Debra Donston

Ah, Valentines Day. A day to remember those high school holidays of watching the popular girls get carnations and candy while you sat around with your dorky clothes and … Oh, sorry, I lost my head there for a minute. Sad but true: This Valentines Day made me think of one love letter I was […]

When I was a kid, my family did two things on Saturdays without fail: We cleaned the house to strains of marching music (my father was career Army), and we went to the bank. At the bank, my parents deposited their paychecks, keeping just enough cash to make it through the week. When that money […]

Its been six years since eWEEK started its Excellence Awards program in an effort to spotlight for our readers the best and most innovative enterprise-class products announced in a given calendar year. During that time, weve seen companies come and go, economies rise and fall, and world events effecting and affecting IT products. But, looking […]

We talk a lot about how technology can drive business, increase competitive edge, make users more productive and so on. But it can be easy to lose sight of how technology can be used to educate young people and provide opportunity in underserved communities. Thats why eWEEK is proud to announce that proceeds from the […]

At a ceremony held in Boston on May 23, eWeek proudly announced the winners in its sixth annual Excellence Awards program. This years winners impressed the program judges—eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK Corporate Partners—with their ability to ease the complexities of todays enterprise IT environment, especially given the challenges companies face in achieving and maintaining […]

The finalists in this years eWEEK Excellence Awards program show that innovation is alive and very well. We started accepting entries for our sixth annual program in November, and we were impressed not only by the sheer number of products nominated but also by the products diversity—based on open-source and proprietary code, from vendors big […]

A major redesign of the Internal Revenue Services public-facing Web site makes search and navigation less taxing for users. The IRS Web site was launched in 1996, as the Digital Daily. At the time, the site was more of a communications vehicle than a business tool, said George Coffin, chief, public portal branch, Internet development […]

As eWEEK honors the technology gains provided by this years Excellence Awards program winners, we believe its also important to laud and support organizations that use technology to serve our nations young people and to ensure technology access for all. Each year, eWEEK donates proceeds from the Excellence Awards program to such organizations. This year, […]

What a difference two years makes. In the summer of 2003, eWEEK Labs interviewed Sharon Dill, then director of IT at PADI Americas, about her organizations use of Exact Softwares e-Synergy system. We recently caught up with Dill, who is now CIO of the organization, to see how the system has performed over time. e-Synergy […]

The finalists in this years eWEEK Excellence Awards reflect a mix of big and small vendors and old-guard and upstart products, as well as some interesting technology trends. We started accepting entries for our fifth annual program in November. The program was open to any enterprise product or service that had been announced in 2004 […]

Midsota Plastic Surgeons P.A. has been made over—IT-style. As recently as 1997, the St. Cloud, Minn., plastic surgery practice didnt even have e-mail. Now, MidSota is not only using Microsoft Corp.s Exchange and Outlook but is also using a document management system to expedite day-to-day operations, improve patient care and meet HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability […]

EWEEKs Excellence Awards program not only acknowledges technology advances but also supports organizations that leverage technology to perform community outreach. Vendors pay a fee of $150 each to enter any number of eligible products in the Excellence Awards program. After program expenses, eWEEK donates funds to nonprofit organizations that use technology to support youth and […]