Barbara Darrow

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Microsoft considered SAP buy

Microsoft considered SAP buy

Microsoft is even more serious about business applications than many had thought.
Barbara Darrow Jun 8 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Microsoft updates ‘Biz Desk’ for Commerce Server

Microsoft updates ‘Biz Desk’ for Commerce Server

Microsoft's revamped ‘Business Desk’ interface for Commerce Server 2002 will hit this week.
Barbara Darrow May 19 2004, 12:00AM Software
Siebel signs IBM exec as CEO

Siebel signs IBM exec as CEO

IBM has named Doug Elix sales chief as Mike Lawrie departs to take up the chief executive's chair at Siebel Systems, replacing Tom Siebel.
Rochelle Garner , Barbara Darrow , Steven Burke May 4 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Sun, Microsoft pact viewed as 'Unholy Alliance'

Sun, Microsoft pact viewed as 'Unholy Alliance'

Microsoft and Sun redrew the battle lines in the computing world last week, with news of a 10-year pact designed to better integrate the leading proprietary Unix and Windows platforms and unifying the rivals against a common enemy--IBM and Linux.
Paula Rooney , Barbara Darrow Apr 5 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
SQL Server delays roil channel

SQL Server delays roil channel

The slippage of Microsoft SQL Server into 2005 is no trivial matter to solution providers.
Barbara Darrow Mar 15 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Feds set out to sink Oracle’s PeopleSoft bid

Feds set out to sink Oracle’s PeopleSoft bid

Larry Ellison faces his biggest opponent yet: The US federal government.
Barbara Darrow Mar 1 2004, 12:00AM Software
Oracle ups PeopleSoft ante to US$9.4 billion

Oracle ups PeopleSoft ante to US$9.4 billion

Oracle has raised the stakes on its bid to buy PeopleSoft to US$26 per share, or about US$9.4 billion.
Barbara Darrow Feb 5 2004, 12:00AM Software
Microsoft under pressure

Microsoft under pressure

Microsoft continues to face resistance to its multiyear licensing program but will act to hold onto its dominant market share, according to company CFO John Connors.
Paula Rooney , Barbara Darrow Feb 2 2004, 12:00AM Software
Office 2003 update due in June

Office 2003 update due in June

Microsoft this week acknowledged that Office 2003 Service Pack 1 is in the works, but gave no details beyond an expected late June launch date.
Barbara Darrow Jan 29 2004, 12:00AM Software
Lotus touts extension of Notes in workplace client

Lotus touts extension of Notes in workplace client

IBM Lotus Software is pitching its upcoming Workplace Client as an extension, not replacement, of the venerable Notes desktop.
Barbara Darrow Jan 27 2004, 12:00AM Software
CRN Interview: Janet Perna & Brett MacIntyre, IBM Software US

CRN Interview: Janet Perna & Brett MacIntyre, IBM Software US

Janet Perna, general manager of IBM Software's Data Management group, and Brett MacIntyre, vice-president of content management for IBM Software, spoke with CRN's US industry editor Barbara Darrow 18 December -- one day after IBM announced its acquisition of Green Pasture Software, a vendor of document management applications.
Barbara Darrow Dec 22 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Software arena goes MAD

Software arena goes MAD

They're off to the races. EMC's blockbuster $US635 million buyout of VMware, followed by IBM's purchase of Green Pasture and Red Hat's acquisition of Sistina Software capped a months-long flurry of merger and acquisition activity. And there's more to come, resellers and observers say.
Barbara Darrow , Paula Rooney Dec 22 2003, 12:00AM Data centre
IBM Software buys Green Pasture

IBM Software buys Green Pasture

IBM Software has bought Green Pasture Software, a content management player based in the United States.
Barbara Darrow Dec 18 2003, 12:00AM Software
Microsoft weighs new play for low-end accounting

Microsoft weighs new play for low-end accounting

Microsoft is hoping Magellan can take it where Microsoft Profit and bCentral Finance Manager could not. The destination? Small business accounting, a market dominated by Intuit's QuickBooks.
Barbara Darrow Dec 8 2003, 12:00AM Software
Resellers hail Microsoft BizDesk facelift

Resellers hail Microsoft BizDesk facelift

Resellers who have complained about Microsoft Commerce Server's Business Desk may get some relief before the next major product release.
Barbara Darrow Nov 18 2003, 12:00AM Software
IBM to out-Yukon Yukon?

IBM to out-Yukon Yukon?

IBM Software may be trying to steal Microsoft thunder with upcoming features for its DB2 database.
Barbara Darrow Oct 27 2003, 12:00AM Software
Microsoft posts six percent revenue growth

Microsoft posts six percent revenue growth

For its first fiscal quarter 2004, Microsoft posted revenue of US$8.22 billion, up six percent from US$7.75 billion it earned for the year-ago period.
Barbara Darrow Oct 24 2003, 12:00AM Software
VeriSign sells network business

VeriSign sells network business

VeriSign is selling its Network Solutions business unit but will retain a minority stake in it, the US company has said.
Barbara Darrow Oct 17 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Oracle database aims to fill SMB niche

Oracle database aims to fill SMB niche

After much umming and ahhing, Oracle said it will offer a less-costly version of its database for small and mid-size businesses.
Barbara Darrow Oct 14 2003, 12:00AM Data centre
Ballmer launches security Blitzkrieg

Ballmer launches security Blitzkrieg

Microsoft will attack its security woes next year by releasing security-focused service packs for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, new safety technologies for the Windows client and inspection technologies for the Windows server, and a major update of its Software Upgrade Server (SUS) for improved patch management.
Paula Rooney , Barbara Darrow Oct 10 2003, 12:00AM Security

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