Chris Kanaracus - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Chris Kanaracus

Article | 1/05/2008 SpringSource launches Java application server

SpringSource, maker of the Spring Framework for Java development, announcec a new application server on Wednesday that it claims will "liberate" Java ...

Article | 15/04/2008 Oracle announces content, e-mail archiving products

Oracle on Monday announced a pair of products aimed at securely archiving enterprise content and e-mail.

Article | 2/04/2008 Linux kernel community grows, but elite group remains

While Linus Torvalds' name is synonymous with the Linux kernel, Al Viro's may be one day, too.

Article | 1/04/2008 Report: Number of GPL v3 projects tops 2,000

The number of open-source projects that use the GNU General Public License Version 3 has grown to more than 2,000, according to Palamida, which sells ...

Article | 27/03/2008 Service aims to mine social networks for consumer insight

The market is ripe for services like that of Networked Insights, which mines data in social networks and discovers how companies' brands are being tal...

Article | 26/03/2008 ODF editor: ODF loses if OOXML does

The editor of the Open Document Format (ODF) standard has written a letter that strongly supports recognizing Microsoft's Open Office XML (OOXML) file...

Article | 18/03/2008 BMC to buy BladeLogic for $US800 million

BMC Software said Monday that it intends to purchase BladeLogic, a maker of data center automation software, for US$28 per share in cash, or about $US...

Article | 7/03/2008 CEBIT - 'Intelligent' 3-D animation for security, architecture?

If you've watched "The Lord of the Rings" or many other visual effects-driven Hollywood films, you have seen Massive Software's 3-D animation software...

Article | 6/03/2008 CEBIT - Novell execs talk Microsoft interop announcement

A pair of Novell executives Wednesday touted the company's recent financial performance, but questions during the press conference at Cebit in Hanover...

Article | 6/03/2008 CEBIT: Companies look to take Wi-Fi to the sea, emergency room

While wireless Internet access has become a virtual commodity in homes and offices, exhibitors at this week's CeBIT show in Germany, are displaying wa...

Article | 5/03/2008 CEBIT: Microtrend analyst says '4.0' era is upon us

A future where "technology and human become one" is fast arriving, according to Nils Muller, CEO of TrendOne, a German microtrend analysis firm.

Article | 4/03/2008 CEBIT: Software AG lays out aggressive growth plan

Software AG will be among the world's 10 largest software companies within the next five years, executives said Monday at the massive Cebit show in Ge...

Article | 4/03/2008 Supported Drupal distribution on the way

A startup company will release the first commercially supported distribution of Drupal, an increasingly popular open-source Web site builder/content m...

Article | 28/02/2008 Ballmer launches Windows Server 2008, lauds user base

Besides launching a set of updated products Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer lauded the company's IT user base, calling them the "heart and soul...

Article | 27/02/2008 Schwartz talks up MySQL buy as deal closes

Sun announced Tuesday that its US$1 billion deal to buy open-source database vendor MySQL has closed, and with the news came a bold proclamation from ...