2nd May 2005 Archive

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Papal succession fuels April religious spam blitz

God, Mammon and malware

Junk mail relating to religion has soared during April, accounting for one in 10 spam emails. Porn, medicines and financial scams - spam's unholy trinity - each lost ground to religious junk mail last month, according to a study by email management specialist Email Systems. The global interest in religion that accompanied the …

Software & Security 2 May 2005, 09:43
Outsourcing: prepare to renegotiate your deal, says Gartner

Oh alright, then

Nearly 80 per cent of all outsourcing relationships will be renegotiated, according to a new survey by Gartner. Lack of flexibility is the main issue leading to renegotiations, followed by a need to improve the relationship between the supplier and customer. The research firm found that 15 per cent of all contracts had been …

IT Channel 2 May 2005, 10:26
Brocade blames March for Q2 shocker

Forecasts not met

Brocade has fingered a dip in storage sales during March as the main factor behind a second quarter that came in well below previous forecasts. In a statement revealing preliminary results, the switch maker said second quarter revenue will likely come in between $144m and $145m. Back in February, Brocade predicted a much …

IT Channel 2 May 2005, 14:11
Insiders reveal SCO's Monterey disarray

Letters A marriage of unequals

First the sideshow, then the scoop. A former SCO insider puts the relationship with IBM over Project Monterey in an entirely new light. But first, we're delighted that after a long correspondence over a fortnight with Groklaw editor Pamela Jones, a potentially damaging series of articles about SCO and Project Monterey has been …

Software & Security 2 May 2005, 20:07
My 96-processor Linux cluster is smaller than yours

Plugs in the wall too

Personal computer. Personal cluster. Call it what you will. Orion Multisystems is pretty sure it has the fastest PC around no matter the moniker. Last week, Orion started shipping its long awaited 96-processor (Transmeta Tinside) deskside cluster. This box is the follow-on to a 12-processor desktop system that has been on the …

PC Builder 2 May 2005, 20:31
HP becomes EMC software reseller in $325m settlement

From patent rivals to patent partners

EMC and HP have devised one of the weirder patent settlements you'll ever see to get rid of a four-year-old dispute around storage intellectual property (IP). On the surface, the deal seems pretty straightforward. HP will pay EMC $325m over the next five years. Such an agreement, however, would be too simple for these vendors …

Software & Security 2 May 2005, 22:28