Tag: IBM

  • Microsoft Hires Father of WebSphere from IBM

    Microsoft Hires Father of WebSphere from IBM

    Darryl K. Taft

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    Microsoft has hired Don Ferguson, a prominent IBM software technologist and former chief architect of IBM’s Software Group, to work in the office of the CTO. According to Ferguson’s bio at Microsoft—published on Jan. 8—he is now a Microsoft technical fellow in Platforms and Strategy, in the office of the chief technology officer. At Microsoft,… Read more

  • IBM Offers ‘Virtual Architecture’ for BladeCenter Systems

    IBM Offers ‘Virtual Architecture’ for BladeCenter Systems

    Scott Ferguson

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    IBM is looking to increase speed and efficiency in its blade servers by offering, along with a number of partners, a series of networking tools and management technologies. The Armonk, N.Y., company is calling the new product offerings within its BladeCenter H systems “virtual fabric technology,” which reflects the combination of Ethernet connectivity fabric with… Read more

  • Can Java Become an Important Linux Language?

    Can Java Become an Important Linux Language?

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    When you think programming languages and Linux, the languages that tend to come to mind are C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python and, lately, Ruby. But, Java probably doesn’t enter your mind at all—that’s because until recently Java was a proprietary language. Sun, however has now liberated Java under the GPLv2 open-source license. I think that… Read more

  • IBM, HP, Lead the Patent Pack in 2006

    IBM, HP, Lead the Patent Pack in 2006

    Patrick Hoffman

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    IFI Patent Intelligence, a patent assignee company that has been around since 1956, announced Jan. 11 its annual list of the top 25 U.S. patent winners. IFI assembles its listing using information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and from CLAIMS, a text-searchable database of U.S. patents in the world. Darlene Slaughter, general manager… Read more

  • Hosted IT: When Simple Won’t Do

    Edward Cone

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    Amazon.com inc.’s utility pricing and on-demand services may change the hosting game, but some applications continue to demand more of a hothouse environment. “There is no way to apply the fast-food hosting model to really complex custom applications,” says Daniel Golding, a vice president at Tier 1 Research. At the high end of the market,… Read more

  • 10 Years Gone: IBM Reappears at CES

    10 Years Gone: IBM Reappears at CES

    Scott Ferguson

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    It has been a decade since IBM showed up at the Consumer Electronics Show. That 10-year absence will come to an end in a few weeks, after Big Blue opens its booth on the showroom floor at the 2007 CES show in Las Vegas. Since last showing up at the CES in 1997, a lot… Read more