Monthly Archives: November 2001
Shattering Windows Past
So he did it. Bill Gates finally said goodbye to the DOS prompt. Gates drew cheers as he ceremoniously exited from the command-based operating...
Beefing Up Security With a Human Firewall
Juan Diaz Pinales made only one demand when he signed on as information security manager of Doral Financial: that he report directly to the...
Managed Security Services Take Hold
Traditionally, managed security offerings have amounted to little more than a managed firewall or VPN. But as companies in all industries demand a wider...
Sun One Launches With Little Fanfare
Sun quietly rolled out Sun One a couple of weeks ago. The Sun Open Net Environment comprises Suns software products, professional services, education practice...
United We Stand, Divided We Get Scammed
The latest software pricing scheme—Microsofts Software Assurance program—has many of us angry at the thought of being held hostage to unfair licensing practices. Its...
.Nets Promises Must Be Kept
At Microsofts Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Bill Gates laid out the companys premises for Web services success.Gates asserted that .Net is built on...
Bill Gates to Star in More Must Flee TV
Microsofts scheduling of its professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles and the launch of Windows XP in New York during the same week apparently...
Packaging Reveals a Lot
With the Sun ONE Starter Kit, Sun has officially kicked off the companys answer to Web services development, the Microsoft Developer Network and Microsofts...
Acquisition Boosts IBM E-Biz Wares
IBMs $129 million acquisition of CrossWorlds Software Inc. last week will strengthen IBMs e-business products by deepening the ties between its WebSphere application server...
.Net Framework a Step Closer
Microsoft Corp. has rolled out the near-final versions of software for its .Net platform, paving the way for developers to begin working in earnest...