Monthly Archives: May 2001
Operator No. 9: May 21, 2001
Open Mouth, Insert FootJust two weeks after Microsoft exec Craig Mundie blasted open source operating systems as bad for business, the Transaction Processing Performance...
Platforms Vying for Supremacy
BEA Systems WebLogic E-Business Platform The software bundle is built on the WebLogic Commerce Server, a Java 2 Enterprise Edition application server; Tuxedo, a...
MSP Business Model Gets a Major Boost
The relatively unproven MSP business model got a credibility boost recently with the signing of a multimillion- dollar contract between a new management service...
Net Device Blocks Porn Sites
Pornography and other Internet content that company bosses find objectionable is increasingly getting blocked on corporate networks.Systems that prevent employees from visiting sites that...
Kevin McNerney
For some high-tech workers, it is certainly the worst of times. Companies that have recently cut jobs include 3Com, Cisco Systems, Dell Computer, Exodus...
Showdown in All-Optical Arena
The battlefield is Earth, the weapons are all-optical switches and the combatants are Broadwing with Corvis gear vs. Global Crossing with Lucent Technologies gear.Every...
Networking for the Metropolitan Carrier
Urban options Creating a new option for IP networking in metropolitan areas, Cisco Systems Inc. next month plans to roll out its ONS 15540...
I See You. And You. And You.
These days, point-to-point videoconferencing has become, well, a commodity. There are lots of products available that transmit video between two sites. But for the...
Front-Line Support
Network Instruments LLCs low-cost Link Analyst 3.0 doesnt set new network tracking standards, but it includes useful new features such as a Web interface...
Talismas Scaled-Down eCRM Suite Is Solid
Version 4.1 of Talisma Corp.s eCRM Suite offers an improved GUI and strong analytics that make it easy for users in any part of...