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Quest Software Releases Vista Plus 4.2

November 8, 1999

IBM Extends Sequent’s NUMA-Q to Smaller Customers

Portland, Ore.-based YourEmarket.com doesn’t fit the standard profile for a NUMA-Q system from the former Sequent Computer Systems, recently acquired by IBM Corp., but the company is in the process of taking a new IBM Netfinity/Windows NT and NUMA-Q/Unix system live to support its growing business.

Cisco Systems to Acquire Aironet Wireless Communications

Cisco Systems Inc. today announced an agreement to acquire publicly-held Aironet Wireless Communications of Akron, Ohio.

Indigo Rose Releases Installation Builder

November 9, 1999

Profusion Wins in Fujitsu Servers for North America

Fujitsu Ltd. this week introduced eight-way servers based on the eight-way Intel Profusion architecture in North America, following debate over whether to retain Fujitsu’s own eight-way chipset or move to Intel’s Profusion architecture.

Bluestone Expands XML Toolkit

Oberon Introduces E-Business Solution

Rational Introduces ClearCase 4.0 Development Tool

Rational Announces E-Development Tool

Let the Certification Begin

Getting an application certified for Windows 2000 is not a race. But it's still nice to be first. Just ask the team at Caere Corp., whose OmniPage Pro version 10.0 was the first be certified for Windows 2000 Professional.

Zona Research: Browser War Over

In a study that gives credence to federal judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's finding that Microsoft is a monopoly in the Web browser market, Zona Research has released its final browser study and declared the end of an era.

Microsoft Stock Down After Antitrust Finding

Microsoft's stock closed Friday at 91-9/16 but at the close of trading today was at 89-15/16, closing down only 1-9/16 from Friday's close. The drop was less than had been expected.

Fortner Makes Complex Data Access Easier

November 5, 1999

Judge: Microsoft is a Monopoly

In his long-awaited "Findings of Fact" in the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson flatly calls Microsoft a monopoly and asserts that the company has stifled innovation in the computer industry.

Print Spooler Bug Fixed by Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. released a patch today that eliminates a security vulnerability in Windows NT 4.0. The vulnerability could allow a user to cause the print spooler to crash, or to run arbitrary code on an NT machine.

IBM, etNetworks to Broaden Educational Reach

Today IBM announced a partnership with etNetworks Inc., a business education broadcasting company, to launch the IBM Learning Services Network, a satellite-based learning tool.

WRQ Wants Piece of Wall Data Action Too

The WRQ Open Door Program offers Wall Data Rumba and Cyberprise customers in North America the opportunity to receive the corresponding Reflection product, with the matching number of per-seat licenses for free.

Oracle, Siemens Team Up on E-Business Directory Standard

Oracle Corp. and Siemens Information and Communication Networks have agreed to co-develop an integrated, Internet standards-based meta directory solution that will overcome disparate corporate directories that contain information on different parts of a business.

IDC: User Interest in RASS Software Growing

International Data Corp. today reported that user interest in reliability/availability/scalability serverware (RASS) software, and user interest in clustering software as a special type of RASS software are growing.