Monthly Archives: May 2001
A Tale of E-Biz Survivors
Revenge is sweet.A year ago, Old Economy stalwarts like $100.7 billion Enron Corp. were ridiculed for their slow pace in moving to embrace e-business....
Building Dams Against DoS Flooding
In the aftermath of the distributed denial-of-service attacks against several high-profile sites last year, dozens of vendors rushed into the vacuum that was the...
Battle Rages Over Carrier Restrictions
From the convention floors of Las Vegas to the halls of Capitol Hill, a downturn in the fortunes of carriers is blunting customer enthusiasm...
SHDSL Gateway Rolls In
For the little guy Dallas-based Efficient Networks Inc. is launching a symmetric, high-density digital subscriber line gateway for small and midsize businesses, branch offices,...
Next Star
Chief Information Officers are a tired bunch these days, struggling to outrun their companies swiftly growing bandwidth demands while trying to wrestle with barely...
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid
Wireless is the ultimate in mobility, but it comes at a cost. Case in point: I was riding the bus on Mission Street in...
NetScreens Firewall, VPN Unit Fast in Tests
The powerful Netscreen-500 firewall and VPN combination with a Gigabit fiber interface delivers exceptional high-bandwidth throughput, transferring data at almost 750M bps across the...
Keeping the Customer Satisfied
There may be no statistical support for this proposition. But methinks the longer a company spends talking to its customers face to face or...
DVD Copy Case Appealed
A Federal Appeals Court will decide just how free some information is allowed to be on the Internet.Whats on the line is whether it...
EDS Corp.
If one views the stock market as the ultimate gauge of corporate success, then, without doubt, the most successful professional-services company in America is...