Jeff Burt

ANALYTICS For many businesses, a lot of the data necessary for success is lying in the myriad business activities of their partners and customers. Click Commerce Inc. said it has found a tool that enables companies to mine that data. ClickPerformance, which will be rolled out with the next version of the Chicago companys Click […]

CONTENT Context Media Inc., of Providence, R.I., has launched the next version of its content management and distribution platform. Interchange Platform 2.0, which is available now, has features that include import adapters to handle metadata from popular digital asset management systems and media asset management systems. Users can import metadata surrounding text, graphics, audio and […]

The much-maligned peer-to-peer technology got a boost earlier this month from several vendors, but it still received a lukewarm response from some developers. Some said they didnt see the need for it. Others said they were wary of the technology, particularly its security. “I dont see it becoming very widespread. Im not sure how its […]

COMMUNICATIONS To give small and midsize businesses a way to extend IP PBX services to remote workers, AltiGen Communications Inc. rolled out an upgraded, server-based phone system providing software integration features and enhanced security capabilities. AltiServ 4.0 Advanced also facilitates use of the companys call center product, AltiCenter. AltiCenter allows enterprises with server-based PBXes built […]

Challenges rivals QLogic Corp., an end-to-end SAN infrastructure provider, has come up with a Fibre Channel switch that it says is bigger and faster than its counterparts. 16 ports The Aliso Viejo, Calif., company has launched the SANbox2 16-port Fibre Channel switch for OEMs. QLogic champions the switch as providing twice the throughput—2G bps—and twice […]

Four months after launching its storage networking initiative, IBM last week unveiled a number of NAS products aimed at helping businesses link information and speed up access to the data. The network-attached storage appliances target—both in performance and price—a wide range of customers, from service providers to small businesses to larger companies with branch offices […]

SECURITY The more time an enterprise has to fight off a hack, the better. Thats just what Recourse Technologies Inc. hopes to offer customers with its ManTrap Version 2.0, a covert security product designed to confuse attackers while alerting the business to the attack. ManTrap creates a decoy environment, making attackers believe they are moving […]

STORAGE Hitachi Data Systems Corp. is shipping its first network-attached storage product, which works on the same network segment as a storage area network. The offering, based on technology from Network Storage Solutions Inc., will be packaged in the Santa Clara, Calif., companys Freedom Data Networks series. It will let users see many drives as […]

ANALYTICS Crystal Decisions Inc. wants to make business analysis a little easier. The Palo Alto, Calif., company late last month released Crystal Analysis Professional, a front-end OLAP (online analytical processing) tool that transforms data into easy-to-understand Web-based reports. Reports cover everything from sales and financial numbers to Web log analytics. They consist of alternative cube […]

Trying to lure developers onto the bandwagon for its two biggest software pushes of the moment—J2ME and Sun ONE—Sun Microsystems Inc. and its partners are rolling out Java-based tools to help build both wireless applications and Web services. On the wireless front, Sun at its JavaOne Developers Conference here last week announced expanded third-party handset […]