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  • Microsoft Eases Licensing Terms under Court Pressure

    WASHINGTON—To make it easier for rivals to license its communications protocols, Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it will make several changes to the licensing program, including giving 20 general networking protocols away for free and not requiring developers to visit Redmond, Wash., to evaluate the program. The changes come as a result of continued criticism…

  • Brightstor ARCServe Backup r11 Features Advanced Multi-Plexing

    Computer Associates today rolled out its BrightStor ARCserve Backup Release 11 for Windows with support for Direct Attached Storage (DAS), Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. Release 11 offers offers cross-platform support for Windows, NetWare, Linux, UNIX, and MAC OS X servers and clients and features a sophisticated high-speed multiplexing capability…

  • Verio Announces Fed-Focused Partner Program

    Federal spending on information technology is expected to reach $59.7 billion this year, according to IT analysts at Gartner Inc., based in Stamford, Ct. With an eye on grabbing a substantial portion of that pie, Verio, a leader in global IP solutions, today announced a new vertically–focused channel initiative aimed at recruiting and supporting partners…

  • CA: It’s Time to Join the Linux Generation

    NEW YORK—First we had the PC generation. Then the Internet generation. And now we’re in the midst of the Linux generation. And it’s not too soon too join. That was the message of Computer Associates International Inc.’s Senior Vice President and Chief Architect Sam Greenblatt, who delivered the LinuxWorld keynote here Thursday morning. “Linux is…

  • Microdrives Make Headway

    Increasing power and falling prices are not just computing trends, they’re a way of life for the industry. Not every tech sector rides the waves of these continuing trends at once, though. Judging from recent announcements, the microdrive’s turn atop the crest has come. Several miniscule but high-capacity drives from different manufacturers have been produced…

  • Sun Lays Out Further Linux Support

    Sun Microsystems Inc. is using LinuxWorld to highlight its plans this year to expand its support for the open-source operating system in its Java Enterprise System and across its Java development tools. Sun, of Santa Clara, Calif., on Wednesday previewed its plans to add Linux support by the middle of 2004 to the Java Enterprise…

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