From the business wires this week: database backup tools, a virtualization suite and Windows Vista beta.
Intel Corp. is moving up the planned shipment date of a computer chip that will compete against one from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- June 09, 2006
Microsoft has released its high-performance computing (HPC) platform -- dubbed Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 -- to manufacturing, meaning it will be available to customers in August, the company said Friday. However, evaluation copies will be distributed at Microsoft's TechEd 2006 developers conference in Boston the week of June 11.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 09, 2006
Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. said Chief Executive John T. Chambers will become chairman of the company when current Chairman John P. Morgridge steps aside on Nov. 15.
- By The Associated Press
- June 08, 2006
Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform users when its piracy monitoring tool is reporting to Microsoft.
- By The Associated Press
- June 08, 2006
Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware is rolling out this month a new suite of its virtualization tools that bundles both existing and new products into a package meant to more closely reflect what customers say they need as their deployments become more complex. High on that list, say company officials, is the ability to manage a lot of virtual machines from one centralized view.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 08, 2006
Finally. Wednesday night, Microsoft released the broad public beta, also called the Customer Preview Program (CPP), opening up testing floodgates for the long-awaited replacement for Windows XP to literally millions of consumers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 08, 2006
Microsoft clarified the roadmap for its business intelligence products Tuesday, and also announced that it is working on a new business intelligence tool aimed at performance management.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 07, 2006
After months of speculation, the Computing Technology Industry Association unveiled a new structure for its flagship A+ hardware technician certification.
- By Becky Nagel
- June 07, 2006
AOL is releasing free software to automatically check whether you have the latest security protection on your Windows computer.
- By The Associated Press
- June 07, 2006
Dell Inc. said Tuesday it had reached a deal to supply Google Inc. with customized computer servers the search engine company will sell to corporate customers.
- By The Associated Press
- June 07, 2006
Hewlett-Packard Co., a maker of computers and printers, raised its second-quarter profit by $443 million Tuesday and boosted its income forecast for the remainder of the year to reflect a tax settlement with the U.S. government.
- By The Associated Press
- June 07, 2006
Microsoft this week disclosed new features coming in BizTalk Server 2006 Release 2 (R2), including integrated support for radio frequency identification (RFID) devices.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 06, 2006
Google Inc. will introduce a spreadsheet program Tuesday, continuing the Internet search leader's expansion into territory long dominated by Microsoft Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- June 06, 2006
Microsoft Corp. said Monday that its Internet security software will be included with Qwest's high-speed Internet service.
- By The Associated Press
- June 06, 2006
Microsoft will ship the first branded versions of its Antigen products beginning July 1, the company announced on Tuesday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 06, 2006
A major wrestling match in Congress over control of the Internet features some strange tag teams -- rockers and evangelists vs. phone companies and the Bells' usually biggest adversary, cable TV companies.
- By The Associated Press
- June 06, 2006
Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin acknowledged Tuesday the dominant Internet company has compromised its principles by accommodating Chinese censorship demands. He said Google is wrestling to make the deal work before deciding whether to reverse course.
- By The Associated Press
- June 06, 2006
The senior vice president of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Inc. whipped out a tiny hard drive about the size of a Wheat Thin. The drive's label claimed a capacity of 1,000 gigabytes -- more than 100 times greater than today's models that can hold 8,000 photos or 2,000 songs.
- By The Associated Press
- June 05, 2006
One of the world's most notorious spammers has settled lawsuits with the state of Texas and Microsoft Corp. that cost him at least $1 million, took away most of his assets and forced him to stop sending the nuisance e-mails.
- By The Associated Press
- June 05, 2006