Monthly Archives: December 2001
Palm Urged to Step Up Marketing Efforts
Many of Palm Inc.s problems have come from promising hardware before it is ready. But some Palm software partners say the company also has...
The Buzz: December 10, 2001
Amazon Buys Egghead.comAmazon.com is looking to become a bigger player in the online electronics market.The e-tailer has spent $6.1 million to buy the assets...
Special Data Delivery
Breaking new ground in a very mature market, Informatica Corp.s Informatica Analytics Delivery Platform Release 3, a database report creation and publishing system, does...
MP3s, P2P Causing Trouble at Universities
Who would have thought that technology that helps rip off the record companies and keeps some artists starving would be a boon to the...
IIS Tool Tightens NT and W2K
Microsoft updated its IIS Lockdown Wizard for IIS 4.0 and IIS 5.0 last month. The 2.1 release now includes profiles for various server configurations...
Compaq Delays Shipping Server
Compaq Computer Corp.s first Itanium-based server, announced in July, still is not ready to ship, despite word from Intel Corp. that it has resolved...
Bank One to Hire 600 IT Professionals
Care to live in Columbus, Ohio? How about Chicago? If so, Bank One Corp.s hiring—and its hiring big.Flying in the face of current economic...
Plastics, Chemical Trading Hubs Link Up
In an effort to simplify online collaboration and procurement, plastics e-marketplace provider Omnexus Americas Inc. last week announced an alliance with Elemica Inc., an...
HP Hones Blade Server
Looking to succeed where others have failed, Hewlett-Packard Co. last week unveiled a high-density server it contends addresses major customer concerns that undermined earlier...
Snap NAS Device Boasts Redundancy
The new high-end NAS device from Quantum Corp., the Snap Server 12000, boasts large storage capacity, faster performance and multiple-hardware redundancy—a first for workgroup-class...