Microsoft has released the Windows NT Load Balancing Service, which allows users to cluster TCP/IP network services across up to 32 systems, expanding networks and applications on the NT Server operating system 4.0 Enterprise Edition.
Intel is investing $US30.5 million in PictureTel, and the two companies also have signed a worldwide videoconferencing distribution and production development deal.
Information technology (IT) organizations are undergoing a metamorphosis, moving away from traditional IT areas, spending less money and relying more on the Internet, according to the latest update of an annual report from market researcher Meta Group Inc.
3Com is to open a development centre near the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, so that the two companies can work on products and technologies for networks that converge voice, data and video.
Disk-storage systems revenue jumped 11.9 percent globally in 1998 compared to the previous year, reaching a five-year peak, according to a new study by market research firm International Data Corp.
Four IT vendors have formed the second group to be announced within a week to work on an I/O (Input/Output) architecture for enterprise servers.
Lucent Technologies is buying privately-held Kenan Systems Corp, which makes third-party billing and customer care software, in a stock deal valued at about $US1.48 billion, officials from both companies said yesterday.
The ongoing stock-market frenzy aside, less than 5 percent of electronic-commerce sites on the World Wide Web will show a profit during the next 12 to 18 months, according to the Giga Information Group.
The ongoing stock-market frenzy aside, less than 5 percent of electronic-commerce sites on the World Wide Web will show a profit during the next 12 to 18 months, according to the Giga Information Group.
AT&T's WorldNet Service may continue to tell subscribers, "You Have Mail," even though America Online (AOL) thinks that phrase and two other commonly used Internet terms are proprietary.
Data-mining and business intelligence software vendor SPSS has bought Integral Solutions (ISL) for $US7.1 million.
A third of US households with PCs are interested in connecting PCs, printers, televisions and other devices to create home networks, according to a new study from the Yankee Group.
As expected, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the $US48 billion merger between AT&T and Tele-Communications Inc.
Cabletron Systems yesterday reported a loss of $US21.1 million or 12 cents per share on sales of $US329.9 million for fiscal year 1999's third quarter, ended November 30, 1998.
America Online (AOL) has won three more lawsuits in its campaign against companies that send unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail, commonly called spam, to AOL subscribers.