Monthly Archives: January 2002
EarthLink Will Try ASP Plans Again
An executives departure and the staggering economy conspired to keep EarthLink Inc. from realizing its ASP plans last year.But the ISP (Internet service provider),...
Whats Wrong With Pressplay
Napster was founded in May 1999. I reckon that the smart minds in the music business have been trying to figure out since at...
Palm Promises Turnaround
Palm Inc. is hoping to make 2002 the year of the enterprise, but the success of the handheld device company lies precariously in the...
Palm to Appeal Graffiti Patent Ruling
Handheld computing company Palm Inc. is appealing a recent court ruling that says Palms Graffiti handwriting recognition technology infringes on a U.S. patent owned...
The Top Nonenterprise Products of 2001
Surprisingly, writing this column never gets old. I tirelessly examine interesting enterprise architectures; match them to the vendors hyperbolic claims; compare them with what...
PeopleSoft to Bolster E-Sales
PeopleSoft Inc. plans to add sales configuration technology it is acquiring from bankrupt e-commerce software vendor Calico Commerce Inc. to its CRM application suite...
WebSphere Gets J2EE Nod
The latest version of J2EE appears to be gaining momentum among application server and tools vendors looking to take advantage of new features designed...
Keeping An Eye on Paper Trails
Although face recognition systems have received most of the attention since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Bostons Logan International Airport is trying out a...
Eggdrop Attacks Credit Card Company
A cracker apparently compromised and installed a bot that could be used as a DDoS client on several hundred servers belonging to customers of...
Top Layer Appliance Powers Up IDSes
Top Layer Networks Inc.s IDS Balancer 3500 switch-and-software combo improves the performance of installed intrusion detection system sensors by mirroring network data flows to...