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Support a La Carte

Support services newcomer InterOps Management Solutions Inc. last week rolled out its flagship monitoring and management offering designed to blend users in-house support with outsourced Web availability, performance and management services. The ViewPoints program gives clients a combination of site monitoring, issue identification and resolution; change management; and Web-based reporting, said officials with the Medford, […]

Tracking SLA Compliance

Aperserv Technologies Inc. has rolled out an automated outsource management technology that gives enterprises a detailed view of the performance of third-party outsourcers SLAs. With the Technology Outsourcer Management system, enterprises can pinpoint and resolve network problems quickly. The Web-based remote system alerts staff when a problem occurs, tracks the resolution and then compares performance […]

Taking Control of Arthritis

Getting medical information online is nothing new, but the Arthritis Foundation is taking it a step further. The organization recently launched “Connect and Control: Your Online Arthritis Action Guide,” an interactive site designed to help sufferers self-manage their condition by creating self-tailored programs to deal with the disease and implement necessary lifestyle changes. One in […]

Joining the PDA Fray

Toshiba Corp. has entered the PDA market with the Genio e series, a family of handheld computers based on Microsoft Corp.s Pocket PC platform. Two Genio products will be available in Japan this summer and in the United States later this year. The Genio e550, available next month, contains 32MB of main memory. The e550/MD, […]

Let There Be Wireless Access

Setting up an 802.11B wireless LAN on the go just got easier with the release of Xircoms Wireless Ethernet Access Point APWE1100. Not much bigger than a deck of cards, the diminutive APWE1100 is just about the easiest access point to set up Ive run across. At a street price of $295, the APWE1100 is […]

Geekspeak: July 30, 2001

Sooner or later, your little electronic assistant lets you down. You havent been close to a wall receptacle or an automobile cigarette lighter lately and are suddenly incommunicado, unsure of your next appointment. For those awkward moments, Electric Fuel offers Instant Power Charger, a zinc-ion battery that, once the seal is broken, draws oxygen through […]

Services for the Defense

Playing the host eSoft Inc. this week introduced a secure network appliance capable of hosting Web, e-mail and Domain Name System services for up to 200 sites per appliance. PitBull protection The InstaRak appliance, designed for Internet service providers and application service providers, includes Argus Systems Inc.s PitBull LX intrusion protection software. The PitBull software […]

ROI on Accessibility

Section 508(b), essentially a federal procurement mandate requiring that government electronic and information technology be accessible to those with disabilities, will in the long run affect far more than federal intranets and Internet sites. So far, the requirement known as Section 508 has been effective by using the carrot rather than the stick—rewarding companies for […]

eFiles: July 30, 2001

Budgets Saved From Corporate Ax Just as it seemed that news of it industry layoffs and cutbacks wouldnt stop, a new Gartner Inc. spending report came out this month with signs of hope. Gartner, of Stamford, Conn., found that 56 percent of the 589 organizations surveyed worldwide between March and last month plan to spend […]

Pinocchios the Only One to Get Support

In the two previous columns in this ethics in it series, I asked readers to send me the ethical dilemmas with which they have to grapple in their roles as corporate IT managers. This week, we tackle the ethics surrounding theft. No, this isnt about stealing hard drives or bootlegging software; its about filching technical […]