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Retailers pay attention to anything that reduces the time it takes to give customers what they want, take their money and replenish stock. Wireless communication and data processing systems are getting lots of attention, from consumer-goods manufacturers to distribution fleets to store floors—and even sidewalk sales. “Wireless is on the forefront of the minds of […]

The Garden State Parkway is Carlo Lalomias shortest route home, but sometimes it gets so congested that hed be foolish not to take the New Jersey Turnpike instead. An expert on the relative merits of congestion and distance, Lalomia has embraced Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), a technology that engineers and isolates traffic, speeding data delivery […]

While the PeopleSoft 8 applications seem simple when viewed from the desktop, theres a lot happening behind the scenes to deliver that screen of HTML. Besides using the browser from Microsoft or Netscape, theres the Web server (Apache, BEAs WebLogic Server or Microsofts Internet Information Server); an application server running on Windows NT/2000, AIX 4.3, […]

Research In Motions BlackBerry wireless e-mail device isnt just a faddish executive status symbol — its an indispensable, money-saving e-business tool, says Jim Balsillie, RIMs co-CEO. That would help explain why the Waterloo, Ontario, company hasnt suffered the same kind of sales drought ravaging many other technology firms, including handheld makers Palm and Handspring. Now […]

The Problem Acme Treats owns 100 ice cream trucks. The trucks have routes in several counties within one state. Each truck sells various types of ice cream treats to local residents. The company wants each truck to provide daily sales and inventory information to a central-office server. The system need not be real time, because […]

President & CEO Electronic Ink www.electronicink.com Elevator Pitch Hambrose says solutions providers need to look beyond project deadlines and make their systems usable. Forget about ROI or increased productivity if all the technology solution does is gather dust. Thats where Hambroses experience in design comes in. Hambrose says design is about examining workflows to “understand […]

Larry Lindsey, White House assistant for economic affairs and the most senior and powerful of the technology policy team John Ackerly, specializing in technology policy under Lindsey in the Executive Office of the President; a Rhodes scholar and former consultant who worked on technology issues for the Bush campaign Floyd Kvamme, Silicon Valley venture capitalist, […]

As the telecommunications industry shriveled, legions of dot-coms faded and quietly died and hardware and software sales plummeted, the president of the United States talked about drilling for oil in Alaska, shipping off tax refund checks, holding teachers more accountable and “faith-based” social engineering. Technology barely warranted a whisper. So the clubby islands of technology […]

Ka-Boom! At Macworld Expo in New York last week, Apple Computers fearless leader took to the podium to introduce an update to the companys operating system, Mac OS X, and a slew of new iMacs in snow and indigo — but not the much-rumored flat-panel iMac. Steve Jobs funniest quip came just after Frank Pearce, […]

Earnings reports this month are separating the old from the new and the tired from the energetic in networking equipment markets. Sonus Networks surged, Tellium purred, and Riverstone Networks cruised as they released their spring financial numbers last week. If a company has a product that saves customers cash, and isnt bogged down by inventory, […]

New Ariba CEO Ariba last week replaced CEO Larry Mueller after only three months. His predecessor, company co-founder Keith Krach, is taking back the reins as interim head of the business software company. Ariba predicted that sales for the current quarter will drop 50 percent from last year, and the company said it plans more […]

With lower entry-level pricing, new querying and reporting options, and simplified implementation, MicroStrategy Inc. aims to widen its namesake suites appeal beyond its traditional high-end OLAP user base. Strategic features such as an improved narrowcasting option, a Java-based API and an open XML (Extensible Markup Language) architecture make MicroStrategy 7.1 a comprehensive enterprise business intelligence […]