in the GlassFish Application Server
White Papers Launching application clients with Java Web Start software overcomes the distribution problems that have historically impeded widespread use of application clients. The GlassFish application server provides Java Web Start support automatically...
[November 7, 2007, 0:00]
ITN selects start-up Blinkx for video search
News Before signing the deal with ITN, Blinkx was surviving purely on start-up funding. Search firm Blinkx has landed its first commercial deal as it attempts to become a major player in the emerging video search market.
[February 8, 2006, 12:50]
Sun modernising Solaris start-up process
News Sun Microsystems is revamping the start-up process for its Solaris operating system, scrapping an awkward, elderly approach for one the company promises will be faster, more familiar and more useful on a wide variety of computers.
[June 16, 2005, 16:35]
MP demands more cash for tech start-ups
News Anne Campbell, Labour MP for Cambridge, is campaigning today for US-style legislation that would plough significant funds into the UK's tech start-ups. The US law demands federal government spend 2.5 percent of its research and development budget...
[March 23, 2005, 8:35]
Condemned from the start
Talkback The whole issue of the ID card is condemned from the start and is no way likely to succeed as is the norm with anything the Home Office runs. It will be watered down again and again to cut costs until it becomes so ineffective that it is no more...
[February 3, 2009, 7:40]
Fast-Start Failover Best Practices Oracle Data Guard 10g Release 2: Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture White Paper
White Papers Fast-Start Failover is an Oracle Data Guard 10g Release 2 feature that automatically, quickly, and reliably fails over to a designated, synchronized standby database in the event of loss of the primary database, without requiring manual...
[November 7, 2007, 0:00]
Papermaster settles with IBM, sets Apple start date
News Apple announced on Tuesday that former IBM executive Mark Papermaster has resolved his dispute with IBM over a non-compete agreement and will start leading Apple's iPhone group on 24 April. In a statement, IBM said Papermaster had agreed that after...
[January 28, 2009, 7:32]



