Novell makes boardroom cull

Novell is bringing a new broom to its board room with the exit of CEO and chairman Jack Messman and CFO Joseph S. Tibbetts. Replacing them, board President and COO Ronald W. ...more

ISPs to top up revenues on disaster relief schemes

A recent Forrester report on the impact of the war on the Internet predicts ISPs will top up revenues by 'exploiting' disaster relief initiatives. The report suggests that ISPs will get a 'much-needed cash injection' by 'exploiting the billing relationship with subscribers.' This is based on evidence from fund-raising initiatives in the aftermath of 11 September when 'ISPs like AOL helped raise ?150m through online fundraising, of which they took a small cut,' reads the report. ...more

Dell sets itself $80bn sales target

Dell has set itself a target of $80 billion in annual saleses in the next few years. By strange coincidence that happens to be the same as the revenue level of arch rival Hewlett Packard CEO Kevin Rollins, unveiled the target whilst reassuring analysts that the company was on course to hit this year's goal of $60bn in sales. However, Rollins refused to be drawn on when the $80bn target is likely to be met. ...more

New anti-trust judge makes first order

The new judge in the Microsoft anti-trust case has made her first ruling, but it is only to set the timetable for a status meeting on the case. Newly-appointed District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, has ordered the two sides to report on the remaining issues by 14 September and set a meeting on the status of the case for the following week. Earlier today, the US Department of Justice again filed a motion to request that the court expedite the schedule of the case. ...more

Solaris 9 x86 finally released by Sun

After months of waiting Sun Microsystems has finally released its Unix-based Solaris 9 x86 Platform Edition operating system for PC based servers. With the release of this product, Sun is hoping to capture part of the entry-level Unix based server market and take some of the wind out of the April launch of Microsoft's Windows Server 2003. Included with the product are SunScreen 3. ...more