Monthly Archives: May 2003
IBM Builds Blade-Powered Superclusters
IBM on Wednesday is rolling out new prepackaged and pretested superclusters that include its blade server technology.The Intel-based eServer Cluster 1350 can be built...
Wiretap Law to Fight Terrorism Used in Other Ways
New electronic surveillance powers enacted in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have been used widely by law enforcement agents, but not...
OASIS Ratifies UDDI 2 as Open Standard
The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) has announced the ratification of Universal Description, Discovery and Integration Version 2 as an...
Gates Speaks to CEOs
IT departments are having a hard time determining how much they should invest in new technologies to help their information workers do their jobs...
Oracle Enhances Sales App
Oracle Corp. announced the release Wednesday of version 11.5.9 of its Oracle Sales application, with several new enhancements designed to help salespeople do their...
Microsoft Proposes Plan to Slam Spam
The anti-spam bandwagon is gaining speed as industry players counter pending bills with legislative proposals of their own—including one from Microsoft Corp. Wednesday. Proposals...
Reader Response: Service Matters
Jim,I enjoyed your article "Service Matters". The Amazon model works great until the moment you need to talk to a "live" body. I can...
Intel Redefines the Mainstream PC, Again
This is an era of rich media for both home and business. But multimedia and real time 3-D applications—ripping CDs, playing the latest 3-D...
802.11g WLAN Spec Just About Done
The end is near, finally.If all goes as planned, the 802.11g wireless standard will be officially completed on June 12. The final draft of...
Is Your PC Too Old?
A whole lot of corporate PCs are getting dangerously old, according to John Thompson, a vice president and general manager in Hewlett-Packards Personal Systems...