Compaq Computer has disclosed a handful of enhancements it will introduce to OpenVMS, many of which focus on improved availability and advancing the level of integration between the 64-bit operating system and Microsoft's Windows NT.
The microelectronics arm of Sun Microsystems has quietly scrapped plans to make a family of processors designed specifically to run programs written in its Java programming language, according to an industry analyst. The company plans to begin testing its first, long-awaited Java processor later this month - MicroJava 701 - but that chip will probably be the last that Sun makes based on its so-called "picoJava" design
Intel last week sketched out its microprocessor road map, including plans for a new 32-bit microarchitecture which over time will replace the current P6 design on which Intel's Pentium II processors are based.
Intel has sketched out its microprocessor road map, including plans for a new 32-bit microarchitecture which over time will replace the current P6 design on which the Pentium II processor is based.
Veritas Software is set to dole out about $US1.6 billion in shares for the Network Storage and Management Group of Seagate Software, a subsidiary of storage giant Seagate Technologies.
The microelectronics arm of Sun Microsystems has quietly scrapped plans to make a family of processors designed specifically to run programs written in its Java programming language, an industry analyst said yesterday.
A senior Intel executive last week acknowledged what many critics have been saying for a while: PCs have become "junk trucks" of technology that need to be cleaned for improved ease of use and connectivity.
Quark this week acquired a majority stake in Silent GmbH, a German firm that provides products and systems integration services to the publishing and newspaper industries.
Novell is set to release a version of its directory services product that interoperates with Citrix Systems' thin-client networking software. The vendor's decision to bring its directory technology across from PCs to thin clients may represent a shot in the arm for the thin-client movement.
Advanced Micro Devices will ratchet the speed of its K6-2 microprocessors up another notch tomorrow with a version running at 350MHz. AMD will position the chip as a viable competitor to Intel's Pentium II processors in the market for performance desktop PCs.
Intel has confirmed another delay in the delivery of its Pentium II Xeon processor, this time affecting a 450MHz version of the chip that is due to ship later this year.
IBM has started making some of its enterprise-level software products ready for use with the network management system made by its subsidiary Tivoli Systems, the companies said this week.
Intel last week confirmed another delay in the delivery of its Pentium II Xeon processor, this time affecting a 450MHz version of the chip that is due to ship later this year.
Removable storage drive maker SyQuest Technology intends to slash its worldwide workforce by nearly a half and expects to report a sequential drop in revenues for the quarter just completed and for the September quarter, officials revealed last Friday.
Intel has been hit with a $US500 million patent infringement lawsuit by a US intellectual property firm, TechSearch, over technology used in lntel's Pentium microprocessors.
