Network World articles from December 2004

Network World archives from December 2004

Reinvention or extinction?(telecommunications)
December 6, 2004... Byline: ALLAN TUMOLILLO The history of telecom is replete with many once-vital companies that have failed to adjust to the times, technology and trends. The fossil record includes Western Union, a throwback to another era, Cable & Wireless...

The future is wireless, VoIP.
December 6, 2004... Byline: SHALLY BANSAL STANLEY Before the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the future looked bright for AT&T, MCI and Sprint. Executives at the interexchange carriers wore their rose-colored glasses through countless mergers, divestitures...

Consumer VoIP is key for AT&T.
December 6, 2004... Byline: THOMAS NOLLE AT&T - Ma Bell - isn't the phone company anymore. This is a powerful indication that something major is going on in the service provider market, and that interexchange carriers such as AT&T are going to have to change...

The fate of the IXCs; Once-mighty interexchange carriers AT&T, MCI and Sprint now must evolve or face extinction.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Last quarter was not kind to the interexchange carriers. AT&T announced a loss of $7.1 billion for the third quarter, primarily because the company is writing off more than $11 billion in assets. AT&T also will slash 12,300 jobs this year....

How we did it.(internet access)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Travis Berkley How we did it We installed the SM-3000 in our labs on a 100M bit/sec. Ethernet connection as directed in the setup documents. From there, we used the included serial cable to connect our Dell Latitude C840 and...

Juniper's NetScreen Secure Meeting appliance; Juniper spreads security profile to Web conferencing.(SM-3000 )
December 6, 2004... Byline: Travis Berkley Juniper's NetScreen Secure Meeting appliance Juniper spreads security profile to Web conferencing n By Travis Berkley, NETWORK WORLD LAB ALLIANCE If you're experimenting with Web conferencing, first look...

Server operating systems; Novell serves up an operating system winner wit SLES 9.(Product/Service Evaluation)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Tom Henderson Server operating systems Novell serves up an operating system winner with SLES 9 n By Tom Henderson, Network World Lab Alliance ur tests of Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 - we tested...

SLES review how we did it.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Tom Henderson How We Did It We tested SuSE 9.1 i386 version on three servers: an MPC/NetFrame 1U rack server with dual 3.06MHz Xeon processors, an HP DL360G3 with a similar, and an HP DL580 with 4 2.4GHz CPUs. We also...

Land of the Giants or of the Lost?(trends)
December 6, 2004... Byline: daniel briere In Arthur Clarke's famed Rama series, everything happens in threes. The business world seemed to copy that for a long time, with the Big Three Automakers, the Big Three Long-Distance Carriers and so on. There always...

Securing endpoints in SSL VPNs.(Secure Sockets Layer Virtual private networks)
December 6, 2004... Byline: joel snyder As an avowed IPSec zealot, I generally recommend the technology for remote access. But the SSL VPN vendors have been building such great technology that there are now places where SSL-based remote access is clearly a...

Raising a glass to IT alignment; Diageo North America's CIO describes how the drinks maker uses technology to drive brand growth.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Barbara Carlini Raising a glass to IT alignment Diageo North America's CIO describes how the drinks maker uses technology to drive brand growth. By Barbara Carlini Diageo's IT organization is going through a period of...

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Readers any other name I loved your story on spyware stoppers for enterprise-level networks (www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 4924). At my company, spyware is something I have to deal with almost daily. Users frequently call...

Tivoli plans to be Big Blue's MVP; Technology challenges, competitors, internal politics keep software group on its toes.(Most Valuable Professionals )
December 6, 2004... Byline: DENISE DUBIE Fighting to keep its lead among aggressive competitors, IBM Tivoli in the coming year plans to improve its IT service management offerings to help Big Blue deliver on its autonomic computing and On Demand Business...

Messaging wars: Lotus, Microsoft move on; APPLICATIONS: Corporate messaging.(IBM Software Group. Lotus Software)
December 6, 2004... Byline: JOHN FONTANA Nearly a decade ago, e-mail was the killer app and vendors IBM/Lotus and Microsoft were locked in a battle to prove which was best at delivering messaging to a corporate world hungry for online communication. The...

The normal human being as programmer.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Kevin Tolly N o offense to any "real" programmers reading this, but you are a special breed - and you know it. Of all the various "sorcerers" in the IT trade, programmers have been the most mysterious for the longest time. But...

A warning about future telecom 'reform'?
December 6, 2004... Byline: scott bradner T here is an almost universal feeling that U.S. telecommunications laws and regulations are way out of step with current telecom reality. The basic law was passed in 1934 and updated by the Telecommunications Act...

short takes.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... n Swan Labs last week bought Web acceleration vendor Pivia with the intent of further speeding IP connections, particularly those between clients and Web servers. The Pivia device, renamed NetCelera Web Accelerator, ships separately from...

Opalis looks to automate repetitive tasks.(Opalis Connector Access Packs for OpalisRobot )
December 6, 2004... Byline: JOHN FONTANA Opalis last week released software that will help customers automate repetitive tasks associated with management, backup and virtualization technology. The Opalis Connector Access Packs for OpalisRobot let users...

Axalto unveils smart card powered by .Net.(Cryptoflex)
December 6, 2004... Byline: ELLEN MESSMER Axalto last week offered up a smart card based on Microsoft's .Net technology, which could make it easier for corporations adopting .Net for Web services to develop card-based security. The Cryptoflex .Net card,...

Enterprise Computing briefs.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Byline: staff writers Sun last week said it has agreed to purchase IT services company SevenSpace. With the purchase, Sun takes a farther step away from its traditional focus on supporting only its Solaris operating system platform and...

Protocol extends reach of multicast.(Multicast Source Discovery Protocol )
December 6, 2004... Byline: PAUL GILBERT In a multicast network, sources and receivers register with their local rendezvous points to announce sessions and enable receivers to find content. Large multicast networks typically have several rendezvous points at...

IT execs eye Firefox with hope.
December 6, 2004... Byline: ANN BEDNARZ The latest release of the open source Web browser Firefox has spurred millions of downloads and a groundswell of anti-Internet Explorer sentiment, but IT executives question the role Firefox will play in their...

EMC's SAN is an easy install; Network World editor plows his way through installation of the SOHO SAN in a mere 32 minutes.
December 6, 2004... Byline: DENI CONNOR EMC, Dell, HP and QLogic have been busy touting easy-to-implement and affordable storage-area networks that even a small office administrator can install. We put one to the test. Network World Multimedia Editor...

Server virtualization is on the rise; Microsoft and smaller players getting into the act.
December 6, 2004... Byline: DENI CONNOR While EMC subsidiary VMware has garnered the bulk of attention regarding server virtualization, a slew of vendors are looking to address what they see as rising demand for this server consolidation technique. At...

Home and small office wireless LAN equipment shipments grew 73% from 2003 to 2004, but revenue growth slowed, increasing only 21%, according to a new Dell'Oro Group report.(briefs)
December 6, 2004... Home and small office wireless LAN equipment shipments grew 73% from 2003 to 2004, but revenue growth slowed, increasing only 21%, according to a new Dell'Oro Group report. Growth was spurred by back-to-school sales, but aggressive rebates and...

Expanding waistlines and networks.(Product/Service Evaluation)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Mark Gibbs Expanding waistlines and networks Well, there goes one of our favorite holidays, Thanksgiving, into nothing more than a memory of fun, a thickening of our waistline and a very useful new device on our network. ...

Bluesocket to secure branch WLANs.(WG-400)(Product/Service Evaluation)
December 6, 2004... Byline: JOHN COX Bluesocket this week is scheduled to uncrate a wireless gateway and a Web-based management application that lets network administrators remotely authenticate, secure and manage wireless LAN users in hundreds of branch...

Ask Dr. Internet.(cryptographic service provider )(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Steve Blass Steve Blass We are evaluating the OpenVPN application for use as an SSL VPN solution. In order to use it, we wanted to plug in our own cryptographic service provider (CSP) for all cryptography operations (such as...

InfoExpress simplifies security devices.
December 6, 2004... Byline: TIM GREENE InfoExpress is merging its LAN and WAN access-control appliances into one product that will let customers simplify local or remote network access policies. Called CyberGatekeeper, the gear comes in two models, CG...

DoS responsibilities seen widening.(denial-of-service)(Interview)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Denise Pappalardo Financial losses caused by denial-of-service attacks stand second only to the toll caused by viruses, according to a recent study by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI. Network World Senior Editor Denise...

Juniper connects high-end routers; TX Matrix interconnects T-series routers, but at half the previously stated capacity.
December 6, 2004... Byline: JIM DUFFY Juniper last week launched a switching matrix for interconnecting multiple high-end carrier routers into a multiterabit-capable system designed to accommodate more service subscribers. Juniper's TX Matrix, which was...

short takes.(briefs)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... n IBM and Sybase last week teamed to add support for Sybase's database software on IBM's eServer OpenPower Linux servers. The two companies said they will jointly sell and market their products. The move extends IBM's support for one of its...

Carriers need to get a clue on VoIP services.(Column)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Johna Till Johnson I often remind equipment vendors that to sell to telcos they need to make two sales: First, sell the equipment the carrier thinks it wants; and second, sell the equipment that the carrier actually wants once...

Happy birthday, Ray.(Ray Ozzie )(Interview)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Paul McNamara Happy birthday, Ray Lotus Notes turns 15 tomorrow. Iris Associates, the software development company from whence Notes emerged - on the Lotus dime - was founded five years earlier to the day. That's reason enough...

Axis launches network dome cameras.(Axis Communications Inc.)
December 6, 2004... Axis launches network dome cameras Axis Communications last week launched two network cameras in the "dome" style for professional security surveillance and remote monitoring. The Axis 231D and 232D devices connect to an IP network and...

Service Providers Short Takes.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... n Wireless service provider Alltel announced last week that it is acquiring spectrum licenses, network equipment and subscribers from Cingular Wireless for $170 million. Alltel is the sixth-largest wireless provider in the U.S. Federal...

Since you can't beat 'em, join 'em.(network security)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Keith Shaw With all of the measures you've instituted over the years, you probably presume your corporate network is secure. Firewalls, intrusion-detection systems and anti-virus scanners have helped prevent hackers and malicious...

Strix to add outdoor WLAN mesh to product mix.(AccessOne Outdoor Wireless System)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Byline: JOHN COX Wireless mesh vendor Strix Systems this week is set to unveil an outdoor product line designed to let users blanket spaces with wireless LAN connectivity while minimizing cable runs. The product, called AccessOne...

Going once, going twice . . . gone for good? Auctioneer sees sell-offs of company assets as a chance for 'rebirth.'.(Tom Noonan )
December 6, 2004... Byline: MICHAEL COONEY A Stanley Bostitch heavy-duty stapler sold for $10. A reception office couch and chairs went for $205. One lucky bidder fetched an 866-MHz Dell PC for $300. It wasn't supposed to end this way for Appian...

HP adds identity wares to platform.(OpenView Select Federation)
December 6, 2004... Byline: JOHN FONTANA HP last week added a new piece to its identity management lineup that is designed to allow companies to share identity information across corporate boundaries. HP OpenView Select Federation, a gateway server that...

IBM reportedly ditching PC business . . .
December 6, 2004... n IBM plans to sell its PC business in a deal likely to be valued in the $1 billion to $2 billion range, The New York Times reported late last week. The newspaper reported that IBM is in serious discussions with Lenovo, China's largest PC...

AT&T's Dorman offers Darwinian take on survival.(Interview)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Denise Pappalardo Perhaps nowhere is the decline of AT&T more visible than its payroll: A decade ago the company employed more than 300,000 - by year-end it'll be about 49,000. Just five years ago AT&T controlled cable, wireless...

And the winner is . . .(software industry)
December 6, 2004... Byline: Mark Gibbs A couple of weeks ago I listed my top 10 contenders for the Gibbs Institute's Thanksgiving Golden Turkey Award (www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 4950). The nominees were 1) The SCO Group, 2) the FCC, 3) mail servers...

HP, Alcatel rev up new switches.(Compagnie Financiere Alcatel, Hewlett-Packard Co.)
December 6, 2004... Byline: PHIL HOCHMUTH AND TIM GREENE HP this week is expected to announce its strategy for building enterprise LANs with emphasis on strong security and advanced services in edge devices and with less feature-laden 10G Ethernet boxes in the...

Cisco pushing Catalyst capabilities to the edge.(Cisco Systems Inc. statistical software)
December 6, 2004... Byline: JIM DUFFY Cisco's latest wave of LAN switching announcements further blurs the demarcation between edge and backbone corporate networks. Cisco last week unleashed more than 20 Catalyst products to push more core features, such...

Offshoring remains hot issue for IT.
December 6, 2004... Byline: JENNIFER MEARS Corporate users in growing numbers are turning to offshore services providers as a way to cut costs, boost efficiencies and focus domestic IT staff on more business-related tasks, analysts say. According to...

Start-up readies server mgmt. pack.(Cassatt Corp. will introduce new server management software)
December 6, 2004... Byline: ANN BEDNARZ The start-up founded by former BEA Systems chief executive Bill Coleman and a dream team assembled from Sun, Microsoft and Oracle executives is expected this week to unveil its first product: software that's designed to...

Vendors automate change mgmt.
December 6, 2004... Byline: DENISE DUBIE Management heavyweights are tackling customer IT service management concerns with product advances that could deliver on the promise of intelligent and automated data centers. BMC Software and HP are touting new...

Municipal WLAN plans draw mixed reactions.(wireless local area network)
December 6, 2004... Byline: JOHN COX A public political spat in Pennsylvania last week threw light on potential issues that might stymie citywide wireless LANs intended to give residents and businesses broadband Internet access. Such networks are pitting...

Identity introduction; Rolling out identity services projects requires careful steps and planning.(management at Cuna Mutual Group)
December 13, 2004... Byline: JOHN FONTANA Steve Devoti might be a technologist at heart, but it was the cunning salesman lurking inside him that proved so beneficial to planning and managing a successful identity management rollout. Devoti, the...

Services ready for prime time.(forecast of on-demand/utility computing and managed services)
December 13, 2004... Byline: Jeff Kaplan A year ago in this space, I suggested 2003 would be remembered as an inflection point in which the IT and telecom industries began to move from a product/ technology orientation toward a new services-oriented model (see...

Bringing it back home in 2005.(corporate information technology)
December 13, 2004... Byline: Frank Dzubeck In 2004 radical changes shook the corporate IT world. Corporate business-process componentization and transformation, along with the cost savings of outsourcing and out-tasking, led to internal reassessment. Business...

On the leading edge of RFID; Early adopter Gillette orders 500 million chips, but moves ahead cautiously.(radio frequency identification)
December 13, 2004... Byline: JOEL SHORE The worldwide leader in razor blades says radio frequency identification will keep it a cut above the competition. "We call it perfect retail," says Jamshed Dubash, Gillette's director of auto-ID technology. "It's...

The WLAN standards alphabet keeps growing; THE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE: Developing components.(wireless local area networks)
December 13, 2004... Byline: JOHN COX The bad news is the alphabet of IEEE standards for wireless LANs keeps expanding. The good news is you can ignore a lot of it, at least until the new technology starts showing up in actual WLAN products. Some projects...

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
December 13, 2004... Byline: readers Monoculture not inevitable In his BackSpin column "Real IT and fake accounts" (www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 5022), Mark Gibbs states, "Computer monoculture is unavoidable." That's not true. Heterogeneity has a...

Healthcare looks to biometrics; Hospitals using fingerprint scanners to reduce insurance-card fraud.
December 13, 2004... Byline: ELLEN MESSMER Healthcare organizations are turning to a high-tech means to combat fraud: fingerprint biometrics that capture the patient's fingerprint to prove identity. Catholic Health Systems in Buffalo, N.Y., and the...

Verizon takes next big step toward VoIP.(voice over internet protocol, Verizon Communications Inc.)
December 13, 2004... Byline: JIM DUFFY Best known locally for its spring tulip festival, the small northwest Washington city of Mount Vernon now has a new claim to fame: the first central office in Verizon's network to be converted from old-fashioned circuit...

Webroot shines in sweeping up the spyware; Enterprise-level anti-spyware software.(Webroot Software Inc. software tested)
December 13, 2004... Byline: BARRY NANCE, NETWORK WORLD LAB ALLIANCE Like viruses and other harmful programs, spyware is a huge security problem. Worse than a typical virus, a spyware program can send corporate data directly from your company's client computers...

Anti-spyware how we did it.(software testing)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Byline: Barry Nance We tested each product's ability to correctly identify and effectively remove spyware. We evaluated each vendor's approach to updating its product to recognize new spyware, and looked at the ease with which a network...

Detecting BHOs.(Definitive Solutions Inc's BHODemon, browser helper object)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Byline: Barry Nance The underlying technology behind spyware is Microsoft's Browser Helper Object programming interface for Internet Explorer. BHO programs are not scripts. They are Dynamic Link Libraries that have full control of your...

short takes.(Quest Software Inc. introduced Archive Manager for Exchange 1.0, Micromuse Inc. enhanced Netcool/Omnibus 7.0)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... n Quest Software recently announced software that lets IT managers consolidate users' Microsoft Exchange personal folder files and messaging data into a centralized archive for improved security. Quest Archive Manager for Exchange 1.0 makes...

Onset Computer has announced a temperature and humidity monitoring system for server rooms and data centers.(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Onset Computer has announced a temperature and humidity monitoring system for server rooms and data centers. The HOBO LCD Temp/RH Logger is a low-cost system that records and displays temperature and humidity and can activate an auto-dialer...

A controlled-access Internet?(George Tenet)
December 13, 2004... Byline: scott bradner E x-CIA Director George Tenet worries about the Internet. He seems to think that its basic nature and current use presents an ongoing threat that the U.S. government may have to fix. In his view the threat is...

Trend Micro gives away mobile anti-virus software.(introduction of Trend Micro Mobile Security 1.0)
December 13, 2004... Byline: PAUL ROBERTS Trend Micro last week became the latest major anti-virus software company to provide protection against mobile phone viruses, with new anti-virus and anti-spam software for phones running the Windows Mobile and...

These networks are history; Bringing historic sites into the digital age requires creativity . . . and no drilling allowed.
December 13, 2004... Byline: PHIL HOCHMUTH Seventeenth and 18th century architects Sir Christopher Wren and Charles Bulfinch are renowned, respectively, for ornate, domed designs such as St. Paul's Cathedral in London and the statehouses in Boston and...

Threat center aims to thwart viruses.(IMlogic introduced its network security software)
December 13, 2004... Byline: JOHN FONTANA Hoping to help users take a proactive stance in hardening instant-messaging and peer-to-peer communications networks against viruses and worms, IMlogic last week opened a dedicated threat center to supply detection,...

The fed's IT funding fiasco.(federal budget)
December 13, 2004... What are they smoking in Washington? Congress recently cut the budget of the National Science Foundation by $105 million, or roughly 2%. That's beyond insane. Today's productivity increases are the direct result of R&D funding - most of it...

Trusted chip assures endpoint integrity.(Trusted Computing Group's Trusted Platform Module, a hardware chip specification)
December 13, 2004... Byline: THOMAS HARDJONO AND NED SMITH Today, network connection requests by clients typically are granted or denied based on a client's ability to prove some or all of his credentials, including passwords, machine certificates and user...

Novell Linux Desktop.(Product/Service Evaluation)
December 13, 2004... Byline: Paul Ferrill Novell Linux Desktop By Paul Ferrill Every new Linux distribution, particularly from an established vendor such as SuSE, brings with it the question "Is it ready to take on Microsoft on the desktop?" We...

I was confused by your answer regarding winmail.dat (www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 5034). The file cannot be opened traditionally, at least to obtain what the receiver believes to be valuable contents.(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Steve Blass I was confused by your answer regarding winmail.dat (www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 5034). The file cannot be opened traditionally, at least to obtain what the receiver believes to be valuable contents. Rather, it's used...

The truth about the NetWare client for Linux.(Novell Inc. plans to develop a new software)
December 13, 2004... For the past couple of weeks in the "NetWare Tips" newsletter (see www. nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 5032, for a summary), I've been talking about the soon-to-be-available (or maybe not) NetWare client for Linux. This is something that fans of...

CA improves mainframe management wares; Integration, automation features added to software suite.(Computer Associates International Inc. enhanced CA-Unicenter NetMaster r11 software)
December 13, 2004... Byline: DENISE DUBIE For Patrick Barrez, upgrading his current mainframe management software is just an incremental step toward achieving bigger goals. The IS officer of mainframe systems for Fortis Bank in Brussels, Belgium, says a...

Avaki bolsters data integration wares.(Avaki Corp. introduced Avaki 6.0)
December 13, 2004... Byline: ANN BEDNARZ Avaki last week released a new version of its flagship data integration software, which lets users run scheduled and ad hoc queries against distributed data sources. Companies in the past have deployed tools that...

Cogent expanding base through buys.(acquisition of customer servicing rights of Verio Inc. by Cogent Communications Inc.)
December 13, 2004... Byline: DENISE PAPPALARDO Cogent Communications is continuing to gobble up acquisitions, with its focus now turning more to buying customers rather than physical assets. The company recently inked its sixth acquisition of the year - 13...

Net infrastructure briefs.(alliance Northern Telecom Ltd. and Symantec Corp., contract between Sprint Spectrum L.P. and IBM Global Services)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Byline: staff writers Nortel and Symantec are joining forces to beef up network security by using Symantec threat discovery technology in combination with Nortel network hardware to block attacks. The alliance will bear fruit next year in...

Microsoft seeking R2 beta testers.(contract between AT&T Corp. AT&T Government Solutions and Department of the Treasury, merger negotiations between Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint Corp.)
December 13, 2004... n Microsoft last week began soliciting for beta testers of a Windows Server version, code-named R2, that it plans to ship next October. The first beta will begin this month with a limited number of testers, the company says. A beta for a...

Wireless device could wreak havoc.(Logitech International's Play Link wireless adapter)(Product/Service Evaluation)
December 13, 2004... Byline: Keith Shaw Sometimes products that solve one problem cause others down the road. Such is the case with Logitech's Play Link wireless adapter. Let's start with the problem it solves: Aimed at consumers, the Play Link system...

Commerce One patents auctioned for $15.5 million.(acquisition of Commerce One Inc's patents by JGR Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Byline: GRANT GROSS About 40 patents owned by bankrupt software vendor Commerce One were auctioned for $15.5 million in a San Francisco bankruptcy court last week. The winning bidder, JGR Acquisitions, has kept quiet about its plans...

'Net Buzz.(Spam Kings - The Real Story Behind the High-Rolling Hucksters Pushing Porn, Pills and @*#?% Enlargements)
December 13, 2004... Byline: Paul McNamara Spam book a real page-turner Hell hath no fury like a woman spammed - take, for example, Susan Gunn, better known in Internet newsgroups as Shiksaa, the queen of all spam fighters. And hell hath spawned few...

Ruby, a gem of a language.(object oriented programming language)
December 13, 2004... Byline: Mark Gibbs As we head toward Christmas what could be more festive than learning a new programming language? As an early present (ho-ho-ho), we bring you a fascinating and highly useful language called Ruby. Why would you want...

Nortel system stops network threats.(Northern Telecom Ltd's Threat Protection System computer networking equipment)
December 13, 2004... Byline: TIM GREENE Nortel now can protect businesses from never-before-seen threats using new intrusion-detection and -prevention technology that monitors network traffic and blocks the traffic that seems malicious. Called Threat...

HP bulks up storage portfolio; Migration software boasts disk-to-disk backup.(Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced OpenView Data Protector 5.5 backup software and StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1500 data storage device)
December 13, 2004... Byline: DENI CONNOR HP last week introduced a mix of hardware and software designed to help customers align the value of their data with the resources used to store it. The company is playing catch-up in this area of information...

Take 2 for conferencing start-up.(Convoq introduced ASAP 2.0 instant messaging software)
December 13, 2004... Byline: John Dix While instant messaging is rampant in business, it is not yet a rampant business tool. That's one lesson learned by start-up Convoq, which last week released Version 2.0 of ASAP, what it now calls a Web conferencing tool....

Microsoft extends NT, Exchange support.(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Byline: JOHN FONTANA Corporations that have yet to migrate or finish migrations from Windows NT were thrown a bone last week by Microsoft, which extended fee-based custom support for the expiring NT and Exchange 5.5 platforms. ...