Stories by Marc Songini

J. D. Edwards Unveils Web-Based Enterprise Suite

J. D. Edwards is claiming that the world of "e-business" is dead, and that enterprise users must go to collaborative, or "c-business."

Siebel Gobbles Up Another CRM Software Rival

Siebel Systems Monday announced a deal to scoop up rival Janna Systems Inc. in an acquisition that Siebel executives hope will give the San Mateo, Calif.-based vendor a leg up in selling customer relationship management (CRM) software to financial services companies and insurers.

Service Companies Connect with PSA Software

Service-based companies are beginning to turn to automation to boost efficiency and profitability, just as manufacturers have done by employing supply-chain management (SCM) products.

Candle bolsters MQSeries management

Candle wants to hold a light up to the operations of IBM's MQSeries Integrator, an applications messaging package optimised for handling e-business transactions. Candle has introduced customisable software, dubbed Command Centre for MQSI V100, for monitoring and managing IBM's message oriented middleware from a single console.

AS/400 users get a Windows boost

IBM yesterday announced its plans for rolling out products and programs to help AS/400 users interested in running Windows NT/2000 applications in their shops.

SCO Sells Out to Caldera

Ending an era, The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. will be selling off its Unix product line and professional services arm to Linux vendor Caldera Inc.

Seagull Lets Handheld Users Tap Legacy Apps

Web software maker Seagull Software Systems Inc. wants to let wireless users access mainframe or AS/400 server resources without having to rewrite legacy host applications.

BMC offers business-to-business roadmap

BMC Software plans to extend its network and systems management software to handle all e-business processes -- both in and out of the enterprise.

Mainframe Linux to get management boost

IBM, Computer Associates International and BMC Software will announce products this week that should help customers manage Linux applications on mainframes.

BMC beefs up mainframe management tool

Big Iron users who want real-time reporting as well as analysis and capacity planning may be interested in a new software suite from BMC Software.

Linux bundle gives greater access to legacy applications

Linux shops needing to access their legacy apps on the fly may want to consider a joint offering from The Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) and Caldera Systems.

Service Lets Users Stress-Test Web Sites

To make sure your Web site's maiden voyage doesn't have a Titanic-like ending, conducting a dry run makes sense. However, this can be expensive to do in-house, requiring special software and servers as well as personnel who can simulate the activity of hundreds or thousands of end users accessing your Web site.

IBM continues its big iron Linux push

On Monday, IBM executives detailed plans to make the installation of copies of the Linux operating system on S/390 machines easier for nonmainframe personnel, as well as less expensive. In addition, a number of IBM partners, such as management platform vendors BMC Software and Computer Associates International plan to announce products to monitor and manage Linux running on Big Iron. For instance, CA is expected to announce agents and other products that will help IS staff manage Apache and IBM WebSphere Web server applications on Linux on the S/390.

IBM blasts EMC on standards

Storing and retrieving data across different platforms is going to be key to the future of e-business, an IBM storage executive claims.

IBM eyes e-comm apps with new mainframe

IBM will soon significantly bulk up its mainframe software and hardware to better handle massive e-business Web sites.