Jacqueline Emigh

LAS VEGAS—To buttress its anti-Linux product strategy, The SCO Group Inc. is working with third-party partners that include MySQL AB and EnterpriseDB Corp. on databases, Borland Software Corp. on tools, and NeTraverse Inc. in the virtual server arena, SCO executives said during an annual user conference here this week. Although Oracle Corp. has declined to […]

LAS VEGAS—As LinuxWorld unfolds in San Francisco, The SCO Group is deploying its users forum in Las Vegas to take aim against Linux and other PC-based competitors, laying out weaponry that includes a “virtual environment,” a mobile initiative, and more third-party software. During a general session here, SCO Group Inc. president and CEO Darl McBride […]

LAS VEGAS—Brushing courtroom battles over Linux aside this week, SCO will use its annual users forum here to unveil new initiatives around its Unix products, including a future architecture code-named Project Fusion, a new SCO Office appliance geared to resellers, and a distribution deal with network appliance maker Cymphonix. It will also take this opportunity […]

United Parcel Service Inc. has added new features to its enterprise-oriented Trade Direct service, making it possible for retailers, dot-com sites and other enterprises to now track the status of both small packages and large freight around the globe through a single Web-based system. An upshot of ongoing systems integration work at UPS, the new […]

European-based shipping giant DHL has added supply chain and logistics services such as distribution warehousing and order management to its package delivery services throughout the Americas, meanwhile signing Sun Microsystems Inc. to a three-year outsourcing and IT co-development deal. In an ambitious expansion move, DHLs three previous business units for the Americas—Express Logistics, DHL Logistics […]

After years of pilot technology tests, big and small businesses are now launching real-world, commercial digital-rights-management deployments, said customers and vendors at this weeks DRM Strategies conference, who outlined their experiences across fields as diverse as finance, law, market research and auto racing. DRM started out as consumer-side technology, making its first appearances in television […]

NEW YORK—Is DRM scaring off consumers? If digital content providers want to sell more music files, downloadable video and e-books, digital rights management should either get a lot better or get out of the way, according to some of the speakers at this weeks DRM Strategies conference here. Many consumers havent even heard of DRM […]

NEW YORK—In an industry as young as DRM, heavy hitters ranging from Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to RSA Security Inc. are duking it out against smaller specialists, trying to nail down early market leads. Naturally, then, the hottest topic of conversation at this weeks DRM Strategies show in New York City revolves around […]

Chasing down viruses and building better spam filters are worthwhile pursuits. But computer security vendors can also make a mark for themselves by figuring out ways of taking more of the hands-on security burden off of customers shoulders, according to attendees at this weeks C3 Expo in New York City. To be clear, C3 Expo […]

Mobile devices and wireless technologies keep proliferating in multitudinous directions. But from the perspectives of participants in this weeks C3 Expo in New York, theres room for improvement on both scores, ranging from more all inclusive device management to stronger Wi-Fi encryption and beyond. “I think theres a real opportunity for vendors to provide full-scale […]