Chris Gonsalves

FBI warnings have administrators of the nations corporate networks double-checking—and double-locking—their systems in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. But despite hacker alerts and a federal Terrorist Threat Advisory, which calls for IT professionals across the country to “implement appropriate security measures—both physical and cyber,” experts say corporate America is a long way from being […]

An aggressive hybrid of virus and worm ran rampant across the Internet last week, slowing traffic and causing site shutdowns. But the real damage from W32.Nimda may end up being the cost to eradicate it. In what is already a tense period—with numerous government warnings of hacking threats in the wake of the terrorist attacks […]

An aggressive hybrid of virus and worm has been running rampant across the Internet this week, slowing traffic and causing site shutdowns. But the real damage from W32.Nimda may end up being the cost to eradicate it. In what is already a tense period — with numerous government warnings of hacking threats in the wake […]

SYSTEM INTEGRATION PSA provider optimize Solutions this week will lift the lid on a well-kept secret—its Optimize Pro tool. The 2-year-old company, operating in stealth mode, will formally unveil Version 4.0 of its browser-based tool. The Windows 2000-based tool, which can also run on Unix, can help to streamline project development for both systems integrators […]

COLLABORATION Intraspect Software Inc. is upgrading its enterprise platform to allow for more collaboration among a companys employees, customers, partners and suppliers, with the goal of bringing products and services to market more quickly. Intraspect 4, announced last week, lets companies build knowledge-based, collaborative applications that integrate with enterprise applications—such as customer relationship management, enterprise […]

An FBI warning has administrators of the nations corporate networks double-checking–and double-locking–their systems in the wake of Tuesdays terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. But despite the federal Terrorist Threat Advisory, which calls for IT professionals across the country to “implement appropriate security measures–both physical and cyber,” experts say corporate America is a long […]

Eager to appeal to IT users more concerned with business processes than simple technology, BMC Software Inc. is readying a version of Patrol that will change how the system management tool looks and acts. The Patrol 7 architecture, set to be rolled out in stages beginning this fall, initially will give users unified Windows or […]

Although standards have yet to be formally set, vendors are readying a host of 10 Gigabit Ethernet products that promise delivery of the speedier networking technology to the enterprise by years end. Proponents say the fiber-only, full-duplex 10 Gigabit Ethernet will mean more than just faster data rates for business users. The technology promises to […]

Optimism is growing around WLANs now that vendors have started addressing the technologys major shortcomings–security, throughput and cost. Two makers of wireless LAN gear, Symbol Technologies Inc. and 3Com Corp., each unveiled last week products at the NetWorld+Interop show here that they said will solve authentication and other security problems associated with the 802.11b WLAN […]

CONFERENCING Have you ever wanted to conduct your own minidiscussion with a colleague during a conference call? Now you can do it online with an enhanced, browser-based communications management platform from GoBeam Inc. The developer of real-time communications platforms for business, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., has launched a user interface for its hosted services that […]

Like heirloom hunters crawling through the family attic, businesses are turning to new technologies to help blow the dust off the relics in their patent files. The high-tech efforts to ease the legal and business complexities of managing intellectual property are helping businesses better safeguard their innovations from infringement. Companies are also turning to the […]

Route manager Fujitsu-ICL Systems Inc., of Dallas, this month introduced the TeamPad 500, a Windows CE-based handheld device designed for route management. Going global In addition to running on Microsoft Corp.s operating system, the TeamPad 500 includes a 150MHz processor, a color screen and the ability to integrate with the Global Positioning System. Optional are […]