Jeff Burt

Configuresoft Inc., formerly Fundamental Software Inc., targets two high-profile enterprise desktop configuration issues in the latest release of Enterprise Configuration Manager. ECM 3.5 for Windows environments tries to help desktop administrators avoid security breaches opened by the misconfiguration of desktops and to reduce the cost and complexity associated with migrating to Windows 2000 desktops. ECM […]

Cisco Systems Inc. and Mirapoint Inc. are combining networking and messaging tools to create a unified communications product. The Cisco Mirapoint Joint UC Solution is designed to let Internet service providers implement UC services to their customers faster and more cost-effectively. It combines Ciscos uOne software platform—which lets users read and send messages (including e-mail, […]

New offerings for web content management are available from Mercury Interactive Corp. and F5 Networks Inc. Mercurys products, part of the companys Astra line, are QuickTest 5.0, LoadTest 5.0 and FastTrack. Officials of the Sunnyvale, Calif., company said the QuickTest and LoadTest software tests Web-based applications for scalability and functionality under stress, particularly where multimedia, […]

BMC Software Inc. at Lotus Development Corp.s user conference this week will try to catch the attention of Domino application service providers with a new release of its Patrol monitoring and management software. The update for Domino includes the ability to more closely watch the application for potential SLA (service-level agreement) violations, allowing operators to […]

At the recent consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft Corp. demonstrated computing devices based on embedded Windows CE, including new products from Hitachi Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Siemens AG, Abocom, DigMedia Inc. and Smart Media Ltd. Hitachis Wearable Internet Appliance is a headset that lets users surf the Internet from the comfort of […]

Pixstream Inc., of Waterloo, Ontario, a developer of video head-end solutions for service providers, is teaming with DMX Music Inc. to provide artist insertion software for video networking systems. Customers will be able to receive the name of an artist, song title, album and record label on a television when its tuned to audio-only channels. […]

Data integration software provider Metagon Technologies LLC, of Charlotte, N.C., has added a peer-to-peer distributed processing model with its new DQBroker Extended Enterprise data access solution. Used in conjunction with Metagons flagship product, DQBroker, Extended Enterprise connects trading partners and allows them to access disparate data from multiple applications and platforms, allowing for stronger intercompany […]

IBM has begun shipping the eServer z900, which it calls the “reinvented mainframe” and the successor to its popular S/390 line. To highlight its aggressive efforts to boost sales of its Unix servers to e-commerce companies, the Armonk, N.Y., company is promoting the 64-bit z900 as the first mainframe built from scratch with e-business as […]

Multiple options Rave Computer Association Inc., of Sterling Heights, Mich., has added a rack mount to its line of Rave AXmp systems to provide redundancy and greater processing power. Part of the multiprocessing server family designed for compute-intensive applications, the Redundant RackMount 4UAXmp is available in three chassis options, featuring Sun Microsystems Inc.s UltraSPARC engine […]

Desktop configuration management provider ON Technology Corp. has extended the concept of self-service user support to Web-based remote software delivery. The Cambridge, Mass., vendor added a new Web server option to its ON Command product line that allows end users to download and install applications using a Web browser. The ON iCommand Java-based servlet allows […]