Monthly Archives: March 2004
P2P Letter Treads Dangerous Road
A draft letter posted to P2P Web sites and purportedly written by california Attorney General Bill Lockyer and circulated to other state attorneys general...
IBM-Rational Merger Pays Off
IBMs year-old acquisition of Rational Software Corp. has paid off handsomely with the delivery of several integration projects and a unified development platform to...
Microsoft Embraces Open Standards
With its broad open-standards support, multiple integration options, and some of the best process development and design tools available, Microsoft Corp.s BizTalk Server 2004...
Beware of Expert Methodology Fads
"BDUF-YAGN" is not yet a popular acronym, but it characterizes the pendulum-swing behavior of software development fads.
So suggested Steve McConnell, chief software engineer at...
Carriers Get Religion
Its been a long time coming, but wireless carriers are finally getting the idea that cooperation is a good thing when it comes to...
Cisco Enhances Catalyst Switches
Cisco Systems Inc. plans to advance its Intelligent Information Network strategy for embedding advanced services into the network with a range of enhancements for...
Projector Networks Gain Ground
So many things can go wrong with a projector. Connections drop off, video inputs change and bulbs burn out. These inevitable failures are compounded...
Novell Plots Server Strategy
Novell Inc. is upbeat about NetWare, even though its flagship networking software wont be available as a stand-alone product next year.The Provo, Utah, company...
Intel Changes Scheme for Naming Chips
Intel officials are changing the way they refer to their Pentium and Celeron PC processors in an effort to move away from focusing on...
Fibre Channel SANs Put to Test
Network performance testing software vendors Agilent Technologies Inc. and Finisar Corp. are readying new tools to satisfy testing requirements around 4G-bps Fibre Channel storage...