Jeff Burt

PORTAL SERVERS Offerings on iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions Portal Server are going to be rolling out for most of the year. iPlanet, an alliance between Sun Microsystems Inc. and America Online Inc., unveiled last month the addition of Mobile Access Pack, a wireless product that enables service providers to offer portal services through any Internet-based device. […]

STORAGE As Snap Appliances Inc. officials see it, there is a battle among giants such as EMC Corp. and Network Appliance Inc. for market share in the data storage industry, and they want no part of it. Instead, theyre hoping the San Jose, Calif., company can grab a chunk of the market that the bigger […]

More than 8,000 high-tech vendors from around the globe convened here last week at the CeBIT fair to show a vast array of products ranging from storage devices to new e-business software to security wares. But for the second year in a row, the talk of the largest technology conference in the world was wireless […]

PORTALS Nontechnical people who want to create industry-specific, personalized portals are getting some help. CoVia Technologies Inc. this month announced the availability of Vortal, which the Mountain View, Calif., company said will enable businesses to set up collaborative relationships that increase partner communication, sales effectiveness and customer loyalty. Its based on the companys InfoPortal platform. […]

VOICE OVER IP HearMe, a licenser of VOIP technology in Mountain View, Calif., will release an updated voice-over-IP platform that allows carriers to extend existing services to include new functions such as instant conferencing, click-to-call, presence detection and find-me services. VoiceServer lets providers develop applications using Web-based tools, speeding the process of new-service deployment. Third-party […]

NETWORKING iVB Network Solutions last week rolled out a product line to provide personalized communications services over any device at any time. The Omvia products, so named because they are comprehensive via iVB Networks architecture, create more ways for users to access and reply to voice, fax and e-mail messages; manage payments; and procure news […]

APPLICATIONS The newest version of Computer Associates International Inc.s Ingres II will allow businesses to develop and maintain applications across a variety of platforms, including IBMs S/390, Microsoft Corp.s Windows, Unix and Linux, company officials said. Version 2.5 of Ingres II, the Islandia, N.Y., companys relational database management system and application development environment, includes improved […]

Out with best of breed Webridge Inc. is betting that users of B2B platforms want to buy multi-integrated suites, rather than building best-of-breed systems. The Beaverton, Ore., company last week began shipping Webridge PX 4.0, which boasts features that enable richer collaboration among business partners. Secure access The version includes customer relationship management, collaborative portal […]

K2 Digital Inc., of New York, has released a desktop customer support product called K2 Help. K2 Help can be used to create 360-degree product views, such as of a video camera or dishwasher, with a point-and-click interface to give customers the support information they need without having to turn to a call center or […]

Enterprise software startup Metricstream Inc. last week introduced its Enterprise Business Management suite, which manages business operations across distributed applications. Web-based EBM will let executive and IT management monitor the performance and integrity of all business processes via customizable dashboards that provide real-time access to business process information. Officials of the Santa Clara, Calif., vendor […]