Eric Lundquist

LAS VEGAS – Microsoft “stands tall” on IT security issues, while IBM does not have a security plan and Suns approach to security is “unconscionable,” according to Microsofts Steve Ballmer. In a wide ranging interview held on the first day of the annual Comdex trade show here and on the day that an American Airlines […]

Heres some advice. Before you embark on an e-commerce project or an upgrade to your e-mail system or corporate Web portal, wait a few weeks. By then, we will have finished our eWeek Labs Special Series on enterprise security, which will be a great document to have in hand as you go about making sure […]

There is nothing like a deadline to make things happen. That is true not only in the publishing business but also apparently in the antitrust business. Faced with a court-imposed deadline, a stagnant economy and a war on terrorism, Microsoft and the feds appear on the verge of patching up their differences. The Microsoft antitrust […]

Within an economy in the swamp, in a world where terrorists abuse the most basic tenets of the civilized world and in a city that needed some good news, Microsoft was able to turn a product launch for a new operating system into something grander last week in New York. The product, Windows XP, is […]

As e-mail is celebrating its 30th birthday, paper mail has become not only an annoyance but also a potential menace. E-mail had its start in 1971 when Ray Tomlinson, principal engineer at BBN Technologies, in Cambridge, Mass., developed a system for electronically mailing users on the ARPAnet. Since that time, e-mail has blossomed into a […]

Most of what we do as a nation—our banking and finance, our electrical power, our telecommunications, our defense, our transportation systems—depend upon computers and computer-controlled systems. By definition, such systems are potentially vulnerable to destruction through new cracker tools and techniques.” A response to the info-war aspects of the World Trade Center attacks? No, the […]

Three days after Compaq CEO Michael Capellas blamed a perfect storm for unhinging the companys sales, Dell CEO Michael Dell said his namesake companys balance sheet was right on target. While the perfect storm as described by Capellas was a combination of a faltering economy, uncertainty arising from the proposed HP-Compaq merger, the World Trade […]

Security begins at home. And for the IT manager, that means the server room, where the Internet has brought not only the promise of a worldwide audience but also the threat of worms, hackers and cyber-terrorism. As the United States mobilizes to shore up security at airports and public gathering spaces and in the countrys […]

A ghastly terrorist attack that struck at the financial heart of the country. Another errant computer virus worming its way through the network. A shaky economy further destabilized. A call to arms from the president. How do the IT business and professional fit into this calamitous scenario? IT fits in by realizing that, like it […]

The terror attacks of last week filled us all with horror, grief and agony that the promises of a new millennium can be dashed by crazed extremists. Our heartfelt sympathies are extended to those friends, relatives and fellow industry workers struck by this tragedy. The World Trade Center in addition to being a financial center […]

Once there were lots of companies building personal computers. Now, there are still lots of companies building personal computers, except the gap between the really big international vendors and the guy down the street cobbling together systems has become large, indeed. The major news last week was, of course, HPs proposed acquisition of Compaq. It […]

If you like Windows 2000, youll like Windows XP professional. But maybe not enough to pay $199 for an upgrade. And therein lies the basis for Microsofts continual upgrade saga of keeping the best of the previous version, adding enough new features to make the upgrade attractive and playing the fact that in the world […]