Monthly Archives: April 2001
Raise Your Hand If Youre Clueless
Clueless is a word thrown around the industry a lot these days, and its been applied to us for our March 26 cover story,...
A Lesson in E-Biz Survival: Measure or Else
You might think it would be easy to convince IT managers that its important to measure their groups effectiveness supporting e-business. After all, as...
For the Next 3 Seconds, I Predict …
For about 3 seconds last year, I thought that there were only three sustainable Internet companies: Commerce One, Ariba and i2, not necessarily in...
Adding Lyrics to New-Economy Blues
The 80s seemed like a distant, lost dream as el gato sat at the Moscone Center in San Francisco last week. His Hirsuteness never...
Ex-Workers Paid to Zip Lips
Jobless and fearful, a former marketing director at a Denver dot-com was facing an increasingly common decision last month: whether to sign away some...
Your Face Is Good Enough
Face it, authentication and security are degrading. They degrade system performance and the user. Friends, on the other hand, recognize your face and just...
Some Party
When computing scribe John Dvorak took the mike to introduce the keynote speaker at ISPCON Spring 2001, he drew nervous laughter by noting two...
WhISPers: April 16, 2001
Jumping ShipIndependent from WorldCom as it may be, the inevitable post-acquisition brain drain has hit Digex in a big way. Nancy Faigen, president of...
Original Coach, New Team
Its a Monday afternoon in Manhattan. Ed McVaney is sitting in his hotel suite, snacking on milk and cookies, and answering questions from a...
Getting Help Desk to Fly High
Eighteen months ago, if The Boeing Co.s help desk had had radar to track incoming calls from users whod forgotten passwords, the screen would...