InfoWorld.com articles from October 2003

InfoWorld.com archives from October 2003

Palm unveils new handhelds; Palm courts the enterprise with IBM WebSphere and Java integration.
October 1, 2003... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Palm this week will unveil two additions to its Tungsten handheld lineup as well as a replacement device for its $99 Zire. Among the significant changes in the business-oriented Tungsten line is a lower cost...

Microsoft SMB Server set to roll; Standard and Premium editions are ready.
October 1, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Microsoft Corp. will leverage its integration abilities as a way to strengthen its hold on smaller accounts Oct. 9 when it formally rolls out two versions of its Windows Small Business Server 2003 at its annual partner...

Hunting for customers.
October 1, 2003... Lowering prices in a sleepy market is a surefire way to stimulate demand. But another way to get customers to open their wallets is to offer an innovative product at a competitive price. This is what Quantum has done. Its new tape library,...

Analyst: Sun should spin off Java, cut back on Sparc; Company said to be facing 'crisis,' needs to focus on creating mission-critical systems, open letter says.
October 2, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill A Merrill Lynch analyst, in an open letter to Sun Microsystems Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy, is recommending some drastic steps to get the company back on proper footing. In his letter, dated Oct. 2, Merrill...

Web services still challenged by standards; Competitive interests stay a factor, panelists say.
October 2, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- Web services integration technology remains subject to a plethora of standardization efforts and competing interests, panelists noted during the Web Services Edge 2003 West conference here...

Sybase to ship database upgrade; Self-management, Web services are highlights.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Sybase on Monday plans to ship Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.1, the latest version of the company's database that features self-management and Web services enhancements. Self-management functions include enabling...

Web services-enabled systems management eyed; Computer Associates devising subscription-based platform.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Computer Associates is developing subscription-based system management services that would be delivered via Web services, company officials said this week. Through CA's plan, users in a network could receive software...

Intalio hoists BPM flag; Version 2.5 targets improved developer tools, business process management capabilities.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Intalio on Friday released details about an upgrade to its business process management system that allows programmers and business analysts to create richer Web-based user interfaces and that includes Systinet's Web...

Tape drives may seem stodgy, but they're still the best safety net; Affordability and dependability more than compensate for their lack of coolness.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist Lately, customers are giving me flak about tape drives. Some simply don't want to spend the time or money swapping tapes and moving the appropriate tape off-site; others just don't think they are cool enough. There are...

Protecting the town below; Sometimes it's easy to forget your real objectives in the search for real security.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Wayne Rash Jon Brody and I were munching on the magnificent crab cakes at the National Press Club's restaurant, The Fourth Estate. Brody sipped his iced tea, then continued to explain the findings that his company, Sygate...

Infragistics brings ink enablement to developers; Company updates NetAdvantage toolset.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan Infragistics on Monday began shipping an update to its NetAdvantage software tools for Visual Studio that now lets developers build ink-enabled Windows Forms applications. Additionally, NetAdvantage 2003 Vol. 3...

IBM refreshes ThinkPad lineup; Big Blue adds models, disk protection system.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan IBM on Monday is adding two systems to its ThinkPad roster of notebooks and boosting the capabilities of several others. Big Blue is releasing the R50 and T41 models, both of which come with a new Active Protection...

Software licensing must evolve, execs say; ASP model, 'casual copying' forcing changes.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- Software licensing practices must change to accommodate economic and technology trends, stressed officials at the SoftSummit conference here on Thursday. Officials from Macromedia, which is using...

IBM expands ISV initiatives to SMBs; Move heats up war with Microsoft.
October 7, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Escalating its war with Microsoft to the SMB (small and midsize business markets), IBM on Tuesday announced it would expand its ISV Advantage program to include SMBs in a number of vertical industries, including retail,...

iWay buys Actional adapter business; Company extends adapter lineup.
October 7, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan iWay Software broadened its adapter portfolio with the acquisition of Actional's adapter business. By acquiring Actional's adapter technologies, iWay brings the total number of adapters it sells to more than 250....

Software licensing issues debated; Industry officials ponder strategies.
October 7, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill SAN JOSE, CALIF. - Should a software vendor bring the hammer down on violators of software usage agreements -- or should it look the other way? This question was debated by members of a panel at the SoftSummit 2003...

UAN will be bigger than CRM, Siebel says; Siebel Exec VP Schmaier says hosted CRM is now a legitimate market.
October 8, 2003... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz SAN DIEGO -- Late Tuesday afternoon, R. David Schmaier, executive vice president of Siebel Systems, fielded questions on the company's announcement made last week that it will partner with IBM to deliver Siebel...

ComponentOne boosts Microsoft apps on mobile devices; Company adds support for the .Net Compact Framework.
October 9, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Boosting development of Microsoft applications for mobile devices, ComponentOne this week announced availability of the Q4 2003 version of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise, which supports the Microsoft .Net Compact...

What's ahead for databases? Panelists discuss the roles of XML, commoditization, open source within databases.
October 9, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill PALO ALTO, CALIF. - Is the database still relevant? Panelists at a Software Development Forum session here Wednesday evening debated this and other questions pertaining to what will be the role of databases in the...

Update: Ballmer calls security 'defining moment' for Microsoft; Microsoft CEO likens company's current security initiatives to its decision to drastically overhaul its Internet strategy in 1995.
October 9, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell NEW ORLEANS -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday outlined an ambitious road map for better ensuring the security of his company's core products, during his keynote speech at the company's annual partner conference...

Siebel introduces BI to broader audience; BI platform targets guided analytics.
October 9, 2003... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz SAN DIEGO -- Siebel Systems formally launched Siebel Customer Analytic Applications 7.7 and Siebel Enterprise Analytic Platform 7.7 on Wednesday at its Siebel User Week show here. The customer analytic...

Sun forging ahead after criticism; Software vice president has mixed response to analyst report.
October 10, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Sun Microsystems remains undaunted by a recent analyst report urging major changes at the company, and will forge ahead with plans to win new business through its server and desktop software systems. In a press...

Microsoft sued over security? No surprises here; The latest lawsuit comes at a time when Redmond is finally taking security seriously -- or seems to be.
October 10, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist Oh, who am I kidding? I'm a columnist. To us, saying "I told you so" means validation akin to Dante Hall's 95-yard touchdown punt return against Denver last weekend. So I get to revel a bit, and once again, I'm...

Instant security breach; Instant messaging is a wonderful tool - except when it comes to protecting your company.
October 10, 2003... Byline: Wayne Rash As corporate workers everywhere have discovered, instant messaging makes communication quick and easy. The problem is, it makes a lot of other things quick and easy, too -- such as security breaches. And it's getting...

Intel pushes serial bus; PCI Express architecture gains momentum.
October 10, 2003... Byline: Mario Apicella Last month, attendees at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) got their first up-close look at PCI Express. Intel demoed a new chip based on the technology that some analysts believe will fully develop in 2004 and flood the...

Elance extends services procurement strategy; Suite focused on integration capabilities.
October 12, 2003... Byline: Mark Jones Services procurement player Elance today launched SPM 4, the next version of its application suite for managing enterprise services spending. The company is targeting what it believes are massive inefficiencies in...

Gates launches Wi-Fi provisioning at ITU; Wireless Provisioning Services upgrade relies on Windows Server 2003.
October 12, 2003... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Bill Gates will use his keynote address at the ITU World Telecom in Geneva this week to unveil Wireless Provisioning Services (WPS) for subscribers to public access hot spots. WPS will become available as a...

EII startup launches flagship wares; Composite Software, headed by former CTO of webMethods Jim Green, introduced on Monday software designed to form an abstraction layer across multiple data sources.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan Startup Composite Software on Monday announced what it called an "information server" to provide EII (enterprise information integration). The company's flagship product, the Composite Information Server, comes...

HP launches mobile products and services at ITU; New products range from servers to cell phones, with Wi-Fi at heart of devices.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz At the ITU World Telecom conference in Geneva this week, Hewlett Packard will launch almost a dozen different services and products all focused on mobility. In her keynote address on Sunday afternoon, CEO...

Kontiki enhances content delivery network; System combines, file-sharing, peer-to-peer technology.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Jason Meserve, Network World Kontiki this week announced version 3.0 of its Delivery Management System (DMS) featuring a plug-in for secure content delivery and the ability to target content at specific people or groups in an...

PeopleSoft sill hush on integration plans; Company has yet to outline plans for working J.D. Edwards' products into its own line.
October 13, 2003... PeopleSoft Inc. is keeping silent over its plans for integrating J.D. Edwards & Co.'s (JDE) products into its own, at least in the Asia-Pacific region.A spokesperson for PeopleSoft Australia answered a Computerworld inquiry with "we're moving...

TriGeo, Platform Logic update security software; TriGeo improves log filtering and desktop coverage, Platform Logic upgrades AppFire suite with Unix support.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Scott Tyler Shafer With the near daily arrival of new worms, viruses, and threats, keeping up with the Joneses is the modes operandi for companies in the security market. Start-ups TriGeo and Platform Logic are not immune, and this...

webMethods snags The Mind Electric, DataChannel; EAI player goes on buying spree to gain Web services platform and portal technology.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan EAI supplier webMethods on Monday announced two acquisitions and the closing of another. The company said it will acquire The Mind Electric for its Web services platform as well as DataChannel's portal technology....

Westbridge enhances Web services management; Company announces XMS product to boost service-oriented architectures.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Web services management software vendor Westbridge Technology on Monday will announce Westbridge XML Message Server (XMS) 3.0, which is focused on deployment of service-oriented architectures (SOA). The product...

Interview: Andreessen sees DCML taking off; Opsware chairman talks about the future prospects for proposed utility computing standard.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Opsware Chairman Marc Andreessen has never shied away from the bleeding edge. The creator of Netscape, which was one of the fundamental drivers that helped popularize the Internet, Andreessen has consistently pushed...

Interview: Six Apart's degree of Weblog integration; Blog tools vendor positions itself for enterprise growth.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Mark Jones Weblogs are often portrayed as little more than online diaries. But according to Six Apart's Vice President of Business Development Anil Dash, there are enterprise opportunities ahead. In an interview with Executive News...

EDS, Opsware back new utility computing standard; Data Center Markup Language proposed by 25 companies.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell BOSTON -- Hoping to bring utility computing closer to fruition, 25 companies on Tuesday unveiled a new XML-based standards initiative, called the Data Center Markup Language (DCML). The DCML specification is designed to...

MySQL buys high-availability vendor Alzato; Company will add clustering to open source database.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill MySQL plans to integrate high-availability clustering technology into its open source database through the acquisition of Alzato, announced on Tuesday. Alzato, a venture company started by Ericsson in 2000, has...

Microsoft links Visual Studio, Office system; Apps can be built for Word, Excel.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft on Monday launched Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System, extending Visual Studio .Net 2003 and the Microsoft .Net Framework to applications built on the latest versions of Word and Excel, the...

Microsoft readies Web services apps framework; 'Indigo' technology to be touted at Professional Developers Conference 2003.
October 15, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft at its Professional Developers Conference 2003 event in Los Angeles in two weeks will shed light on "Indigo," which is the company's upcoming Web services applications framework. The company also will discuss...

Siebel loses $59.3 million; UpShot acquisition surprises industry.
October 15, 2003... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Siebel Systems released its third quarter financial results on Wednesday and announced the acquisition of UpShot, an online hosted CRM service, and Motiva, an enterprise incentive management software vendor. ...

W3C hails Web-based forms standard; XForms 1.0 is approved.
October 15, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Web standards body the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) this week finalized a specification for next-generation Web-based forms used for e-commerce transactions. The XForms 1.0 Recommendation combines the ability to...

Iona unveils tools for middleware 'renovation'; Artix products enable IT to tap into existing middleware stacks.
October 17, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan Iona on Monday plans to announce four new services-oriented integration products under the Artix moniker. The Artix software line is designed to enable what Iona's CTO Eric Newcomer has referred to as "renovating"...

Microsoft and Venali deliver electronic faxes in a whole new way; FoIP meshes nicely with Office 2003.
October 17, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist While I'm still on the fence about Outlook 2003's new interface, I am impressed with a few of its bells and whistles. One you might not see unless you dig a little deeper is its built-in FoIP (Fax over IP) capability....

Storm watch for your security; Accurate forecasting, whether for the weather or security, can make or break your threat response.
October 17, 2003... Byline: Wayne Rash As I drove through the hundreds of miles of devastation following the recent hurricane that struck the U.S. east coast, it was clear how important an accurate forecast can be. It may be easy to dismiss Al Roker as...

Quantum thrives on compatibility; New tape drive propels Quantum's lead.
October 17, 2003... Byline: Mario Apicella By the time you read this column, Quantum should have made available its latest, most capacious and fastest tape unit to date. Of course, I'm speaking of the SDLT (super digital linear tape) 600, named after its...

Oak Grove updates workflow engine; Version 5.5 combines extensibility, ease-of-use.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan Oak Grove Systems on Monday announced its latest workflow engine, Reactor 5.5. Reactor 5.5 began life as a software product sold primarily to OEMs, but with this version Oak Grove hopes to appeal directly to...

OASIS adds ebXML business process committee; Group seeks to further develop model for business collaborations over the Internet.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill OASIS on Monday said it has formed an ebXML Business Process Technical Committee to further define the ebXML BPSS (e-business XML Business Process Specification Schema) model for business collaborations within and...

SupportSoft refreshes tech support suite; Company aims to automate tech support with real-time services management software.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan SupportSoft on Monday released a new version of its real-time service management platform. With the aim of automating tech support, the Real-Time Service Management Version 6.0 suite now carries components designed...

Adobe heralds 3D authoring, radiosity lighting; Interactive Web environments enabled by tool.
October 21, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Adobe Systems on Wednesday is introducing its 3D authoring tool, Adobe Atmosphere, for building multimedia-based interactive environments for the Web and PDF files. With Atmosphere, Web designers and digital document...

Fiorina hails new horizontal paradigm; HP CEO says companies need to stop thinking of technologies as islands.
October 21, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan ORLANDO, FLA. -- Carly Fiorina said that the era of building technology silos within an enterprise needs to end and, as such, companies need to start thinking horizontally, rather than vertically. Fiorina was...

Ballmer, Barrett weigh in on security; Execs say security is a manageable issue.
October 21, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan ORLANDO, Fla. -- Speaking in separate sessions Tuesday at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo here, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Intel's chief Craig Barrett discussed the looming security issue. Both executives...

Borland bulks up JBuilder; Company calls JBuilder X most significant upgrade since JBuilder 6.
October 21, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan Borland on Tuesday pried the lid off JBuilder X, the latest incarnation of its Java development environment, with feature improvements designed to increase developer productivity. In what officials referred to as...

OASIS works on specs for asynchronous Web services; Standards body creating protocol for long-running transactions.
October 21, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan ORLANDO, FLA. -- The OASIS standards body is in the early stages of building a specification that will handle asynchrony for Web services. The ASAP (Asynchronous Service Access Protocol) technical committee began...

Software AG brings XML to Adabas; Product uses Web services to access legacy system.
October 22, 2003... Software AG this week brought to market the EntireX XML Gateway, a product that enables users of the Adabas database to modernize their systems by publishing that data via XML and Web services. The company said that there are about 1,000...

Cappellas says path ahead is clear; MCI's CEO claims company is on fast track to recovery from bankruptcy.
October 22, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan ORLANDO, Fla. -- Michael Cappellas, CEO of MCI, said the company is well on its way to emerging from bankruptcy, and provided a glimpse of its plans to move forward after that. During a keynote speech at the...

Tech CEOs defend offshore outsourcing; Craig Barrett and Carly Fiorina say U.S. government needs to pitch in toward making country more competitive.
October 22, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan ORLANDO, FLA. -- Make no mistake about it, offshore outsourcing has a bad rap. No one likes the idea of exporting jobs to another country. But, then again, the U.S. government is not doing nearly enough to foster,...

Microsoft offers glimpse of the future; Early Longhorn code will be among items of interest at developers conference.
October 22, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell and Paul Krill Microsoft will attempt to whip up enthusiasm among its nation of developers next week when it shows off many of the pieces that will serve as the foundation of its technology vision of the future for...

SuSE goes after Exchange; Company accommodates Outlook users.
October 22, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Trying to cut deeper into the market share of Microsoft's Exchange Server e-mail system, SuSE Linux on Wednesday is rolling out a version of Openexchange that features improved server support for Windows Outlook users....

SAS, Information Builders ramp up BI toolboxes; SAS details Information Evolution Model service; IBI to partner with Netegrity, update WebFocus.
October 22, 2003... Byline: Tom Sullivan ORLANDO, FLA. -- SAS Institute this week unveiled what it calls the IEM (Information Evolution Model), and Information Builders said that it will detail a pact with Netegrity and take the wraps off a new version of...

IBM program aimed at datacenters; New services program aims to streamline IT.
October 23, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Hoping to leverage its experience in helping corporate users run their datacenters, IBM Global Services on Thursday rolled out a new set of services intended to help users sketch out a blueprint for streamlining their...

ManageSoft updates BI suite with new analytics; Suite lets IT shops track assets, licenses and better manage configuration and patches.
October 23, 2003... Byline: Jack McCarthy ManageSoft this week released the ManageSoft Business Intelligence 6.6 suite, with new analytics functionality designed specifically for IT shops. The ManageSoft suite includes software configuration management...

IBM execs ponder technology plans; Semantic Web, Eclipse improvements eyed.
October 24, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill BURLINGAME, Calif. -- IBM is eyeing tools enhancements to accommodate the semantic Web and also wants to boost the Eclipse open source development tool project. Company officials met at their Academy of Technology...

Law proposed for security audits; Public companies would report results yearly.
October 24, 2003... WASHINGTON -- New legislation being drafted in the U.S. House of Representatives, which could be introduced as early as next week, would require all publicly traded companies to conduct independent computer security assessments and report the...

IBM previewing DB2 upgrade; 'Stinger' release, due in 2004, is first in a series of previews.
October 24, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill IBM on Monday is previewing enhancements planned for the next version of the DB2 database that are intended to help simplify development of applications for the Microsoft .Net platform. IBM anticipates its DB2...

Office 2003's InfoPath is a winner, but OneNote is subjective; Time spent with new apps reveals that 2003 may be a good vintage for Office.
October 24, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist No, we're not done with Office 2003 coverage just yet. I'm still faxing folks via my integrated Venali account mentioned in the previous column, but there's certainly more nuggets to be mined in Office 2003. The two...

Hello? Spam calling; It's not just for desktops anymore: Killing mobile-phone spam requires a new approach.
October 24, 2003... Byline: Wayne Rash Honolulu, Hawaii - When you're working at the Advanced Network Computing Laboratory (ANCL) at the University of Hawaii, you quickly learn a number of important facts about Spam. Here we're talking about the canned spiced...

The ultimate frontier for file sharing; Panasas introduces object-based storage worthy of a closer look.
October 24, 2003... Byline: Mario Apicella It's pop quiz time. Is Panasas a Greek island; a storage vendor; or an Australian airline? If you answered "a storage vendor," then you are correct. (Note to my editor: If you answered differently, consider...

Actional links Web services monitoring to Microsoft; Looking Glass tied to MOM.
October 27, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Actional on Monday will announce bidirectional integration of its Looking Glass Web services monitoring system with the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) systems management platform. Through the arrangement, the...

Web services, XML touted for Longhorn; Microsoft again beats drum for planned operating system.
October 27, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft Senior Vice President Jim Allchin at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference here on Monday touted the upcoming Longhorn release of Windows for its XML, Web services, collaboration, and...

Lotus set to launch Workplace 1.1; Updated collaboration platform gains team and real-time collaboration components.
October 27, 2003... Byline: Cathleen Moore Next week IBM's Lotus Software plans to detail the next step in its Workplace strategy with the introduction of the 1.1 version of its J2EE-based platform for collaboration. First introduced earlier this year,...

Linux 2.6 creeps forward; OSDL releases test version of the kernel.
October 27, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Version 2.6 of the Linux kernel crept a little closer to reality as the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) on Monday made available a test version of the technology aimed primarily at enterprise developers. The OSDL...

AmberPoint, Microsoft partner on Web services; Visual Studio gets management software.
October 28, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill LOS ANGELES -- AmberPoint on Tuesday will unveil an abbreviated version of its Web services management software, AmberPoint Express, that will be distributed with the planned "Whidbey" version of the Microsoft Visual...

InterSystems details new integration suite; Ensemble package speeds up integration, company says.
October 28, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell Taking a suite approach to integration, InterSystems on Tuesday rolled out an integration platform that melds functions from integration and application servers, an object database, and a development and management...

SQL Server 'Yukon' to get XML data type; CLR integration also planned for database.
October 28, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft at its Professional Developers Conference 2003 here on Tuesday will discuss intentions to add an XML data type to its SQL Server database, with the Yukon release of the product planned for late...

Microsoft eyes Web services design tool; Offering to be similar to BEA product.
October 28, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft, at its Professional Developers Conference 2003 here, plans to reveal details of a Web services design tool that is intended to be similar, albeit superior, to BEA Systems' WebLogic Workshop...

Microsoft riding Whitehorse for developers; Services-oriented systems enabled with Whidbey tool.
October 28, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft in the "Whidbey" version of the Visual Studio tool, due in 2004, will feature a set of design tools called "Whitehorse," to enable building of services-oriented systems. Whitehorse enables...

Ixiasoft enhances XML database; With latest iteration, company touts security, version control.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Ixiasoft on Monday will introduce a beta version of its Textml Server 3.0 database product for native XML storage, featuring boosted security. The company said reliability and productivity have been enhanced as...

Computer Associates boosts .Net Web services; Forthcoming software to integrate with Microsoft Operations Manager.
October 30, 2003... Byline: Paul Krill Looking to boost the management of Web services on the Microsoft .Net platform, Computer Associates plans to link its upcoming Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) software to the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)...

IBM adds 10 new Express products; Big Blue continues SMB march with integration, information management wares.
October 31, 2003... Byline: Ed Scannell IBM on Friday continued its hot pursuit of the mid-market, adding 10 new offerings to its Express line of products and services, most of which are intended to improve integration and information management capabilities...

While waiting for Longhorn, the new Exchange 2003 is well worth a look; Enhanced manageability stands out, and not surprisingly, some features require an Outlook upgrade.
October 31, 2003... Byline: Oliver Rist "A long way to Longhorn." Should we call it Latehorn? Why are all my fellow pundits suddenly so concerned with whether or not Microsoft can deliver its next-generation client on schedule? Of course it can't. That's...

Appliance security: What's inside does matter; Pardon me while I grep this box: Mainstream OSes in your appliances make infrastructure easier to manage, but are they safe?
October 31, 2003... Byline: Wayne Rash I was watching over the engineer's shoulder while he demonstrated the management interface for an infrastructure product. It was a CLI (command line interface), but it brought back a lot of memories. "Say," I said, as...

Startup proposes time-stamp backups; In many ways, storing data to magnetic media is like writing in the sand.
October 31, 2003... Byline: Mario Apicella Let's face it: The data we save to storage is ephemeral. At any time that data content can permanently change, often without warning and possibly without intention. In many ways, storing data to magnetic media is...