Anne Chen

Ultimately, instant messagings killer application within corporations may not involve communications among colleagues but on-the-fly text messages exchanged among end users and enterprise applications such as inventory control and CRM systems. “The idea of having a field salesperson put an inventory system on their buddy list and then query that system using Instant Messenger is […]

Complaining about the amount of spam in our e-mail in-boxes is becoming a time-honored sport here at eWeek. Launch Microsoft Outlook on any given Monday, and practically every in-box at this magazine is filled with a slew of offers for printer cartridges and online marketing secrets But are we the only lucky ones privy to […]

Domino 6, the first major upgrade of IBMs Lotus Software divisions flagship corporate messaging platform in three years, was worth the wait, say many enterprise Lotus users. “In the past, weve had issues and wanted a more stable environment,” said Matt Henry, technical architect at Kemet Corp., in Greenville, S.C. “This time around, the scalability, […]

Remember Apple Computer Inc.s Newton? How about IBMs TransNote? They were both pen-based handheld devices that were supposed to revolutionize the world of computing and reduce the number of hardware devices wage slaves had to carry around to do their jobs. For a variety of reasons—not the least of which was poor handwriting recognition—the revolution […]

You can throw as much technology as you want at securing your organization but, when it comes down to it, you dont stand a chance unless your end users are aware that what they do—or dont do—has a lot to do with how secure your enterprise is. At the 29th Annual Computer Security Conference and […]

Following slow adoption of Active Directory after its release as part of Windows 2000 three years ago, Microsoft Corp. has been actively urging IT managers to deploy its directory services platform through aggressive pricing, detailed deployment road maps and increased support. And with Microsoft releasing a new capability in AD that will enable organizations to […]

You may think LDAP was yesterdays news, but the spotlight is hitting it again as vendors work to tie it to the UDDI standard. Developed in 2000 by Ariba Inc., IBM, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp. and SAP AG, the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration specification describes Web-based services and the interface required so that businesses […]

Over the three years Ive been with eWEEK, Ive come to realize that when it comes to discussing Linux, some people become temporarily insane. A journalist covering Linux-based OSes will always be accused of being in cahoots with Microsoft, regardless of how they try to spin a story. Take the gentle reader who responded to […]

In the National Basketball Association, every successful team has what is known as a “go-to guy.” Thats the player who, when the game is tight and the clock is ticking down, can be counted on to score and send the fans home happy. With their season tipping off next week, the Portland Trail Blazers are […]

An old hand at using Linux in the server room, Steve OBrien, director of IT operations for Jefferson County, Colo., spent the last five years eagerly waiting for Linux to make the leap to the corporate desktop. First, however, Linux would have to satisfy OBriens checklist of requirements: It had to provide access to his […]

If this is the year of the Linux desktop, as Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president for software at Sun Microsystems Inc., has claimed, then someone should probably alert the major desktop hardware OEMs. Although Sun, in Santa Clara, Calif., recently announced plans to offer a Linux-based desktop product tied to a Sun back end, none […]

If Irving Tyler had known two years ago that the economic recovery would go AWOL and his company, like most, would need to trim expenses, he might never have launched a multimillion-dollar global enterprise resource planning system rollout. But he did, and when hard times hit, it was too late to turn back. Now, having […]