Monthly Archives: September 2003
Tool Targets Troublesome Traffic
Apparent Networks Inc. is set to introduce a more application-centric version of its AppareNet network trouble-shooting tool to give application managers an end-to-end view...
Sun Fire: Home on the Midrange
Sun Microsystems Inc.s latest midrange Solaris server, the Sun Fire V440 server, is versatile and manageable. However, its lack of RAID options and PCI-X...
UPS Delivers Technology
Bankrolled by a $1 billion IT budget, United Parcel Service of America Inc. is using technology to increase efficiency in package delivery while it...
What High Tech Has Wrought
The unprecedented U.S. economic boom of the last half of the 1990s was propelled by investment in digital technology. Investors sank billions of dollars...
Data at the Ready
The DNA sequence of the entire human genome was mapped as of April, but the battle to keep that massive amount of data available...
AMD Puts 64 Bits on Desktop
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has laid down the second half of its bet on 64-bit computing with the release of its newest Athlon chips.The...
Realpolitik
Eh? When Spence heard that an elusive spammer was checking into Ottawa hotels to use in-room high-speed Internet access to spew vile missives across...
Oracle Weighs Security in 10g
Oracle Corp. is putting a component called Oracle Internet Directory at the core of the security perimeter in its upcoming 10g grid-computing technology.Oracle Internet...
Two Sides of .Net
If you want to know where applications and platforms will enable us to go in the future, look at the best-paved paths of software...
Packaging New Ideas
United Parcel Service of America Inc. is on the march, expanding into new markets globally and developing new lines of business, such as outsourced...