Monthly Archives: September 2001
The Ask Master
A forthcoming XML query language will do for XML documents what the Structured Query Language did for relational databases — and it may become...
Operator No. 9: September 24, 2001
Root Out the EvilFor a few hours after the terrorist attacks, my e-mail box was uncharacteristically free of spam. Of course, it didnt last...
Geoff Butcher
CEO, Protekwww.protek.comElevator Pitch More than 60 telecom customers use United Kingdom-based Proteks business and operational support systems software.Claim to Fame Helped to establish a...
Wiretap Rules to Change?
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcrofts anti-terrorism proposal includes a request to allow the FBI to tap all the communications of a suspect rather than...
Future Looks Grim for Travel Industry
In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack on New York and Washington, D.C., virtually every trade show in the country was cancelled for...
SBC Offers to Buy Prodigy
SBC Communications has made a tender offer to purchase the online service Prodigy.SBC currently owns a 42 percent stake in the company. SBC is...
RealNetworks Cues Up New Media Player, Platform
RealNetworks will greet company supporters at its developers conference today with a new generation of technology and services for which it has adopted the...
WTC Spurs Reflection on Ultrawideband Systems
Its not clear if wireless enhanced 911 systems could have helped rescuers reach people injured at the World Trade Center or Pentagon, but the...
Terrorism Brings Videoconferencing Into Focus
For years, companies that sell videoconferencing equipment have struggled to overcome some bad first impressions. Now, the days of technologically challenging systems that cost...
VeriSign to Acquire Illuminet for $1.2B
VeriSign on Monday announced that it will buy Illuminet Holdings, a provider of intelligent network and signaling services to telecommunications carriers, for about $1.2...