Ipswitch Releases WhatsUp Gold v12

The company that's based in New England and misspells the name of a Massachusetts town in its name has a new version of its network-management software. An almost overwhelming feature list is here . And, yes, English readers, we know that you had a town called Ipswich

Posted by Lee Pender on May 07, 20081 comments


Microsoft Flirts with AOL

Another short RCPU today, as duty calls at the mothership. It doesn't really matter, though, because we're in a news trough. About all there is to talk about is Microsoft flailing around looking to buy a Web company like a nerdy guy trying to find a dance partner at a junior high cotillion.

Now that Microsoft has backed off of Yahoo, Redmond is whispering in AOL's ear. Yes, that's right -- AOL. Please try to contain your laughter. This is a professional environment, mostly.

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Posted by Lee Pender on May 07, 20081 comments


VMware Releases Fusion Beta

It'll let you run your Intel-based Mac run Windows (and Linux), although why you'd want your Mac to run Windows , we really don't know.

Posted by Lee Pender on May 07, 20080 comments


OpenSolaris Hits the Streets

The former Project Indiana is now a real, live OS .

Posted by Lee Pender on May 06, 20081 comments


Microsoft and Yahoo: Never Mind

FYI: You're in for some exceptionally short RCPUs this week because your editor is still on (or, perhaps, over) deadline for RCP the magazine. We'll resume normal service next week (hopefully) with plenty of verbosity.

In the meantime, thank goodness we can put this Microsoft-Yahoo thing to bed...at least, for now. With Microsoft having dropped its bid for Yahoo (over the weekend -- nice one, Redmond), it's all over but the shouting and the endless speculation and analysis.

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Posted by Lee Pender on May 06, 20080 comments


Ellison Is Tech's Top Earner

Oracle's Larry Ellison scored the big bucks in 2007 among tech CEOs, Forbes tells us. Oh, and don't be surprised if you see Steve Jobs on the streets of Cupertino with a tin cup and a sleepy dog. The poor man's practically broke

Posted by Lee Pender on May 06, 20080 comments


Redmond Boosts BizTalk for SA Customers

"SA," in this case, meaning Software Assurance, not South American, South African or Stunningly Awesome. Microsoft has acquired some IP from partner Covast as part of this deal. Check out the details here .

Posted by Lee Pender on May 01, 20080 comments


Ingram Sees Earnings Softness

Ingram Micro's latest quarterly numbers were pretty good, but the company's not thrilled by Europe and North America right now. In an economic sense, anyway.

Posted by Lee Pender on May 01, 20080 comments


Microsoft Restructures Services Division

There's a whole Q&A about it that's more interesting and informative than anything we could say. Check it out here .

Posted by Lee Pender on May 01, 20080 comments


Business ByDesign Sputters: Is It SaaS or Is It SAP?

It'll be a short-ish RCPU today, as we're kind of swamped with pesky magazine stuff. Darn print model! Won't it die already? (Just kidding...especially you print advertisers. It was only a joke, really. We love print.)

Anyway, SAP got a bit of a spanking after its quarterly earnings announcement this week. Among other factors, part of what dragged SAP down was weakness in its Business ByDesign product, the German vendor's enterprise SaaS offering. Quoth the article linked above:

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Posted by Lee Pender on May 01, 20080 comments


XP SP3: Not Quite Yet

It's been so long in coming. What's a few more days ?

Posted by Lee Pender on April 30, 20080 comments


Netgear Boosts SMB Presence

The company has new products and a renewed focus on SMBs.

Posted by Lee Pender on April 30, 20080 comments