Nicholas Kolakowski

Despite the economic doldrums seizing most of the IT industry, the Oracle acquisition machine is alive and well. The company’s purchase of mValent, a provider of application configuration management solutions, is designed to enhance Oracle Enterprise Manager’s configuration management capabilities across IT environments. Announced Feb. 4, the complete transaction is expected to close in the […]

Google took its offline activities one step further on Feb. 5 with the enabling of offline access for Calendar for Google Apps, which will allow users to check their schedule and events even while not connected to the Internet. The offline calendar is available to users of Google Apps Standard Edition, as well as Premier […]

The U.S. recession and sluggish global economy has shown several vulnerabilities in the PC market in the last few months, but Lenovo‘s latest results demonstrate how badly some companies have fared as both consumers and businesses curtail their spending. For Lenovo, which is best known for its ThinkPad laptops, the lack of consumer spending in […]

Yahoo Offers Up New Yahoo Search Feature Photos courtesy of Yahoo No Title When Yahoo detects you’re doing research, it pops up an icon asking if you want to activate Search Pad. No Title Search Pad allows you to place information onto a blank “pad” for easy reference. No Title Copying-and-pasting is one way to […]

Yahoo has started bucket-testing a new Yahoo Search feature designed to let users manage the information they gather while researching online. Upgrading its search has been a key part of Yahoo’s rebuilding strategy. In May 2008, the company released SearchMonkey, an open developer platform that lets developers create applications that enhance search listings. For enterprise […]

Fujitsu, ATandT Offering 3G Broadband with LifeBook Laptops Photos courtesy of Fujitsu No Title The Fujitsu LifeBook T1010 laptop No Title The Fujitsu LifeBook T2020 laptop No Title The Fujitsu LifeBook T5010 No Title The Fujitsu LifeBook P1630 tablet PC

For the executives from IBM, health care company Roche and others at SAP’s Feb. 4 press conference, the focus was on unveiling the new SAP Business Suite 7 software-but discussion did drift for a few moments to the relative merits of the Apple iPhone and Research In Motion‘s BlackBerry for enterprise applications such as e-mail. […]

NEW YORK-With representatives from launch partners including IBM in attendance, SAP unveiled SAP Business Suite 7, designed to help companies create and manage efficient and flexible business processes at lower cost, in a Feb. 4 presentation at its headquarters here. IBM and SAP have a long collaboration record, most recently with their joint creation of […]

With the introduction of Citrix Systems‘ XenDesktop 3-the company’s signature desktop virtualization product-the application delivery specialist is trying to lower the cost of virtualization for IT, while providing a more seamless multimedia experience for office-based workers sitting in front of their desktops. With XenDesktop 3, which Citrix officially releases Feb. 4, the virtualization software has […]

Enterprise professionals who travel a substantial portion of the year may be interested in Fujitsu‘s expanding support for high-speed connectivity on many of its LifeBook notebooks and tablet PCs. These revamped Fujitsu LifeBook laptops and tablets are designed to provide built-in access to AT&T’s BroadbandConnect HSUPA (High-Speed Uplink Packet Access) network. This wireless option will […]