Monthly Archives: April 2001
The Jury Is Out
Maybe Dr. Eric Schmidt should have been a lawyer. Schmidt, Novells Chairman and CEO, certainly knows how to build technology. But he hasnt made...
Tying Markets and Partners
Seeking tighter ties between corporations and their business partners, Click Commerce Inc. is rolling out a new integration product.ClickForward enables real-time, machine-to-machine exchange of...
Euro Vision
In January, digitally savvy young danes became pioneers in one of the worlds first live interactive TV shows. Each week, about 250,000 interactive viewers...
New Industry Marketplaces Drawing Interest
The industry-sponsored e-marketplace isnt dead yet.A food industry consortium is expected to be announced late this month. Discussions about forming new consortium-based exchanges are...
Motorola Ships Bluetooth Unit
Shipping this month, Motorolas Bluetooth Phone Module looks like nothing more than a slightly thicker battery cover for the companys Timeport cellular phones.The Bluetooth...
Withdrawal
There are many lessons to be learned from the NorthPoint Communications debacle, but most of these have been recited ad infinitum since the company...
Core OS Differences From Apple
With the release of Apple Computer Inc.s Mac OS X, Macintosh users for the first time have a modern operating system that combines the...
Coding Over the Waterfalls
I recently challenged the continuing relevance of the "waterfall" model of software development in a column for our eWeek Labs e-mail newsletter (enewsletters.ziffdavis.com). An...
Sell to Uncle Sam
OK, so the Internet hasnt changed the world.The digital universe of our hazy imaginings last year has turned out — at least for now...
The CD That Should Have Been a Coaster
It was a multimillion-dollar client/server implementation project, complete with high-priced consultants, new hardware, increased bandwidth and eventual deployment to 16,000 worldwide users. With 300...