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Outside World Wants Inside IT
If your company isnt a world-class technology user, it wont last long: Aggressive adoption and deployment of information systems, both computing and communications, are...
The Upside of the Downside
A couple of questions and maybe a few answers coming into the new year.Managed and hosted services were all the rage a year ago,...
App Servers to Comply With J2EE
The application server market continues to bustle, with new releases on the horizon from BEA Systems Inc., Borland Software Corp. and IBM.BEA, of San...
Layer 7 Switching Routes Data Discerningly
Burgeoning Internet traffic coupled with rising demand for QOS multimedia content such as VOIP and real-time streaming have fueled the emergence of Layer 7...
Beyond the Database
Boldly going where no database has gone before, Oracle Corp.s Oracle8i Release 3 is a lot more than a database. Oracle8i is now also...
Cost Control: Microsoft Learns From GE
At this time last year, the IT outlook was ebullient if not giddy. Demand for IT skills was off the charts, with the backlog...
Meeting a Mandate for Patient Privacy
A handful of developers are rolling out software to help insurance companies and health care providers meet new privacy and security standards being imposed...
Standards are Necessity, Not Option
As big companies and financial institutions rush to set up online billing systems, some are finding that their EBPP platforms could be hobbled by...
Privacy Standards Grant Patients Rights
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services late last month released new rules to protect the privacy of individuals medical records and other...
Agilera, Applicast to Hook Up
Two major application service providers specializing in vertical markets will become one later this month when Agilera Inc. acquires Applicast Inc., Agilera officials confirmed...