Monthly Archives: October 2004
A Pain in the Backup
A year ago when I was testing 10-Gigabit Ethernet switches at the University of Hawaii, several things became clear. The first was that those...
BroadVoice Plan Offers Good Starting Point for VOIP
BroadVoice is one of the many VOIP service providers now offering a $19.95, all-you-can-dial monthly calling plan to those with broadband. Like all of...
BEA, IBM Heat Up App Server Space
The application server space is heating up once again as both IBM and BEA Systems tout new versions of their platforms.
With its Liquid Computing...
RFID Carries Promise and Pitfalls, IT Vendors Tell FCC
RFID carries both promise and pitfalls, and there are alternative supply chain technologies that can do a better job in many circumstances, IT vendors...
Retailers Push Windows XP SP2
Starting this week, major retail chains began selling Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2), the latest version of Microsofts desktop operating system."Microsoft began shipping...
QIF Importing Finally Nears Its End
A brouhaha erupted over the summer when users of Quicken 2005 noticed that Intuit had followed through on an announcement it made in 2000:...
Antenna Technology Locks On Wi-Fi Signals
InterDigital Communications Corp. has developed an antenna that "locks in" on a signal, refusing to waste power in radiating information in all directions.Although the...
How Serious Is AT&T About the Linux Desktop?
According to AT&T CIO Hossein Eslambolchi, the telecommunications giant is considering Linux or the Mac to replace its Windows desktops. Or is it?
Is AT&T,...
Trading Firms Grow by Offering Less
So whats a trader with a huge chunk of stock to do? Big institutions — mutual, pension and endowment funds — have come to...
Sarbanes-Oxley Falls Short
Firms that rely extensively on the use of technology for financial and other kinds of reporting may be dependent on the open-IP network to...