28th December 2004 Archive

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Sun ready to let public taste Honeycomb storage box

Opteron buzz

Sun Microsystems has finally made a very public confession about its once top secret storage project code-named Honeycomb. IDG's enterprising enterprise reporter Bob McMillan worked new details about the Opteron-based NAS (network attached storage) system out of Sun's storage marketing director James Whitemore. Sun has …

Storage 28 Dec 2004, 00:24
Digital music: flat fee futures

Terry Fisher reviews the year

2004 was the year that discussions of alternative licensing models for digital music finally reached the mainstream. At the start of the year we interviewed two of the leading proponents, Professor William "Terry" Fisher of Harvard's Berkman Center think tank, and Jim Griffin; in September - thanks to Factory Records' Tony …

Media 28 Dec 2004, 10:46
Bay area message board costs papers millions

Beatniks at Craigslist rule classifieds

Newspapers in the San Francisco Bay area have been hammered by the popular posting palace Craigslist.org to the tune of $50m to $65m in job ad losses alone, according to a new report. Consulting firm Classified Intelligence has issued a 57 page report that tracks how the four major Silicon Valley newspapers were caught off …

Financial News 28 Dec 2004, 21:56
PeopleSoft CEO abandons ship

Not interested in Ellison's cold embrace

PeopleSoft has lost another CEO with top dog David Duffield resigning before Oracle takes over the company. PeopleSoft today announced Duffield's resignation in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The exec actually handed in his own walking papers on Dec. 21. Duffield was the leader of a PeopleSoft board …

Financial News 28 Dec 2004, 22:22
Gartner buys research rival META for $162m

Reg pegs deal success at 171 per cent

Research firm Gartner has agreed to shell out $162m to buy smaller rival META Group. Both companies' boards have already approved the all-cash deal. Gartner will pay for the deal using existing funds and by taking loans. The two companies are based in Stamford, Connecticut and have strong brands in the IT analyst firm sector. …

Financial News 28 Dec 2004, 22:53