Monthly Archives: December 2003
Beware Skypes Hype
Wouldnt it be great if vendors always got their standards together before shipping products? Sometimes this happens; sometimes it doesnt. When it does, as...
Sun Must Mean It This Time
The recent announcement of a partnership between AMD and Sun promises IT buyers the benefits of greater choice among server technologies. The companies have...
U-Turn: Users in Control
Wal-Mart continues to set the supply chain agenda and may soon set notebook computer and online music pricing levels. Dell has redirected some of...
IBM Looks to Develop Worlds Fastest Computers
IBMs scaled-down version of its Blue Gene/L doesnt look like much of a supercomputer. About the size of a dishwasher, the Linux-based prototype is...
IT Providers Making an Olympic Effort Preparing for 2004 Games
The orchestration of it services for the Athens Olympics next year has taken a 180-degree turn from those carried out for the 2000 Sydney...
NetQoS Enhances Network Performance Reporting Tool
NetQoS Inc. is preparing to launch a rearchitected version of its network performance reporting and traffic management tool that can scale to some of...
VOIP Rules Inch Toward Internet
Federal regulators this week will begin the process of deciding whether to regulate telephone calls placed over the Internet the same way they regulate...
SBC Broadens Its Ip Services
Jumping into the voip fray, SBC Communications Inc. has expanded its IP-based services to include a network-based IP VPN and a hosted voice-over-IP service.SBCs...
Lucent Goes Indirect With Reseller Program
After a few years of inconsistent service, many Lucent Technologies Inc. customers are discovering that if they want Lucent expertise, they shouldnt look to...
Suns JDS Rivals Windows, Office
Its debut week for Java Desktop System— a product in which Sun Microsystems Inc. has combined Linux, Mozilla, GNOME and StarOffice—creating a credible challenger...