Software

Compuware CEO turns eCorner

Compuware CEO turns eCorner

Former Compuware CEO John Debrincat has set up a distributor seeking resellers and business partners for a range of German-made web store-front software.
Fleur Doidge May 6 2004, 12:00AM Software
Gates: 64-bit desktop computing mainstream in two years

Gates: 64-bit desktop computing mainstream in two years

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates predicted that 64-bit computing would become mainstream in the PC industry over the next two years because of 32-bit extended technology that preserves customers' existing investments.
Paula Rooney May 6 2004, 12:00AM Software
Red Hat desktop debuts

Red Hat desktop debuts

Red Hat will exploit its back-end security and management services to give its first major corporate desktop, Red Hat Desktop, a promising liftoff to the marketplace.
Paula Rooney May 5 2004, 12:00AM Software
PeopleSoft targets small business with new software

PeopleSoft targets small business with new software

Hoping to capture more customers in the fast-growing small business market, PeopleSoft has unveiled a suite of enterprise applications combining industry-specific business processes, implementation services and hardware.
Beth Bacheldor May 4 2004, 12:00AM Software
Windows XP SP2 delay confirmed

Windows XP SP2 delay confirmed

Microsoft has confirmed that its much-anticipated Windows XP Service Pack 2 has been delayed for release until almost spring.
Paula Rooney Apr 30 2004, 12:00AM Software
BMC buys Marimba for US$239m

BMC buys Marimba for US$239m

BMC Software has agreed to acquire Marimba for US$239 million in cash to expand the capabilities of systems and applications management software.
Antone Gonsalves Apr 30 2004, 12:00AM Software
Google auctions off shares

Google auctions off shares

Search engine leader Google on Thursday filed in the US to go public, hoping to raise US$2.7 billion in its long-anticipated public offering.
Rochelle Garner Apr 30 2004, 12:00AM Software
IBM’s Linux lab in ACT to grow

IBM’s Linux lab in ACT to grow

To meet expected demand for open source software, IBM Australia has announced plans to double the size of its Canberra-based Linux development lab.
Staff Writers Apr 30 2004, 12:00AM Software
Wireless broadband bar lowered for infrastructure providers

Wireless broadband bar lowered for infrastructure providers

Wireless distributor Integrity Data Systems (IDS) has signed up to push wireless radios that its CEO believes could rattle a few cages, heralding a new ISP rush to infrastructure purchases.
Fleur Doidge Apr 30 2004, 12:00AM Software
F5 hails death of IPsec VPN remote access

F5 hails death of IPsec VPN remote access

Internet traffic management vendor F5 Networks has been travelling Australia prophesying the death of IPsec VPN – but the response to its evangelical mission has so far been mixed.
Fleur Doidge Apr 28 2004, 12:00AM Software
Veritas announces pricing changes

Veritas announces pricing changes

Software company Veritas has announced it will reduce prices by 12 percent across its entire product range, in a move the company argues follows the strengthening of the Australian dollar.
Staff Writers Apr 22 2004, 12:00AM Software
Lindows renamed Linspire

Lindows renamed Linspire

Embattled Lindows.com has changed the name of its Linux desktop operating system from LindowsOS to Linspire.
Gregg Keizer , Gregg Keizer Apr 15 2004, 12:00AM Software
auDA applauds court decision

auDA applauds court decision

.au Domain Administration (auDA) has welcomed a Federal Court's decision in its favour against Domain Names Australia.
Vivienne Fisher Apr 14 2004, 12:00AM Software
Microsoft’s first open source post

Microsoft’s first open source post

Hard on the heels of Friday's shocking detente with Sun, Microsoft on Monday pulled another surprise: it posted source code under the Open Source Initiative's Common Public License.
Staff Writers Apr 7 2004, 12:00AM Software
Yankee group disputes Linux' claim to lower cost

Yankee group disputes Linux' claim to lower cost

Linux is not the low-cost alternative to Unix and Windows that many of the open-source operating system's proponents claim it is, a research firm said this week.
Gregg Keizer , Gregg Keizer Apr 6 2004, 12:00AM Software
Oracle facing EU anti-trust music

Oracle facing EU anti-trust music

Oracle continued to argue its case for acquiring PeopleSoft before the European Union this week, parading recent EU bogeyman Microsoft.
W. David Gardner Apr 2 2004, 12:00AM Software
Microsoft releases Paint source code

Microsoft releases Paint source code

Amid internal squabblings with the company's top executives, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced that the source code to its popular Paint program will be made available to the public.
Phil Jorge Apr 1 2004, 12:00AM Software
MYOB to merge with Solution 6 in $233m deal

MYOB to merge with Solution 6 in $233m deal

Business software maker MYOB has agreed to merge with Solution 6 in a deal worth around $233 million.
Staff Writers Mar 29 2004, 12:00AM Software
Avnet Australia wins IBM regional partner award

Avnet Australia wins IBM regional partner award

Avnet Partner Solutions has won IBM's Asia-Pacific partner award for excellence in 2003.
Staff Writers Mar 29 2004, 12:00AM Software
QLD provides IT solution for Israel

QLD provides IT solution for Israel

A Queensland-based Corporate Research Centre for software company SAP has become the primary IT solutions provider for the Israeli Government.
Staff Writers Mar 25 2004, 12:00AM Software

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