Monthly Archives: October 2001
Falling Leaves and Fading Dreams for AT&T
If AT&T Chairman and CEO C. Michael Armstrongs plans had worked out, the Broadband cable unit would be spinning away from the mother company...
Bush Proves Tough on Antitrust
The Bush administration is turning out to be more aggressive on antitrust enforcement than many critics ever anticipated.Just ask Computer Associates International and Platinum...
Semiconductor Sales Down
Global sales of semiconductors continued to spiral downward as the summer drew to a close, but an industry group is predicting that sales will...
eFiles: October 8, 2001
IT Grades Itself Too GenerouslyRecent findings about ROI studies wouldnt surprise schoolteachers. They know that most students would grade themselves higher than is perhaps...
XP Will Tap Web Storage Service
Microsoft Corp. is including a Web-based file storage service in its upcoming Windows XP operating system.The service, from Xdrive Technologies Inc., will be accessible...
Badgers Singing the Blackboard Blues
The kitty recently heard tales from a self-proclaimed insider at IBM who claims that Lou Gerstners planned departure from Big Blue may not be...
In Praise of Lean Desktop Management
This fall, a crop of feature-bloated desktop management tools will show up on IT managers doorsteps. Dont be afraid to use these tools. Just...
Dell Outmaneuvers a Perfect Storm
Three days after Compaq CEO Michael Capellas blamed a perfect storm for unhinging the companys sales, Dell CEO Michael Dell said his namesake companys...
IBMs New 32-Way Unix Server Turns Heads
Following recent announcements by rivals Sun Microsystems Inc. and Fujitsu Technology Solutions Inc., IBM last week rolled out its latest entry into the increasingly...
IBM Refreshes Informix Database
IBMs rollout last week of a new version of the Informix Dynamic Server did much to ease the fears of Informix Corp. database users—...