Monthly Archives: May 2001
Hacker Challenges Are an Extremely Poor Testing Technique
Ive said it before, and Ill undoubtedly say it again: The foundation of strong application and operating-system security is testing, testing and more testing....
Router Revival
How can Ciena feel good about its place in the network equipment world when its stock has plunged about 60 percent from a 52-week...
Microsoft Adds Subscription Licensing
In what its characterizing as a first move toward offering customers the ability to license software as a service, Microsoft Corp. last week added...
Authoring Made Easier
Ektron Inc. has released a new version of its Web content and authoring tool, eWebEditPro 2.0. The tool includes an environment similar to Microsoft...
Love Your Enemy
Ian Clarkes new company, Uprizer, would love to sign up major entertainment companies as clients. So it might seem a bit odd that Clarkes...
Open Options
The open source success stories, such as Apache and Linux, are well-known, but the tale doesnt necessarily end there. Open source development is an...
Visual Basic on the Decline?
The 3 million programmers using Microsofts Visual Basic language make up one of the largest and most cohesive developer communities in existence, but some...
Finding Profit in Partnership
Talk about volatile business models. Over the last two years, the concept of open source has run the gamut, evolving from the idealistic dream...
Ulterior Motives
At first glance, the work seems so noble. After late nights and long hours, bleary-eyed programmers take their valuable code and toss it onto...
New Business Model: Primix
Services Turnabout While many integrators frolicked in the easy money of the Web craze, Primix was enduring what euphemistically could be called a character-building...