Jim Wagner

Computer Associates finalized its executive transition on Wednesday, naming John Swainson its new CEO. CA selected Swainson, a 26-year IBM veteran, in November to fill the role temporarily held by Kenneth Cron. Cron replaced former CEO Sanjay Kumar in April in the wake of the company’s “35 day” financial scandal. John SwainsonSource: CA Cron will […]

Officials at Computer Associates have announced the launch of a new asset management tool designed to provide information on the hardware and software used throughout the enterprise. Unicenter Asset Intelligence r11 is an add-on to Unicenter Asset Management r11 (you need the latter to run the former), which identifies hardware and software on the corporate […]

IBM said Tuesday it is pledging 500 software patents to developers of open source software so they can develop without fear. The patents are available to those who abide by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and use one of 50 OSI-certified licenses. The Armonk, N.Y., company said it wants the 500 patents to form a […]

Officials at Delta Air Lines subsidiary Comair said they have been in constant talks with federal authorities about last week’s disruptions, even before a public memo aired by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Norman Mineta. In a memorandum to Kenneth Mead, the DOT’s inspector general, Mineta requested an “expedited review” of the events […]

As the official death toll from the tsunami in southern Asia grew, tech players were offering any aid and support they could in response to devastation. Fortune 500 companies and individual bloggers were offering donations and free services in order to support relief operations to the stricken regions across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Somalia, Sumatra, […]

Novell’s promise of a blended Linux and Netware networking environment became reality with the recent launch of the public beta of Open Enterprise Server (OES). The public beta was release about a month later than originally scheduled. The software, which features the NetWare 6.5 and SuSE Linux 2.6 kernels and associated services, is a suite […]

UPDATED: Comair airlines was scrambling to contain the fallout from a cancellation of over 1,000 flights on Christmas Day after its computer systems for reservations crashed, saying it expects to be running at 60 percent by Monday evening. Officials of the Cincinatti-based subsidiary of Delta Air Lines blamed severe weather in the middle state regions […]

UPDATED: Sprint and Nextel have agreed to merge, to better compete with Cingular and Verizon Wireless for voice and data customers. The new company, Sprint Nextel, will serve more than 40 million wireless subscribers. Shareholders from Sprint and Nextel will each have a 50 percent stake in the combined company, with each common share of […]

Rich Schinnell is a dedicated PC enthusiast. If his Maryland license plate featuring the letters “IBM PC” doesn’t convince you, the fact he beat out 27 other people in the Build-Your-Own-PC Race for Charity competition at Comdex 1998 by assembling a PC in less than seven minutes should seal the deal. Schinnell is one of […]

The latest Symantec numbers appear to provide fresh hope for e-mail account holders weary of messages about Viagara and mortgage refinancing loans — a leveling of spam. Symantec officials said spam volume held steady at 66 percent between August and October this year. However, Symantec expects the amount of unwanted e-mails is going to increase […]

Symantec’s remote management tool is getting its first major facelift in more than a year, with added platform support and a new security scheme. Symantec’s pcAnywhere 11.5, due the first part of December, lets administrators manage servers or end users’ workstations without having to be physically present. With the pcAnywhere running as a host on […]

UPDATED: The Department of Justice (DoJ), FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office handed down a 10-count indictment against former Computer Associates (CA) chairman and CEO Sanjay Kumar and Stephen Richards, former CA head of worldwide sales. Both were charged with securities fraud conspiracy, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Kumar was additionally charged with […]