eWEEK EDITORS

For handhelds to develop into a key enterprise asset, wireless access must be both speedy and well-implemented. Palm Inc.s new i705 wireless handheld provides one of the two, but that may not be enough to crack corporate billfolds. The i705, released this week, is a dramatically overhauled descendant of Palms nearly 3-year-old Palm VII wireless […]

IBMs board of directors today elected Samuel Palmisano to succeed Louis Gerstner as chief executive of the giant computer maker on March 1. Gerstner, who has led the company since 1993, will remain as chairman through 2002 before retiring. Palmisano, 50, has been viewed as Gerstners heir apparent since his appointment as president and chief […]

WAN performance management provider Visual Networks Inc. this month released versions of its Visual UpTime and Visual IP InSight Dedicated Suite that give greater visibility and control over public and private virtual private networks. Visual UpTime 7.0 adds the ability to monitor and validate class of service as traffic enters and leaves an IP network. […]

You sign up for voice mail from a telephone company, and a week later, a truck pulls up and out pops a technician to install an answering machine. That makes about as much sense as buying a new house when your closet space gets tight. Ridiculous? Of course, yet data center operators—both service providers and […]

When a large company such as Kmart fails, the causes can often be traced to IT. Our sister publication, Baseline, studied Kmarts supply chain woes in its November/December issue. I can relate to Kmarts problems on a more basic level. A Kmart superstore near my home has a knack for being out of the most […]

AOL Time Warner launched a legal battle against Microsoft last week while dealing with rumors that it was buying Linux developer and distributor Red Hat. Netscape Communications, a subsidiary of AOL, filed a seven-count suit against Microsoft, alleging the software company harmed it by promoting the Internet Explorer Web browser at the expense of the […]

The leading players in the beleaguered computer industry are bracing for at least several more months of hard times but at the same time are hoping for a recovery in the second half. In earnings reports this month, a few high-profile computer companies, such as Intel Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp., reported stronger-than-expected sales during […]

Novell Inc. wants to be the only place enterprises need to go for security software. Novell has rolled out a new security suite, SecureAccess, which comprises six Novell products: eDirectory, NDS Authentication Services, iChain, Novell Modular Authentication Services, SecureLogin and BorderManager. Officials with the Provo, Utah, company said the idea is to help IT managers […]

Many e-businesses are hungry for Europe to lift the cloud of recession that has hung over the virtual markets. But, in light of the European Parliaments revamped Communications Data Protection Directive, those businesses could be waiting longer than they expect to return to the land of economic milk and honey. With the recent proposal to […]

Flexibility eyed With external storage devices, users want as many options as possible. Micro Solutions Inc. this month will begin shipping an external CD-RW drive that the company said is designed to be flexible. Includes SpeedyCD The backpack triple-play CD-RW drive includes USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 and parallel and PC Card connection options in […]

While their vendor deals with lawsuits and security holes, one of two major user groups for Microsoft Corp. SQL Server products is busy planning for this year and beyond. Issues such as education, usability suggestions and community technical support for SQL Server—the enterprise database from Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash.—are hot topics for the independent Professional […]

Looking for a quick fix to your application or performance problems? Compuware Corp. said it now has a quick fix. The Farmington Hills, Mich., companys Application Triage service, for a fixed fee of $10,000, provides professional trouble-shooting help to quickly identify and fix the source of application availability or performance issues. The service uses Compuwares […]