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Siebel Systems Inc., in its latest move to attract a broader customer base, plans to enhance its fledgling Siebel CRM On-Demand hosted services with technology it is acquiring with customer relationship management application service provider UpShot Corp. Siebel plans to merge the Mountain View, California, company, which it is purchasing for $70 million, with its own forthcoming hosted offering by the second quarter of next year. UpShot's offline client is chief among the technologies Siebel intends to migrate to Siebel CRM OnDemand, its joint offering with IBM. The client, which is based on Microsoft Corp.'s Excel software, will be a second offline option along with Siebel's own offline client, according to Ken Rudin, vice president and general manager of Siebel CRM OnDemand.

The article presents information on various developments related to the IT industry. A free Wi-Fi service has been launched by Google Inc. in its home-town of Mountain View, California. The U.S. National Security Agency's program of wiretapping Americans without a warrant has been ruled as unconstitutional by a federal judge.

Reports on the Hot Chips 16 conference in Mountain View, California. Schedule; Venue; Topics of discussions.

Computer History Museum, which opened June 02, 2003 in Mountain View, California, uses a collection of outdated computers and computer-related artifacts to demonstrate the breadth of developments of the information age. The museum is housed in a 120,000-square-foot building and is in fund-raising mode to add exhibits and programs and to expand opening hours. Current museum holdings include software, hardware, graphics systems and early developments that made later computers and network systems possible. Lectures on computer history and technology developments are hosted in the building's 400-seat auditorium. Some of the rare items that visitors can see are a Cray-1 super-computer, an Apple I. the World War II-vintage ENIGMA and a PalmPilot prototype.

Features Securify Inc., a company in Mountain View, California that develops software that automatically alerts information technology managers if their networks are configured improperly or if any traffic on their networks violates specific business policies. Description of the company's core product SecurVantage; Amount received by the company in a round of financing led by Benchmark Capital; Target markets of Securify.

Presents information on the DECWORLD 2001 exhibition held at the Computer Museum History Center in Mountain View, California from June 15 to 17, 2001. Artifacts from Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC); History of DECWORLD; Interactions and discussions; Contributions of DEC to the computer industry.

Focuses on DECWORLD 2001, a gathering of many of the people who contributed to the achievements of Digital Equipment Corp., which took place on June 16, 2001 at the Computer Museum History Center in Mountain View, California. Primary goal of the event; History of DECWORLD; Reason for the interest of people in digital technology; Highlights of the gathering.

Offers a look at the business performance of Juniper Networks company, a maker of Internet backbone routers based in Mountain View, California. Growing popularity of network infrastructure in the country; Comments from Andrew Cray, an industry analyst at the Aberdeen Group.

Features the software RenderPipe for Maya plug-in for RenderDrive from Advanced Rendering Technology Ltd. of Mountain View, California. Provision of access to RenderDrive's features; Schedule for launching.

Examines the problems being faced by Mountain View, California-based computer hardware manufacturer Silicon Graphics Inc. Decision to lay off 700 to 1000 employees; Resignation of longtime chief executive Gary Lauer.