Monthly Archives: June 2004
Network Associates Tackles Anti-Virus Limitations
Since its inception, the one big drawback to anti-virus software has been its reactive nature. Until a vendor sees at least one copy of...
Local Silicon Designers Getting into Wi-Fi Gear
I sure hope Bill Carney likes the weather in Taiwan.No, hes not here in Taipei with me. Not far as I know, anyway. But...
Suns Long Road to Open-Source Solaris
Sun Microsystems Inc.s announcement on Wednesday that it will open-source the Solaris operating system is the latest push in an effort that began over...
Microsoft to Close Solomon Product Headquarters
On Thursday, Microsoft Corp. notified 177 employees working out of its Findlay, Ohio, offices that the company had decided to close its facilities there.Findlay...
Sun Working Out Open-Source Solaris Details
Sun Microsystems Inc. this week formally committed itself to releasing Solaris operating system code as open source, but no final decisions have been made...
Is Regulation Inevitable for Enterprise Security?
Are you ready to declare your company secure against attacks from cyberterrorists?If youre not, get moving. The odds are increasing that in the not-so-distant...
IBM to Pit Its App Lifecycle Management Software Against Microsofts Burton
IBM will use its worldwide developer conference next month to show how its application lifecycle management software stacks up against Microsoft Corp.s recently announced...
Microsoft Speeds BI with Two New Accelerators
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced two new business intelligence accelerators geared toward easing access to data and speeding scorecard creation.The first, Microsoft Office Business...
Readers Weigh in on Tablet PCs Future
My latest Microsoft Watch column, "Trouble in Tablet Land?" created a lot of trouble of its own. While few readers disagreed that Microsoft needs...
AltiGen Releases AltiWare 5.0 for IP PBX
AltiGen Communications, an early and dominant name in PC-based PBX alternatives, has announced version 5 of AltiWare, the underlying software that runs its AltiServ...