Microsoft pulled the wraps of its plans to return as much as US$75 billion worth of cash reserves it has amassed to shareholders, possibly signaling the software giant won't pursue any major acquisitions in the near future. Microsoft said its board of directors has approved a plan to provide a one-t...
At its eWorld customer conference Tuesday, BEA Systems introduced new products and services that support Liquid Computing, an initiative that builds on a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) foundation. Formerly named Project Sierra, Liquid Computing's goal is to improve interoperability between BEA ...
Here's a day in the upside-down life of a CIO: She takes a phone call from a pollster and tells him she's not planning any new technology buys. Later, near the end of the day, she tells her staff to enter an order for a bunch of Gigabit Ethernet cards. We've entered an age of tech buying in the abse...
Blame Hollywood for the glorification of the underdog if you must, but it is difficult to ignore the charm of a comeback kid. In today's struggling high-tech sector, it is even more notable than in the celluloid realm to see a turnaround. Yet some companies have brushed the dust from their jackets a...
Amid talk that U.S. adoption of broadband Internet access is about to slow down, Yahoo has forged an alliance with British Telecom (BT) to launch a co-branded broadband service in the United Kingdom. The two companies will jointly market BT Yahoo! Broadband, and BT will drop its dial-up offering, wh...
Yahoo has fired the latest volley in the enterprise instant messaging turf war, saying it will work with WebEx Communications and BEA Systems to extend the capabilities of its Enterprise Messenger product. Specifically, Yahoo said it plans to add the ability to launch WebEx virtual conferences from ...
Hewlett-Packard has announced a slew of new products, services and strategies in an effort to capture a greater share of computing business at the world's largest enterprises. The "Adaptive Enterprise Strategy" rollout coincides with the one-year anniversary of the still-controversial $19 billion HP...
Hoping to simplify what it calls the current state of "chaos" in the market for enterprise software, Sun Microsystems has unveiled details of an initiative called Project Orion, in which the company will bundle a host of its software into four yearly updates. Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice presid...
Financially, 2002 was not a gangbuster year for IBM -- revenue from continuing operations declined 3 percent. But the company still earned $5.3 billion in the year, even as most firms struggled to stay out of the red zone. Its WebSphere software dominates the e-business arena, and its consulting div...
With the merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq a done deal and its strong reputation intact, the new HP seems well positioned to remain a leading force in the global IT arena. HP spokesperson Rebeca Robboy told the E-Commerce Times that the merger has enabled the company to "deliver more for less," i...
As the post-merger decision-making process shifts into high gear, Hewlett-Packard has announced a new software strategy designed to leverage its core assets. The technology titan will focus future development on extending three software suites: HP OpenView, HP Utility Data Center and HP OpenCall.
In a move intended to attract Java developers, Microsoft has released a new programming tool that rounds out its .NET software strategy. Visual J# .NET is a development tool designed to be used by Java-language developers building applications and services on the .NET framework. The tool compleme...
Novell has announced plans to acquire SilverStream Software in a $212 million cash deal designed to strengthen the networking software maker's position in the nascent Web services market. Analysts said the acquisition is a smart move. "Everybody is building their infrastructure to support service...
On Tuesday, HP executives reportedly told analysts that heavy losses in the company's e-business group had convinced it to retire its middleware offerings. Now, though, HP's resolve seems to be wavering, according to news sources. Yankee Group analyst Robert Perry told the E-Commerce Times that H...
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