eWEEK EDITORS

EDITORIAL–Like the coming of winter, the arrival of Microsofts Windows XP seems inevitable. But while most of us know how to prepare for the coming season, not many IT professionals stand a chance of being ready for XP and the security challenges that it entails. Do we need more reminders of the problems with security […]

Managing Partner NextLevel Venture Partners Elevator Pitch Bhandaris firm invests in early-stage technology companies, focusing on such areas as financial services, telecom and biotech. “It is a perfect time for early-stage investors,” he asserts, noting that those involved in later-stage funding are fighting to keep their portfolios afloat. Claim to Fame Co-founding Accentures Business Launch […]

The U.S. Supreme Court last week heard the first of several arguments that could lead to huge dips and spikes in the relative fortunes of regional Bells, competitive carriers, cable companies, wireless providers and the Internet itself. The high court is reviewing 10 lawsuits grouped into three cases that challenge the Telecommunications Act of 1996, […]

If AT&T Chairman and CEO C. Michael Armstrongs plans had worked out, the Broadband cable unit would be spinning away from the mother company as an independent operator this winter, freeing the core telephone and long-distance business from a competing in-house technology. Armstrongs goal of partitioning of AT&T was to create four strong companies — […]

The Bush administration is turning out to be more aggressive on antitrust enforcement than many critics ever anticipated. Just ask Computer Associates International and Platinum Technology, the latest victims of a Department of Justice that seems bent on keeping software and technology companies in line. Late last month, the DOJ filed suit alleging the companies […]

Global sales of semiconductors continued to spiral downward as the summer drew to a close, but an industry group is predicting that sales will rebound before the end of next year. Worldwide sales of semiconductors in August fell 42 percent from the same period a year ago, and the numbers for last month may be […]

IT Grades Itself Too Generously Recent findings about ROI studies wouldnt surprise schoolteachers. They know that most students would grade themselves higher than is perhaps warranted. Enterprises conducting their own ROI studies also are too generous, with 59 percent giving themselves a positive result, found Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. in a survey of 471 IT […]

Microsoft Corp. is including a Web-based file storage service in its upcoming Windows XP operating system. The service, from Xdrive Technologies Inc., will be accessible through Windows XPs Web Publishing Wizard, allowing users to access their files from any computer or any device with a Web browser, setting permissions so friends or colleagues can access […]

Following recent announcements by rivals Sun Microsystems Inc. and Fujitsu Technology Solutions Inc., IBM last week rolled out its latest entry into the increasingly competitive high-end Unix server market. The eServer p690, a 32-way system known by the code name Regatta, features the companys new “server on a chip” microprocessor architecture, the 1GHz 64-bit Power4. […]

IBMs rollout last week of a new version of the Informix Dynamic Server did much to ease the fears of Informix Corp. database users— many of whom had speculated that IBM would abandon the product after buying the company for $1 billion in April. Informix users have said they are concerned that IBM, of Armonk, […]