Scot Petersen

Its been a long time coming, but wireless carriers are finally getting the idea that cooperation is a good thing when it comes to enterprise applications. Cingular Wireless, Sprint PCS Group, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless all have upcoming business application offerings that depend on third-party partners. As a result, enterprise customers will be […]

ATLANTA—Its been a long time coming, but wireless carriers are finally getting the idea that cooperation is a good thing when it comes to enterprise applications. Cingular Wireless, Sprint PCS Group, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless all have upcoming business application offerings that depend on third-party partners. As a result, enterprise customers will be […]

ATLANTA—At the CTIA Wireless 2004 conference here on Monday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell challenged attendees to keep up with wireless innovations and self-regulation, while Cisco Systems Inc. CEO John Chambers said we are entering into a new age of “IP mobility.” Powell, speaking in an interview setting with new Cellular Telecommunications & Internet […]

A friend used to joke that there are two types of people in the world—those who can pronounce the word “oeuvre” and those who cant. (Count me among those who cant.) The meaning of the French word is “body of work,” usually of a writer, composer or artist. A corollary to that oeuvre law exists, […]

Its a paradox: If computer security—or perhaps I should say computer crime—werent so bad, there would be little need for the vibrant industry thats growing up around it. In this age of MyDoom, a record number of attendees turned up in San Francisco for the RSA Conference late last month. It didnt hurt that Bill […]

As the number of networked wireless devices continues to rise in the enterprise, the challenge of securing them continues to grow as well. For most IT managers, two basic options exist: Install a VPN or employ 802.1x authentication. Two companies are offering updates to both concepts with new wares that make it easier to secure […]

The other shoe finally dropped in The SCO Groups threatened lawsuits against Linux users. Wednesday the Lindon, Utah, company filed suit against auto parts retailer AutoZone Inc. for “alleged violations of SCOs UNIX copyrights through its use of Linux,” according to a company release. SCOs suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Nevada, alleges […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Bruce Schneier is one cryptographer who is about as good with a phrase as he is with numbers, especially when talking or writing about the state of security in the world today. Schneier, whos founder and chief technology officer of Counterpane Internet Security Inc., a security services provider, is the author of several books, […]

Once upon a time, 3G wireless services were the next big thing, especially in Europe and Asia, where the technology had a head start. Today, industry vendors, analysts and investors are asking what went wrong. After shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars in license fees, carriers abroad found too few users flocking to 3G. […]

NEW YORK—Linux is everywhere. its in your Web server. Its in your data center. Its in your desktop, your laptop and your handheld. It may soon be in your car and home appliances. Its being used by NASA to operate the Mars rover. There may yet be enterprise IT executives still wondering when to jump […]

If 2001 was a year of cataclysmic change and 2002 was a year of prolonged recovery, recessionary and otherwise, then in 2003 we seemed to get back to business. In fact, in business terms, it was a very good year. It was a year in which we spent more time looking forward than back, for […]

Lights, camera, action! Is it the California gubernatorial race? No, its that other political sideshow: SCO vs. the World. Darl McBride, riffing on James Bond, said SCO is in the middle of the battle of the century. David Boies lawyers are running all over the place. Linus Torvalds said SCO is smoking crack. How long […]