Monthly Archives: February 2006
Why Wont Dell Promote Its Linux Desktops?
Last Thursday, when I wrote about Dells new Linux desktop, was one of the most frustrating days of my professional life.
My eWEEK colleague John...
Readers Respond: LISP Deserves a Fresh Look
In his Feb. 13 article, "LISP Deserves a Fresh Look," Peter Coffee wrote: "Arent your machines getting faster much more quickly than your programmers...
Tangosol Delivers New Data Grid System
Tangosol is expected to announce a new version of its data grid environment at the 2006 Web Services/SOA on Wall Street conference on Feb....
Readers Respond: Wide-Open Web? Think Again
Private, purpose-built, application-specific Internets are already under way (Eric Lundquists Up Front, "Wide-Open Web? Think Again," Feb. 13).Enterprise peering is taking shape in the...
Readers Respond: Exotic Programming Tools Go Mainstream
I really enjoyed Peter Coffees Feb. 6 article "Exotic Tools Go Mainstream" (Developer Solutions).I was one of those guys at the University of Wisconsin...
Whos Reading Your Cells Text Messages?
Have you ever hit "Send" on a text message on your mobile phone before addressing it? Ever wondered where all those lost SMS text...
NetApp Jumps into Disk-to-Disk Race
Network Appliance made a couple of bold moves last year designed to make the company a player in the lucrative disk-to-disk backup space. Based...
Google to Grab More Office Space
Google said it will offer automated business management features that have so far been missing from its enterprise search repertoire, according to a recent...
Insecurity Marks Security Forum
There was a palpable sense of anxiety among attendees and exhibitors at the RSA Conference earlier this month, and not just because the show...
IBMs Tivoli Simplifies Systems Management for SMBs
IBMs Tivoli unit late the week of Feb. 20 added four new management products to IBMs Express line of offerings for SMBs.
The four products,...