Monthly Archives: November 2001
IBM Exec: Bad Timing for Tablet PC
With corporate buyers cutting spending and consumers worried about job security, now is not the time for computer makers to bring the Tablet PC...
Former Entrust CEO to Head ZixIt
John Ryan, who resigned abruptly as CEO of Entrust Inc. earlier this year, took over the same post at ZixIt Corp. on Thursday.Ryan replaces...
Yahoo! Cuts 400 Jobs
Yahoo! said on Thursday that it will cut 400 jobs, or 13 percent of its workforce in a company reorganization that will also include...
USIs Cloudy Future
Application service provider pioneer US-internetworking Inc. is in a state of transition, teetering on the market ledge between the bankrupt mentors who were its...
Top Execs Say Their Enterprises Arent Ready for Security Attacks
CEOs and other corporate executives perceive their companies as unprepared to contend with, and are vulnerable to, security breaches, according to a study by...
AMD Passes Athlon Chipset Baton
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has essentially exited the Athlon chipset market, focusing its design work on multiprocessor implementations and the upcoming 64-bit Hammer family.AMD,...
Ballmer Defiant on Security
LAS VEGAS – Microsoft "stands tall" on IT security issues, while IBM does not have a security plan and Suns approach to security is...
Sun Takes Grid Computing to Next Level
Sun Microsystems Inc. released Tuesday its Grid Engine Enterprise Edition 5.3, an updated beta version of the companys widely adopted resource allocation software that...
Apple Beefs Up Encryption in AirPort
With less fanfare than one might expect, Apple Computer Inc. announced on Tuesday the release of AirPort 2 software and hardware updates, which add...
5 Steps to Enterprise Security – Step 1: Assessment
Security risks in enterprise IT systems have many technical elements. The magnitude of IT risk is largely determined, however, by nontechnical factors, including business...