Monthly Archives: July 2001
Will Microsoft Embrace or Deface XML?
In my reviews of XML standards and Microsofts .Net products, Ive consistently questioned whether Microsoft will support the standards and, if so, how fully....
Of IPOs, Layoffs and Boring Keynotes
Spencer sat quietly in New Yorks Jacob Javits Center as PC Expo attendees all around him streamed out of Palm CEO Carl Yankowskis less-than-riveting...
Plan Wont Fly
The vision of Internet access on airplanes is a good one, but Im skeptical about the implementation.Living in Seattle, Ive gotten used to long...
Geekspeak: July 2, 2001
When I saw this sign, I wondered if overenthusiastic translation had turned the English "My Mobil" to the Spanish "Mi Mobil"—ignoring the fixed association...
Satellites Move Closer to the Enterprise
Satellite technology as a WAN platform has always carried an aura of unfamiliarity and space-age connotations that have scared away enterprise customers.However, with the...
Web Services Network in the Works
Unlike the major software vendors that are providing tools and platforms to build and deploy Web services, startup Grand Central Networks Inc. is trying...
Compaq CEO Explains Processor Shift
As Compaq Computer Corp. wrestles with declining revenues, a moribund PC market and fierce competition, cost cutting has become the biggest strategic imperative at...
SOS for Hailstorm
In a change of course, Microsoft Corp. wants interested parties to propose new Web services based on its HailStorm platform and then collaborate with...
Push, Not Pull, for Fuji
Early customers of application service providers tend to pull services from their ASPs, using outsourced software to run their own businesses. Now Fuji Photo...
MSPs Join Hands to Survive
The old adage "two heads are better than one" could define the current state of the management service provider industry. As MSPs grapple with...