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Video technology over ISDN, and recently IP, has slowly and quietly crept to the forefront as a killer app that saves our organization tens of thousands of dollars per day. Let me describe. Our court system spans two counties and four jail sites. Before videoconferencing, hundreds of inmates had to be transferred twice a day […]

Even though the U.S. Senate 10 days ago voted to extend the Internet tax moratorium for two years, its time will run out eventually. Shrinking state coffers—Massachusetts, my home state, is facing a $1.35 billion budget shortfall—will see to that. A headline in a Gartner online newsletter says it all: “Internet Taxes: Delayed, but Still […]

MS Hearing Set for Europe Microsoft, fresh off favorable settlements with the U.S. government and private plaintiffs, now must face antitrust issues raised overseas. The European Commission will conduct a hearing Dec. 20 to 21 to discuss whether Microsoft, by embedding proprietary audio and video software into its Windows operating system, was intentionally trying to […]

IBM is poised to release a four-processor, Intel Corp.-based server, code-named Crusade, that will feature performance-enhancing technologies drawn from the companys high-end mainframe systems. The hardware and software features integrated into the upcoming xSeries server are part of what IBM calls its Enterprise X-Architecture, previously code-named Summit. Enterprise X-Architecture not only will squeeze the most […]

Recently, IBM formed a first-of-its-kind Privacy Management Council, consisting of several large-enterprise customers and IBM executives, to examine the technologies and management practices that will be needed to protect consumer privacy in the e-business environment of today and tomorrow. Named to head the council was Harriet Pearson, IBMs chief privacy officer. eWeek Executive Managing Editor […]

The next version of Oracle Corp.s 9i Application Server will include features designed to increase performance while making it easier to manage. The application server, which will be launched at the companys OpenWorld show next week in San Francisco, will include expanded services for application development, deployment, Java, messaging and file systems, said sources close […]

Sun Microsystems Inc., feeling increasing pressure from rivals as well as from recent troubles, is already touting its 1.05GHz UltraSPARC III, which is due early next year. And while it is only 100MHz faster than Suns current top-performing chip, Sun last week said the new processor will perform up to 72 percent faster on benchmark […]

Enterprise storage systems are in for some major changes, as eWeek Labs Senior Analyst Henry Baltazar learned when he talked to some of the top players in the storage game. Chuck Hollis, of EMC Corp.; Jai Menon and Brian Truskowski, both of IBM; Network Appliance Inc.s Keith Brown; Randy Chalfant, of Storage Technology Corp.; and […]

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Palm Inc. named David Nagel president and CEO of the handheld computer companys new operating system subsidiary last August. In a year that included massive company layoffs, delayed product launches and the ousting of Palm CEO Carl Yankowski last month, Nagel has tough road ahead of him. A former executive of AT&T Corp. and Apple […]