Monthly Archives: September 2005
EMC Adds Enhancements to RepliStor
In an effort to ensure that its data-protection product doesnt get lost in the upcoming frenzy of Microsofts new DPM (Data Protection Manager), EMC...
Medical Site Launched for Katrina Evacuees
Just as Hurricane Rita threatens the Gulf Coast, a health-care site has been launched today to allow medical professionals access to the prescription medical...
To Secure the Enterprise, Think Strategically
The single most common—and most damaging—error in IT security practice is the failure to approach it from a strategic perspective.
IT security is a complex...
MacArthur Winner Is Search Pioneer
Jon Kleinberg was so incredulous when a representative from MacArthur Foundation called him on Tuesday with the news that he had been named one...
Book Consortiums IT Overhaul a Recipe for Success
Ask Don Linn to describe the state of IT at Consortium Book & Sales Distribution Inc. when he acquired the company in 2001 and...
Ellison Forswears Customer Upgrade Coercion
SAN FRANCISCO—Making a rare speech from prepared notes, Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison drove home the theme of this weeks OpenWorld conference: that his...
Enterprise Search Solutions Integrate with SANS
Enterprise search solutions are getting more advanced, and are being integrated with SANs (storage area networks) to index unstructured data during routine daily backups,...
Court Rules Out Mobile Spam
An appeals court in Arizona this week ruled that a federal law that bans autodialing to call mobile phones also covers unsolicited text messages—even...
Microsoft Reorg Needs Soviet-Style Display of Power
It would be so much easier to understand what happens at Microsoft if only its corporate headquarters had a big balcony.
To announce a reorganization,...
Who Will Win the Application War?
Im attending a conference this week, and I am watching a well-respected academic present his vision of the agile enterprise. He advocates clever new...