eTrust Antivirus 7.0 pulls double duty
CA’s latest antivirus solution boasts dual scanning engines and superior manageability Computer Associates’ eTrust Antivirus 7.0 is similar to enterprise antivirus solutions from other leading vendors such as McAfee, Symantec, and Trend Micro. But CA’s solution distinguishes itself in several…
Update: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD
Project leader says move is retaliation for anti-war comments The U.S. military has pulled funding from a project involving the OpenBSD open-source operating system, according to the operating system’s project leader, and he suspects it was in retaliation for anti-war…
Unisys to release datacenter server with Xeon, Itanium
ES7000/560 combines three data-center functions into a single machine Unisys will try to convince IT managers to consolidate multiple servers into its new ES7000/560 server when the product launches in June. The company will announce the product on Thursday in…
Dynamic development will require new tools and skills
IT executives have a wealth of options to choose from in pursing the dynamic development model to take advantage of just-in-time assembly of appdev teams and resources. Low-cost, worldwide software-development talent and Web-based, open-source collaboration models are easing organization of…
WebSphere serves Web services
IBM’s WebSphere platform and tools already provide a useful solution for enterprises that need to implement the latest Web technologies and integrate and extend existing software assets. Recently IBM made available a number of new XML and Web services technologies…
Testing Centrino
Our tests of three notebooks illustrate advantages of Intel’s Pentium M and wireless chipset Promising long battery life and built-in wireless networking, Intel Centrino-based notebooks are relentlessly invading corporate briefcases and notebook pools. The Centrino mobile platform combines Intel’s Pentium…
Contractual discord
Gateway woes Amber vehemently denied any messing around and got mad at me for asking. “I’m not cheating on you, Cringe,” she barked. “Don’t you even trust me?” And she ran out of my house without looking back. Geez. Gateway…
Apple’s dead again
How does an irrelevant, struggling company keep delivering new technology? Something about Apple Computer gets under journalists’ skin. Every time the company goes two months without putting Steve Jobs on stage, magazine and online writers rush to proclaim Apple’s demise.…
Unfinished business
The latest on two ongoing cases that remain unresolved as I wrap up this version of The Gripe Line Some gripes just won’t come to a neat conclusion. That’s particularly clear this week as I write my last The Gripe…
CPUC throws carriers for a curve
Proposed pitch for wireless regulations has Verizon crying foul The CPUC is pitching a set of wireless-industry regulations and Verizon is crying foul In baseball, it’s called a donnybrook; an all-out fight where both teams empty the benches and pour…