SQL vs. XML in a database world
In a sense, Jonathan Robie acts as a diplomat between two disparate technologies'Extensible Markup Language and relational databases.
IBM, Sun unveil utility computing services
IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. have launched on-demand computing services where customers submit work to the companies and pay by the computer cycle used.
Microsoft to assimilate Groove Networks
Microsoft announced plans to acquire collaboration software vendor Groove Networks Inc. of Beverly, Mass.
Start-up debuts holographic storage device
InPhase Technologies has introduced a storage drive that records data on holograms ' a technology long pursued by government labs and companies.
How long do you think CDs, DVDs should last?
A federal working group wants to hear from agencies about their recordable CD and DVD needs.
DHS, Justice launch federal data model
The Homeland Security and Justice departments have unveiled plans to work jointly on a common computer language that could become a model for agencies to use to share information.
DHS to organize screening processes
The Homeland Security Department has embarked on a project to organize its screening processes under a single enterprisewide model.
The great PeopleSoft migration
If all goes according to schedule, the Defense Department will complete the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System'estimated to be the world's largest human resources program'in 2013.
DHS, Justice start federal data model
Homeland Security and Justice are working on a shared XML data model, one that they hope other agencies will adopt.
Digital preservation group seeks agency feedback
The Government Information Preservation Working Group wants to hear from agencies about their recordable CD and DVD needs.
Vendor unveils streaming database
StreamBase Systems Inc. has released a new type of database that eliminates the need to index and commit data to storage before it can be queried.
LinuxWorld brings flurry of product releases
This week's LinuxWorld Conference and Expo attracted the attention of some of the largest IT vendors.
Novell's Hula says 'aloha' to open source
BOSTON'Novell Inc. will open source the e-mail and calendar functions of its NetMail enterprise collaboration server software.
SUSE Linux wins Common Criteria certification
Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 running on IBM eServers becomes the first Linux distribution to reached EAL4+.
Trend toward software patents threatens open-source movement
Aggressive litigation over software patents could undermine the future of open-source software, a leader of the Linux open-source movement warned.
Sun targets Red Hat, not Microsoft
Is there any major IT company under more competitive pressure right now than Sun Microsystems Inc.?
With Hula project, Novell will dance to open-source tune
The company will make code for NetMail's e-mail and calendar functions available to developers through a new open-source project.
Cisco, IBM propose Internet-based disaster alert system
Engineers say such a system could be used to quickly alert people of an impending catastrophic event, such as a tsunami or a hurricane.
DOD certifies XML product for PKI use
The Joint Interoperability Test Command has certified that a security appliance for handling XML messages can interoperate with other Defense PKI equipment.
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