Monthly Archives: May 2001
Better Beta Testing
Like any company bringing new products or services to market, Snap Appliances Inc. caps development of its server appliance products with rigorous beta testing....
No Lip Service Out of Redmond
Microsoft is stepping up its efforts to push its .Net strategy through ASPs and is starting to negotiate licensing deals that allow service providers...
Elements of An SMB Program
A Fanatical SMB Focus Everything the program does should directly address the small or midsize business. Ad copy should specifically target small-business owners, not...
PCI Board Is Team Player
Mapletree Networks Inc. is adding to its line of telecommunications infrastructure products with a compact PCI board designed for carrier-class access and gateway systems.The...
Lucent-Alcatel Deal: Fewer Choices?
The potential acquisition of Lucent Technologies Inc. by French manufacturer Alcatel S.A. may not raise the regulatory red flags that slowed other recent international...
Product Strategizing Key to Hyperion
Hyperion Solutions Corp. announced earlier this month that it will slash 15 percent of its work force, or about 400 jobs. Now customers and...
Translating XML Schema
Earlier this month at the Tenth International World Wide Web Conference in Hong Kong, XML took its biggest step forward since the document format...
Fit To Be Tied
As outsourcing of complex Internet functions becomes the norm, its becoming increasingly important for service providers and their customers to come up with effective...
Israel on Edge
Hassan Kassem, general manager at a Palestinian information technology company, recalls attending the Comdex Israel trade show last September in Tel Aviv and meeting...
Internet, Portal Services Converging
As vendors laud corporate portals as the front end for next-generation applications, portals are also being eyed for what they can do for another...