Monthly Archives: February 2003
Dells Mood-o-Meter on the Rise
On Wednesday, the day before Dell Computer announced its latest quarterly results, I was at the companys Round Rock, Texas, headquarters for a series...
Quiz: Should You (Mis)Trust Computers?
TRUEFALSEWe use e-mail to authorize purchase orders and other financial documentsOur network supports many remote and mobile workersEmployees carry highly confidential information on...
Web Services Land in Yukon
SAN FRANCISCO—Web services will play a key role in Yukon, the next version of Microsoft Corp.s SQL Server database, a company executive said.Giving a...
WS-Reliability Spec in OASIS Hands
The Web Services Reliability (WS-Reliability) specification will be going to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, or OASIS, standards body in...
Vision Solutions to Roll Out Orion Platform
Managed availability platform provider Vision Solutions will announce new platform next week at IBM Partner World in New Orleans.Orion is Vision Solutions multi-platform solution...
Feds Unveil Cyber-Security Plan
With little fanfare, the White House Friday afternoon released the much debated National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, which calls on industry to show unprecedented...
Tape Products Hit High End, Midrange
New high-end and midrange tape products are coming, with a focus on security and reliability.Spectra Logic Corp., with financial customers as one target audience,...
Passport and Liberty: A Match Made in Heaven?
These days, an increasing number of my friends are looking for Valentines online. Unfortunately, its all too common for people to pretend to be...
IBM Opens Up PowerPC Licensing
IBM, in an effort to expand the use of its PowerPC processors, is opening up the licensing of the chip to enable third-parties to...
Storage News Digest: Thumbs Up For iSCSI Standard and More
Enterprise StorageAyes Take iSCSI VoteThe Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) this week approved the iSCSI standard. This forthcoming standard allows storage area networks (SAN)...