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Web Services Face Some Growing Pains
Web services have seen significant developments in standards, usage models and core technologies. A roundtable meeting of technology providers and consultants, convened in December...
Iona Pushes Web Services Along
In a pivotal moment of the 1999 movie satire "Galaxy Quest," a starship crew member whos safe on the ship advises another whos facing...
Pushing the Limits of WANs
Two vendors this week will extend the upper reaches of their complementary WAN optimization and application acceleration offerings with new high-end units.In the fast-growing...
Kodak to End Film Camera Sales in U.S.
Eastman Kodak last week announced it will stop selling film-based cameras in the United States, Canada and Western Europe and concentrate on selling digital...
Medical Center Knows the Right Prescription
As both a CIO and a medical doctor,John Halamka understands as well as anyone a hospitals need to be technologically advanced and secure. And...
ROI for Coffeehouse Wi-Fi
Coffeehouse consumers can be demanding. They want double nonfat lattes. They want onion bagels. And they expect Wi-Fi. Notebook owners are rapidly acquiring the...
Windows 98: Its Not Dead Yet
Microsoft last week bowed to customer pressure and announced that it will continue extended support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows...
Octivox Lets Callers Be Heard
Ever notice during a conference call that some callers speaking voices are significantly quieter than others? Octiv thinks its solved this problem with a...
3Com Turns on Switch 7700R
As part of its re-entry into the core switching and routing space, 3Com Corp. last week added the next family member in its Switch...
Veritas Bolsters Utility Computing
When it comes to enabling utility computing, Veritas Software Corp. has several irons in the fire.The Mountain View, Calif., company expects to close by...