Monthly Archives: January 2005
HP Is Committed to PCs, Exec Says
Hewlett-Packard Co.s merger of its PC business with its printing group has kicked off industrywide speculation on what it means for the company and...
Always-On Applications Should Mind Their Manners
Sitting there on my desk, apparently doing nothing useful but getting awfully hot in the process, my Windows 2000 laptops CPU was running at...
Security Basic Training
A couple of years ago, I wrote a column lamenting the idiocy of many computer users and how they continue to fall prey to...
Aventail Revs SSLs
In the last year, the Secure Sockets Layer VPN market has exploded, going from a niche in the larger VPN sector to a pervasive...
Danger: Privacy Agreements
Users leveraging online services as part of their work sign privacy agreements all the time. In the process, theyre often agreeing to the installation...
Storage, Security Convergence Isnt Easy, but Its Vital
The proposed merger of Veritas and Symantec could bring much-needed convergence between security and storage management.
On the surface, it might seem like storage and...
Globus Consortium Guides Grids
I began this year with high expectations for broader application of grid computing. At the same time, though, I shared some concerns about vendors...
IBM Unveils New Low-Cost OpenPower Server
IBM next month will roll out an entry-level two-way OpenPower server designed to compete with Hewlett-Packard Co.s and Sun Microsystems Inc.s volume Linux and...
Google Hires Mozilla Firefox Engineer
Google Inc. has hired the lead engineer behind the Mozilla Firefox Web browser, who is splitting his time between the search company and the...
IBM Refreshes Notes, Domino, Workplace
IBM on Monday announced a host of new products from its Lotus Software division at the annual Lotusphere conference in Orlando, Fla.
Chief among the...