Monthly Archives: August 2001
A Peek Into the Supply Chain
The latest version of Escalate Inc.s supply chain management suite includes enhancements aimed at easing problems associated with managing a large number of vendors.Escalate...
CLECs Fight ILECs for Access
If youre seeing fewer choices in competitive telecommunications offerings these days, it may not be solely because of the industrys financial turmoil; in some...
That Old-Time Security Religion
Like professional athletes who seem to discover religion after every indiscretion, Microsoft has found security—again.When breaches occur, the born-again Microsoft issues, maybe, a couple...
Operator No. 9: August 27, 2001
Will Work for MoneyOne of my favorite flicks is Sullivans Travels, a 1941 Preston Sturges classic. In it, Joel McCrea plays a slapstick movie...
IT Users: Wait and See on XP
As Microsoft Corp. last week released the final code for Windows XP to PC makers, corporate customers did not appear as excited about the...
Geekspeak: August 27, 2001
Two new tools allow it managers to easily tweak windows settings. the programs arent for everyone (and woe to the IT manager whose general...
Smart Tabby Tags Toptext Hyperlinks
A tipster alerted El Gato to a controversy concerning a peer-to-peer application that appeared in the Aug. 13 "Litter box Lynx." It seems a...
IBM Partners Up
IBM is piling up the partners — more than five dozen of them already this year — in its effort to increase profits from...
LearningSpace Gets Flexible Interface
IBM Mindspan Solutions seeks to strengthen the human element in online learning with new collaboration features in an upgrade to its Lotus LearningSpace e-learning...
Theres No Silver Bullet for Net Security
Now is a lousy time to be in charge of network security. And not just because of the regular occurrence of dangerous new problems...