Joseph C. Panettieri

What inspired a cover story on Apple Computer? It started when one of our curious editors, Suzanne Deffree, asked me whether Mac OS X would impact our readers. I strongly doubted it, but checked in with some of our Advisory Panel members. Their reaction was interesting. Most panel members arent Apple partners, and they dont […]

Steve Jobs loves to play the hero. And once again, his damsel in distress is Apple Computer. The original Apple turnaround story is now a distant memory. Apples sales fell 57 percent in the quarter ended Dec. 31, and the company reported a $195 million loss during the period. Critics point to three key problems: […]

Kim Schmitz isnt your typical venture capitalist. Before he was investing in dot-coms, Schmitz was a hacker, who allegedly broke into systems run by NASA, the Pentagon and Citibank. These days, Schmitz is hoping for a dot-com rebound. His firm, Kimvestor A.G., is a privately owned operation in Frankfurt, Germany. The company is expected to […]

Hows the morale at your company? Our staff is holding up quite well during the current economic slowdown, but the same cant be said at many other businesses. Take MarchFirst, for instance. In addition to potential management changes, sources say infighting is rampant at the company. Check out quote.yahoo.com and click on “messages” for the […]

Most hackers break into systems for fun. Convicted cyber criminal Justin Tanner Petersen did it for profit. Petersen is a reformed hacker and former FBI informant who went on a digital crime spree in the early 1990s. Sm@rt Partner was the first publication to extensively document Petersens online exploits. But Petersen rarely discusses his biggest […]

Unlike many people convicted of computer crimes, Robert T. Morris shies away from the spotlight and has moved on to become a leading researcher at MITs Lab for Computer Sciences. The soft-spoken Morris has been around computers his entire life. His father was the chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center. As a teenager, […]

Its one of the biggest Internet disasters of all time, yet many of todays technology consultants dont remember the online carnage. Long before virus outbreaks like NakedWife, Kournikova, Melissa and ILOVEYOU, there was the infamous Morris Worm. Flash back to Nov. 2, 1988. The Los Angeles Dodgers had just won the World Series, Ronald Reagan […]

Its hard to feel safe and sound during an economic slowdown—unless you specialize in security services. Just take a look at the results from our second-annual Smart Security Survey, conducted jointly with DataWorld Research Inc. The data, culled from 400 Sm@rt Partner subscribers, shows that savvy solutions providers are pushing security services to unlock more […]

Meet Drew Major—for the second time. Most Novell watchers call Major the “Father of NetWare”—the operating system that gave rise to PC networks in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Unlike high-profile programmers like Lotus Notes veteran Ray Ozzie, Major is a technical wizard who typically works behind the curtains, while marketing executives occupy center […]

Many executives who served former Novell chairman and CEO Ray Noorda have long since left the company. Heres a look at four of Noordas more memorable lieutenants and their current positions. John Edwards Former Post : Executive VP who served as Noordas right-hand man during the WordPerfect takeover. It was Edwards who faced the press […]

They were the Wright Brothers of networking software. But instead of a duo, they were a trio. Novell Data Systems hired Dale Neibaur, Drew Major and Kyle Powell in October 1981 to network CPM z80 microprocessors. The trio quickly became known as the SuperSet. A fourth developer, Mark Hurst, designed device drivers and administration utilities […]

Whenever I had an extra dollar in my pocket during my childhood, my dad always told me to “spend half and save half.” Maybe dad should have been a CFO at a dot-com or an e-commerce company. Many firms only now are tightening their belts. CyberSource, for one, is cutting back on its marketing efforts […]