Larry Dignan

Think immigration is a hot topic? Try automating all those paper files that the Department of Homeland Securitys U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-tion Services unit has to track. In total, the USCIS has to rely on about 55 million paper-based files to adjudicate applications for immigration status. Automating all those files is no small matter, says […]

Sun has been dithering for years on the question of making its Java software available under an open-source license. With the transition to new leadership under Jonathan Schwartz, we think now is a good time for Sun to take this long-contemplated step. In the days leading up to the JavaOne conference May 15, Sun executives […]

Service-oriented architecture is the next big thing for CIOs, Oracles back in favor, and Novell is showing slight gains in Linux. Vista, however, is on the outs, according to a Merrill Lynch survey. Merrill Lynch, which released the survey May 12, found that 47 percent of the 76 CIOs surveyed in April plan to increase […]

Vericenter chief technology officer Dave Colesante is a rare bird. Unlike many IT executives, Colesante has actually thought about a potential avian influenza virus, or bird flu, pandemic and reckons his company, which provides technology services, is relatively prepared if the virus becomes transmitted through human contact. After all, Colesantes 225-person support staff is used […]

Ever wonder why everyone on the planet can find out about your kid on MySpace.com and you cant? Former dot-com executive and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has a few ideas. Here are some excerpts from Cubans www.blogmaverick.com: “My daughter is only 2. Not old enough, yet, to have a MySpace page. Not quite, anyway. […]

Vonage is cutting its customers in on its initial public offering. In an e-mail, the VOIP (voice over IP) provider detailed a plan to allow its customers direct access to shares of its IPO offering, currently expected to price between $16 and $18. “Because much of our success is attributable to our customers, we have […]

VeriCenter Chief Technology Officer Dave Colesante is a rare bird. Unlike many IT executives, Colesante has actually thought about a potential avian influenza virus, or bird flu, pandemic and reckons his company, which provides technology services, is relatively prepared if the virus becomes transmitted through human contact. After all, Colensantes 225-person support staff is used […]

Heres a good recipe for combustion: Take one survey on IT certifications, discover that these credentials could be viewed as a waste of money and then tell a bunch of techies that all those acronyms following their names are just about worthless. Kaboom! A study by Foote Partners, an IT compensation and workforce management firm […]

Internet Fraud Boys will scam, be scammed If Internet fraud were a battle of the sexes, men have the upper hand as both perpetrators and hapless victims. Thats just one of the takeaways from the 2005 annual report from the Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, a partnership between the FBI and the National White […]

Sun Microsystems finally got the memo on what kind of CEOs succeed in todays technology market. Unfortunately, it came 1,393 days, or 3 years, 9 months, too late. Sun has announced that chatty CEO Scott McNealy would hand the reins to Jonathan Schwartz, who steps up to the plate to be chief executive. McNealy will […]

EMPLOYMENT Shiny, happy IT people Technology workers are feeling pretty good about themselves these days. After a decline in confidence in February, IT folks are feeling downright spunky, according to Rasmussen Reports Hudson Employment Index. How confident are IT workers? The Hudson Employment Index, which is built from surveys of 9,000 workers, climbed 10 points […]

Innovation 1: a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation [syn: invention] 2: the creation of something in the mind Source: WordNet 2.0, 2003 Princeton University Remember that definition because, in upcoming months, folks may start thinking “innovation” means “marketing pitch.” And if were not careful, “innovation” may become as meaningless […]