Monthly Archives: February 2002
IBM, MarketMile Team Up, Extend LPS
IBM is making further inroads into business-to-business online transaction processing through a partnership with MarketMile LLC and an expanded WebSphere Business Partner initiative.The IBM...
Intel Looks to Next Itanium
Intel Corp., still struggling to generate sales of its first-generation Itanium processor, will tout the chips second generation this week at its Developer Forum...
Rdesktop Keeps Devices in Touch
One of the first ways I tested Windows XPs remote desktop feature was by connecting to my desktop with my aged IBM z50 Windows...
Security Gaps Arent All Microsofts Fault
Mere hours after Microsoft officially launched visual Studio .Net, reports of a potential security flaw in the .Net compiler rolled in (see www.eweek.com/links).In this...
Security: Time to Take Names, Lay Blame
There were two interesting developments last month in the realm of information security. One was the release of a new report by the National...
SNMP Hit; What Will Be The Next Victim?
On Feb. 12, the SANS Institute warned thousands of security professionals around the globe that a major SNMP vulnerability had been discovered. Five months...
Security Quandary: Whos Liable?
Skittish at the prospect of being held liable for security breaches, software vendors are examining ways to get ahead of problems with solutions ranging...
Recruiting Grid for the E-Biz Arena
Some industry leaders are looking to leverage Web services to move the advantages of grid computing from the academic realm to the commercial arena.At...
What Do Developers Want?
The great question," wrote Sigmund Freud, "which I have not been able to answer, despite my 30 years of research into the feminine soul,...
Storage Analysis Tools on Tap
Storage hardware analysis products will debut from most of the niches significant vendors this spring and summer, exploiting the precision needs of trends in...