David Morgenstern

Big Blue keeps extending the competitive reach of its TotalStorage virtualization software for SANs (storage area networks). IBM on Friday said its TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller software now will manage all of rival EMCs SAN arrays. The software lets storage managers build complex, virtual networks of storage with products from IBM and other vendors. That […]

Cant live (or work) without instant messaging? Many thousands of America Online customers found the answer this week when the company accidentally pulled the plug on their accounts. While the shutdown proved the unreliability of the service, it also showed that theres nothing more reliable than a companys reluctance to give customers bad news. Like […]

Twenty years ago Friday, Cisco Systems Inc. was founded by a pair of computer scientists interested in computer networking. Nowadays, the company is the global powerhouse of the IP industry, with some 35,000 employees, working to keep data flowing on local networks and across the Internet. While not born in a garage—the Silicon Valley equivalent […]

PalmSource Inc. looks to have the open-source community in its corner as it comes out swinging at established contenders for a share of the growing mobile handset market. But analysts were unclear on how PalmSources Linux move will shake out for the operating system and for its customers, including sibling palmOne Inc. “Were going head-to-head […]

Following days of rumors, IBM late Tuesday made it official: The company said it is spinning off its personal computer business with the Lenovo Group, Chinas biggest maker of personal computers. In confirming almost a week of speculation, IBM and China-based Lenovo Group Ltd. announced an agreement Tuesday night in which Big Blue will sell […]

A bogus security bulletin and “patch” that circulated on the Internet late Friday marked the return of a phishing hoax aimed at Linux users. The fake security bulletin warned Linux users of a “critical-critical” security hole that could compromise systems and allow root access to a remote attacker. It claimed the vulnerability was found in […]

Adobe Systems Inc. looks to meld its document management platform more firmly into business workflows as the company on Monday announces the next version of its Acrobat document interchange solution. Version 7.0 expands the exchange capabilities of its reader application and features tighter integration with Microsoft Corp.s productivity and content applications. As with previous versions, […]

As Microsoft preps another version of its Office productivity suite, a small group of software vendors waits for an opening in the competitive landscape. However, analysts suggest that the greatest competition to Microsofts updated software remains older versions of Office. According to sources, Microsoft Corp. is briefing selected partners and customers about the forthcoming family […]

The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, aka Check 21, went into effect Thursday, moving another financial process into the digital age. The act creates a new financial instrument, called an IRD (image replacement document). The IRD is a substitute digital document based on the scanned, original paper version. A bank now can accept […]

SAN FRANCISCO—The tension between enterprise and consumer segments of the wireless market was evident at Mondays keynote addresses here at the CTIA Wireless conference and expo. While executives touted the productivity gains from wireless integration and mobility, most demonstrated streaming video but stressed that applications of such technology should benefit both consumer and business users. […]