Monthly Archives: October 2004
Retailers Crack Down on Returns
In order to cut down on fraudulent or excessive returns, some retailers are tracking customer return patterns with a database.The database, operated by the...
Analysts: Can IBM-PeopleSoft Deal Stall Oracle Advance?
The firing of PeopleSoft Inc. CEO Craig Conway shouldnt derail the $1 billion middleware alliances with IBM that the two companies announced with much...
PeopleSoft Fires CEO Conway
In the wake of a 15-month-long battle for its life, PeopleSoft Inc.s board of directors fired CEO Craig Conway Friday morning. The board cited...
E-Cyclers Embrace Data Destruction
A growing debate about the security of data has grown to include the computer recycling industry, which is now being asked to verifiably destroy...
Conway and the Good Fight
In previous columns, Ive expressed my admiration for PeopleSoft as one of the "good guys." So while it pains me to say its over...
EU Ploughs Money into Grid Projects
The European Union is funding 12 grid technology research projects from universities, researchers and companies across Europe. The projects include an initiative to develop...
Pay-Per-Use Computing: Will It Fly?
Back, somewhere before the dawn of time, when I first got involved with computers, computing resources were incredibly expensive. On the big iron machines...
UK Retailer Dives into RFID
Confident in the technology, the Tesco supermarket chain in the U.K. is diving into RFID without testing the waters. The company revealed this week...
SIPphones Suit Against Vonage Is Short on Merit
The red-hot competition for the VOIP residential consumers dollar got hotter on Thursday, when AT&T and Vonage both lowered their prices for consumer service....
Juan Valdez Goes Wireless
Juan Valdez may soon be bringing his burro to a coffee shop near you. And hell be wireless, thanks to Sprint. The company disclosed...