Eric Lundquist

Which development platform—.Net or J2EE—will you adopt? Microsofts .Net Framework provides all the tools, tips and tactics you need—something possible only from a company with billions of dollars in its pockets and a real desire to woo developers—whereas J2EE is widely used among non-Microsoft developers and has support from some major vendors. Choosing between the […]

That company named Other continues to be the biggest PC vendor around. With the release of the 2003 PC shipment numbers, IDCs computer counters once again have Other on top. Worldwide, Other was in the lead with 53.3 percent, while second was captured by Dell at 16.9 percent. In the fourth quarter, the big news […]

Will the Roomba effect sweep away the outsourcing debate? Roomba is a robotic vacuum cleaner from iRobot, and that little robot skittering on your rug may point the way to your technological future—one where outsourcing doesnt hold quite the threat it now does. More on that in a minute. Right now, outsourcing is a great […]

There is nothing like a big, complicated, high-profile mission to shine the light of public attention on technology. No, Im not talking about Microsoft once again trying to get Windows to be the centerpiece of the home network. And Im not speaking of the latest anti-spam software, either. Im referring to NASAs Mars mission. Not […]

Crystal-ball gazing is not an exact science. In fact, it is neither exact nor a science. But it is fun, especially a year later when your selective memory allows you to champion your correct calls and conveniently forget the misses. With that in mind, here are a few guesses, in several key categories, for 2004. […]

The return of a pulse to the technology market after three moribund years was certainly the biggest story of 2003. Economic prognosticators put much of their effort into answering three questions. Are we in a recession? Are we coming out of the recession? How long will the good times last? However, far less analysis is […]

And now—the most important tech person of 2003…The drumroll will have to continue a bit longer as I explain the wholly unscientific, subjective and arbitrary process behind my selection. In my quest to identify this person, I asked the eWEEK staff, the eWEEK Corporate Partner Advisory Board and an assorted group of friends and acquaintances […]

What is in your information technology portfolio? A good portfolio would have a broad range of services across all your companys business groups. Enhanced e-mail and group software platforms, auditing services, advanced authentication, and electronic financial services all come to mind. You would also have some method of making those services easily available and easy […]

Wal-Mart continues to set the supply chain agenda and may soon set notebook computer and online music pricing levels. Dell has redirected some of its customer support lines from India back to the United States at the instigation of customers. The use of product activation continues to build an activist community that is saying, “Not […]

Comdex, held every November in Las Vegas, has for more than two decades presented an opportunity to take the pulse of the tech industry. It is probably the strongest commentary on the woes the tech business has faced in the past couple of years that it seemed a toss of the dice whether the show […]

Whos in charge here? That question is at the root of the often-strained relationship between vendors and customers. On one side of the chasm of expectations are the technology requirements of customers in fulfilling their business missions; vendors grumble that those needs are too often poorly defined, not completely revealed and promise too little profit […]

The news is good: the economy is growing strongly once again. But does that mean the good old days of IT spending will return? Not if the good old days means throwing tech dollars at lots of projects and hoping one of them works. As in every economic recovery, the winners will be the companies […]