eWeek articles from March 2002

eWeek archives from March 2002

Can There Ever Be Too Many QA Tools?(MKS's Code Integrity debugging software)(Evaluation)
March 4, 2002... With the formal presentation of our eWEEK eXcellence Awards taking place in Boston this week, I'd like to call your attention to some of the outstanding entries that didn't receive Finalist or Winner honors--but that still deserve your...

Speeding Hunt for J2EE App Troubles.(CovaSoft's CovaOne, CovaOne Knowledge Pack for BEA WebLogic; Precise Software Solutions' Precise/Indepth for WebLobic)
March 4, 2002... As more enterprises roll out J2EE-based e-commerce applications, users are finding that the tools available to monitor and trouble-shoot such complex software often fall short. Last week, two startups delivered new releases of their dueling...

Avaya CEO Expands Products.(Donald Peterson )(Interview)
March 4, 2002... Eighteen months after taking the helm of Lucent Technologies Inc. spinoff Avaya Inc., CEO Donald Peterson is struggling with the same revenue problems that are plaguing most telecommunications vendors. But rather than pulling back on the...

Brocade Targets the Low-End Market.(Brocade Communications Systems SilkWorm 3200 network switch)(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Storage switch maker brocade Communications Systems Inc. is taking aim at the low-end market with the release last week of its first 2G-bps product. The San Jose, Calif., company debuted the SilkWorm 3200, an eight-port version of its...

Windows Messenger Woes.
March 4, 2002... Dropped IM connections, loss of VOIP capabilities, spotty delivery of .Net Alerts--all are problems users are having with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Messenger real-time communications platform. Many users are pointing the finger of blame at...

Verticalnet Zeros in on Supply Chain.(Kevin McKay )(Interview)
March 4, 2002... In what officials said is the final step of a restructuring plan put in place more than a year ago, Verticalnet Inc. announced a new president and CEO late last month. Kevin McKay took over the top spot at the Horsham, Pa., company. A former...

2nd Annual eWeek eXcellence Awards.(Informatica Applications 5.0, Orbix E2A Web Services Platform 5.0, E.piphany 6.0, Epicentric Foundation Server 4.0, Tandberg 1000, WebSphere Application Server 4.0, FaceTime IM Auditor 1.2, HP OpenView Service Desk 4.0, GoAmerica Mobile Office Document Manager, IBM eServer p690, HP OpenView Storage Allocater 2.0)(Evaluation)
March 4, 2002... The eWEEK Corporate Partner judges for the second annual eWEEK eXcellence Awards program know that their own jobs may depend on the product decisions they make. Not only technical performance but also product relevance are crucial...

Microsoft Mobile Device Division Gets New Leader.(Pieter Knook)(Brief Article)
March 4, 2002... Microsoft Corp. has named a new leader for the company's mobile device division, which has been vacant since Senior Vice President Paul Gross resigned last summer. Corporate Vice President Pieter Knook, 43, will be heading up a newly...

Enterprise Excellence.
March 4, 2002... The winners of this year's eWeek Excellence Awards, announced in this issue, didn't earn those honors on "gadget appeal." They didn't win by offering unproven technologies to buyers who were panicked about being "left behind." And they...

MSNBC.com Wins Gold at Olympic Games.
March 4, 2002... On Feb. 12, when the figure skating judging controversy erupted at the Winter Olympic Games, it would not have been a complete surprise to see Mike Corrigan, director of technology at MSNBC.com, perform a panic-stricken double-toe loop right...

Internet Insight: Broadband Homeland.
March 4, 2002... With universal broadband deployment in the United States stuck in neutral, a growing number of economists, industry leaders and government policy-makers are pushing just about any incentive that might jump-start new network build-outs. But...

Interactive Broadband: Fantasy Vs. Reality.(Column)(Editorial)
March 4, 2002... In June 1997, I was asked to help hammer out a content deal between my then-employer, The New York Times, and a startup that had recently unveiled a high-speed Internet network over cable television lines. About 15 minutes into the first...

Is Tech a 'Mature' Industry? Far From It.
March 4, 2002... Awards programs seem like they're a dime a dozen. The sheer quantity of awards--and I'm not just talking about computing technology awards--often dilutes the importance of legitimate awards programs and leaves readers and viewers feeling that...

Lessons Learned at the Excellence Awards Site.
March 4, 2002... This year, as with last year, we used a secure Web site to gather entry information for the eWeek eXcellence Awards program. The Web application was written in JavaServer Pages and runs on Apache Software Foundation Inc.'s Tomcat 4.0.1...

IBM Takes Off the Gloves for .Net Card.(Column)
March 4, 2002... Let's get ready to rumbllllllle," shouted the Pugilistic Puss as he pondered recent indications that the gentlemen's agreement between IBM and Microsoft to not publicly criticize or attack each other may not be quite so gentlemanly in the...

Next Wave: Sharable Servers.
March 4, 2002... X86-based PCs don't scale well in the data center, and IBM is doing a better job than anyone else at helping customers keep the key PC benefits of unmatched software selection and ready administrator and developer availability without the...

Learning to Share.(Virtual Ink's Mimio Xi input device)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
March 4, 2002... People working on the same project from different locations need to be able to exchange information. Virtual Ink Corp., of Boston, is expected to ship Mimio Xi, a digital whiteboard solution, later this month. The collaboration product...

Automatic Patching.(Citadel Security Software's Hercules network security software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
March 4, 2002... Patching system vulnerabilities can be a time-consuming job for most IT departments. Citadel Security Software Inc. has rolled out software designed to automate the patching process. Hercules can automatically secure about 90 percent of all...

Keeping An Eye on Problems.(Siemens Enterprise Networks' HiPath MetaManagement Software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
March 4, 2002... Tackling some of the complexities of converged networking, Siemens Enterprise Networks LLC, a subsidiary of Siemens AG, this month will release management software designed to simplify fault management and call accounting. The HiPath...

Fujitsu Joins Storage Management Fray.(Fujitsu Softek Storage Manager)(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Fujitsu Software Technology Corp. on Monday joined the growing trend of rolling out heterogeneous storage management suites. Storage Manager combines licensed virtualization technology from Datacore Software Corp. with storage management...

Staying In-House.(Sonexis AudioCollaborator plug-and-play audio conferencing appliance)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Plug and play Audio conferencing has become a key part of doing business. In May, Boston-based Sonexis Inc. will release a plug-and-play audio conferencing appliance called AudioCollaborator, designed to be an in-house alternative to popular...

Quantum Backup Family Improves Data Integrity.(Quantum DX30 three-terabyte system)(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Quantum Corp. on Monday announced plans for a new family of disk-based backup products that officials say will save enterprises money and save administrators time. Also, the products will improve data integrity for end users. The first...

Network Defenses Can't Foil Viruses.(ICSA Labs survey)(Statistical Data Included)
March 4, 2002... Virus outbreaks are continuing to get worse even as network defenses continue to advance, according to a new survey released Monday. About 1.2 million virus incidents occurred during the 20-month survey period, and about 28 percent of all...

Adobe AlterCast Automates Image Updating.(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Adobe Systems Inc. on Monday announced its foray into Web services with a free update to its existing technology that brings dynamic imaging to Web services. The free update is to its Adobe AlterCast, which delivers dynamic imaging to Web...

Blue Martini Moves CRM Offline.(Blue Martini Software's Blue Martini Retail)(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Blue Martini Software Inc. is hoping to apply lessons learned from online retail to the offline world with its new product announced on Monday. Blue Martini Retail extends retail personalization and customer service technology beyond the...

Microsoft Releases Depositions.
March 4, 2002... Microsoft Corp. on Monday complied with an order from a federal district court judge and released the transcripts and video recordings of the depositions of two of its top executives in relation to the antitrust case between the software...

Sun Touts Linux Strategy.
March 4, 2002... Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday reiterated its commitment to expand Linux across its product line and again voiced the huge opportunities that exist for the company in edge computing. In a presentation to the media in San Francisco, Sun...

Supreme Court Takes Up NextWave, FCC Case.(NextWave Telecom)
March 4, 2002... The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will step into an ongoing spectrum saga and decide whether the Federal Communications Commission had the right to revoke and then re-auction spectrum that was originally sold to NextWave...

States Want Modular Version of Windows.(Microsoft case)
March 4, 2002... Microsoft Corp. should be forced to offer a modular version of its Windows operating system in addition to the fully integrated version of the product, according to the nine states and the District of Columbia that have refused to sign off on...

Inching Into Wireless.(Everypath, Extended Systems and Neomar)
March 4, 2002... Third-party players remain bullish about providing wireless access to enterprise data, despite Microsoft Corp.'s decision to discontinue its Mobile Internet Server. To prove it, companies such as Everypath Inc., Extended Systems Inc. and...

Now Renting: IT Leaders.
March 4, 2002... Mark Westling, CIO at National Pen Corp., in San Diego, is in the middle of fixing a stalled ERP project involving Oracle Corp.'s E-Business Suite. Westling is also restructuring National Pen's IT department and redefining the role technology...

Aggregating WAN Links.(Amplify.net iSurfJanus-RX)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Giving businesses a way to consolidate WAN load balancing and WAN backup with traffic management and security applications on one platform, Amplify.net Inc. is trial testing with customers a new gateway called iSurfJanus-RX. The Fremont,...

Anti-virus Makers Pushing Automation.(including Sophos and McAfee Security)
March 4, 2002... Anti-virus vendors are readying technologies that will speed updating and propagation processes in an effort to outpace the wave of infections during virus outbreaks. Sophos plc. and McAfee Security, a division of Network Associates Inc.,...

New DBMS Tools Reduce Complexities.(from BMC Software, Computer Associates International and Quest Software)
March 4, 2002... Database administrators will have a host of new tools to choose from this summer that will help them save time and reduce complexity. BMC Software Inc., Computer Associates International Inc. and Quest Software Inc. are all planning to add...

Peregrine Eyes Sale of B2B Unit.(Peregrine Systems' BRM unit)
March 4, 2002... Peregrine Systems Inc. is quietly shopping around its BRM unit, including much of its supply chain offerings, and getting back to its roots: infrastructure management software development. At its Synergy user conference this week in San...

Online Kit Lets Even Novices Create Viruses.
March 4, 2002... Security vendors are warning of a new Web site that contains a simple virus-generating kit that would enable even the most inexperienced computer user to create and release a virus. The site, titled "The Instant Macro-Virus Maker v1.2,"...

eWeek Labs, CPs Award Excellence.
March 4, 2002... The 15 winners in our second annual excellence awards program--featured in this week's issue--were selected from hundreds of entries by a judging team that included our eWeek Labs analysts and members of our Corporate Partners advisory board....

The Buzz: March 04, 2002.
March 4, 2002... Gateway Eyes Profitable 2003 Few computer makers have been hit as hard as Gateway by the economic downturn and the PC price war. But the company said that while it expects another tough year in 2002--with a pre-tax loss of up to $250...

Bulldog Technology Integrated.(Documentum's Documentum Media Services digital media content management software)(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Documentum Inc. this week will release its first digital media content management software applications since it acquired the technology from The Bulldog Group Inc. in December. The centerpiece is Documentum Media Services, which extends...

Microsoft to Face Uphill CRM Battle.(Microsoft CRM suite)
March 4, 2002... With the announcement of its CRM suite last week, Microsoft Corp. faces familiar hurdles--skeptical users, strong competition and a tight development timetable. Seeing the daunting task the Redmond, Wash., company faces, potential...

Info Sharing Bill Advances.
March 4, 2002... Legislation is in the works to expand protections for system operators that voluntarily disclose e-mail to the government without a court order. But while the measure is intended to encourage private-sector information-sharing for the war on...

E-Sourcing Apps Lead to Time Well-Spent.(Verticalnet Spend Management 1.2, PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing, Ariba Spend Management Suite)(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... With purchasing managers facing the prospect of a second year of tighter corporate budgets, developers Verticalnet Inc., PeopleSoft Inc. and Ariba Inc. are each readying software that they said will enable their customers to better manage...

Suite Delivers Out-Of-Box Links.(Vitria Technology's VCA for Collaborative Information Modeling)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... Vitria Technology Inc. last week introduced a family of enterprise application integration products that address businesses' needs to meet legislative and market demands. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company's VCA (Vitria Collaborative...

Managing Product Lists.(Trigo Technologies' Trigo Enterprise 3.0)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
March 4, 2002... Trigo Technologies Inc. has enhanced its flagship software suite to help manufacturers and distributors author and manage product information across the enterprise. Trigo Enterprise 3.0, which the Brisbane, Calif., company began shipping...

Trusting in Microsoft.(Interview)
March 4, 2002... When Bill Gates in January wrote his now-famous memo exhorting Microsoft Corp.'s employees to make security their top priority, Craig Mundie saw it as a turning point in the company's history. As chief technology officer of the Redmond, Wash.,...

Security Proposal Renews Old Debate.(Steve Christey's, Chris Wysopal's Responsible Disclosure Process report)
March 4, 2002... A proposal for a new process for disclosing security vulnerabilities has reignited the old debate over how flaws should be published and whether there's any way to regulate the process. The document, titled "Responsible Disclosure Process,"...

Making It Easier to Create Connections.(Alterna Bank Information Exchange)
March 4, 2002... A new electronic hub created by Alterna Technologies Group Inc. promises to go a ways in helping corporate clients save time and money in connecting to and transacting business with regional and international banks. Alterna Bank...

BEA Targeting Developers.(BEA WebLogic Workshop)(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... BEA Systems Inc. is making a major push to convince developers that it is the place to create Java-based applications. At its user conference last week, BEA released its much-anticipated Java development environment, WebLogic Workshop, which...

Solaris Moves to GNOME.
March 4, 2002... GNOME users and developers are upbeat about Sun Microsystems Inc.'s decision last week to work with partners to develop a GNOME 2.0-based desktop for Solaris. Sun will collaborate with open-source software developer Ximian Inc., of Boston,...

Intel Recommits to Itanium.
March 4, 2002... Intel Corp. last week put down speculation that the chip maker might abandon its 64-bit Itanium design. Questions about its commitment to the Itanium arose following reports last month that the company was developing an alternative 64-bit chip...

Hiptop Release Gets Delayed.(Danger's Hiptop device)
March 4, 2002... The long-awaited launch of startup Danger Inc.'s Hiptop device, originally planned for the end of last year, has now slipped to late spring. But officials said the device should appear in carrier trials within the month. "In order for us...

Building Out Web Skills.(Macromedia Flash MX, Adobe LiveMotion 2.0, GoLive 6.0)(Product Announcement)
March 4, 2002... The latest release of Macromedia Inc.'s Flash-rich client technology is aimed at merging the skills of Web designers and developers. The San Francisco company's Flash MX, unveiled this week, enhances the Flash development environment with...

Users Uneasy as Vote Draws Near.(HP-Compaq merger)
March 4, 2002... Before shareholders walk into their respective meetings later this month to vote for or against Hewlett-Packard Co.'s proposed buyout of Compaq Computer Corp., they must first navigate the swelling river of surveys, polls, claims and...

2nd Annual eXcellence Awards Winners & Finalists.(Informatica Applications 5.0, Orbix E2A Web Services Platform 5.0, E.piphany 6.0, Epicentric Foundation Server 4.0, Tandberg 1000, WebSphere Application Server 4.0, FaceTime IM Auditor 1.2, HP OpenView Service Desk 4.0, GoAmerica Mobile Office Document Manager, HP OpenView Storage Allocater 2.0, Fenway 1.1, Top Layer Networks IDS Balancer, Waveset Lighthouse 1.6r)(Evaluation)
March 4, 2002... Business Management: Analytics & Reporting Winner Informatica Corp. Informatica Applications 5 Finalists Adaytum Inc. e.Planning 2.0 MicroStrategy Inc. MicroStrategy 7.1.3 It's been said that what's measured matters, so it must follow that...

Adobe Aims for New Arena.(update to Adobe AlterCast)(Product Announcement)
March 11, 2002... Adobe Systems Inc. is the latest high-tech company to venture into the burgeoning world of Web services. The San Jose, Calif., company announced its entrance last week with a free update to its existing technology that brings dynamic imaging to...

Mercury, Citrix Create Monitoring Tools.(Mercury Interactive)
March 11, 2002... Mercury Interactive Corp. came out with both barrels blazing last week, introducing an integration alliance with Citrix Systems Inc. and a release of its SiteScope monitoring tool that is integrated with its ActiveWatch performance monitoring...

When You Talk, Pager Listens.(Research In Motion BlackBerry 5180 voice-enabled personal digital assistant)(Product Announcement)
March 11, 2002... In a move to compete with cell phone and handheld computer makers, Research In Motion Ltd. last week unveiled a voice-enabled edition of its BlackBerry pager in the United States. The BlackBerry 5180 will run on the GSM/GPRS (Global System...

HP Printer Biz Hungry for Deal.
March 11, 2002... As Hewlett-Packard Co. prepares for the most important shareholder vote in company history next week, its largest business unit, Imaging and Printing Systems, will be at the edge of its seat. A "yes" vote from the majority of the Palo Alto,...

New Attack Intercepts Wireless Net Messages.
March 11, 2002... It's the stuff of Popular Science. A group of security researchers has discovered a simple attack that enables them to intercept Internet traffic moving over a wireless network using gear that can be picked up at any electronics store and an...

Compaq Offers Wireless Test Drive.(Compaq'sWireless Enterprise Framework program)
March 11, 2002... Compaq Computer Corp. this week will launch a try-before-you-buy program to give enterprises considering a wireless back-end infrastructure a chance to test the equipment. Compaq'sWireless Enterprise Framework is a six-month pilot program...

CA's Battle Strategy.(Computer Associates International)(Interview)
March 11, 2002... Since becoming CEO of Computer Associates International Inc. in August 2000, Sanjay Kumar has overseen the realignment of corporate business units and the institution of new methods of financial reporting, and, last year, Kumar weathered a...

HP Takes Holistic Approach with New MFP Devices.(HP LaserJet 3300, 4100, and 9000)
March 11, 2002... Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday will expand its stable of office and enterprise printers and copiers with a new line-up of multifunction devices, and a new large-format color copying machine. The new HP LaserJet mfp units, the 3300, 4100,...

Riding Out the Storm.(importance of IT certification)
March 11, 2002... It was Sept. 14, and more than the World Trade Center towers had crumbled. The tire manufacturing industry in which Michael Harrill had worked for three years was also faltering. So Harrill resigned in search of new mountains to climb. He...

Software Merges U.S. Security Efforts.
March 11, 2002... Six months after the terrorist attacks on the United States, government offices and integration software makers are showing some progress in their work to close the information loop among agencies at the federal, state and local levels. ...

Compaq Delivers Remote Monitoring Service.
March 11, 2002... Compaq Computer Corp. on Monday will put its stamp of approval on the management service provider business model when it launches its new Remote Monitoring and Performance Reporting service. Compaq Global Services is extending its Business...

Avaya Cuts 1,900 Jobs.
March 11, 2002... Telecommunications equipment maker Avaya, Inc. said on Monday that it will slash 1,900 jobs, or a little over 8 percent of its workforce, and sell a stake in the company following lower-than-expected revenue for its fiscal second quarter. ...

Gov't Plans Security Nerve Center.(Cyber Warning and Information Network)
March 11, 2002... WASHINGTON--The government's second highest-ranking information security official said the nation's critical network infrastructure is clearly vulnerable to a concerted attack, but legislation or other forms of government intervention are not...

Oracle Gives Small Businesses Control.(Oracle Small Business Suite 7.6)(Product Announcement)
March 11, 2002... Enhancing its suite for better usability, Oracle Corp. announced today the next iteration of its namesake Small Business Suite software. A number of enhancements have been added to Oracle's SBS 7.6 to help companies manage online key...

Getting Corporate E-Mail Wirelessly.
March 11, 2002... National carrier Cingular Wireless today announced a hosted service that enables customers to get access to their corporate e- mail via a wireless connection. Based on software from Seven Networks Inc., Cingular Xpress Mail is available...

Divine Takes On Content Management.(Content Server 4.0)(Product Announcement)
March 11, 2002... Divine Inc., the venture capital company turned consolidator of struggling e-business software companies, on Monday released its first content management software since acquiring Eprise Corp. and Open Market Inc. last year. Divine's...

HP Directors: Merger Rejection Will Mean Disruption.
March 11, 2002... Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board and many of its senior managers may resign if shareholders reject the company's proposed buyout of Compaq Computer Corp., two HP board members strongly hinted on Monday. Their comments in a conference call with...

NetQoS Aims For The Enterprise.(SuperAgent 2.0 network performance management software)(Product Announcement)
March 11, 2002... After surviving startup mode during the worst of the recession, network performance management vendor NetQoS Inc. on Monday announced a major new release of its SuperAgent tool. The Austin, Texas, company made its SuperAgent 2.0 appliance...

Group Petitions Judge In Microsoft Case.(American Antitrust Institute)
March 11, 2002... The American Antitrust Institute on Monday again argued that the proposed settlement in the antitrust case between Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Department of Justice should not be approved by a federal judge as both parties had failed to comply...

The Buzz: March 11, 2002.
March 11, 2002... Excellence Awards Proceeds from eWeek's annual product awards program were donated to charities that leverage IT to enrich children's lives: Eric Lundquist presented $10,000 to Victoria Kelley, executive director, Starlight Children's...

Judge Reviews the DOJ Settlement.(Microsoft antitrust consent decree)
March 11, 2002... They have battled for more than four years, and last week, Microsoft Corp. and the Department of Justice found themselves in court again. But this time, the two were on the same side, joining a contingent of settling states in U.S....

Firms Take on Web Services.(Plumtree Software introduces Corporate Portal software)(Product Announcement)
March 11, 2002... Plumtree Software Inc. is rolling out technology that adds collaborative applications as Web services to its portal software. Collaboration Server, due this week, allows users of Plumtree's Corporate Portal software to share documents, schedule...

Microsoft Brings .Net to Grid Computing.(software development plans)
March 11, 2002... Once the domain of scientists and academics, major vendors are beginning to view grid computing as a potentially integral part of their Web services strategy. Late last month, Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM announced initiatives to meld...

EDS Scores in PLM Arena.(Electronic Data Systems announces Unigraphics NX)(Product Announcement)
March 11, 2002... Electronic Data Systems Corp. is making a name for itself in the PLM software world with a trio of partnerships and a software release that unites the offerings of two product life-cycle management developers it acquired. EDS late last...

Geekspeak: March 11, 2002.
March 11, 2002... Ok, we admit it: our own eWeek online polls omit a crucial datum by not showing the number of responses from which the percentage scores are calculated. Review our more mature data sets at www.eweek.com/poll_archive. And if you're not sure...

The IT On-Off Switch.(American Express signs on for IBM Global Services e-business-on-demand)
March 11, 2002... We recently got a peek at what may be the future of IT outsourcing when American Express became the first large company to sign up for IBM Global Services' e-business-on-demand offering. While impressive, the size of the deal--an estimated $4...

Merger or No, Users Need Some Direction.(HP/Compaq merger)
March 11, 2002... Which will end first, the Microsoft and Department of Justice travails or the Hewlett-Packard and Compaq melodrama? While most would point to the upcoming March 19 shareholder vote on the HP-Compaq proposed merger as an end point, I think this...

Inviting in the Auditor with 'Assert'.(programming)(Column)
March 11, 2002... I was looking over recent changes to Java and Visual Basic, and I found myself thinking about the meaning of the word, "assert." It's not an academic question. Names matter. What we call something says a lot about what we think it is, how...

Would You Believe Free Tests, Training?(Compaq, IBM offer free training and testing)
March 11, 2002... Talk is cheap, but getting it certifications is anything but. Self-study certifications start at $900 and go up to $1,200. If IT professionals feel the need to sit in a class to soak up knowledge, those costs shoot up to between $5,000 and...

A Slam Dunk for New VPNs.(Slam Dunk Networks' approach to network architecture; Flatrock Instant Extranet)
March 11, 2002... IP security VPNs are a good way for individual users to connect into a corporate network. They're extremely ill-equipped, however, for connecting corporate applications, especially when two companies are involved. The reasons are simple: It's...