Copyright (c) 2006 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1208 Enterprise Technology News en-us Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:32:01 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1208 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_hp ap/20061117/earns_hp Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:32:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_hp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061117/capt.830c494e65b5445a868aec0bf9d47f96.earns_hewlett_packard_caps112.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=UiOVsBRSJK3PuEATeQKzuQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Hewlett-Packard Co. printers on display at a Best Buy store in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006. HP said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings quadrupled, beating Wall Street expectations, on higher sales of laptop computers and printers. For the three months ended Oct. 31, 2006, the Palo Alto-based computer and printer maker earned $1.7 billion or 60 cents per share, compared with $416 million, or 14 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings quadrupled, beating Wall Street expectations, on higher sales of laptop computers and printers. The computer and printer maker also cracked $90 billion in annual revenue for the first time, accelerating the competition with IBM Corp. for the distinction of being the world's largest technology vendor in terms of sales.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_hp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061117/capt.830c494e65b5445a868aec0bf9d47f96.earns_hewlett_packard_caps112.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=UiOVsBRSJK3PuEATeQKzuQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="Hewlett-Packard Co. printers on display at a Best Buy store in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006. HP said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings quadrupled, beating Wall Street expectations, on higher sales of laptop computers and printers. For the three months ended Oct. 31, 2006, the Palo Alto-based computer and printer maker earned $1.7 billion or 60 cents per share, compared with $416 million, or 14 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20061116/bs_fool_fool/116370420224 fool/20061116/116370420224 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:10:02 GMT The Motley Fool - It appears I wasn't entirely off the mark back in September, when I theorized that Hot Topic (Nasdaq: HOTT - News) might start looking better to investors soon. I'm not sure that my logic held up, but the retailer did report an improved third quarter Wednesday evening. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20061116/bs_nf/47937 nf/20061116/47937 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:24:24 GMT NewsFactor - Software for customer relationship management, better known simply as CRM, can be stellar for collecting customer information, keeping sales reps on target, and streamlining many different parts of the sales and service process. Of course, these days, the benefits of CRM go far beyond its humble beginnings as sales automation software. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20061116/tc_pcworld/127908 pcworld/20061116/127908 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:00:00 GMT PC World - New software simplifies 'painful' process of moving public folders from Microsoft's Exchange to its SharePoint Server 2007. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20061116/tc_pcworld/127909 pcworld/20061116/127909 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:00:00 GMT PC World - Superfast servers with Intel's new quad-core Xeon 5300 processor coming in January. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_on_bi_ge/cisco_share_buyback ap/20061116/cisco_share_buyback Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:45:16 GMT AP - Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. said late Wednesday that its board has authorized the repurchase of an additional $7 billion in common stock, marking the latest expansion of a massive buyback program launched five years ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20061115/tc_infoworld/83805 infoworld/20061115/83805 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:33:55 GMT InfoWorld - Stanford, Calif. -- Attendees at the TechNet Innovation Summit event at Stanford University on Wednesday got more than they bargained for. Besides an hour of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and panels featuring Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy and other key executives, they were treated to an appearance by newly re-elected California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_hi_te/mp3_com_reopening ap/20061115/mp3_com_reopening Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:20:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_hi_te/mp3_com_reopening"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061113/2006_11_13t015530_450x319_us_media_mp3.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=A2YgzWtQ70nStkMiIZmgCw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A screengrab of MP3.com is seen on November 13, 2006. MP3.com, the once massive music download site that settled copyright infringement suits with major record labels, said on Monday it is allowing the sharing of music and videos but this time with the authorization of independent artists. (Screengrab/ MP3.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - MP3.com is reopening its servers, nearly a decade after it helped usher in the online music era by letting largely unknown bands submit files for computer users to download.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_hi_te/mp3_com_reopening"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061113/2006_11_13t015530_450x319_us_media_mp3.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=A2YgzWtQ70nStkMiIZmgCw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="A screengrab of MP3.com is seen on November 13, 2006. MP3.com, the once massive music download site that settled copyright infringement suits with major record labels, said on Monday it is allowing the sharing of music and videos but this time with the authorization of independent artists. (Screengrab/ MP3.com/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061116/tc_cmp/194400355 cmp/20061116/194400355 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:46:00 GMT TechWeb - The five-year, $58 million project is expected to yield a supercomputer 30 times faster than any machine running today. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061116/tc_cmp/194400416 cmp/20061116/194400416 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:00:00 GMT TechWeb - IBM experts will help entrepreneurial driven software companies use a combination of IBM and open source software to build, test, and optimize business applications. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20061115/bs_fool_fool/116361524324 fool/20061115/116361524324 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:27:23 GMT The Motley Fool - Colonial BancGroup (NYSE: CNB - News) announced strong results for the third quarter, and the bank's CEO wants Wall Street to show some respect. But the Rodney Dangerfield-style protests, made in an Alabama molasses accent from Colonial's Montgomery HQ, are unlikely to bring about desired multiple expansion for this stock. Colonial shares appear fairly valued in light of the headwinds this bank is facing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20061115/bs_nf/47935 nf/20061115/47935 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:42:56 GMT NewsFactor - Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Novell, and other heavy hitters in the technology arena have formed a global, cross-industry group designed to enhance interoperability with Microsoft systems. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20061115/bs_fool_fool/116360626107 fool/20061115/116360626107 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:57:41 GMT The Motley Fool - This week, Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW - News) said it will make its highly popular programming language, Java, available open-source. That is, anybody can download the code and make changes to it (subject to a variety of restrictions, of course). While this should help keep Java relevant, it is not enough to deal with the other problems the company faces in its core server business. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20061115/bs_nf/47912 nf/20061115/47912 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:37:11 GMT NewsFactor - Intel's new quad-core processors are fast, but how fast will they move off the shelves? According to Peter Kastner, vice-president and research director for enterprise technology at the Aberdeen Group, the answer bodes well for Intel. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_bi_ge/sun_times_media_ceo ap/20061115/sun_times_media_ceo Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:07:37 GMT AP - Sun-Times Media Group Inc., publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and several community newspapers around Chicago, named board member Cyrus Freidheim Jr. as its chief executive Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061115/tc_cmp/194300664 cmp/20061115/194300664 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT TechWeb - The new subsidiary, CodeGear will provide JBuilder, Borland Developer Studio, and the Turbo product line. The main company, Borland, will focus on application lifecycle management. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061115/tc_cmp/194300668 cmp/20061115/194300668 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:11:00 GMT TechWeb - The networking giant plans to help build a new high-tech stadium for the American League's Oakland Athletics baseball team. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20061114/bs_nf/47732 nf/20061114/47732 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:49:08 GMT NewsFactor - With the ever-growing popularity of mobile devices, many sales reps and service reps in the field are finding that they barely have to stop by the office these days. Customer information, order tracking, and even accounting data can all be had with a few clicks of the PDA or a quick perusal of CRM screens on a laptop. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061115/tc_cmp/194300593 cmp/20061115/194300593 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:25:00 GMT TechWeb - AMD made huge gains in the bi-annual list, while Intel slipped. But there was no surprise when IBM's BlueGene supercomputer held onto the No. 1 position. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enterprise/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20061114/tc_infoworld/83752 infoworld/20061114/83752 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:27:56 GMT InfoWorld - Moving downstream to capture the smallest end of the SMB market, Entellium announced today Rave CRM for workgroups and companies with as many as 10 users down to single operator businesses.