Jeff Burt

Citrix Systems Inc. launched four product updates last week—two for its flagship MetaFrame series and one each for its Web portal and extranet products. The updates from the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., company include Feature Release 1 for MetaFrame XP, which adds SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption, content publishing, support for Computer Associates International Inc.s Unicenter […]

The more that data volumes grow, the more their root databases get complicated and the more difficult it gets to manage. DiskXtender Database Edition aims to ease the pain. From OTG Software Inc., of Rockville, Md., the software virtualizes database storage and gives transparent access to all data, whether its at the application or query […]

E-mail is a natural way for people—from employees to partners and customers—to collaborate over the Internet. Automation Centre, based in Tucson, Ariz., last week rolled out the latest version of its software designed to enable that collaboration for a companys current Microsoft Corp. Outlook/Exchange infrastructure. TrackerOffice Version 2.1 installs on Exchange 5.5 or Exchange 2000 […]

OutlookSoft Corp. is extending its Enterprise Analytic Portal beyond the firewall to include data from and access to suppliers and partners. EAP collects and consolidates data. Wizards enable CEOs, chief financial officers and line-of-business managers to model processes and run prebuilt reports on an entire company or specific business units. An upgrade, which the Stamford, […]

Just days after rival Compaq Computer Corp. announced its quarterly earnings will fall short of expectations, Dell Computer Corp. Thursday said it will meet expectations. In mid-August, the Round Rock, Texas, computer maker said revenues for the third quarter would be $7.2 billion to $7.6 billion, or 15 to 16 cents a share. In a […]

Compaq Computer Corp. is recalling about 1.4 million notebook adapters that the company said pose a potential fire hazard. The Houston-based computer maker on Thursday ordered the recall of the AC adapters—with model series numbers PPP003SD, PPP003 and PP2012—after receiving five reports of fires that were contained to the adapter cases. The fires were caused […]

BEA Systems Inc., the market leader in the highly competitive application server software market, announced this week that co-founder Bill Coleman is stepping down as CEO, giving way to co-founder Alfred Chuang. Chuang has served as president and chief operating officer of the San Jose, Calif., software maker for the past two years. He and […]

Complex financial deals often involve large numbers of documents that have to be shared among numerous parties. CaseCentral Inc. last week announced an online collaboration and document management service designed for financial services companies. DealCentral includes document collaboration tools, a searchable repository, a document processor and business analytics in an integrated service designed to accelerate […]

Cheaper backup With storage needs going up and IT spending going down, businesses are looking for low-cost ways to back up data. Bundled offering OnStream Data B.V. last week began shipping ADR2.60ide, a digital tape drive that offers the performance of SCSI products but at a lower price. The Austin, Texas, companys new product comes […]

Important data can be lost forever if problems in backup systems arent caught soon enough. Bocada Inc. says it has the answer. BackupReport is a complete backup reporting, analysis and billing product that works with applications from a wide range of storage management vendors. The products Reliability and Diagnostics module will identify backup failures and […]