TECHWEB TODAY: SOFTWARE Tuesday, December 21, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Tuesday Software Feature: Surprise, Surprise! 2. Software News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Microsoft Discusses Plans For Anti-Spyware Tools 4. Analyst: Wal-Mart's RFID Suppliers Are Resisting 5. IAC Splits, Forms Online Travel Company 6. Microsoft, Citrix Renew Vows For Longhorn Server Era Other News This Week 7. The China Syndrome 8. Honda's Asimo Robot Hits The Ground Running 9. Gartner: Don't Use Google Desktop In Enterprise 10. Anything-But-Microsoft Retail Store Pushes Linux, Open Source ------- Advertisement ------------------- IBM solutions. Designed for the mid-market. Mid-sized companies like General Glass use IBM Express Middleware to give their sales force real-time product data on the road, their customers real-time updates on the Web and their bottom line real-world savings on the fly. All for as little as $2500. > See how in valuable case studies, papers and more http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0CYYo0A7 ----------------------------------------- -- Holiday Greetings -- We are taking this opportunity between now and the New Year to regroup, retool, and get ourselves ready for the new and exciting things we expect to see in the coming year. Therefore, after today, our regularly scheduled newsletters will be on hiatus until January 4, 2005, when CMP Media returns to work. We at TechWeb wish you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season and a prosperous New Year. 1. TUESDAY SOFTWARE FEATURE: Surprise, Surprise! The IT industry pulled a few surprises out if its hat in 2004. Here are the ones that most intrigue TechWeb's staff. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5Ja0A2 2. SOFTWARE NEWS OF THE WEEK Done Deal: Symantec, Veritas In $13.5 Billion Merger Symantec announced that it has reached a $13.5 billion stock swap merger deal with storage software maker Veritas. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C4cb0AS Sterling Commerce Buys Supply-Chain Software Maker For $170 Million Sterling Commerce will add Yantra's supply-chain-management software to its electronic-trading and collaboration platform. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5CU0Ai Firefox 1.0: The New World Wide Web Champ? Mozilla's new Firefox Web browser can make believers even out of loyal Internet Explorer proponents. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5Jb0A3 EU Software Patent Measure Placed In Limbo A measure that could allow widespread software patenting in Europe was unexpectedly tabled by the European Union's Council in Brussels. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5Jc0A4 Phillips Says It One More Time: PeopleSoft Customers, We Love You Oracle plans to port its database software to IBM's iSeries server in a bid to keep J.D. Edwards software users in the fold. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5Jd0A5 IBM Sends 'Hybrid' Database To Alpha Test A new IBM hybrid database geared for handling structured and unstructured data is in the hands of about 30 alpha testers, an IBM executive said. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5Je0A6 ------- Advertisement ------------------- IBM solutions. Designed for the mid-market. Mid-sized companies like General Glass use IBM Express Middleware to give their sales force real-time product data on the road, their customers real-time updates on the Web and their bottom line real-world savings on the fly. All for as little as $2500. > See how in valuable case studies, papers and more http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0CYYo0A7 ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Microsoft Discusses Plans For Anti-Spyware Tools Microsoft acquired anti-spyware technology because it was the quickest way to put something into users' hands, an executive says. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5Jf0A7 4. Analyst: Wal-Mart's RFID Suppliers Are Resisting Wal-Mart's attempt to force its suppliers to comply with its RFID program is running into resistance from top suppliers, a researcher says. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5Jg0A8 5. IAC Splits, Forms Online Travel Company IAC/InterActiveCorp splits into two publicly traded businesses, one for IAC's travel holdings, and one for ticketing, real estate, and financial services. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5Jh0AA 6. Microsoft, Citrix Renew Vows For Longhorn Server Era Microsoft and Citrix outline an extension of their longtime technology-sharing alliance. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5Ji0AB OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. The China Syndrome China's technical prowess is turning it into one of the largest networking markets in the world--and into U.S. vendors' biggest competitor. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C4tV0AX 8. Honda's Asimo Robot Hits The Ground Running Honda's updated Asimo humanoid robot can run at a speed of 3 kilometers per hour, the company claims. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5Jj0AC 9. Gartner: Don't Use Google Desktop In Enterprise The recently-disclosed--and patched--flaw in Google Desktop Search drew a repeated warning from research analysts about the danger of using first-generation local search tools from the likes of Google, Microsoft, and others. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/elHv0GpvDH0G4S0C5Jk0AD 10. 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