Stories by Todd R. Weiss

NASA's 1,024-CPU supercomputer gets an upgrade

As it continues to build and develop a global grid network of supercomputers, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has just upgraded a key supercomputer in California to give it more power for research. The upgraded machine is now the most powerful high-performance computing system used by NASA scientists to date, according to the agency.

Apache users urged to upgrade

The creators of Apache Web Server software said today that all Apache users are potentially affected by security vulnerabilities that were announced yesterday, even as a controversy continues about how the flaws were initially made public.

Peregrine Systems borrows $50 million

Troubled software vendor Peregrine Systems Inc. is selling its supply chain enablement business and has obtained a US$50 million loan as it continues to cope with an internal investigation into alleged accounting irregularities.

MS patches developer software infected with Nimda worm

Two weeks after beginning shipments of the Korean language version of its new Visual Studio .Net developers software in April, Microsoft Corp. learned that the software accidentally included a file that was infected by the destructive Nimda worm.

Linux CRM application to be released by JD Edwards

Fueled by growing business deployment of Linux in the financial services market, software and services vendor J.D. Edwards & Co. will release a Linux-ported version of its customer relationship management (CRM) application by the end of the year.

Keynote touts monitoring tools for customer Web sites

Improvements in the latest version of Web site and network performance monitoring software from Keynote Systems now tell e-commerce companies far more than just whether there's a problem with their revenue-generating Web site. The new features are designed to give real-time information on what the problem is and how to fix it.

A Linux installation of enterprise proportions

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse needed a new operating system so its stores could deploy new applications and redeploy existing applications and services to take advantage of a Web-based architecture. At the same time, the company wanted to reduce costs and capitalize on its long-standing success with Unix, says Michael Prince, vice president and CIO.

IBM unveils higher level of disaster recovery services

To help customers be better prepared in the event that a disaster strikes their IT operations, IBM Corp. today is launching a new services unit that focuses on quickly getting businesses back on their feet after their IT infrastructure is damaged or destroyed.

Caldera announces support for other Linux versions

In a move to increase revenue and its services business, Linux and Unix vendor Caldera International will now offer global support for other brands of Linux, including those of Red Hat Inc. and SuSE Linux AG.

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