Monthly Archives: May 2004
Growing Like Dell
Its good to be king—at least for a quarter. Dell reclaimed the top spot from Hewlett-Packard last month for the lead in PC sales...
3-D is Not for Me
For a long time, one of my most prized possessions was a copy of Bob, Microsofts ill-advised venture into simulated "real world" computer interfaces,...
Spyware: Already Illegal
The law may be an ass, as Mr. Bumble famously said in Charles Dickens "Oliver Twist," but its a hardy beast that can carry...
Is There Life Left for Sniffer?
It seems that everything old is new again, at least in the network monitoring world.
Network Associates Technology announced April 23 that it is spinning...
SELinux Boosts Server Security
Security enhanced Linux, a set of kernel modifications and utilities initially developed by the National Security Agency, bolsters the security of Linux systems by...
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot
"What ever happened to that crazy ol tech biz gang of mine?" lamented the Lynx. "Remember the good old days, when the players could...
Tape Storage Competition Gets Fierce
During the past year, several tape products have entered the market that increase performance and capacity of this already-mature backup medium.
And with new competition...
Tape Shows Staying Power
New hard-drive-based products are emerging that could challenge tapes supremacy as the medium of choice for backups and long-term archives. However, the hard-drive-based systems...
Vendors Target SAN Woes
Second-tier storage hardware and software vendors are targeting areas such as improved performance, easier provisioning and lower cost to differentiate their products.
These vendors, which...
Eclipse Developers Reap Design Awards
Despite having spun out the Eclipse consortium into an independent Eclipse Foundation, IBM continues to invest in the organization and its technology, particularly in...