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Terrorism The prospect of war in Iraq has raised new concerns about the Department of Homeland Securitys progress in deploying the border security IT infrastructure. Testifying at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing last week, Asa Hutchinson, the departments undersecretary for border and transportation security, said the DHS would likely meet the Dec. 31 deadline for […]

Microsoft will lay out on Tuesday its systems-management roadmap for 1,500 IT executives attending the companys second annual Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas. Microsoft is juggling a number of existing products and blueprints, integrating some, and phasing out others, in creating its next-gen lineup. At the conference this week, Microsoft will talk up its […]

Some would say Robert McMullins thirst for knowledge is an inspirational thing. In his 18 years as an IT professional, McMullin claims to have accumulated more than 200 skills certifications in disciplines ranging from Linux administration to project management. Others, however, would no doubt say McMullins pursuit of certs borders on an obsession. McMullin says […]

There was a time not long ago when formal project management training and certification were widely considered an academic exercise with little direct connection to the real world. Then, late last century, along came the mother of all projects—Y2K remediation—followed closely by the current widespread desperate need to squeeze every penny of cost and every […]

Optical switches for connecting storage networks over long distances are coming to mainstream enterprises this spring from stalwarts Cisco Systems Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. The switches are useful for backing up data to remote locations and for disaster recovery and will eventually be used to design distributed SANs (storage area networks), […]

The tedious task of managing automated libraries and tape cartridges should get easier and faster with advances from a pair of tape developers due this spring. Advanced Digital Information Corp. later this month will announce its Scaler i2000 library, a system that can run AIT (advanced intelligent tape), SDLT (super-digital linear tape) and LTO (linear […]

McDonalds Adds WLAN to Menu In a marriage of fast food and fast Internet, 10 McDonalds restaurants in the New York metropolitan area last week began offering an hour of free wireless Internet access with the purchase of an Extra Value Meal. By years end, the fast-food chain plans to extend this pilot program to […]

Read this weeks Spencer column.

With Chairman Michael Powell reduced to casting a dissenting vote, the Federal Communications Commission has undone years of promoting a robust, competitive atmosphere for providers of business-class services. Powell is right to call for a reversal of the recent FCC decision changing line-sharing rules for voice and data. Continuing the federal line-sharing structure would help […]

James Champy and Michael Hammer wrote the groundbreaking book “Reengineering the Corporation” in 1992, ushering in a new era of management change. Last year, Champy updated those earlier concepts with “X-engineering the Corporation.” Champy, Chairman of Consulting for Perot Systems Corp., sat down last week in Champys Boston office to discuss X-engineering—also known as “cross” […]

Before this years CTIA, CDMA was like that annoying rich kid you grew up with. In his backyard, he had the best playground in the neighborhood, but none of the cool kids would play with him. Indeed, while most experts believe CDMA to be technologically superior to the rival GSM network that dominates Europe and […]

Microsoft Plans Wireless Software Push Microsoft plans to kick off the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) conference today by announcing the addition of another wireless device maker, Research In Motion, to the list of those developing phones using its advanced phone software. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will also make a relatively rare appearance at […]