Monthly Archives: October 2002
Driving Global Supply Chain Performance
Supply chain management software maker Qiva Inc., of San Francisco, will announce on Tuesday the next iteration of its Global Logistics Control System suite.Version...
(IT) Workers of the World, Unite
As the IT spending slump drags on, resulting in lots of layoffs and little hiring, the pain of unemployed and underemployed IT workers is...
In Memoriam: Jim Seymour, Veteran Columnist Dies
No matter how many follow in his footsteps, few PC advocates will earn the respect Jim Seymour did. Seymour passed away on Wednesday in...
Sun Steeled for IT Uptick
Scott McNealy has guided Sun Microsystems Inc. since its founding in 1982, through upturns and downturns, dot-com booms and busts. Now, he finds himself...
Gates, Siebel Warming Up
An ongoing warming of the relationship between Microsoft Corp. and Siebel Systems Inc. could mean better integration options and improved performance for users of...
Tech Job Cuts Ease
The rate of tech job losses dipped 31 percent in the third quarter, according to a report released Oct. 3 by outplacement firm Challenger,...
Inside iSCSI: Low-Cost Storage Networking – 2
Networked Storage BackgrounderWith the growth of e-commerce and the Internet, storage has suddenly taken on a whole new importance. Once a boring appendage to...
Soft Interfaces Shouldnt Snarl Hardware Functions
In the SpaceWar computer game, developed 40 years ago at MIT, PDP-1 programmer Steve ("Slug") Russell initially made his simulated torpedoes realistically unreliable: No...
Compuware Tool Tracks Network Usage
By monitoring their use of expensive WAN resources, organizations can usually find new ways to save costs. But keeping tabs on such resources requires...
Microsoft Opens Passport Source to Developers
In a surprising move, Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced that it will open up a portion of the source code of its Passport identity...