Eric Lundquist

BOSTON—Id read the reviews of Microsofts Internet Explorer 7.0 and even the eWEEK analysts liked it. I decide that no longer should I only be loyal to Firefox, that Ill forgot all those creepy viruses that used to sneak on my computer from IE and Ill download and upgrade to Microsofts new version of its […]

CIOs and IT managers should stop thinking of the data center as a place and start seeing it as more of a process. The idea of a data center as an enclosed, climate-controlled room where all of a companys computing takes place is being replaced by the concept of virtual data centers that draw on […]

Attendees at gartners Symposium/ITxpo Oct. 8-13 in Orlando, Fla., probably didnt need any added emphasis that consumer technology has been outpacing business tech, but they got a $1.65 billion reminder anyway. That reminder was the $1.65 billion acquisition of video site YouTube by everyones favorite search site, Google. The acquisition came on the same day […]

Want to buy one of those new Treo 680s? Figure on spending $199. Maybe a little more, but I doubt it. In one of the stranger press conference events of late, Palm President Ed Colligan at the Treo 680 introduction at the DigitalLife show (full disclosure: a show put on by our parent company, Ziff […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—If this is October, it must be time to truck down to Orlando to hear warnings, opportunities and forecasts from the Gartner analysts. All those elements were present as the annual Gartner Symposium/ITxpo got underway here on Oct. 9 The big theme this year for business IT was the need for techies to get […]

Last week was noteworthy for new products and new technologies. The DemoFall conference lived up to its name by providing a stage for products ranging from mobile music devices to social network sites, and the MIT Emerging Technologies Conference introduced new technologies from the nanotech world to new computer security concepts. eWEEK covered both events, […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Today, the Charles River forms a pleasant border between Boston and Cambridge. Now for the bet. When will global warming submerge the MIT Cambridge campus under water? Apparently not all that far in the future if we are to listen to the scientists who spoke at this years keynote panel at the Emerging Technologies […]

Riddle me this: in this era of Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and more regulations than I can keep track of, why does there continue to be a stream of outrageous corporate technology failings? Lets look at three of the most recent. The first is the ongoing seedy saga of Hewlett-Packards top board member and other HP executives […]

With only a few days to go before the top Hewlett-Packard leaders—and ex-leaders—appear before a congressional Committee on Energy & Commerce hearing on September 28, I thought it would be a good time to recap what I believe are the top lessons learned so far. For our full report on the Hewlett-Packard scandal involving false […]

Remember when you were allowed to use your laptop on a plane? While we are not quite at that point yet, indications are that laptops—like pocket knives, shampoo and toothpaste—are about to join the banned club. Consider the following: Some laptops are already banned by some airlines. Virgin, Qantas and Korean Air are already putting […]

You wouldnt think Los Angeles was the place to go for a sense of reality last week, but it was. I was at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show to moderate a panel on mobile wireless in business—a discussion that was a good counterpoint to the silliness and stupidity that has been rampant in […]

Is your digital information safer and more secure than it was five years ago? With this weeks fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, it is certainly an appropriate time to reflect and to inspect the digital security of your information. Id guess that your inspection will reveal progress but still a wide […]