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Virtualization, Cloud Investors & Yahoo

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Atlanta-based TechOperators, a new early stage VC targeting cloud computing and SaaS as well as Internet services, security, infrastructure and mobile, is launching its first venture fund and claims it didn’t have too many problems raising the $20 million-$30 million. The four managing partners, all ex-CEOs who sold their companies mostly to big boys, include Tom Noonan who sold Internet Security Systems to IBM, David Gould who sold Witness Systems to Verint Systems, Said Mohammadioun, who sold Samna to Lotus and Glenn McGonnigle, who sold VistaScape Security Systems to Siemens. They’re reportedly looking for firms already doing $1 million in revenue that need $2 million-$3 million to leverage their recurring-revenue business.

Google Hits It Out of the Park

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:00:00 EDT

On another day of wild swings – when the stock market – as a proxy for the global economy – badly needed a comfort blanket – Google gave it one. It came in Thursday with Q3 net earnings of $1.56 billion, or $4.92 a share (non-GAAP), up 26%, on revenue of $4.04 billion, up 31%, after subtracting TAC. Analysts were only expecting $4.75. US paid clicks were up 18%. After scrapping as low as $309 Thursday – because of worries about advertising in a recession – it shot up to $376 in after-hours trading.

Microsoft's Ballmer Throws Yahoo a Lifeline

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:15:00 EDT

When Yahoo rolled out of bed this morning its stock was at an abysmal $11.75. Then it lost another 40 cents in early trading as the market plummeted again. At lunch time, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer threw it a lifeline. On stage at Gartner’s gathering this week in Florida, Steve suggested that a Yahoo acquisition – or at least a search partnership – still makes economic sense to Microsoft – not that Yahoo doesn’t still think it’s worth 40 bucks a share.

Google & Yahoo Dicker with Feds To Salvage Deal: WSJ

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT

They are now in early-stage negotiations with the regulators, the paper said, hoping to sidestep litigation. Google, in particular, has been publicly resistant to the idea of making any changes to the agreement, but concessions may be inevitable – unless of course Google decides to walk. The Journal says the talks may not “resolve US objections or be acceptable to the two companies.”

Mithras Suggests Microsoft Buys Yahoo For $22 a Share

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:15:00 EDT

Mithras Capital, an investment fund that, poor thing, owns 1.9 million shares of Yahoo, which amounts to a fractional percentage in the company, has suggested that Microsoft buy the joint for $22 a share, these days something like a 60% premium to its bombed-out stock price, then sell off Yahoo’s Asian and non-search interests, cut costs by $3 billion and get $2.8 billion in tax benefits.

Google-Yahoo Deal Put on Hold

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:15:00 EDT

Yahoo’s life-saving revenue-enhancing alliance with Google, supposedly set to kick off in a week and substitute for a Microsoft buy-out, has been put on hold while antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice continue their investigation. The companies issued separate statements late Friday saying they had agreed to a "brief delay in implementing the agreement."

SEO Search Engine Optimization Criminals Shoud Be Jailed Like Nigerian Email Crime Gangs

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDT

These email spammers with fake gmail addresses are clearly breaking the law and I personally believe that they should be found and jailed. The last time I looked at my inbox I found more than 700 emails from these people who do not have real names, company websites or company emails. Even before I was able to write this sentence I received yet another email from a person signed as Steve Doody. As the industry, can we police our own criminal elements such as this example? If not, our next stop will be what Wall Street is going through now.

Think Tank Tries Imagining a Yahoogle Consent Decree

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EDT

The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) has waded into the Yahoogle debate with a 22-page white paper that worries that the Yahoo-Google alliance will turn into “a black hole that swallows up Yahoo.” And it says that if the government can’t negotiate a consent decree that “preserves Yahoo’s [economic] incentives to remain in the paid search market” and compete against both Google and Microsoft – the only potentially pro-competitive feature in the deal is the money it would throw off that Yahoo could invest in its Panama advertising platform – then the Justice Department should “seek an injunction to prevent Google and Yahoo from implementing their agreement.”

Google CEO Says Yahoo-Google Deal’s a Go

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:45:00 EDT

In the absence of the regulators investigating the proposed Yahoo-Google deal saying either “aye” or “nay,” Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the press yesterday that Google will start putting search ads on Yahoo’s sites on or about October 11, the implementation date set by their agreement. To delay any longer would be to lose money, he said.

EC Probing Yahoogle Deal as Opposition Mounts

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:45:00 EDT

Remember how Yahoo and Google carefully restricted their deal to the US and Canada so they could tiptoe past the persnickety European Commission? Well, it turns out the slumbering giant woke up anyway and has been informally reviewing the controversial web search advertising axis since mid-July on the theory that the pact could violate European price-fixing rules (oooo!, heavy antitrust stuff) and regulations on sharing sensitive business information.

Is Web-based Cloud Computing the Wave of the Future?

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:05:00 EDT

Is Web-based cloud computing the wave of the future, or should we stick to the devil we know? The big player in cloud computing is Google, the online search, advertising, email, mapping and video behemoth, whose cumulative dominance of the Internet rivals Microsoft’s dominance in operating systems and applications software.

Google Chrome Compatible with Lightstreamer AJAX

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT

Chrome, the new Google browser, was released yesterday as a beta version for Windows Vista/XP and officially entered the browser war, where the primary competitors are currently Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Chrome offers many interesting features, aimed at making the browsing experience more robust, more secure, and faster.

Virtualization Expo - Jerry Brown Piles On Yahoogle

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:41:00 EDT

California’s own Attorney General Jerry Brown has decided that his office ought to investigate the proposed monopoly-enhancing Yahoo-Google revenue-sharing ad deal too. Brown’s letting the Justice Department do his legwork and is reviewing documents the agency collects, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Google Is Ten: The Search Engine That Changed the World

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:45:00 EDT

Google opened its doors in September 1998. But, as the Google official site phrases it, "The exact date when we celebrate our birthday has moved around over the years, depending on when people feel like having cake." Maybe, now that Chrome is released, instead of waiting till the 27th of the month as it did last year, Google will feast on a nice big cake right away this week.

Google Chrome: Will the Web Ever Become a Real Platform?

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:15:00 EDT

I have been reading a lot of reviews about Chrome. Most people seem to be comparing it to Firefox, which I think is underestimating Chrome's capability. I think it has nothing to do with the browser at all; it has everything to do with the platform.

"To Google" Is Officially a Verb: A Behind-the-Scenes History

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:45:00 EDT

Having your brand name used as a generic term, is of course, a mixed blessing for a company. On the one hand, it’s great to have your name become the common shorthand for an entire category. It implies acceptance that your product is the standard by which all others in the category are judged and it’s great word-of-mouth for building awareness and trial. On the other hand, you want to protect your trademark and it’s difficult to do that if overuse dilutes its connection to your product.

Advertising on Google.com Requires No Personally Identifiable Information (PII), States Executive

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT

"Advertising on Google.com is contextual, requires no personally identifiable information, is not provided by a third-party, and does not collect any information in addition to the basic information collected to provide search results," asserts Google's Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Alan Davidson.

Yahoo Stockholders Don’t Like Jerry Yang THAT Much

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:15:00 EDT

Turns out the vote that overwhelmingly returned Yahoo’s board to office last Friday by a surprise three-to-one margin was seriously miscounted. The official tabulation claimed that CEO Jerry Yang got 85.4% of the vote (14.6% withheld) and Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock got 79.5% (20.5% withheld). By that count the pair that ran off Microsoft and its billions fared better than last year.

Yahoo Stockholders Don’t Like Jerry Yang THAT Much

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:10:00 EDT

Big Yahoo Stockholder Demands a Recount

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:30:00 EDT

The surprise three-to-one margin that overwhelmingly returned Yahoo’s board to office last Friday at the shareholders meeting proved too big for Capital Research & Management to swallow. It’s demanding a recount, according to the Wall Street Journal blog All Things Digital, which has been all over the Yahoo story for months.

No Fire in the Belly of Yahoo Stockholders

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Deprived of a proxy fight Yahoo stockholders basically reacted with a shrug Friday to the board that cost them billions by running off Microsoft and overwhelmingly returned the existing directors.

In Search of the Human Element

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:45:00 EDT

George Orwell didn’t specifically mention enterprise search in his visionary book "1984", but he made a statement that still resonates today. When it comes to relevant search query results, "it's not about the statistics." Sanity comes from the human element. Until recently, this concept was mostly ignored by enterprise search solutions.

Is Google To Follow Intel and Motorola by Launching Venture Capital Investment Arm?

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:15:00 EDT

Is Google’s senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer David Drummond, about to become the head of a dedicated Venture Capital division of Google? The Wall Street Journal seems to think so - adding that Google has hired William Maris, a former Web hosting entrepreneur, to help set up the unit.

Enterprise Virtual Management for Next-Generation IT

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Virtualization enables strategic benefits, but significantly impacts infrastructure, operations and configuration management. Virtualization's additional complexity and new management challenges can adversely affect TCO, reduce service levels, threaten security and pose compliance issues, as well as introduce new problems like VM sprawl. In this session, you'll learn how virtualization impacts traditional management disciplines, and their supporting people, processes, and technology. Participants will learn about the next generation of Enterprise Virtualization Management, and how it dramatically simplifies the management of growing virtual environments. Topics include eliminating sprawl, reining in snapshots, effectively dealing with offline VMs, and virtual appliances. You will also learn how to support distributed provisioning, delegated administration and self-service operations for enterprise virtual environments.

VMware Announces Change in Executive Leadership

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:15:00 EDT

VMware's Board of Directors announced that it has made a change in the leadership of the company with the departure of Diane Greene as President and CEO. VMware's Board of Directors has appointed Paul Maritz as President and CEO of VMware effective immediately. Maritz was also named to VMware's Board of Directors.

DOJ May Prove Hurdle for Google-Yahoo

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:45:00 EDT

The Justice Department has reportedly opened a formal antitrust investigation of the multimillion-dollar Microsoft-escaping deal for Google to provide advertising to Yahoo's search engine, with a demand for documents going out to other than the immediate parties, not just the voluntary collection of information Yahoo and Google were prepared to supply.

Adobe Works with Google and Yahoo! to Help Web Users Search Flash Content

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EDT

'Until now it has been extremely challenging to search the millions of RIAs and dynamic content on the Web, so we are leading the charge in improving search of content that runs in Adobe Flash Player,' said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president of the Platform Business Unit at Adobe, as Adobe today announced it is teaming up with search industry leaders to dramatically improve search results of dynamic Web content and rich Internet applications (RIAs).

Yahoo & Virtualization

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:15:00 EDT

The two Detroit pension funds suing Yahoo in Delaware to invalidate its severance plan 'poison pill' have been denied the expedited trial that they asked for ahead of the August 1 stockholders meeting. The plan is supposed to incentivize Google staff to leave if an acquisition were to come off.

The Media Color Yang Out

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:15:00 EDT

The New York Times tried putting a horse's head in Jerry Yang's bed Saturday, prophesying that his 'days as Yahoo's CEO are numbered.' In a piece entitled 'Oh Jerry, It's No Longer Your Baby,' it excoriated him for 'shafting' Yahoo shareholders by running off Microsoft on purpose and turning Yahoo into a Google 'pawn.'

Microsoft To Open Search Center Somewhere in Europe

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:15:00 EDT

Microsoft says it's going to open a Search Technology Center in Europe in the fiscal year that starts in July. The center is supposed to 'accelerate Microsoft's investments in Live Search and disrupt the search and advertising marketplace to the benefit of both the consumer and the advertiser,' it said, 'in line with Microsoft's recent announcement in the US of Live Search cashback.'

Cloud Computing - Firefox: 8.2m and Counting

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:15:00 EDT

After a bit of a breech birth - caused by visitors overloading its web servers - Mozilla released Firefox 3 Tuesday seeking to set a Guinness World Record for the most downloads in 24 hours as a way to stir up interest and at the same time stick it to Microsoft.

Best Practices for Multi-site Data Center Relocation and Consolidation

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:00:00 EDT

A common mandate in large organizations is to shrink the total number of data center sites in order to achieve new efficiencies and economies of scale. Rapid growth, globalization, mergers and acquisitions often necessitate physical data center relocations or consolidations. The ability to effectively analyze, plan and execute multi-site data center relocations or consolidations is vital to large enterprises. Attendees will learn how the ability to decouple server workloads from the underlying hardware and move them over the WAN between any physical or virtual infrastructure enables fast and easy server and data center relocation and consolidation. Topics will include rapidly provisioning new servers, running new and old data center sites in parallel, and the importance of testing.

InstallFree to Exhibit at SYS-CON's Virtualization Conference & Expo

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:45:00 EDT

InstallFree is a provider of application and desktop virtualization solutions. InstallFree enables corporate IT departments to centrally deploy software applications and complete desktops to employees at any location enabling corporations to lower their Total Cost of Ownership, improve the manageability of applications and desktops, and improve the end-user's productivity.

Application Virtualization

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:30:00 EDT

This session will focus on Application Virtualization with particular focus on achieving Web-scale. The session will compare and contrast external cloud deployment to internal deployment on commodity infrastructure.

Splunk to Exhibit at SYS-CON's Virtualization Conference & Expo

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:15:00 EDT

Splunk is a Silicon Valley company inventing large-scale, high-speed indexing and search technology for IT infrastructures. The company's freely downloadable software indexes and makes it possible to search and navigate data from any application, server or network device in real time. Logs, configurations, messages, traps and alerts, scripts and metrics. If a machine can generate it - Splunk can eat it. It's easy to download, install and use, and is very powerful. More than 450 enterprises, government organizations, and service providers and more than 125,000 users achieve higher availability, investigate security incidents in record time, and meet compliance requirements at lower costs with Splunk.

IDC, Gartner Adjust Their Periscopes on Virtualization

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:30:00 EDT

IDC and Gartner have boosted their worldwide PC growth projections for the year. IDC thinks shipments will be up 15.2% to 310 million units compared to last year, not 12.8% like it said it March and Gartner puts the number at 12.5% rather than 10.9%.

Free Guest Passes for the SOA World Conference & Expo in New York City

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON's upcoming '3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo' faculty includes such distinguished speakers as: Al Aghili (Managed Methods), Alan Chhabra (Egenera), Andi Mann (Enterprise Management Associates), Andrew Conte (APC), Andy Astor (EnterpriseDB), Ariel Cohen (Xsigo Systems), Bill O'Conell (IBM), Bob Lozano (Appistry), Bob Quinn (3Leaf Systems), Brian Martin (IBM), Carlo Innocenti Ph.D. (DataDirect Technologies), Chris Shayan (Ashna Samane), Chris Wiborg (Cisco), David Kleidermacher (Green Hills Software), Doc D'Errico (EMC Corporation), Donato Buccella (Certeon), Dror Gill (Ceedo), Etay Bogner (Neocleus), George Pradel (Vizioncore), Geva Perry (GigaSpaces), Gordon Hunt (Real-Time Innovations), Gregory Brail (Sonoa Systems), Greg Lyon (Egenera), Harry Petty (Brocade), Hezi Moore (Reflex Security), Hubert Yoshida (Hitachi Data Systems), Ian Thain (Sybase), Jacek Kruszelnicki (Numatica Corporation), Jeremy Geelan (SYS-CON Media), Jerry Melnick (Marathon Technologies), Joe McKendrick (WebServices.org), Johan Nordin (Software AG), John Goodson (DataDirect), John Senor (iWay Software), JP Morgenthal (Avorcor), Julian Weinstock (Desktone), Keith Swenson (Fujitsu), Ken North (Computing, LLC), Kenon Owens (VMware), Kevin Epstein (Scalent Systems), Koen Aers (Red Hat/JBoss), Kurt Daniel (Parallels), Kurt Ziegler (SIMtone), Kyle Gabhart (Web Age Solutions), Mark Davydov Ph.D. (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Mark Hapner (Sun Microsystems), Mark Milligan (VirtualLogix), Matt George (Fidelity Investments), Michael CareyPh.D. (BEA Systems), Michael Gorman (Whitemarsh Information Systems), Mike Pizzo (Microsoft), Miko Matsumura (Software AG), Nikita Ogievetsky (Morgan Stanley), Parviz Peiravi (Intel), Paul Lipton (CA), Paul Vasquez (VMware), Peter Manca (Egenera), Phil Morris (Sun Microsystems), Pierre Fricke (Red Hat / JBoss), Ravi Gururaj (VMLogix), Rich Lechner (IBM), Rich Schreiber (Nastel Technologies), Richard Mark Soley (OMG), Rick German (Stoneware), Robert Steward (DataDirect), Ron Williams (Tivoli Software), Sean Derrington (Symantec), Shai Fultheim (ScaleMP), Simon Crosby (Citrix), Stefanos Damianakis (Netrics), Stephen Herrod (VMware), Stephen Pollack (PlateSpin), Tom Bishop (BMC Software), Ursula Sinkewicz (Fidelity Investments), Victoria Livschitz (Grid Dynamics), Yakov Fain (Farata Systems), Zoran Cakeljic (Virtual Iron).

Free Guest Passes for the Virtualization Conference & Expo in New York City

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:45:00 EDT

as: Al Aghili (Managed Methods), Alan Chhabra (Egenera), Andi Mann (Enterprise Management Associates), Andrew Conte (APC), Andy Astor (EnterpriseDB), Ariel Cohen (Xsigo Systems), Bill O'Conell (IBM), Bob Lozano (Appistry), Bob Quinn (3Leaf Systems), Brian Martin (IBM), Carlo Innocenti Ph.D. (DataDirect Technologies), Chris Shayan (Ashna Samane), Chris Wiborg (Cisco), David Kleidermacher (Green Hills Software), Doc D'Errico (EMC Corporation), Donato Buccella (Certeon), Dror Gill (Ceedo), Etay Bogner (Neocleus), George Pradel (Vizioncore), Geva Perry (GigaSpaces), Gordon Hunt (Real-Time Innovations), Gregory Brail (Sonoa Systems), Greg Lyon (Egenera), Harry Petty (Brocade), Hezi Moore (Reflex Security), Hubert Yoshida (Hitachi Data Systems), Ian Thain (Sybase), Jacek Kruszelnicki (Numatica Corporation), Jeremy Geelan (SYS-CON Media), Jerry Melnick (Marathon Technologies), Joe McKendrick (WebServices.org), Johan Nordin (Software AG), John Goodson (DataDirect), John Senor (iWay Software), JP Morgenthal (Avorcor), Julian Weinstock (Desktone), Keith Swenson (Fujitsu), Ken North (Computing, LLC), Kenon Owens (VMware), Kevin Epstein (Scalent Systems), Koen Aers (Red Hat/JBoss), Kurt Daniel (Parallels), Kurt Ziegler (SIMtone), Kyle Gabhart (Web Age Solutions), Mark Davydov Ph.D. (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Mark Hapner (Sun Microsystems), Mark Milligan (VirtualLogix), Matt George (Fidelity Investments), Michael CareyPh.D. (BEA Systems), Michael Gorman (Whitemarsh Information Systems), Mike Pizzo (Microsoft), Miko Matsumura (Software AG), Nikita Ogievetsky (Morgan Stanley), Parviz Peiravi (Intel), Paul Lipton (CA), Paul Vasquez (VMware), Peter Manca (Egenera), Phil Morris (Sun Microsystems), Pierre Fricke (Red Hat / JBoss), Ravi Gururaj (VMLogix), Rich Lechner (IBM), Rich Schreiber (Nastel Technologies), Richard Mark Soley (OMG), Rick German (Stoneware), Robert Steward (DataDirect), Ron Williams (Tivoli Software), Sean Derrington (Symantec), Shai Fultheim (ScaleMP), Simon Crosby (Citrix), Stefanos Damianakis (Netrics), Stephen Herrod (VMware), Stephen Pollack (PlateSpin), Tom Bishop (BMC Software), Ursula Sinkewicz (Fidelity Investments), Victoria Livschitz (Grid Dynamics), Yakov Fain (Farata Systems).

Free Guest Pass to SOA World Conference in New York City

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:45:00 EDT

I'll be speaking at the SOA World Conference in NYC this Monday on using rich Internet applications as service consumers in SOA architecture. As the conference faculty member, I can invite a small number of people to attend it for free (Golden Pass). If you'd like to use this offer, just use the coupon code 'speakerguestVIP' (it's case sensitive) on the following registration page. If you have any RIA-related questions, just stop by at the FARATA Systems booth outside the keynote hall. and let's talk. I'll be wearing jeans and black t-shirt with white lettering FARATA.

Enterprise Search Frustrates and Disappoints Users

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:30:00 EDT

In a new study on Findability to be released by AIIM, 49% of survey respondents 'agreed' or 'strongly agreed' that it is a difficult and time consuming process to find the information they need to do their job. The new survey of over 500 businesses conducted in May 2008, suspects that a prime culprit for the failings of Findability in the enterprise is the admission that 69% of respondents believe that only 50% or less of their organization's information is searchable online. Given the ready access that users are supposed to have in this 'Age of Google' - how is this possible?

White Paper: "SCM Best Practices for Continuous Integration"

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:15:00 EDT

Continuous integration is rapidly being adopted as a key process in software development as part of the shift towards Agile methodologies to improve software quality, reduce costly rework due to broken builds, and increase business value delivered to customers - click to download and learn key SCM best practices for deploying continuous integration.

Supremes Say No to Royalty Double-Dipping

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:15:00 EDT

In a unanimous decision Monday the Supreme Court restricted patent holders' from collecting multiple royalties by charging the supply chain for IP that's already been sold upstream. Their Honors found for Quanta and against LG Electronics in a case in which LG licensed some chip technology rights to Intel on condition that Intel's customers not mix the resulting Intel-made chips with anybody else's widgetry without getting a separate license of their own from LG, basically making the Intel chips unusable.

Virtualization - Microsoft Keeps XP Around

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:30:00 EDT

Microsoft says it's going to ride the nettop wave and push XP, which is supposed to die this month, onto the ultra low-cost devices meant to put e-mail, web browsing and instant messages in your pocket. It says it's working with 20 OEMs. It's unclear what it's charging but the offer is supposed to be good for two years.

Credit Suisse Goes into the Virtualization Management Biz

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:45:00 EDT

Credit Suisse, the big broker and investment banker, has launched an independent company called DynamicOps LLC, quietly formed in January, to market a virtual machine management application called Virtual Resource Manager (VRM). It is funded by Credit Suisse's NEXT II venture group. Exactly how much is unclear. Credit Suisse says it first deployed a virtual infrastructure in 2005, and realized that while virtualization improved resource utilization and business agility, it also increased operational complexity.

Yahoo User Interface 2.5.2 Released

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:00:00 EDT

The YUI development team has released version 2.5.2; you can download the new release from SourceForge or configure your implementation using the YUI Configurator. This is a focused release that addresses several key bugs while providing support for Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5, both of which are expected to reach GA this summer.

Call for Feedback on OpenAjax Conformance and OpenAjax Registry

Fri, 30 May 2008 03:00:00 EDT

The OpenAjax Alliance is requesting industry feedback on two companion initiatives, OpenAjax Conformance and the OpenAjax Registry, which have been under development for the past year. These two technologies have now entered a public review phase that ends on June 30, 2008.

Web Service Virtualization for SOA Runtime Governance and Control

Thu, 29 May 2008 14:15:00 EDT

Managing Web Services in production is no easy task. Ensuring that services follow corporate security and SOA governance requirements, monitoring compliance with individual SLAs, preventing one client from degrading the performance of others and ensuring services built today will work in the future are a few of the challenges. Web service virtualization provides a separate layer that isolates business and operational rules, enabling you to quickly configure virtual Web services while enforcing business and operational policies. This services layer augments Web services management (WSM) tools and registries, making all the services in the enterprise more efficient and consistent.

SOA World - Azul's Java Appliance Enters Third Generation

Fri, 23 May 2008 11:15:00 EDT

Azul Systems, the six-year-old start-up with its own multi-core chips fitted into Java-accelerating enterprise-grade appliances, is entering its third generation of machine, expecting to expand into new markets and consolidate more and more x86 and RISC widgetry that isn't as clever at 'unconstrained' Java application scaling as it is.

Yoo-Hoo, Steve, We're Still Here

Fri, 23 May 2008 10:30:00 EDT

Google co-founder and billionaire Larry Page in Washington to speak at the think tank where Google CEO Eric Schmidt is chairman of the board - and apparently meet with government officials too - claimed that a Microsoft-Yahoo merger would 'monopolize online communications, stifle innovation and curb competition' - according to an AP report - but doubted that a Google-Yahoo advertising deal would encounter an antitrust obstacle.

Kidaro Unveils Virtual Desktops for Enterprise Disaster Recovery

Fri, 23 May 2008 09:15:00 EDT

Kidaro unveiled the Kidaro Desktop DR solution for rapid disaster recovery of employee desktop access. With the Kidaro Desktop DR solution, enterprises can maximize business continuity by distributing corporate-controlled virtual desktops on DVDs, USB drives, or over the Web. Kidaro's virtual desktop platform enables secure employee access to corporate resources and data from their home PCs or recovery center computers. Because the solution runs locally on existing desktop and laptop computers, without expensive server farms, Kidaro Desktop DR provides a cost-effective and secure method for recovery.