HP boosts Unix for Itanium
News Hewlett-Packard is pressing its Unix advantage for Intel's Itanium 2, announcing advanced supporting software Monday. MC Serviceguard "clustering" software, which lets jobs run on a group of servers and lets one take over when another fails.
[June 10, 2002, 9:58]
Intel promises more speedy Linux releases
News Smarting from criticism from open-source programmers, Intel has committed to release Linux versions of essential supporting software at about the same time it releases Windows versions. The change in development plans, which Intel president Paul...
[February 19, 2004, 14:49]
Lockdown the desktop with policies
News Help desk managers have a duty to protect company assets by reporting any unauthorised software and hardware installations. They want to know why they can't just install whatever software or hardware they need on their machines.
[April 29, 2003, 10:57]
Verisign aims to make Web services trustworthy
News Software companies are supporting "digital trust" company VeriSign's effort by building interfaces into their e-business infrastructure software, so their business customers can tap into VeriSign's security services.
[February 20, 2002, 14:39]
E-commerce tools to push .Net strategy
News Microsoft will next week launch Commerce Server 2002, new software for building e-commerce Web sites and one of the first products supporting the company's .Net strategy. The e-commerce building software is seen as an essential tool for building...
[April 8, 2002, 11:32]
IBM and BEA to cut cost of distributed J2EE
News IBM's WebSphere and BEA's WebLogic Web services engines will gain the ability to distribute transactions across multiple offices, without supporting multiple replicas of their databases, using software from cache specialist Persistence Software.
[November 23, 2001, 9:35]
Open source is 'below the radar' of local government
News Bax said that political pressures dominate local government and politicians don't win votes through supporting open-source software. The document only mentions open-source software once in its 24 pages, in terms of its potential to make the...
[October 8, 2004, 14:00]
Portland 1.0 brings Linux interfaces together
News Although software designed for one interface can run on the other, users first must have supporting components for both installed, and software companies can't necessarily assume computers have both. It's not a major problem in most cases, as...
[October 12, 2006, 9:05]
Sun unveils Liberty-spec server software
News With the latest version of its Identity Server product, Sun joins half a dozen other companies, including software maker Novell and security software companies RSA Security and Entrust, that are supporting or planning to support Liberty in their...
[July 17, 2002, 10:17]
Mandrake defends user club
News However, the club was still described mainly as a way of supporting Free Software. MandrakeSoft has defended its drive to sign up members to the "Mandrake Club", saying that new kinds of software demand new business models.
[April 5, 2002, 15:32]
Intel Macs will struggle with Vista
News In addition, while EFI has the prospects for supporting many older types of software and hardware, Apple has not included much of that legacy" code in its EFI implementation. However, Cameron Esfahani, an Apple senior software architect, said that...
[March 10, 2006, 8:25]
Open source projects 'need more customer focus'
News But this can cause problems as the developer who initially chose and installed the software is typically not responsible for supporting it - instead operational staff are left supporting a new type of software that they may not know how to support.
[June 2, 2005, 12:40]
Microsoft antitrust debate heats up
News It also would be prohibited from retaliating against PC manufacturers or software developers supporting competing products. More than 100 private consumer lawsuits are pending against Microsoft, the majority alleging that the software giant...
[January 29, 2002, 8:57]
Microsoft's Hyper-V: why all the fuss? review
Reviews Rather, Hyper-V takes advantage of drivers and services within the Windows software to both better communicate with the supporting hardware and to provide for management. In Microsoft's case that means Windows Server 2003, the Virtual Server...
[February 27, 2008, 9:14]
One hat too big even for Larry's head
Leader It also risks inflaming some old sores: "Why is Oracle telling me how good it is at supporting someone else's software when it's not doing a good job with its own? Oracle's stressing how much cheaper it could support Linux for, compared to Red Hat...
[November 1, 2006, 15:54]
Why choose Linux for development?
News In addition to proprietary software, the GNU Foundation and other open source advocates have delivered developer solutions that challenge even the best-funded proprietary rivals. These companies have embraced Linux as a way to produce proprietary...
[September 10, 2002, 10:19]
Palm makes peace with Microsoft
News Microsoft has in the past has been accused of leveraging its dominance in operating systems and office software to drive adoption of its other products, including Pocket PC. Palm is moving away from the hardware market, with its lower margins, and...
[March 8, 2001, 9:45]
HP ProCurve Switch 8212zl review
Reviews These modules contain the software images needed to run the system, and fitting two ensures that the system keeps running even if one module fails. VAT) and comes with a lifetime warranty and free software updates.
[December 18, 2007, 10:46]
LindowsOS - What to expect
News While other Windows programs may run under LindowsOS, don't bank on being able to run every new Windows application, especially games or software that's outside the mainstream. They can be difficult to install, and anyone who's installed an...
[April 4, 2002, 13:11]
Nocona leads Intel's charge into 64-bit
News Transitions from 32-bit to 64-bit chips, however, take years to accomplish as chips, operating systems and eventually software are adapted to the change. Tatung Science & Technology will release new rack-mounted machines for use to host Internet...
[August 2, 2004, 10:25]



