Monthly Archives: September 2001
Still a Safe Bet?
In partnering circles, Cisco is synonymous with specialization.The networking giant launched a specialization program for its channel allies in 1999, starting with a wide-area...
Feeling a Little Congested?
As millions of Americans turned to the internet for news and information about the Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.,...
Microsoft Pushes Authentication Plan
Microsoft Corp. last week announced an initiative that it hopes will facilitate a trusted, interoperable authentication network across the Internet.But the Redmond, Wash., software...
Armoring Against Cyber-Attacks
FBI warnings have administrators of the nations corporate networks double-checking—and double-locking—their systems in the wake of recent terrorist attacks.But despite hacker alerts and a...
Sweet Temptation
The era of purely static, passive network defenses is slowly coming to an end. Certainly, firewalls and authentication tools will remain a critical part...
Navigating Sea of Paperwork
Quarterly taxes, social security payments, invoice preparation and settlement, health care and dental program payments, 401(k) payments. Hey, nobody said being an IT contractor...
Taking Mystery Out of SCM
Reaching out to company officials scratching their heads over which e-business strategy to implement, SAP AG, of Walldorf, Germany, this month announced an assessment...
Spence Weighs Name Change Experience
Readers of Rumor Central know it has always been El Gatos fondest wish to jump aboard a hot trend while its still cutting edge....
Need for More Net Access
A week after devastating terrorist attacks in the United States, small and midsize enterprises in Lower Manhattan continued to seek new ways to patch...
Oracle Beats Expectations
Flying in the face of a weak economy and a nearly dead dot-com sector, Oracle Corp. posted respectable financial results for the quarter that...