Monthly Archives: July 2002
Its Time to Abandon Insecure Languages
The security of the internet took a one-two combo to the gut last month when we learned of remotely exploitable security holes in Apache...
Whos Watching Whom?
The long-running dispute over when to release vulnerability information escalated last month into a bitter turf war among several security companies, all of which...
An Era of Elastic Accounting Unfolds
One of the tenets of the dot-com age was that sales didnt matter. Companies measured success by Web click-throughs, unique visitors or the number...
Worthy Upgrade for GNOME Faithful
Rewritten around a new graphical interface tool kit, Version 2.0 of GNOME stands as an attractive and important upgrade for sites that have standardized...
Broaden Options, With Caution
We at eWeek Labs believe that the exploration of open source should be broadened but with caution. For example, while open-source options in the...
Open Source Gets IT Scrutiny
Once smuggled through back doors into the stolid world of corporate computing, open-source software is now beginning to get the full red carpet treatment...
Open-Source Enterprise
When eWeek Labs was getting ready to publish its 1999 review of the Linux 2.2 kernel, we struggled with the headline. Would "Linux: Enterprise-ready"...
CRM to Link Biz Systems
The days of stand-alone CRM systems are numbered.More and more, users of the software want to tie data from customer-facing applications to data from...
IBM to Update Storage Hardware
IBMs storage systems group plans to announce new versions of its high-end enterprise and low-end NAS hardware this month, according to sources.IBM, having recently...
Startup to Combine Object Storage, Traditional Backup
A startup storage company plans to roll out its first product this fall in a strategy that will focus on merging the traits of...