Desktop inventory software maker Tally Systems Inc. has announced it will buy all assets of decision-support software vendor NetBalance Inc. and has licensed a software distribution tool from Swan International Inc. in Paris.
If it's widely adopted by IT vendors, CIM would make enterprise systems much easier to design, deploy and manage, and it eventually would make IT products faster and cheaper to develop.
Once you have a network operating system directory service in place, the question remains: How do you ensure interoperability among directories?
The directory concept - a single place for address information about all the resources for a network or an application - is so elegant and logical, it's no wonder it has generated a lot of attention.
McDonald's Corp. President and Vice Chairman James R. Cantalupo announced today that the Oak Brook, Ill.-based fast-food giant is investing in Food.com, an Internet-based food takeout and delivery service, calling it "an investment in the future."
Among the presidential hopefuls in this week's Super Tuesday primaries, Republican front-runner Texas Gov. George W. Bush was the winner, at least in terms of Web site performance.
The field of network and application performance monitoring vendors became even tighter yesterday when Mission Critical Software Inc. announced that it would acquire NetIQ Corp. in Houston for in a stock swap valued at $1.42 billion.
A glitch that resulted in system backups scheduled to run Feb. 29, 1936, was traced last week to human error.
Three network management companies have announced a $2.7 billion deal that will result in an end-to-end network management suite targeting Windows 2000-based electronic-business applications.
News of the $4 billion bid by Computer Associates International Inc. to acquire Dallas-based Sterling Software Inc. took some Sterling users by surprise, but most are taking a wait-and-see stance.
Computer Associates International's $4 billion bid to acquire Sterling Software, announced on Monday, should benefit users of both companies' data centre and electronic-business software by providing a complementary product fit.
Computer Associates International's plans to acquire the Dallas-based Sterling Software for $4 billion are aimed at helping the software giant strengthen its electronic-business product lineup, analysts said.
Given their collective clout in the enterprise software arena, will the CA/Sterling marriage raise antitrust concerns?
The biggest culprit that kept online shoppers from becoming online buyers this past holiday season was poor customer service - not frustration over technical glitches - according to a report by Resource Marketing.
International water company Azurix Corp. has launched the site Water2Water.com to create an online water exchange and tap into what it estimates is a $3 billion market in the Western U.S. But observers said the Houston-based company might also ignite a firestorm over water rights.