Darryl K. Taft

WASHINGTON D.C.—Microsoft Corp. on Thursday argued that the states proposals to auction, put out for open source and remove code from the companys intellectual property amount to divestiture, which is not supported by the evidence in their case. Microsoft attorney Dan Webb argued that the states must show a clear link between Microsofts anticompetitive conduct […]

RealNames Corp. shut down its operations this week and is putting the blame squarely on Microsoft Corp. The Redwood City, Calif., company laid off 80 employees and is liquidating its assets after Microsoft decided not to renew RealNames Keywords contract. The two companies struck an agreement in March 2000 for Microsoft to use RealNames Keywords […]

The parties in the Microsoft Corp. remedy proceeding were back in court Wednesday to argue various motions key to the case and central to the judges ability to make a decision — including the scope of what should be included in the case and the liability judges findings. U.S District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly took charge […]

Macromedia Inc. last week rolled out the latest version of the companys Java application server targeting the midmarket with an entry-priced, industry-standard offering. JRun 4 complies with the Java 2 Enterprise Edition standard and provides a complete package for developing and deploying Java applications, including clustering and Web services integration, all for $899 per processor, […]

CDN system vendors are pushing into the burgeoning Web services arena, saying their networking approaches can deliver more efficient Web services offerings. Volera Inc. last week announced its plans to deliver software to speed up, manage and secure the delivery of Web services over its content delivery network platform. Officials with Volera, Novell Inc.s e-business […]

Attorneys for Microsoft Corp. and the states seeking penalties against the company spent Monday afternoon in a teleconference with U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly and have established a schedule for rounding out the hearing later this week, with closing arguments in June. Kollar-Kotelly has worked out a schedule where the two sides will appear […]

Despite recent comments to the contrary, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Java are alive and well, according to Suns chief technology evangelist. Simon Phipps, Suns chief technology evangelist, said in a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday that he is puzzled by recent attempts by Suns competitors—primarily Microsoft Corp. during its latest court hearing in Washington D.C.—to disparage […]

IBM on Wednesday made several announcements around its WebSphere application server platform aimed at easing the integration of disparate applications and systems and improving Web services support. At its DeveloperWorks Live event in San Francisco, IBM announced new WebSphere products aimed at solving the integration problem, which Stefan Van Overtveldt, IBMs WebSphere technical program director, […]

FineGround Networks Inc. on Tuesday announced that its patent-pending application acceleration software platform, the Condenser, will support the IBM WebSphere Application Server. FineGround made its announcement at the IBM developerWorks Live conference in San Francisco. The Campbell, Calif., company focuses on enterprise Web application acceleration. “Our approach is a bit different from other companies in […]

BEA Systems Inc. is making a significant new foray into the government market through a new relationship with Lockheed Martin Corp. to deliver application server-based solutions for a variety of needs, including Homeland Security, the companies said. Under an agreement announced Monday, BEA and Lockheed Martin will work together to identify and pursue new business […]