Monthly Archives: May 2005
Eclipse: Behind the Name
Whats in a name?
Back in 2003, when Sun Microsystems Inc. was considering whether it might join the then soon-to-be-independent Eclipse Foundation, one of the...
Eclipse Casts Shadow on Sun
Does Sun have lunar envy?
One would never know, but given the momentum generated by the Eclipse juggernaut with the Eclipse Foundations signing of big...
NetScout Software Inspects Application Traffic
With everything thats going on in complex corporate networks and the increasing use and misuse of that resource by peer-to-peer and malware traffic, monitoring...
Study: Patching Windows Costs Less than Linux
A research study comparing patch management in Microsoft Windows client and server operating systems with open-source software systems alleges that the costs of patching...
Google Users Worry About Personal Data Privacy
SAN FRANCISCO—Gaining access to an ever increasing and ever more sophisticated volume of information through Web searches was an attractive idea to Gartner Inc....
ISP, Enterprise Data Concerns Merge at ISPCon
With the bright line between enterprise network access and end-user Internet access fast fading, vendors are reaching out to service providers and enterprises to...
AOL Botches Netscape Security Makeover
AOL on Friday blamed an unnamed third-party security vendor for the embarrassing release of its Netscape 8 Web browser with several publicly known security...
Clinicians Urged Not to Wait for Perfect Technology
SALT LAKE CITY—Health advocates clamoring to substitute paper charts with electronic ones are shortsighted. Thats according to Rick Peters of the American Academy of...
Can Microsoft Reshape the Anti-Virus Market?
Microsofts massive presence in the anti-virus space may be bad news for vendors leading the market, but for enterprise customers with tight budgets, it...
Wawa CIO: Upgrade Fear Dictated Multimillion-Dollar SAP Purchase
The CIO of the $3 billion Wawa convenience food chain was frustrated that various business units saw business data in different formats—and, consequently, were...