Monthly Archives: March 2002
Wireless LANs and 3G Mobile Get Ready to Dance
Wireless service providers arent giving up on next-generation, high-speed data, but theyre starting to acknowledge that there are more ways than one to tap...
Teaching the Internet to Value Our Time
"Information consumes attention," as Nobel economist Herbert Simon famously observed. "A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention." The Web, by this measure,...
The Inalienable Right to Broadband
Should government at any level get involved in the deployment and ownership of high-speed data infrastructure? Its a question that will have to be...
Veritas Strengthens Disaster Recovery
Focusing on disaster recovery, data management leader Veritas Software Corp. is upgrading its NetBackup suite. The Mountain View, Calif., company unveiled the new features...
Strenuous Work Awaits on Storage Specs
For the past two years, subcommittees of the Internet Engineering Task Force have been working feverishly to develop specifications to enable businesses to exploit...
Billion-Dollar Suit Isnt Good for Anyone
Suns billion-dollar lawsuit against Microsoft is a hugely risky move. If the company loses, it will still be a company respected for its technology...
Larry Ellison, Give Me a Decent App Demo!
I recently sat through a demonstration of the new Oracle11i Time and Labor application and was quite disappointed with the presentation.The sales professionals and...
In Negotiations, Knowledge Is Power
Smart, tough negotiating can force it vendors to make concessions, especially in times like these. But haggling alone can get you only so far....
Flattening the Learning Curve
For many developers, the promise of Java 2 Enterprise Edition is intriguing, but the learning curve is steep.NeuVis Software Inc. last week unveiled a...
Sun Vs. Microsoft, Round 2
A year after Microsoft Corp. agreed to pay Sun Microsystems Inc. $20 million to settle a lawsuit over Microsofts licensing of Java, Sun is...