Clint Boulton

Microsoft expanded its financial software focus under the aegis of the business processes consortium RosettaNet by agreeing to participate in the RosettaNet Payment Milestone Program and issuing a supporting software toolkit geared to automate payments. The Redmond, Wash. software giant issued the news at the SIBOS 2003 Conference in Singapore. With the program, Microsoft launched […]

Gateway continued its roll-out of storage products Wednesday with the introduction of three new drives geared to provide solid data backup for companies looking to safely store their data. Poway, Calif.’s Gateway has been expanding its focus over the last year, offering more offering more enterprise-oriented computing equipment while simultaneously working hard to infiltrate the […]

EMC Tuesday added a crucial new piece to its strategy of building a complete information lifecycle management (ILM) portfolio when it agreed to acquire Documentum for $1.7 billion in stock. ILM is the concept of managing stored data from its inception until its disposal, or “cradle to grave.” EMC has been mining this front for […]

IBM Tuesday moved to bolster its utility computing offerings with new on-demand services that let customers draw from its three other server lines. Big Blue began offering virtual server capacity on its zSeries mainframes in July 2002, but to add breadth to its on-demand strategy the Armonk, N.Y.-based systems vendor has extended that capability to […]

Philips’ semiconductor division has chosen to use an HP Utility Data Center (UDC) as it looks to pare information technology (IT) costs with technology that adapts to changing business needs on the fly. Financial terms were not disclosed. But Nick van der Zweep, director of Utility Computing for HP, said Philips is the first customer […]

Oracle Friday revealed that its net income for its fiscal first quarter soared by 28 percent while revenues rose 2 percent from the same time a year ago. The Redwood Shores, Calif., software maker, embroiled in a protracted fight to takeover rival PeopleSoft , posted income of $440 million on revenues $2.07 billion for the […]

Microsoft Wednesday rolled out its highly-anticipated storage server to a raft of products from vendors seeking to offer their customers network-attached storage devices with software from the leading operating system maker. Windows Storage Server 2003 is now generally available from Dell, EMC, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP, INLINE, Iomega, MaXXan Systems and NEC Corp. The Redmond, […]

Microsoft Wednesday plans to unveil its widely-anticipated Windows Storage Server 2003 at the Storage Decisions 2003 conference in Chicago. Sources familiar with the Redmond, Wash.-based software maker’s plans said HP, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, IBM, and others are supporting the launch of the company’s new network-attached (NAS) storage product, which is a dedicated file server operating […]

Oracle Monday unveiled two major upgrades to its databases and applications server, and unveiled new enterprise management software to back up their push for more automated systems. The new products are being embraced by many in the industry, inclduing HP, Sun Microsystems, Veritas, Topspin and many others, all of whom are pledging their loyalty to […]

Hours after PeopleSoft conducted a meeting with financial analysts to discuss its plans for absorbing J.D. Edwards , Oracle Thursday reiterated its interest in acquiring PeopleSoft for $7.5 billion and extended its tender offer of $19.50 per share to October 17. The bid marks the second time in as many months that the Redwood Shores, […]