Monthly Archives: February 2003
Novell Revs Up NetWare
Network software pioneer Novell Inc. is dusting off its operating system and readying a version that highlights improved management and administration capabilities, as well...
IT Budget Spending Takes Dollars and Sense
What would you do with a $2 billion (yes, billion) IT budget? Revamp your entire computer infrastructure? Offer Web-based services that forever distance you...
Vertical Consolidation Considerations
Vertical server consolidation can be difficult, but its probably the most efficient way of reining in multiple and far-flung servers.A select few organizations belong...
Graphical Wizardry Bears Close Watching
Its been about 30 years since Ted Nelson wrote, in his book "Dream Machines," that computer graphics would become the cutting edge of every...
A Bill for Legal Services ?
It all depends on how you remember it, I guess.Last week, Bill Gates addressed a gathering of Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs, in...
The Buzz: February 17, 2003
Trustbusters Take Case to EuropeHaving been rebuffed in U.S. courts, the Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed a complaint with the European Commission...
Even Security Firms at Risk for Break-Ins
On Jan. 20, the security engineers at Addamark Technologies Inc. noticed the problem immediately: Someone had accessed a confidential, password-protected document on the companys...
To Tell or Not to Tell
As secrets go, it wasnt very technical.Matt Blaze, a respected security expert and research scientist at AT&T Labs Research, in Florham Park, N.J., published...
Smart Phones Add Java Apps to Linux Platform
Wireless device makers are jockeying for position with new products featuring support for updated operating systems such as Linux. But theres a growing consensus...
Divine Puts Documents in Hand
Divine Inc. and Interwoven Inc. are adding more capabilities for document management to their respective content management software suites.Divine Content Server 5.0, which Divine...