Monthly Archives: December 2003
Tales From Beyond the (IT) Grave
Reader reaction to a recent commentary, "Tech Job Cuts Slow Because We Hit the Bone," was that I hit some raw nerves, particularly when...
Dual CPU Shootout: Opteron vs. Xeon
Weve been covering AMDs 64-bit x86-64 "Hammer" architecture for quite some time now and are intrigued by its combination of 32-bit compatibility and performance,...
Outsourcing: How Well Are You Managing Your Partners?
Outsourcing IT is now commonplace—even strategic IT functions and applications are fair game for many of our 663 respondents. On the surface, successful experiences...
How to Fight Spam Strategically
Sure, spam is all over the news. But what does it really mean to your organization?CIOs have two recurring e-mail nightmares. In the first,...
OASIS Approves UBL 1.0 Beta for Testing
The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems has approved the Universal Business Language 1.0 beta for public implementation testing.Jon Bosak, chairman of...
Wind River Joins Pair of Open-Source Consortia
Wind River Systems Inc., maker of proprietary embedded operating systems and development tools for creating embedded applications, has announced its membership in two open-source...
The Programmer As (Starving) Artist
Discussions about code as poetry and how code and art differ from each other are not new, but the growing popularity of free software...
Blackouts Begin at Home
No, I did not get an advance copy of the Interim Report of the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force, released last week. Any...
AT&T Names New President
AT&T Corp. today named a new president, William Hannigan, formerly chairman and CEO of Sabre Holdings Corp.Hannigan replaces Betsy Bernard, who took over as...
Microsoft Revamps MSN
On Tuesday, Microsoft Corp. announced its latest online service: MSN Premium. The new service, for use with broadband Internet connections, will be available to...