Monthly Archives: March 2001
Geekspeak: March 19, 2001
Announcing the formation of the Python Software Foundation, the inventor of the popular Python scripting language welcomed this month more than 300 attendees to...
App Consolidation Served
A quarter later than it was expected to be delivered, Microsoft Corp. announced last week general availability of its Application Center 2000 product.Heralded by...
Multiplatforms for Developers
APPLICATIONSThe newest version of Computer Associates International Inc.s Ingres II will allow businesses to develop and maintain applications across a variety of platforms, including...
The New Kid on the B2B Block
Supply-Chain Management (SCM) software maker i2 Technologies Inc. is working to become a powerhouse in a market that up until now has been a...
ASPects: March 19, 2001
Expanets Buys Hosting — and So Much MoreIn what may be the largest deal to date in the application service provider business, network communications...
Cluster Woes Gone
IT managers running critical Web applications on cobbled-together clusters of Windows-based servers finally have a tool, Application Center 2000 Version 1.0, that takes most...
Its a Bear Market, but Not Everyone Is Hibernating
The Nasdaq continues to slide, and the mood at last weeks Network Outlook conference was somber. VCs and investment bankers clustered anxiously around CNBC...
Getting at Windows Source
With echoes from Jim Allchins attacks on open-source development models, particularly the GNU General Public License, still reverberating, Microsoft moved in recent weeks to...
Bright Promise
I remember my first visit to an optical laboratory, at the University of Colorado about a dozen years ago. Watching light beams dance across...
Voice Power!
The most natural interface for a wireless phone is voice — or so popular sentiment would suggest. And it may be true, but improvements...