Matthew Hicks

With a focus on new archiving and presence features, Jabber Inc. on Monday released the latest version of its instant messaging platform. Aimed at enterprises and telecommunications carriers, the 2.7 release of the Jabber eXtensible Communications Platform (XCP) provides more features to help companies comply with regulations from major stock exchanges, Jabber officials said. The […]

The GNOME Foundation plans to announce on Friday a new version of its free desktop software that includes a new Web browser, accessibility features and a focus on ease of use. The GNOME 2.4 Desktop and Developer Platform was posted on the projects Web site for download late Wednesday. It marks another step in a […]

Oracle Corp. is working to start a commercial grid consortium that will establish standards to open grid computing up to businesses. The news was delivered by Executive Vice President of Server Technologies Chuck Rozwat in his keynote speech at OracleWorld on Wednesday in San Francisco. There are currently a handful of grid consortia that were […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Taking jabs at top competitor Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Carly Fiorina on Wednesday promised OracleWorld attendees here an aggressive push into grid computing based on adding grid capabilities to more products, supporting open standards, and focusing on research and development. Fiorina, never mentioning Dell by name, referred repeatedly to Dell CEO Michael Dells […]

SAN FRANCISCO—A bomb scare on Wednesday caused the evacuation of two technology conferences being held at the Moscone Center here, sending about 14,000 attendees onto the nearby streets and sidewalks. After searching the emptied convention center for about two hours, San Francisco police said they had found no indications of a bomb and cleared the […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Enterprises should expect more services from Hewlett-Packard Co.s printer and imaging business to help them manage the range of printers, faxes and copiers spread throughout their operations. During his keynote presentation at Seybold Seminars San Francisco 2003 conference here, Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president of HPs Imaging and Printing Group, said the company will […]

SAN FRANCISCO—FaceTime Communications Inc. on Monday delivered its instant-messaging presence technology for Oracle Corp.s Application Server Portal. The IM Presence Manager toolkit, which FaceTime shipped at OracleWorld here, lets companies integrate IM features within enterprise portals so that portal users can identify and connect with other users online. The Oracle support is part of a […]

SAN FRANCISCO—The report of ITs death was an exaggeration; so says Intel Corp. CEO Craig Barrett. Sending a message resembling author Mark Twains famous quote, Barrett speaking here at OracleWorld sought to refute the premise of the recent Harvard Business Review article “IT Doesnt Matter,” by Nicholas Carr. Barrett went so far as to ride […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Dell Chairman and CEO Michael Dell touted the grid religion during the OracleWorld conference here, talking about how the push would improve performance, reduce costs and ease management. But the pathway toward grid computing has some hurdles in the way. Customers planning to deploy grid on blade servers need some help from the computing […]

A new Web domain geared toward children went live this week, just as the U.S. government announced the arrest of an alleged cyber squatter accused of pointing children to explicit material online. Registration for the kids.us domain opened on Thursday, and live Web sites using the new naming convention are expected to appear next week, […]