Monthly Archives: July 2001
Data Cant Ever Get Away
Debates concerning e-privacy usually focus on the risk of deliberate abuse. Perhaps its more important to protect our personal data against incompetence, rather than...
Tool Smooths Decision Makers Tasks
New analysis software set to be launched by Microsoft Corp. in the fall is aimed at nontechnical staff whose enterprises use Microsofts SQL Server...
House Specialty: Fresh Data
Not all cheeseburgers are created equal. Just ask the management team of Red Robin International Inc., a privately owned, 170-restaurant chain that spent years...
Accenture, SAPMarkets Join Forces
Accenture LLC is teaming up with SAPMarkets Inc. to build private online exchanges for business-to-business e-commerce.The two companies earlier this month promised to provide...
Satellite Calling
Its the data, stupid.The stunning collapse of satellite telephony provider Iridium and the financial troubles of its competitors, Globalstar and ICO Global Communications, spotlight...
CA Pressure Mounts
For Computer Associates International Inc., its not supposed to be like this. As the summer unfolds, one of the worlds largest software companies is...
Show Takes on the Unexpected
In a disaster, is your data as well as your hardware insured? The cost of replacing the hardware could just be a drop in...
Deal Widens Adaptec Scope
Adaptec Inc. strengthened its role in the storage connectivity market with its $150 million acquisition this month of Platys Communications Inc.By buying the Santa...
Partners Stick With Metricom for Now
Wireless data pioneer Metricom Inc. said it plans to continue offering its flagship Ricochet services despite last weeks bankruptcy filing, and its partners appear...
Read-Only? Not Anymore
Scansoft Inc.s OmniPage Pro 11, with its ability to parse PDFs and flow text from one column to another, is a worthwhile upgrade. The...