Jeff Burt

Three new products announced last week are designed to enable companies to quickly build enterprise application portals that connect internal systems as well as applications between trading partners. Developed by Portal Wave Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., Portal Wave XML B2B Server allows information and transaction exchange across enterprises via XML (Extensible Markup Language) files. […]

Kite Networks Inc., an integrated communications provider in Ridgeland, Miss., has officially rolled out a wireless broadband network in Phoenix, giving small and medium-size businesses a new choice for high-speed network access. Phoenix is the first market to receive Kites high-speed “always on” Internet access, e-mail services and Web hosting service. The point-to-point and point-to-multipoint […]

Sensors In a drive to enhance speed and resolution, Hewlett-Packard Co. next month will begin selling three scanners that include two separate sensors to determine the degree of resolution needed. ScanJets The scanners?the ScanJet 7400C, 7450C and 7490C?will have a 2,400-dot-per-inch staggered pixel sensor for high optical resolution and a 600-dpi linear pixel sensor for […]

Looking for private-line, building-to-building connectivity, but the wireline options are either unavailable or too expensive? SONA Communications Corp., in Richmond, British Columbia, this week launched an optical wireless product line to deliver connectivity at fiber-optic transmission speeds for a lower cost than other broadband technologies. The SONAbeam 155-2 optical wireless link carries data up to […]

Double-barreled Critical Path Software Inc. rolled out an upgraded version of its server designed to help service providers and businesses deliver two-way text messaging to users. Substitute for WAP Officials with the San Francisco company said InVoke SMS (Short Message Service) Server 4.0 will give customers an alternative to WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) technologies. New […]

IBM has begun shipping a ThinkPad that looks like it really deserves to be called a notebook. The Armonk, N.Y., companys ThinkPad TransNote opens like a book, portfolio-style, with the right and left sides serving separate functions. On the inside left is a Windows-based computer with a pivoting 10.4-inch touch-screen that includes a keyboard with […]

Crystal Decisions Inc. will announce this week its next-generation Crystal Enterprise reporting and analysis system. The new system helps companies organize, categorize and deliver reports, analytical data and strategic business information into any Web or enterprise application. The suite includes Crystal Reports Professional, a high-performance reporting tool, and Crystal Analysis Professional, a new product for […]

BMC Software Inc. recently jumped into the e-commerce management void with a new version of its Patrol application monitoring and management software for Ariba Inc.s Ariba Buyer. The tool from the Houston company provides monitoring of the e-procurement application as well as connections between Ariba Buyer and its database, Web servers and enterprise resource planning […]

Connex Inc. released an updated version of its storage management application that supports a wide range of standards, including the Storage Network Industry Association Host Bus Adapter API. The San Jose, Calif., companys SANavigator Version 1.5 is a Java-based storage management tool that works as a host for other storage management applications. It includes an […]

A Westminster, Colo., company next month will release an IP technology that will enable instant, multiparty voice conferences. Voyant Technologies Inc.s Instant Conferencing tool will use the Session Initiation Protocol to enable users to immediately launch voice conferences without prior subscriptions, the company said. The technology will be available through Internet service providers and carrier […]