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Companies Make Final Y2K Plans

Some workers may be pouting instead of partying on New Year's eve, according to a report by International Data Corporation. Over five million people may be working through the night as a result of the Y2K bug and other Y2K fears.

Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens Enter TPCC Fray with 8-Way NT-SQL Results

Two more industry vendors have reached the top tier of Windows NT performance on new 8-processor machines in the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) benchmark.

SPEC Releases New Benchmark Standards

The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) updated its standards for benchmarking computer system performance. SPEC, an industry group focused on testing a variety of platforms and systems, today unveiled the new SPEC CPU2000 standards.

SAFEsuite Adds Protection from Denial of Service attacks

December 29, 1999

IDC: Y2K Weakens Server Market Revenues in 3Q99

The server market slowed in the third quarter of 1999, perhaps as a result of Y2K concerns, according to the market research firm International Data Corporation.

Applix Adds WAP Support to CRM Suite

December 28, 1999

SAP Disses Oracle in Latest Round: SAP 1, Oracle 0

It's no secret to anyone who has attended an Oracle or SAP event: the two consider each other to be neck-and-neck competitors for leadership in the ERP space.

Quest Releases New Tracking and Data Management Software

December 24, 1999

Isocor Upgrades Directory, Messaging Offerings

December 23, 1999

Number of W2K Certified Apps Up to 5

The slow trickle of Windows 2000 certifications continues this week with an ERP application vendor declaring it has gained Windows 2000 Professional certification. Certification for the Danish ERP firm, Damgaard A/S, product Damgaard Axapta 3.0 brings the total number of applications sporting the Certified for Windows 2000 Professional logo to five.

EMC to Acquire Softworks

In a move to corner the market in storage management software, EMC Corp. has announced plans to acquire Softworks, Inc., a provider of enterprise data, storage, and performance management software.

IIS Security Fixes Announced

Security vulnerabilities involving Microsoft Internet Information Server and software that runs atop it - one that could give unauthorized access to a Web server and the other that could bypass the normal server-side processing of the file - have been discovered and fixed.

Bluestone Releases Total-E-Business Suite

December 21, 1999

Scalable E-Mail Software Offered for Windows NT/2000

Network Shell 3.0 Offers Secure Remote Access

Intel Takes Lead in Processor Speed War