Scot Petersen

No company has been more victimized by hacker attacks than Microsoft. The reasons for being targeted are no secret: Microsofts monopoly market share and its own negligence in secure software design. Chastened by this unhappy history, Microsoft has begun to do the right thing with regard to security. By actively participating in the upcoming Black […]

Few corners of the world are immune from natural disasters. Though many of us live in areas like California (earthquakes) or central Kansas (tornadoes), we choose to live with the risk, even if we cannot avoid it. In the Northeast, we thought we were safe—with the exception of blizzards—until relentless rains in May triggered historic […]

Technology product innovation has taken its share of shots to the body in recent years, and Ive been known to land a few blows myself. Part of the problem is the misuse of the term itself: When everything is an innovation(!), then nothing is. eWEEK Editorial Director Eric Lundquist recently dubbed this the era of […]

eWeek coverage spans the globe to bring you the latest on IT, and another report from international waters. And what a diverse world IT is: Executive Editor Stan Gibson traveled to Russoft Associations Russian Outsourcing & Software Summit in Moscow May 31 to June 2 and found that Russian developers take quite a different approach […]

Small enterprises beware, the tech giants are after you. Having companies such as IBM interested in your small enterprise is at once flattering and intimidating. But its also an opportunity for your company to have more choice, more bargaining power and better technology at a lower price—if IT managers play their cards right. Its easy […]

Maybe its time for Michael Dell and Kevin Rollins to attend a Channel Anonymous meeting and introduce themselves: “Were Dell, and we use the channel.” Its OK to admit it. Dell gets about a fifth of its revenue from channel partners, according to industry sources, report eWeek senior writers John Hazard and John J. Spooner. […]

The disaster recovery systems that kicked in following Hurricane Katrina last fall were a good sign that many businesses and IT staff had planned ahead. The potential disaster that could loom over the United States in the years ahead will make Katrina seem like a blip on the radar for these disaster plans, however. That […]

Its an annual question as JavaOne approaches—will Sun announce an open-source Java? This year, the question is being asked again, but with added significance, reports eWeek Senior Editor Peter Galli. Scott McNealy is out as CEO; Jonathan Schwartz is in. Schwartz is a software guy and an open-source advocate. He spearheaded the opening of Solaris, […]

The ThinkPad is still the ThinkPad. Its been a year since Lenovo officially took over IBMs PC business, but its hard to believe that Lenovo wasnt always making all those ThinkPads. The China-based manufacturer has accomplished a great deal in the past 12 months, reports Senior Writer John G. Spooner this week, managing growth while […]

In Scott McNealys own words, its time for Sun to call 1-800-CRL-ALT-DEL. The landscape of IT history is littered with the carcasses of companies that tried to be the one that finally brought down Microsoft: Ray Noordas Novell, Jim Manzis Lotus and Philippe Kahns Borland (Larry Ellison and Oracle are still going strong). But no […]

Imagine you are driving your familys Toyota Camry down an interstate highway, heading to grandmas house for Thanksgiving. You approach a tollbooth, roll down your window and prepare to throw in your quarters. But before you can, the tollbooth worker says, “Sorry, sir. This section of the turnpike is under new management. We only allow […]

You have heard the analogy about Microsoft Windows and the auto industry. Something like, if cars were built like Windows, they would crash twice a day. While crashing (computers) isnt as much of a problem anymore, infestations of spyware and rootkits are. Even if they are detected, they can be very difficult to remove. The […]