Sun Microsystems Tuesday unveiled two rack-mount servers based on its new UltraSparc T1 processors with prices starting as low as $2,995.

The new T1000 and T2000 servers are based on Sun's multi-core processors, formerly code-named Niagra, and promise high performance with lower power consumption.

The T1 line is able to

ERP and accounting partners targeting the midmarket with online store aspirations might want to check out Ignify's newly updated eCommerce platform.

Ignify this week added advanced heuristic antifraud features to its existing e-commerce engine, according to the Los Angeles-based vendor. "This release focuses on security for merchants who deploy online stores and

Quantum Corp. introduces a new security scheme this week that it says will help prevent the kind of lost backup-tape incidents that have exposed sensitive data on millions of consumers this year.

The centerpiece of the Quantum Security Framework is a set of data-access controls that will be included with Quantum's line

Cingular Wireless, the largest mobile operator in the U.S., said Monday that it will finally offer push-to-talk (PTT) service, claiming its service has several advantages over its competitors.

In a statement, Cingular claimed its PTT network is unique because of how it combines PTT with standard cellular phone calls. The operator also

RealNetworks Inc. to launch a Web-based version of its Rhapsody subscription music service, becoming the latest company hoping to capitalize on growing consumer interest in software and services that can be accessed anywhere via the Internet.
 
The Web-based Rhapsody service will let users listen to the songs from its catalog

In what some are calling a significant sign of the times in the software industry, OpSource, a SaaS (software as a service) infrastructure provider, will announce this week the Incubator Program, one of the first such initiatives to help startups deliver their applications using the SaaS model.
 
The OpSource Incubator

Music service provider, RealNetworks Inc., on Monday will open its subscription-based Rhapsody streaming music service to users of the Macintosh and Linux operating systems. The company has expanded the service to these platforms by launching Rhapsody.com, a new Web site that company executives said will offer all users the core of the Rhapsody experience.

JBoss on Monday is set to make enterprise transactional software part of its open source software portfolio. The company is announcing its acquisition of the ArjunaTS (Transaction Service) technology from Arjuna Technologies and Hewlett-Packard.
 
Geared toward the Java and Web services realms, Arjuna will be transitioned from a commercial product

Extortionists now have a new type of victim to pick on: podcasters. U.S. podcaster Eric Marcus has fallen prey to a hijacker who has diverted his really simple syndication (RSS) feed and is allegedly demanding money to release it. Marcus, who runs the Vegan.com site and produces the Erik's Diner podcasts, is looking for

IBM Tivoli announced its next wave of software that automatically finds and fixes problems.
 
Alan Ganek, IBM Tivoli Software chief technology officer and vice president of IBM Autonomic Computing, said in a prepared statement Friday that the release marked the beginning of an era of self-healing technology. IBM compares the