John Pallatto

SAN FRANCISCO—While high-speed wireless data networks are evolving rapidly, it is PDA users, not laptop PC users, who will make these systems profitable and productive, according to mobile computing pioneer Andrew Seybold. “I want to make one thing perfectly clear: Nobody will pay for these [wireless data networks] with laptop users,” said Seybold, head of […]

PeopleSoft Inc. reported that its revenue and earnings bounced back in the third quarter following the disappointing results of the previous quarter, as founder and CEO Dave Duffield asserted he has returned to build the company, not to sell it. Duffield led off the quarterly earnings call by saying it has been “amusing” to hear […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Windows users said actions speak louder than words when it comes to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmers promise that Microsoft will fix the various security vulnerabilities in his companys computing platform. In his keynote presentation Wednesday at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo here, Ballmer asked Windows users to trust him that Microsoft would do whatever it could […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Enterprises arent going to need more coders, but they are going to need services of skilled engineers capable of quickly turning business requirements into efficient applications, according to two Gartner Inc. analysts. These engineers will have to overcome the real challenge in enterprise corporate software development—delivering effective applications “in the face of overstated vendor […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Intel Corp.s decision to move to a multicore architecture for its next-generation CPUs is a recognition that the computer industry is facing an increasing power-management challenge in its chip designs, Intel CEO Craig Barrett said Tuesday. However, Barrett said this challenge doesnt indicate that the industry has run up against the technological limit of […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—For todays chief information officers, leadership credibility is the key factor that will determine their career longevity, according to two senior Gartner researchers speaking Monday at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo here. CIOs must create a “virtuous credibility cycle” in which the IT departments they lead consistently deliver positive results that are closely tied to their […]

Apple Computer Inc. reported the highest quarterly revenue in 9 years Wednesday as strong sales of Macintosh laptops and iPod music players allowed the company to generate $2.35 billion in revenue in its fiscal 2004 fourth quarter. Quarterly revenue increased 37 percent from the $1.7 billion reported in the year ago quarter. However slower than […]

SAN DIEGO—SAPs TechEd conference here is proving to be an oasis of calm for corporate customers in an ERP (enterprise resource planning) software market that has been roiled by Oracles prolonged efforts to buy out PeopleSoft. TechEd attendees said they were glad that they could concentrate on learning about SAP AGs products and application-development technologies […]

Its not every day that a corporate board member publicly declares under oath from a witness stand that his company is willing to negotiate a corporate buyout with an archrival. But that was exactly what PeopleSoft Inc. board member Steven Goldby did Tuesday when he was called to testify in the Delaware Chancery Court, where […]

Industry analysts and commentators may have been too quick to jump to conclusions when they claimed that PeopleSofts decision to fire CEO Craig Conway is a sign that the company is preparing to come to terms with Oracles buyout bid. That is certainly a fair assessment considering that under Conways leadership, PeopleSoft has managed to […]