Stories about: Euronext

Ask what seems like a simple question -- How often should PCs be replaced? -- and you'll find that for IT managers, the answer isn't so simple. And it's certainly not universal.

Computer systems, hardware and networking technologies have improved so much that two of the world's largest trading exchanges say they have begun measuring transaction times in microseconds.

IBM has scooped up Infodyne, a privately held maker of software that quickly crunches hundreds of market data sources together into a standardized form for the trading industry, it said Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The New York Stock Exchange is investing heavily in x86-based Linux systems and blade servers as it builds out the NYSE Hybrid Market trading system that it launched last year. Flexibility and lower cost are among the goals. But one of the things that NYSE Euronext CIO Steve Rubinow says he most wants from the new computing architecture is technology independence.

In a move to jump-start growth in the business intelligence arena, SAP will acquire Business Objects for around US$6.78 billion.

Alcatel-Lucent, a global communications giant with combined annual revenue of more than Euro 18 billion ($30 billion), will debut Friday after a sometimes rocky engagement between Alcatel and Lucent Technologies.

Start-up RedSeal Systems makes its debut this week with a security appliance that supports risk management through visualization of a corporate network's exposure to threats.

MandrakeSoft SA is back. The company has exited bankruptcy.

Starting today, IBM's stock is being reclassified on the FTSE All-World Index as a software and services company rather than as a hardware company.