Eric Lundquist

What do hackers in Beijing, Sao Paulo, Madrid and Kuala Lumpur have in common? They were among the hackers who launched more than 50,000 attacks against our OpenHack 4 Web site. And, except for two relatively minor penetrations, all those attacks failed. As the version number suggests, this was our fourth interactive security evaluation in […]

My first experience with a tablet-size computer was with the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100. From 1983 through the early 90s, these notebook computers were the hardy companions of journeyman journalists. They were both friend and enemy. You could spill coffee on the keyboard and beer in the acoustic coupler, and theyd still work. Even […]

Call it Comdex lite. With many fewer attendees, fewer companies and fewer bucks for the shows owners to keep the event moving forward, this years annual event in Vegas was the easiest to navigate in years. Gone were the days of long cab lines and gaggles of nerds clamoring around the booths for a cheapo […]

This issue includes our technology outlook for 2003. As the cover of our report shows, we see some reasons for an optimistic parting of the clouds next year. But like many trying to guess where were headed in the new year, our expectations are tempered by uncertainties caused by a sputtering economy, a questioning of […]

Microsoft has done well at the courthouse lately. after years of suits, countersuits, antitrust charges and countercharges, Bill Gates has left the courthouse with his company intact and his hold on the desktops of the world firmly in place. In her article “Keeping an Eye on Microsoft,” Caron Carlson explains the ramifications of the U.S. […]

Last week, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano laid down a $10 billion bet that the company will be the winner in the next round of enterprise computing. IBM is betting that it can drive its “On Demand” concept of computing to become the de facto standard when IT architects start noodling around with ideas of how […]

IBM CEO Sam Palmisano is thinking big. Speaking before a group of about 300 customers assembled at the American Museum of Natural History here last week, the CEO—and newly named chairman, effective Jan. 1—outlined a $10 billion bet the Armonk, N.Y., company is making on what it calls “On Demand” computing. In a carefully scripted […]

Looks to me like Microsoft went two for two in the legal department over the last couple weeks. First, on October 25, Microsoft escaped with only a $50 fine for plastering butterfly shaped advertising decals all over the NYC sidewalks as part of a promotion for its latest rev of its MSN Internet service. $50? […]

New York—Speaking before a group of about 300 customers assembled at the American Museum of Natural History, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano outlined a $10 billion bet the company is making aimed at making “On-Demand” computing an enterprise computing byword. In a carefully scripted presentation, which did not include any opportunity for media questions, Palmisano described […]

Early last week, a bunch of unknown hackers launched a brute-force attack against the 13 computer sites that run the Internet. This digital equivalent of the human-wave attacks of physical war staggered seven of the sites, but the Internet kept running, with most users unaware of the assault. Thats the good news. The bad news […]

The secret of Dells success is that there is not really that much of a secret to how the company operates. Through science and intuition, the execs look for market segments that have reached critical mass in terms of volume. Once a decision to jump into a segment is reached, the company turns on its […]

The advice from the annual Gartner Symposium in Orlando last week fell into two categories. First, Gartner has latched onto the idea of creating a real-time enterprise as a way to gain business efficiencies to rekindle a lackluster economy. Second, companies need to place small and thoughtful bets in their IT spending rather than try […]