InfoWorld articles from April 2000

InfoWorld archives from April 2000

Freedom of exchange - Online markets start to interoperate.(Company Business and Marketing)(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... AS BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS trading exchanges proliferate, the speed of integrating business systems into one or several networks is fast becoming a crucial issue for suppliers looking to broaden their potential customer base without rewiring their...

Antitrust anticlimax? Internet time could make Microsoft case irrelevant.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... MICROSOFT AND THE U.S. Department of Justice are going to the brink to try to settle the landmark antitrust case filed against the software giant, but the shifting technology and business landscape is raising questions of how much impact any...

FROM THE NEWS DESK: Pinning Microsoft up against the ropes.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... After nearly three years of fierce and tense battling, now Microsoft and government prosecutors want to step to the middle of the ring and shake hands. But settling with an official monopoly power is dangerous and won't likely solve the...

SAS looks to add number crunching to e-biz.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... SAS INSTITUTE this year is looking to greatly expand its Web presence, giving customers a foundation of data analysis for CRM (customer relationship management) and e-commerce applications. SAS is developing server-side, Java-based...

Vendors push apps integration for e-business.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS this week, IBM, New Era of Networks (Neon), and Vitria Technology will give further blessing to the shift under way in the EAI (enterprise application integration) market from a back-end legacy systems focus to a full-fledged...

Oracle increases XML support.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... ORACLE LAST WEEK extended its support of XML in an effort to bridge the development gap between XML and Java, adding XML support to its JDeveloper 3.1 product and an XML Schema Parser to its XDK (XML developer's kit). Oracle JDeveloper 3.1...

Net patents process receives an overhaul.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... THE U.S. PATENT and Trademark Office (PTO) last week detailed a new initiative to address industry criticism over its practices for issuing Internet-related business method patents, which some argue are too broad-based and monopolistic. ...

Free ISPs proliferating - Companies looking for online sales, customers that stick.(Corporations offer free Internet access to loyal customers)(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... WITH LESS THAN 50 percent of American homes connected to the Internet, a new e-commerce strategy is emerging among traditional brick-and- mortar companies to get millions of brand-loyal customers online. Kmart, NBC, Ford Motor, Delta Air...

Internet World: Infrastructure, service keys.(GTE Internetworking, IBM, and Cisco Systems offer Hosted E-Commerce program)(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE on the fast-growing infrastructure requirements of e-business ventures, industry stalwarts this week at Internet World in Los Angeles will tout all-in-one services. GTE Internetworking, IBM, and Cisco Systems plan to...

Web technologies in spotlight.(News Briefs)
April 3, 2000... INTERNET WORLD IN Los Angeles this week will play host to the premiere of several technologies aimed at improving the Web experience for both end-users and developers. A beta version of the Netscape 6 browser will be unveiled by Steve...

Lucent deploys VoiceXML - New Speech Server to use voice-over-Web technology.(Lucent Technologies)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... AT THE INTERNET WORLD show in Los Angeles this week, Lucent Technologies plans to roll out its first product leveraging the recently developed VoiceXML specification. VoiceXML is an open programming language used to make Web content and...

IBM dot-com unit.(IBM Global Services focuses on digital network market)(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... IBM is expected to outline a new plan intended to move its IBM Global Services division more into the dot-com arena. Believed to be much like a program offered by competitor Hewlett-Packard, the new strategy will target companies that are...

Sprint, MS partner.(Microsoft)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... Sprint has three announcements planned for Internet World, one involving a partnership with Microsoft. Although the company would provide few details, the Microsoft alliance will be aimed at giving Sprint a value-add in its current e-business...

Audiopoint expands.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... Audiopoint will launch a new host of categories available through its speech-recognition audiopoint service. The service will be expanded to include business, sports, local traffic (in 20 cities), weather, and entertainment, according to Nick...

THE BUG REPORT.(News Briefs)(Product Information)
April 3, 2000... Microsoft: A C2 update for Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a is needed if you want a C2-compliant system. It fixes the problem in which NetBT disallows unprivileged user-mode applications from sharing TCP and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) ports...

Novell dresses in DENIM - New architecture helps vendor refocus on e- commerce.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... NOVELL'S BRAINSHARE 2000 conference last week in Salt Lake City marked the emergence of a refocused Novell, centered around a corporate vision of "one Net." The company also made clear its intentions to provide Internet services software that...

Novell pushes wide-ranging product road map.(BrainShare conference)(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... NOVELL AT ITS BrainShare conference last week revealed a slew of planned product upgrades, ranging from a version of NDS due next year to incremental improvements planned for NetWare this year. A version of NDS, code-named Falcon, will...

IBM, Qwest ink deal to build e-commerce hosting centers.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... FURTHERING THE blistering rate at which major data centers are being built around the world, IBM and Qwest Communications last week signed a multiyear deal to build 28 e-commerce data centers during the next three years. IBM's Global...

IBM looks to provide all-in-one SAN solution.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... IN STEP WITH the trend toward bundling multiple IT services into one package, IBM last week announced a SAN (storage area network) initiative. The initiative creates 50 new SAN solution centers to develop all-in- one storage solutions that...

IBM eyes commerce sites - Commerce Suite speeds creation of online marketplaces.(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... IBM LAST WEEK announced an integrated server-based software suite that gives ISPs, ASPs (application service providers), and financial institutions the chance to offer small and midsize users a faster way to set up a marketplace in a shared...

Upgrades deal with change.(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... AS MOST people know, change of any kind within an organization can be painful. To help alleviate that strain as it relates to corporate application infrastructures, software vendors Continuus and Merant this week will roll out new change...

Cisco boosts IP telephony - Vendor to ship its first enterprise-level Internet phones.(CallManager 3.0, IP Phone 7960 from Cisco Systems Inc)(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... CISCO SYSTEMS will this month ship its second-generation IP telephony products, which are the first from Cisco to target enterprise-level customers. "Scalability and the implementation factor are the major issues for large enterprises...

Lucent start-up pushes speedy video.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... LUCENT LAST WEEK hatched a high-speed video start-up dubbed Geo Video Networks to act as service provider for corporations looking to add Internet video applications. Geo Video will aim first at providing video applications to financial,...

Juniper router speeds traffic between hubs.(Juniper Networks M160 bridge/router installed by UUNet and Cable & Wireless)(Product Information)
April 3, 2000... INTERNET BACKBONE carriers UUNet and Cable & Wireless last week jumped at the chance to tout supercharged OC192c or 10Gbps speeds between major hubs. The carriers were among the first to incorporate Juniper Networks' new router, the M160...

Online market takes off - Major exchange is launched for aerospace and defense.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... ONE BY ONE, competing companies in major industry segments are coming together to form buying coalitions that participants claim will reduce supply-chain costs, speed time to market, and cut waste. A global trading exchange was announced...

Ensuring secure transmission.(Product Information)
April 3, 2000... ENSURING SECURE transmission, reception, and management of e-mail messages and digital content is rapidly becoming a key challenge for IT managers as these technologies become increasingly essential for e- business operations. From e-mail...

Garden.com sees flowers blooming on Web - CTO Andy Martin discusses the company's technology and business challenges and life on the Web.(Company Operations)
April 3, 2000... GARDEN.COM HAS become the de facto Web site for gardening enthusiasts around the world. Its success has been mostly due to Garden.com's ability to build an intricate supply-chain infrastructure that allows it to deliver perishable goods in a...

PARTNERSHIP: AT&T extends access deal with Excite@Home.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... AT&T last week signaled that it will prolong its agreement with cable mate Excite@Home, but also took the opportunity to reiterate its open- access pledge. AT&T, Comcast, and Cox Communications entered new distribution agreements with Excite,...

ACQUISITION: Cisco to purchase SightPath for $800 million in stock.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... CISCO SYSTEMS LAST week said it will purchase SightPath, a maker of Internet appliances, in an all-stock deal valued at about $800 million. Cisco's interest in privately held SightPath lies in SightPath's content-delivery appliances, which...

FINANCIALS: Cabletron beats Q4 predictions.(Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... CABLETRON SYSTEMS last week reported fourth-quarter net income of $28.1 million, or 15 cents per diluted share (which excludes extraordinary charges), squeezing past First Call/Thomson Financial analyst estimates of 14 cents per share. ...

Speech vendor Lernout & Hauspie swallows rival Dragon.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... LERNOUT & HAUSPIE, one of three leading ISVs that sells a voice recognition application for PCs, announced plans last week to acquire one of its two longtime rivals: privately held Dragon Systems. L&H will acquire all of Dragon's...

Business-intelligence vendors expand online capabilities.(Business Objects, Informix, Actuate)(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... WITH PRODUCT LAUNCHES touching on an array of business-intelligence needs, vendors such as Business Objects, Informix, and Actuate last week looked to advance the ease with which corporate decision-makers receive and view reports and business...

Centricity helps set app delivery policies.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... CENTRICITY, a start-up launching this week, is targeting the control and delivery of "personal application services" across the Internet as its answer to managing expanding custom-based infrastructure policies. The software vendor has...

Resonate promises better Internet Service Management.(Resonate Commader 3.1, Resonate Global Dispatch 3.0, Enterprise Services Console 2.0 Web site management software)(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... NETWORK MANAGEMENT specialist Resonate has updated its Internet Service Management product line with upgrades for Resonate Commander 3.1, Resonate Global Dispatch 3.0, and Enterprise Services Console 2.0. Commander 3.1 has been expanded to...

Smart buildings meet technology demands - Built-in broadband access can better meet the cutting-edge needs of Internet companies.(Company Operations)
April 3, 2000... AT 55 BROAD ST. in Manhattan, 16 ISPs, eight long-distance companies, and six local dial-tone providers all cohabitate in a single skyscraper, forming the nation's first "smart building." These office buildings are outfitted with advanced...

Brick-and-mortars take the e-commerce plunge.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... AFTER THREE YEARS of tracking the phenomenal growth of electronic business, brick-and-mortar companies are ready to make their Internet move. By now, the e-business drivers at these traditional companies have a good grasp of the problems...

Where will e-business take you? InfoWorld survey respondents are headed toward in-house development, b-to-b commerce.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... THERE'S A LOT OF HYPE out there concerning hot trends and new technologies that are reshaping the Internet industry, probably too much for any one company to sift through. But how is the Internet actually affecting the business decisions that...

TEST CENTER.(IBM's WebSphere Commerce Suite 4.1 Pro Edition, Intershop Enfinity Developer Edition, Microsoft Site Server Commerce Edition 3.0 e-commerce software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
April 3, 2000... End-to-end Web site systems Catching Net customers Now is the time to revitalize your company's image and profits with a compelling Web storefront. An all-in-one e-commerce development package will help your IT staff build the site...

AS/400 has the right stuff for e-commerce - Java, Domino key to the midrange platform's e-business renewal.(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
April 3, 2000... IBM'S VENERABLE AS/400 could be the most misunderstood computer on the planet. Despite a 10-year history and worldwide sales of 700,000 units, it remains something of a mystery -- even among fans who support the platform with Macintosh-like...

Scoping for hot talent - The crunch is on to find -- and keep -- business-savvy IT professionals for e-commerce efforts.(News Briefs)
April 3, 2000... WHAT DO AN Austin Powers look-alike and a lava lamp giveaway have to do with e-commerce hiring? Give up? Just ask Lante.When the rapidly growing e-commerce consulting company had a mere four weeks to open and staff its office in Austin, Texas,...

ENTERPRISE TOOLBOX: E-commerce success requires commitment to building a proper customer 'community'.(News Briefs)
April 3, 2000... MS. BEEEGS," the lanky, short-haired man yelled across the store, "we started carrying that brand of cat food that you like. You'll find it in aisle three." With his words ringing in my ears, I hustled to the appropriate location, and the cat...

SITE SAVVY: To create a community, look to a good platform and examine the needs of your customers.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
April 3, 2000... I NEVER REALLY HAD a lot of fun at the "community" pool. There was too much noise, too many rules, and patches of yellow water. I had little in common with screaming children and panicked mothers, and even less in common with the adults wearing...

PLATFORMS & INFRASTRUCTURE - HOTLINKS.(News Briefs)
April 3, 2000... BREAKING NEWS ONLINE Platforms & Infrastructure breaking news and business briefs: For the latest Platforms & Infrastructure news, go to InfoWorld.com's Home Page at www.infoworld.com. Articles on topics such as WAN and LAN networking,...

Solaris 8 keeps Web apps online - Strong availability, scalability, and security create high value for Sun's OS.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
April 3, 2000... KEEPING YOUR Internet services running reliably may be the essence of your company's business. Your revenues, partnerships, and employees may depend on your ability to stay online. Furthermore, the rapid growth of Internet business has sparked...

AceDirector 3 reduces hardware needs - Combination product costs less than separate devices.(Alteon WebSystems' network switch)(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
April 3, 2000... CO-LOCATED network infrastructures can get jumbled -- not to mention costly -- when you must have a switch (layer 2), a router (layer 3), and a load-balancing solution (anywhere from layer 4 to layer 7). Having to maintain separate devices...

3Com AirConnect frees users, lowers costs of network cabling.(wireless LAN/WAN system)(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
April 3, 2000... LET'S FACE IT: Laying new cable for a growing LAN is a hassle. However, a wireless LAN, which is an extension of a traditional wired network, may be a good alternative. Although the wireless LAN technology has been around for a while, it's...

SECURITY WATCH: The impressive quality of freeware security tools for Windows NT continues to amaze us.(Cerberus Internet Scanner security software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
April 3, 2000... WE RECEIVE AT LEAST a dozen e-mail messages a week that ask in one form or another, "How do I secure my Windows network?" The answer, as always, is "Arm yourself with the right tools, and learn by using." There was a brief period of inactivity...

WINDOW MANAGER: Using dual processors in Windows 2000 and improving swap-file usage in Windows 98.(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... MICROSOFT IS reportedly coming out with its first service pack for Windows 2000 sometime around June. This should satisfy companies that have been waiting to see if there are any major bugs before rolling out W2K. The initial reaction to...

THE OPEN SOURCE: An object programming lesson on how you canbe successful when doing signals and slots.(Technology Tutorial)(Tutorial)
April 3, 2000... I'VE HAD TO DO a little programming recently, something I don't often do anymore. As a result, I've been bitten by that programming bug again. That's what inspired me to look at Zope last week. And it's what drove me to investigate programming...

Combined forces.(GTE-Bell Atlantic merger)(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... Theodore Raffetto, the president of Bell Atlantic's Data Solutions Group, ponders the merge of GTE and Bell Atlantic UPON COMPLETION of their pending merger, GTE and Bell Atlantic likely will come out strong for enterprise data business,...

Convergence is the future for Internet service.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... CONVERGENCE IS the key for companies that still want to be in business in the service provider industry of the future, Roderrick Randall, executive vice president of Global Marketing, Internetworking Systems for Lucent Technologies, said in a...

U.K. fuels flat-rate access.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... WITH THE WAVE OF flat-rate Internet pricing announcements made by companies in the U.K. recently, Internet and telecommunications industry insiders in Europe expect low-cost pricing schemes to flood the rest of Europe, knocking down cost...

Online Europe no longer chasing the United States.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... AFTER MUCH waiting, the online industry in Europe is no longer just chasing the United States, but has finally found its own identity, according to remarks made by AOL Europe Chief Operating Officer Konrad Hilbers. A lack of flat-rate...

FCC to open up the skies to the highest wireless-industry bidders.(Government Activity)(Column)
April 3, 2000... WHEN I WAS A young college student with entrepreneurial aspirations, I was constantly on the lookout for something new to sell. I would mentally sort through every industry, looking for the obvious commodity that hadn't been discovered yet. But...

Symbol, Telia make a deal.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... WIRELESS NETWORKING is poised to finally reach beyond its traditional strongholds in vertical markets, thanks to innovative services such as Telia Mobile's HomeRun offering aimed at general business users, officials at the Swedish mobile...

Palm launches handhelds for Japanese market.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... PALM HAS LAUNCHED a Japanese subsidiary, Palm Computing K.K., to market and sell Japanese versions of Palm handheld products, according to a company announcement. Along with the new subsidiary, which will have headquarters in Tokyo, the...

StarMedia, PSINet team up on Latin America Internet deal.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, StarMedia and PSINet have decided to partner, showing that virtually anything goes these days in the manic Latin America Internet market. StarMedia, which operates a variety of Web sites and portals geared primarily at...

INTRANETS & I-COMMERCE - HOTLINKS.(News Briefs)
April 3, 2000... BREAKING NEWS ONLINE I-commerce breaking news and business briefs: For the latest news on the products and companies in the I-commerce marketplace, turn to www.infoworld.com. Breaking news and business briefs are updated throughout the...

Customer service meets the Web - Internet-based solutions increase communication, satisfaction, and sales.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... FOR BUSINESS-to-business and business-to-consumer Web sites, online customers are becoming not only more plentiful, but also more demanding. This presents both a challenge and an opportunity. With the competition only a click away, the pressure...

Powerful Talisma Enterprise Edition raises the eCRM bar - Comprehensive system speeds customer service response times, decreases service staffing costs.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
April 3, 2000... BOTH E-BUSINESSES and brick-and-mortar shops hopping on the Web wagon have high hopes of luring customers via the Internet. But what happens when the masses arrive? Many companies are struggling with customer service representative shortages,...

LiveMotion aims to steal Flash's thunder - Tool offers strong site design, familiar Adobe interface.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
April 3, 2000... MANY e-commerce companies are jockeying for customers by creating increasingly sophisticated Web sites. If you're looking for a way to make your site more consumer-friendly, consider purchasing Adobe LiveMotion 1.0 for your Web designers. This...

VPN cuts CompuCom's home-office telecom costs.(Company Operations)
April 3, 2000... COMPUCOM SYSTEMS' plans for driving down costs by moving to a virtual office model were nearly derailed by astronomical telecommunications charges. By moving 3,500 workers from branch offices to home offices, CompuCom, which sells...

TEST CENTER RX: Swapping DHCP servers fools domain controller into telling the clients that no one is home.(Technology Tutorial)
April 3, 2000... I'm trying to solve my DHCP [Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol] problem, and I could use your help. I have an existing PDC [primary domain controller] that was running DHCP and WINS [Windows Internet Naming Service]. But I needed to replace...

IS SURVIVAL GUIDE: The PrinterShredder is now obsolete, but it's not too late for the business dashboard.(News Briefs)
April 3, 2000... MANAGEMENT SPEAK: Tell me how we can improve our department so we can be more productive. TRANSLATION: We want to find out who the troublemakers are. -- This week's contributor didn't want the troublemaker revealed... he asked to...

TO THE EDITOR.(Letter to the Editor)
April 3, 2000... Radiate responds RECENTLY, InfoWorld columnist Brian Livingston raised several concerns about my company's privacy policy (see March 20, and March 27). Mr. Livingston has a reputation for impartial journalism within the technology...

PEER TO PEER: Companies can turn to course aggregators to find the training they need.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... These days, employee education is no longer an option for most companies -- it's a business necessity. Rapidly changing technology and a shortage of experienced IT talent has led to a boom in on-the-job training programs, both as a way to stay...

FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF: Business-to-business-to-consumer signals the next generation of e-business.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... We have now lived through so many iterations of the Internet that it's hard to keep track of what actual stage we're in. For example, this time last year the hottest topic of discussion was business-to-consumer e-commerce applications that were...

Let's talk about earning potential.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... Reaching the salary-negotiation stage of the interview process means you have one big hurdle left. Here are some tips for successfully negotiating your compensation package. YOU'VE JUST IMPRESSED the interviewer with your education,...

STATE SNAPSHOT: Nevada.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... A booming gaming industry has led to bright economic times for Nevada, but opportunities for IT professionals tend to be limited, despite a tight labor market. Vital statistics Population: State - 1,809,253 (ranks 35th in nation)...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Bobby throws the book at DSL dummies, while Madison goes e-postal.(News Briefs)
April 3, 2000... MAYBE IT WAS FATE or some kind of alignment of the planets, but Madison is working out great. Personally, I keep telling myself that it must have something to do with the University of Wisconsin, which is in Madison, and its men's...

THE GRIPE LINE: Vendors don't want you to sell used software as you would used books or CDs.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to resell a copy of a software program you legally acquired? With a book or a video, the publisher would have no objections, but software publishers have long been reluctant to acknowledge that users have such a right. And...

FROM THE ETHER: Here's a vignette about how e-commerce platforms are shaking out in the future.
April 3, 2000... THERE ARE NOW a gazillion companies selling software for putting businesses on the Internet. Analyst Albert Pang at IDC.com keeps a list of them. His list raises the question: Which ones will be left standing at the end of what day? ...

NET PROPHET: Ask Mr. Magic Eightball your toughest questions about Internet strategy.(Humor)
April 3, 2000... [Editor's Note: It is our pleasure to welcome a guest columnist, noted Internet consultant Mr. Magic Eightball. Anyone who makes Internet strategy decisions is intimately familiar with Mr. Eightball's work. He has taken time out of his tour to...

Real-time vendors enterprise - Vendors enable nimble businesses.(Technology Information)
April 10, 2000... AS THE DIGITAL economy forces corporations to adapt business models and react to customers at breakneck speed, top-tier hardware and software players are looking to build systems that integrate users' business-to- business operations and...

Microsoft's legal gambit - The jury's out on impact of landmark monopoly ruling.(Company Business and Marketing)(Column)
April 10, 2000... SO, HOW DO YOU feel about doing business with an illegal monopoly? That is the question Microsoft's partners and customers are mulling over in the wake of U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's historic ruling that found the software...

FROM THE NEWS DESK: Failure to settle only clouds Microsoft case.(Company Business and Marketing)(Editorial)
April 10, 2000... The hard-liners that prevented a settlement in the historic antitrust case against Microsoft did the software behemoth the biggest favor since the court battle began by allowing U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to make a ruling. ...

Netscape 6 browser makes its debut.(Product Development)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2000... America Online and Netscape unveiled a beta version of the Netscape 6 browser, built on Netscape's Gecko engine, that is intended to be faster, easier-to-use, and a lighter download than previous versions. Netscape 6 includes support for...

Active Directory bug found.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2000... Microsoft has acknowledged the presence of a bug in Windows 2000 that could render Active Directory inoperable. The bug, which was first detected by BugNet, manifests itself on Windows 2000 servers that are being used as domain controllers...

Lotus releases Domino.Doc 3.0 beta.(Product Development)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2000... Lotus Development this week will take the wraps off a beta version of Domino.Doc 3.0, Lotus' enterprise document management solution. Domino.Doc 3.0 features a new user interface and Windows Explorer integration, as well as a "library...

Apple evolves with open-source Darwin.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 10, 2000... Apple Computer furthered its open-source strategy with the release of Darwin 1.0, the foundation technology for the Mac OS X operating system. Developers will be able to tailor the OS X code to specific applications and system requirements...

Consortium formed to set privacy guidelines.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 10, 2000... TWENTY-SIX COMPANIES banded together at Spring Internet World in Los Angeles last week to form the Personalization Consortium, in an attempt to tackle some of the tricky privacy issues surrounding personalization technology. The group will...

Most valuable customer? Dell courts service providers as part of growing trend.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 10, 2000... AS DELL COMPUTER last week announced a series of products, services, and initiatives focused on the service provider market, the changing future for customers in the high-tech industry began to come into focus. For everyone from hardware...

Hologix seeks to enable more sophisticated negotiations.(Product Announcement)
April 10, 2000... WITH THIS WEEK'S launch of its Attricom attribute-based specification management software, Hologix aims to push trading exchanges beyond the realm of catalog-type products and their tendency to limit negotiations. Attricom, intended for...

Ellison touts completeness, Oracle ships wares.(Product Announcement)
April 10, 2000... ONCE AGAIN MAKING the claim that today's computing environments provide little more than "distributed complexity," Oracle's chairman and CEO Larry Ellison last week divulged launch dates for several promised products, including Oracle's 8i...