Monthly Archives: July 2001
Public-Key Security Takes Another Hit
Public-key infrastructure has taken its lumps for years, as have its users. But when CEO Fran Rooney walked out the door of PKI vendor...
MOM Knows Better
Finally acknowledging that businesses use operating systems other than Windows and might even use Unix, Microsoft Corp. has taken some baby steps toward providing...
Bill Conner
In April, Bill Conner became Entrusts president and CEO — and hes grabbed the wheel at a shaky time. Despite being a market leader...
Online Grocery Business Still Ripe
Pure-play internet grocer Webvan Group might be history, but traditional grocery store chains continue to expand their online grocery efforts.Traditional chains have a leg...
The New Breed of Deal Maker
The year was 1995. Consumers were on the cusp of becoming e-commerce slap-happy. Officials at FirstData Corp.—the king of credit card transactions—had two choices:...
Cables Rising Czar: Malone
Media mogul John Malone need not bid for his former company — AT&T Broadband — to emerge a winner in the hottest cable auction...
SBCs Broadband Moves Anger ISPs
From San Antonio to San Francisco, ISPs that buy high-speed Internet connections from SBC Communications are hopping mad.The Texas- and California-based ISPs, which have...
Biding Time
Another year, another broadband fixed wireless conference. This years Wireless Communications Association annual get-together, held in Boston at the end of June, was a...
©opyright Tug O War
The European Union wants desperately to transform its 15 member nations into an "information society" capable of not just competing in, but leading the...
Beware of Airborne Evil
Viruses that target mobile devices have surfaced only rarely — but thats about to change.As more people use cell phones and handheld computers to...