Monthly Archives: February 2001
Shock Therapy
Its a matter of when, not if. Sooner or later, one of your customers is going to face a disaster—not a botched project or...
Out of Gas?
Californias electricity shortage has wreaked havoc, but a looming natural gas shortage may be even more calamitous.If current rates of withdrawal continue, Pacific Gas...
David Lord Surfaces
David Lord, former chief executive and founder of Toysmart.com, is now chief executive and founder of Expound, a Bedford, Mass., company that provides solutions...
Putting More Smarts in Web Services
This month, Sun Microsystems Inc., in introducing Sun ONE, became the latest company to outline a Web services strategy, joining others such as Microsoft...
Everything Old Is New Again
In computings mainstream, middleware, along with client/server computing, has always been fundamentally about small boxes working vertically with bigger boxes, or servers. Historically, there...
WRQ Targets Enterprise Integration
Host integration software developer WRQ Inc. takes a step forward this week in its effort to become an enterprise application integration company with updates...
Sapient Corp.: Whats the Forecast?
Even Sapient Corp., the proverbial bellwether of the e-services consulting space, has felt the chill.Although the companys Q4 results were in line with its...
Vendors Plot IP Strategies
Many telecommunications vendors contend that IP is hot, but businesses that depend on voice networking remain lukewarm to the idea.Nortel Networks Corp., of Brampton,...
Altered Course
The latest war in the web hosting space might mark the beginning of a shift in control of the commercial Internet.During the past six...
Why Cant We Just Get Along?
Call SiteLite the outsourcers outsourcer.The five-year-old management services provider (MSP) has ended its direct-selling effort and now aims to do all of its business...