Quest updates J2EE performance monitoring tool

New version uses fewer system resources Quest Software on Tuesday announced plans to ship PerformaSure 2.0, a software product for monitoring the performance of distributed J2EE applications that is designed to be lightweight enough for use in production environments. The…

Cisco Q2 profit up on lower revenue

CEO says weak economy continues to hold back spending Cisco Systems’ net sales fell slightly in the company’s 2003 second fiscal quarter from both the year-earlier and previous quarters, the company reported Tuesday. However, net income was up and beat…

CSC’s Q3 revenue slips, but profit is up sharply

Company beats analysts’ projection by one cent IT services provider Computer Sciences (CSC) reported significantly higher profits for its 2003 third fiscal quarter, but its revenue dropped, the company said Tuesday after the close of the financial markets in New…

Actuate eyes Java developers behind ReportingEngines launch 

New division bolsters J2EE application and Web server reporting tools  Eager to provide Java developers with API-driven and embedded reporting capabilities that can be incorporated into Java applications, Java Server Page (JSP), and servlets, Actuate took the covers of its…

Groove bolsters collaboration

Company updates Workspace, ships Web services APIs Groove Networks on Wednesday plans to roll out a Web services integration framework for its Workspace product as well as an updated version of Workspace featuring tightened integration with Microsoft Outlook and STS…

Walmart to sell stand-alone LindowsOS

Store offers its first non-Microsoft OS Walmart.com has begun selling Lindows.com’s Linux-based operating system, the first stand-alone operating system not made by Microsoft to be featured at Wal-Mart’s online store, Lindows.com announced Tuesday. LindowsOS 3.0 Membership Edition is available now…

Athlon server chip sneaks out before Opteron

AMD adds to server processor lineup Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) released a new processor in its line of server chips Tuesday, adding the Athlon MP 2600+ to its product lineup, it said in a press release. AMD offered few details…

Borland to offer IDE for Microsoft’s .Net 

Project Sidewinder integrates application lifecycle for developers  Borland is getting ready to go up against Microsoft’s Visual Studio .Net with an IDE (integrated development environment) for the Microsoft .Net Framework. To be announced on Tuesday, Borland’s Project Sidewinder IDE does…

Sun to standardize Web services in J2EE 1.4

Next version supports WS-I’s Basic Profile spec Sun Microsystems will incorporate an important specification with the next version of its enterprise Java platform that is designed to ensure interoperability among Web services applications. Version 1.4 of Sun’s Java 2 Enterprise…

IBM unveils Xperanto data integration technology 

Two products set for beta release IBM on Tuesday will unveil beta releases of the first two products from its Xperanto federated data integration project, DB2 Information Integrator and DB2 Information Integrator for Content. Supporting IBM’s On Demand e-business initiatives,…