Monthly Archives: July 2006
HP Delivers SMB Storage Software, Services
Hewlett-Packard, determined to assert itself in a rapidly escalating scramble against IBM and EMC for small and midsize businesses, announced on July 24 a...
Wasted Spam Bits and the Lazy/Stupid Factor
For several years, until the end of June, I self-hosted my e-mail. My ISP, atypically, offers static IP addresses, and I ran my own...
All Prescriptions Should Be Electronic by 2010, Panel Says
A new Institute of Medicine report estimates that 1.5 million U.S. patients are harmed every year by medication errors, and that information technology and...
Marathon to Add Opteron Support
Marathon Technologies, which uses virtualization technology to create a high-availability environment for Microsoft applications, is expanding its support to include Advanced Micro Devices Opteron...
Indian Outsourcer WNS Readies IPO
The initial public offering of Indian outsourcer WNS, scheduled for July 25 on the New York Stock Exchange, will test the perception of the...
Big Changes in Exchange Server 2007
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is a far cry from Exchange Server 2003, based on eWEEK Labs tests of the first public beta of the...
Exploit Code Published for Windows Worm Hole
Detailed exploit code for a critical Windows worm hole has been published on the Internet, putting millions of users at risk of PC takeover...
Computer Viruses Reach into Corporate Pocketbooks
Computer viruses lead the list of IT threats costing U.S. companies millions of dollars in lost revenue and stolen intellectual property, according to a...
Q2 Tech Wages Hit Highest Point in Five Years
Second-quarter tech wages continue to outpace those for 2005, according to the latest Index of Technology Wages, released July 24 from Yoh Services, a...
Top Five Things Linux Can Learn from Microsoft
Linux does a lot of things right—open source, security, reliability—but its far from perfect. In fact, Linux and its vendors could stand to learn...