Clint Boulton

Although a lack of interoperability has threatened to hold Web services adoption back, Liberty Alliance, a group dedicated to forging an open identity standard, cracked that barrier by certifying nine single sign-in products in late June. The group awarded Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Netegrity, Novell, Oracle, Ping Identity, Sun, and Trustgenix its “Liberty Alliance Interoperable” mark […]

Technology puts a new twist on the old adage that says you can’t be too rich, too thin — or have enough storage. For some small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the right amount of storage came at too high a price. But now, Dell and EMC have joined forces to build a new SAN (storage area network) […]

Regardless of the size of your business, you are most likely running a variety of applications that need to share data. It’s also probable that you have vendors, suppliers and partners using yet another set of applications. For optimal efficiency, all those applications should be able to share information. Replacing all your applications definitely isn’t […]

As expected, Dell and Oracle Tuesday expanded their two-year relationship by agreeing to offer Oracle database software with Dell servers as part of a low-cost bundle for small and medium businesses. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Dell CEO and Michael Dell in a joint announcement said compact discs housing Oracle’s Standard Edition One database, based […]

In a sign of how vendors in the storage arena are aligning their products to fit utility computing schemas, Brocade Communications Systems this week unveiled two new switches with flexible power and pricing structures. The storage switch maker designed the SilkWorm 3250 and 3850, code-named “Dazzler,” for small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), but with a distinct […]

Hewlett-Packard this week refreshed its SAN (define) portfolio for small- and medium-size businesses in an effort to lure customers from a pool of business that analysts say will be very lucrative for the next few years. The upgrade is part of a company-wide $750 million Smart Office strategy to lure SMBs to its products and […]

Recognizing the importance of serving the growing legion of small- and medium-sized business customers, Dell on Monday unveiled a network attached storage server (define) to help small- and -medium-sized businesses manage increasing volumes of data. Dell rivals IBM, HP, Hitachi Data Systems and Network Appliance all make NAS or SAN (define) servers and devices for […]

In keeping with the current theme of driving down the cost of servers for smaller businesses, IBM introduced two new servers that bring mainframe features to its Intel-based eServer xSeries line. The xSeries 206 and xSeries 306, priced at $499 and $1,339, respectively, were created to help IBM compete with rivals HP and Dell in […]

In a sign that once hypothetical Web services are being used in practical situations, eBay and Microsoft have invited developers to create ways for buyers and sellers to automate and manage business on the world’s most popular online auction site. The companies are letting developers from eBay’s Developers Program use the auction platform and Microsoft’s […]

Dell this week trotted out two new single processor servers for small- and medium-sized business and home offices, part of the continued trend of packing more power into an entry-level server box. The Round Rock, Texas, company rolled out the PowerEdge 700 and 750 servers in order to help zip data along a network much […]

Veritas Software topped off the refresh of its backup and recovery software line Monday by issuing Veritas NetBackup 5.0 Server for mid-size organizations and remote offices. Previously called Veritas NetBackup Business Server, the new software package is part of the Mountain View, Calif.-based company’s utility computing strategy of tailoring software for customers’ computing resources, as […]

Oracle has ratcheted up its pressure on rival applications maker PeopleSoft by raising its cash buyout offer to $9.4 billion. The move comes as regulatory investigations to determine whether the merger would violate antitrust laws hurtle toward a conclusion. The Redwood Shores, Calif., software maker’s new $26 per share offer is an 18.8 percent premium […]