Matt Berger

Hewlett-Packard Co. Monday will unveil new hardware and support for the Linux operating system, aimed at moving telecommunication industry customers from Unix to the open source alternative.

Database software developers in the banking and finance industries reported more security breaches than database developers in any other industry polled in a survey released Monday.

Database software developers in the banking and finance industries reported more security breaches than database developers in any other industry polled in a survey released Monday.

Sun Microsystems Inc. late Wednesday offered members of its early developer program its newest version of programming tools for building Web services on the Sun ONE (Open Network Environment) software platform, a counterpart to Microsoft Corp.'s .Net initiative

The popular FreeBSD open-source version of the Unix operating system is back under the control of one of its original developers after long-time sponsor Wind River Systems Inc. announced Monday that it will divest of all its assets related to the freely distributed code.

Search engine developer Ask Jeeves has acquired the technology assets of Octopus Inc. to extend the search capabilities of its enterprise software to let users find information stored in a back-end database.

Many corporate users of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating systems aren't keeping up with the steady cycle of version releases and some are considering abandoning the server operating system because of constant upgrades, a market researcher said Wednesday based on results of a new survey.

Many corporate users of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating systems aren't keeping up with the steady cycle of version releases and some are considering abandoning the server operating system because of constant upgrades, a market researcher said Wednesday based on results of a new survey.