InfoWorld articles from August 2002

InfoWorld archives from August 2002

Dynamic desktop links - Vendors tie enterprise applications into the corporate information flow.(Kenamea's Web Messaging Platform, KnowNow's Application Connector for Excel)
August 5, 2002... EVERY DAY, WORKERS use corporate desktop applications to produce information that is invaluable to a company as whole, yet most of these apps are islands of data, isolated from the larger information flow within an organization or outside its...

SAP teams with Ford, Caterpillar.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Ford Motor and Caterpillar have selected SAP to develop an SCM (supply- chain management) system to manage spare parts, SAP announced this week. The system will be built from SAP's SCM and CRM software. With the system, Ford and Caterpillar...

Documentum builds on content management.(Documentum Team Center workgroup software, Documentum Collaboration Services workgroup software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Documentum this week expanded the breadth of its enterprise CM (content management) line with the addition of two products designed to enable collaboration integrated with CM across business boundaries. The first new product, Team Center, is a...

Sun, Apple not working on StarOffice for Mac.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Contrary to previous reports, Sun and Apple are not currently planning to devote engineering resources to develop a Mac OS X version of Sun's StarOffice productivity suite, a Sun official said this week. StarOffice is based on open-source...

WorldCom woes - In wake of the financial fiasco surrounding WorldCom and the blizzard of regulatory and criminal investigations in the ailing telecom industry, CTOs are making voice and data service contingency plans.
August 5, 2002... THESE DAYS, EITHER Dayne Sampson, vice president of IT at Emeryville, Calif.-based Internet search company Ask Jeeves, or someone on his staff is in daily contact with WorldCom, the troubled telecom carrier that provides co-location services...

Innovative service - Xerox Global Services CTO uses his research background to help customers and to add value.(Bob Bauer)
August 5, 2002... BOB BAUER'S APPOINTMENT in January 2002 as CTO of the new Xerox Global Services followed a tradition at Xerox of fostering the development of technology innovators who translate their vision into practical application in the corporate world....

Financial weight.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... In setting compensation for direct and indirect reports, CTOs balance staff salary history and outside market research. Copyright (c) 2002 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Switching and beyond - NetScaler's Request Switch 9000 iON pulls out all the stops to improve your Web site's performance.(Evaluation)
August 5, 2002... IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL, a single 1U device that can speed up your Web site many times, handle thousands of SSL sessions at once, prevent DoS (denial of service) and worm attacks, distribute Web requests to the server best able to handle them, and...

Switching made smarter - Next-generation switches draw on packet inspection to improve service, bolster security, and optimize bandwidth.(Product Announcement)
August 5, 2002... As SSL acceleration and load-balancing technologies have matured, the locus of their operations has moved from the server to network devices. And established vendors such as Cisco Systems have integrated the functionality of these technologies...

Microsoft tempts datacenter customers.(Microsoft Systems Architecture program)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Microsoft has launched a program to help customers build standard and pretested configurations of its Windows 2000 operating system for datacenters. The MSA (Microsoft Systems Architecture) program -- with partners Dell, Nortel, Cisco and EMC...

Sun unveils new J2EE verification.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Sun Microsystems has released a Java Verification Program that tests enterprise applications to ensure compatibility with J2EE application servers. The suite of tests allows ISVs and corporate developers to make sure applications they design...

Veritas eyes Linux.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Storage vendor Veritas has unveiled Linux-compatible versions of its NAS and clustering software. The company this week sketched out its plans for the coming year, with Veritas clustering and storage management software for Oracle 9i Real...

Office gets its XML Groove - Toolkit leverages Microsoft Web services strategy to extend Office collaboration.(Groove Toolkit for Visual Studio .Net)(Product Announcement)
August 5, 2002... AS MICROSOFT DRIVES XML into the core of its client software stack, Groove Networks is set to unveil a new toolkit designed to extend the collaborative capabilities of Windows applications. The move is part of Microsoft's overall effort to...

IBM stirs consulting debate - PwC Consulting buyout bid highlights competing professional services plans.
August 5, 2002... AS ENTERPRISES digest the impact of IBM's $3.5 billion offer to buy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Consulting, the deal has reopened debate over the relative merits of two different approaches to delivering professional services. Analysts...

.Net enters formative years - Microsoft's Web services strategy hinges on success of .Net Server.
August 5, 2002... FIRST WE HAD Windows 2000, then Windows XP, and now .Net Server, Microsoft's latest and most ambitious effort yet to redefine enterprise computing. But unlike Microsoft's previous server operating systems, the .Net implementation is...

Road to managed code - .Net stands to play an integral role as Microsoft servers begin to meld managed and unmanaged code.
August 5, 2002... ON JUNE 6, Microsoft posted security bulletin MS02-026, titled "Unchecked Buffer in ASP .Net Worker Process." Tongues immediately began to wag. Wasn't .Net supposed to prevent this sort of thing? It's true that managed code avoids the buffer...

The bully is back - Microsoft's server strategy is to make enemies suffer, fence-sitters choose sides, and customers pay up.
August 5, 2002... AT A BLEAK TIME when other vendors are pulling in, laying off, and riding out the recession, Microsoft is partying like it's 1999. But not everybody is invited. If you're a Windows ISV (independent software vendor), you should make sure...

ABOVE THE NOISE: SKUs me, Mr. Chief Software Architect - Multicolored golf shirts and the search for nirvana versus a search for solutions.
August 5, 2002... DEAR MR. CHIEF Software Architect of Microsoft: We at InfoWorld can appreciate that you are a busy man. Building the next generation of enterprise computing infrastructure is obviously hard work and we would not want to distract you too...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: American originals.
August 5, 2002... AMBER WENT OUT last week to get the new Springsteen album. "I didn't even realize that your generation listens to Bruce," I said. She smirked at my referring to her as being of a different generation than me. "Of course we do, Cringe. He's an...

To the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
August 5, 2002... Remembering Gene Kan THANKS TO Steve Gillmor for his column about Gene Kan and for making the untimely death of this admirable gentleman more visible and pertinent to those of us like myself who spend little or no time in the peer-to-peer...

WIRELESS WORLD: Multimodal promises - Once companies deliver the much- hyped goods, multimodal interfaces will enhance wireless devices.
August 5, 2002... MULTIMODAL technology offers the ability to use a combination of voice and visual interfaces in the same application at the same time. I provide this definition for those of you who have an automatic hype sensor that creates an impenetrable...

THE OPEN SOURCE: Take it for a test drive - Some innovative Linux distributions let you take to the open-source road without hard-sell headaches.(Sun StarOffice 5.2)
August 5, 2002... WHEN IT COMES to buying cars, I hate test drives. Maybe I've encountered just one too many used-car salesmen with bad hair and a disingenuous smile who would gladly sell his grandmother to make a buck. The specter of a high-pressure pitchman...

WINDOW MANAGER: These insa-a-ne prices - A $500 rebate for Microsoft's Small Business Server makes this Windows 2000 bundle even better.
August 5, 2002... TELEVISION VIEWERS in the New York area were bombarded in the 1980s with ads for a discount electronics chain known as Crazy Eddie's. After unveiling the latest specials, the store's madcap pitchman, actor Jerry Carroll, ended every ad with the...

SECURITY ADVISER: Fast-forward, rewind - Yellow behemoths, a helping of alphabet soup, and playing nice on the security front.(Symantec's acquiring Riptech and SecurityFocus)
August 5, 2002... THERE'S A LOAD of stuff to talk about this week, so hang on. It will be interesting to see what comes of Symantec's latest feeding frenzy. Big Yellow is setting itself up to extend its desktop and server protection franchise and to improve...

STORAGE INSIDER: The other fast storage - Fast and affordable Serial ATA solutions could bully the lowend storage market.
August 5, 2002... ALTHOUGH MOST OF the buzz surrounds SCSI and Fibre Channel devices, a new category of storage devices has been quietly evolving. We are talking about SATA (serial ATA), the natural, backward-compatible result of steady advancements in the...

ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES: Media moguls - Patents equal control, and their chilling effects can very well creep up to the enterprise.
August 5, 2002... PATENTS HAVE BEEN in the news a lot lately. I suggest you stifle the impulse to brush off the issue as something only the long-haired lefties care about. With a patent, a vendor can retroactively transform thousands or millions of...

CTO CONNECTION: CTO ethics 101 - Technology leaders have a lot to teach the business world about accountability and honest dealing.
August 5, 2002... DURING THE PAST several weeks, it has been difficult to ignore the dark cloud of endless corporate scandals hanging over American business. As I write this column, members of Congress have just agreed on a number of key pieces of a corporate...

SURVIVAL GUIDE: News you can use - Tips to make sure you will hear the bad news before it turns into a crisis you can't control.
August 5, 2002... BAD NEWS DOESN'T improve with age, or so I learned in a leadership training program I attended some years ago. And bad news still doesn't improve with age, even though modern business leaders have learned another important lesson: If they...

THE GRIPE LINE: Fair use or foul play? The DMCA helps the music, movie, and software industries undermine traditional free speech and first- sale rights.(Digital Millennium Copyright Act)
August 5, 2002... THE OTHER DAY I found a video of a kids' movie I bought for my son years ago. Because my son has long outgrown the video, do I have the right to give it to a friend with kids young enough to appreciate it? I have found myself frequently...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Next Stop Greenwich Village - There's something going on -- but you do know what it is, don't you Mr. Allchin?
August 5, 2002... THE CONSPIRACY CROWD always has plenty of material to work with, especially when Microsoft throws a party such as .Net Insecurity Day (see ".Net Insecurity Day" ). Carefully hidden in a sea of disclaimers, goals, aspirations, and promises of...

Apps seek wireless route - Enterprises climb with handhelds to extend apps beyond LAN walls.
August 5, 2002... DESPITE A HOST of challenges, enterprise demand for wireless access to corporate data is rising as Wi-Fi aggregators and industry groups work to generate demand. Buoyed by maturing wireless standards and more powerful handheld devices,...

You've got CRM - BizAutomation marries basic CRM functionality with familiar Outlook.(Evaluation)
August 5, 2002... PROBABLY THE MOST difficult question you can ask sales or marketing managers is to define what their companies' CRM requirements are. No matter how differently sales professionals may perceive their companies' business requirements, they share...

Office bets on XML odds - Microsoft goes after tighter integration, despite competitive risks.(Microsoft Office 11.0 development)
August 12, 2002... SITTING PROUDLY atop Microsoft's software stack, the Office application suite that played a critical role in securing the company's controversial desktop dominance now finds itself at a crossroads. Historically immersed in a sea of...

Putting people first for a change - The key to Microsoft's goal of hooking Web services into Office lies in the eye of Hailstorm.
August 12, 2002... AS WITH EARLIER MICROSOFT mantras (ActiveX, Windows DNA), .Net means almost everything and therefore nothing in particular. The Redmond priesthood incants XML with the same mystical vagueness. No resounding amen has yet been heard from the...

Industrial integration - Manufacturing industry CTOs lead the line, creating business-side buy-in for and then delivering on large-scale integration projects.
August 12, 2002... WHEN CTO PHYLLIS MICHAELIDES took the helm of megaconglomerate Textron two-and-a-half years ago, she stared across a sea of software with more tentacles than a jellyfish. Textron's history of acquisitions and global manufacturing...

Building for keeps.(Outtask CTO John Love explains the application service provider model)(Interview)
August 12, 2002... Outtask created its own applications and kept money other ASPs were paying to third parties AS THE EXECUTIVE VICE president and CTO of Outtask, an ASP, John Love maintains that the ASP model is just now coming into its own. In an interview...

Economic forecast.(Information Technology industry)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... As corporate scandals affect markets, CTOs are looking to 2003 for better times. Copyright (c) 2002 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

The hidden costs of open source.
August 12, 2002... Savings greatly depend on current infrastructure and in-house expertise But for organizations that require a major shift in architecture -- sometimes coming from a Windows environment -- or those without the technical expertise to reap the...

Chasing Linux - FreeBSD 5.0 beta features enhancements and apps aplenty, but not a lot of hand-holding.(Evaluation)
August 12, 2002... FREEBSD HAS LONG been known for stability, security, and good performance, as well as for its strong developer community. But this open-source operating system has been dogged during the past few years by its inability to draw on the wealth of...

BEA touts mobile future - App server module leverages XML to create new generation of rich mobile applications.(BEA Systems)
August 12, 2002... EXPANDING ITS EFFORTS to make XML more accessible to a broader array of developers and users, BEA Systems is in the early stages of developing a mobile computing strategy around the self-describing, data-neutral file format. At the core of...

System tools slim down to cut costs - BMC, Tivoli, CA respond to economic challenges with focused offerings.(BMC ships Patrol Express systems monitoring tool)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 2002... FORCED INTO AN about-face by economic realities, systems management vendors are slimming down monolithic packages to reduce complexity and cost. Companies such as BMC Software, Tivoli, and Computer Associates report that shrinking IT...

Coalition unites on workflow - Microsoft, IBM, BEA push Web services agenda with new workflow standard.
August 12, 2002... INDUSTRY HEAVYWEIGHTS Microsoft, IBM, and BEA Systems on Monday plan to unleash a trio of proposed Web services standards that address several unmet needs of the nascent services-oriented application model. Primary among the standards is...

SIP pundits voice support - Nascent protocol promises integrated VoIP, IM, despite challenges.(Session Initiation Protocol pushed as standard for packet-based voice)
August 12, 2002... DESPITE A HOST of technical and regulatory challenges, a rising tide of vendors is working to establish SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) as the de facto signaling technology for packet-based voice communications. Cisco Systems, Alcatel,...

Sprint turns up 3G.(Sprint PCS introduces nationwide wireless services)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... Sprint PCS this week launched the first nationwide 1xRTT, or 3G, network. The service will cover any city with a population in excess of 100,000 inhabitants. While peak performance for CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) 2000 is rated at...

Vendors team on hybrid Sidekick device.(TMobile and Orange develop handheld)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... Hiptop handheld maker Danger announced this week a deal with wireless carriers TMobile and Orange to deploy its technology for both voice and data on devices. TMobile will brand the converged device the Sidekick. Pricing for the devices is...

ABOVE THE NOISE: Getting caught in a big hailstorm - Microsoft backpedals on XML Web service, but won't be able to fend it off forever.
August 12, 2002... BY NOW WE'RE all used to the idea that Microsoft's client strategy is always tinged with a little proprietary hypocrisy, but its browser and Java support shenanigans pale in comparison to the backpedaling revision that today characterizes...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Looking to innovate.(Column)
August 12, 2002... AMBER FOUND A brochure I had for Kauai, Hawaii. "What is this, Cringe? Are you planning to surprise me with a trip there?" I just hope she doesn't discover that single plane ticket I bought. Gates reveals the awful truth At an...

To the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
August 12, 2002... Microsoft insecurity I REALLY ENJOYED the article ".Net Insecurity Day," (see "Ahead of The Curve") that critiques Bill Gates' self-assessment. I thought it was very well-thought-out. I find myself consistently amused in regards to...

THE OPEN SOURCE: On with the show - Come to LinuxWorld Expo for the products (and the swag), but stay for the illustrious speakers.
August 12, 2002... THIS IS ONE of my favorite times of the year. Why? Because it's show time! By the time you read this, I should be at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. LinuxWorld Expo is not just another trade show; it has become the U.S. show...

WINDOW MANAGER: Small Business Saver - With Microsoft's new rebate, startups may be able to cut costs on Windows 2000 Server bundles.
August 12, 2002... I WROTE LAST week that Microsoft now gives a rebate worth $500 to VARs who sell SBS (Small Business Server) 2000 and related consulting services (see "These insa-a-ne prices"). This rebate isn't a reduction in SBS's $1,499 list price. Nor...

SECURITY ADVISER: Why we hack - Curiosity is a natural instinct; let's just find some more productive ways to channel it.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... I'M TICKED OFF, because my idea for Animal House 2002 has become front- page news. Like many of you, I had to laugh when I heard of the latest Ivy League scandal: Apparently, the Princeton admissions staff hacked into a Yale Web site for...

STORAGE INSIDER: Following the money - Veritas opens its storage management software even further to Linux, but it's only a start.(Column)
August 12, 2002... IF WE HAVEN'T mentioned Linux very often in this column, it's because not much was happening there in relationship to storage. Although a Linux server could always be attached to a variety of storage devices, the Linux platform was not keeping...

WIRELESS WORLD: You read my mind - NASA is working on innovative wireless UIs that draw on muscle movement and brain waves.(IBM'S Almaden Research Center hosts event was titled New Paradigms in Using Computers)
August 12, 2002... EVERY YEAR, IBM'S Almaden Research Center, in San Jose, Calif., hosts a day where scientists and technologists from various companies mix with the media and present some of their latest work. This year's event was titled New Paradigms in...

ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES: Friends and enemies - As with the school bully, it's best to play nice with MS or else risk getting hurt.
August 12, 2002... THE high-techindustry is heading for another painful round of consolidation. While researching our Microsoft .Next report (go to www.infoworld.com/news/hnmsreport.html), I developed some perspectives on intertitan relationships from Microsoft's...

CTO CONNECTION: Summertime reflection - There's value in stepping back and reassesssing strategy during the slow days of summer.
August 12, 2002... AS SUMMER DRAWS to a close, I'm thinking about what I would present in a hypothetical "what I did on my summer vacation" spiel on the first day of school, and how that relates to what other CTOs did during their summers. First of all, I...

SURVIVAL GUIDE: The straight scoop - Getting clear information is a fine art that IT managers can master -- if they don't rely on technology alone.
August 12, 2002... GIVEN CURRENT SEXUAL harassment law, you probably can't show Akira Kurosawa's brilliant film, Rashomon, at your next off-site staff meeting because the plot involves a sexual encounter (mentioned, not graphically depicted or discussed in...

THE GRIPE LINE: Open with caution - Readers report shrinkwrap agreements have migrated from software to books, complete with prohibitions on disclosure.(Column)
August 12, 2002... I SUPPOSE IT was inevitable. With sneakwrap terms showing up in everything from charity Web sites to pornographic spam, it was just a matter of time. Books with shrinkwrap license agreements have arrived. The first report of this phenomena...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: The death of e-mail - Where there's a will, there's a way, but Microsoft won't kill the messenger any time soon.
August 12, 2002... EVERY FEW WEEKS InfoWorld Editor in Chief Michael Vizard broadcasts an e-mail suggesting one story or another on spam. Every few weeks I try and make myself as invisible as possible until the thread dies down. Why? I don't care about spam. Spam...

Connecting with Linux - Clustering claims the open-source spotlight at LinuxWorld Expo.(Product Announcement)
August 12, 2002... AS LINUX continues its long, steady push deeper into the enterprise, it is doing so increasingly on the back of Intel's chip architecture. At this week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, a raft of vendors, including IBM,...

Microsoft teams with PwC, Nasdaq on service.(PricewaterhouseCoopers and The Nasdaq Stock Market)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... Microsoft this week launched a .Net Web service in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers and The Nasdaq Stock Market that will allow investors and analysts to access financial data stored on the Internet and analyze that data using Microsoft...

WorldCom moving wireless users to other carriers.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... WorldCom this week announced that it is prompting its wireless customers to transfer their business to other carriers to avoid service interruptions. WorldCom said customers will receive instructions in the mail on how to switch their accounts...

iUpload, Atomz serve up CM.(ASP iUpload this week rolled out Version 3.0 of its content management service; Atomz Publish CM service bolstered)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... ASP iUpload this week rolled out Version 3.0 of its CM (content management) service that features enhancements designed to speed and simplify Web site development and maintenance, and give more authoring power to business users. Separately,...

Linux, at your service - ASPs are embracing Linux despite scalability shortcomings.(Statistical Data Included)
August 12, 2002... ALTHOUGH LINUX still faces obstacles regarding application availability and scalability, the open-source platform nonetheless is becoming entrenched at ASPs that use the Intel hardware platform. Linux has always been prominent among ASPs,...

Checks in the e-mail - Vendors tighten e-mail security with policy- enforcement technology.
August 19, 2002... E-MAIL IS A critical link for transporting highly sensitive and confidential data, but without effective policy control, these vital messages can take on a life of their own after being sent. As illustrated recently by high-profile battles...

Mail policies made simple, seamless - Omniva effectively enforces retention policies without disrupting existing infrastructure.(Evaluation)
August 19, 2002... ANYONE IN BUSINESS will confirm that it's one thing to create a policy and entirely another thing to enforce it. This is especially true when it comes to e-mail. Most enterprises have document retention policies, but applying them to e-mail,...

Trading on the edge - Enron's story serves as a warning -- good technology can't fix bad business.
August 19, 2002... IN THEIR DRIVE TO TAKE Houston-based Enron from a sleepy, regional gas pipeline company to a billion-dollar energy provider, Enron executives knew they needed the best in technology from the best technologists. So the execs relentlessly...

Clicking the mouse - Walt Disney Internet Group's CTO serves up growth and looks to a content-rich, bright future.(Doug Parrish )
August 19, 2002... "IT WAS ALL STARTEDby a mouse," said Walt Disney. Today the mouse fronts the Walt Disney theme parks and corporation and is an icon that represents the Disney Corporation's goal of providing the ultimate "guest experience." The mission doesn't...

Projecting revenues.
August 19, 2002... With a year of decline behind them, CTOs largely expect their companies to achieve 2002 revenue projections. Copyright (c) 2002 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Security Part I: Strategies - Impenetrable defenses are a costly, illusory objective, so securing your enterprise should strike a balance between protecting corporate assets and breaking the bank.
August 19, 2002... IT leaders should approach security with similar acceptance and openness. But the 2002 InfoWorld IT Security Survey of almost 600 IT leaders reveals that the IT community overly worries about a broad spectrum of attacks, even though the odds of...

To trust or not trust - When current and former employees are almost as much of a threat as rogue hackers, is anyone above suspicion?
August 19, 2002... HOW FAR CAN trust go in an inherently insecure environment? This is nearly impossible to answer definitively, but one thing at least is clear: Threats can come from anyone, anywhere, at anytime. It's hard enough to trust strangers, but how do...

Hired hands key to top-notch security - Outsourcing security is gaining greater acceptance, especially in niche roles such as VPNs and training, but not always by the companies that need it most.
August 19, 2002... NOVICE equestrians can be a danger to their horses as well as to themselves. Like dude ranch visitors, IT leaders are experiencing an emotional tug-of-war between the natural desire to hold the reins tightly and the need for a more experienced...

Rational extends UML support.(Rational XDE application development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 19, 2002... Rational will use its User Conference in Orlando, Fla., this week to extend its UML (Unified Modeling Language) application modeling support for application development using Microsoft's Visual Basic .Net and ASP .Net platforms. The Rational...

Sun to make SAN splash.(Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager data warehousing software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 19, 2002... Sun Microsystems on Tuesday will introduce its new SAN management software suite at the second annual Storage World Conference in San Jose, Calif. The new suite, dubbed Sun StorEdge ESM (Enterprise Storage Manager), is believed to be the first...

Intel spins off Tarari.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2002... Intel on Monday will announce the formation of San Diego-based Tarari to focus entirely on application and content-aware processing. The startup's technology reportedly can inspect packets in silicon rather than software; Tarari has built a...

Sun presumes Linux control - Debate over Linux standards surfaces as Sun plans Microsoft .Net assault.
August 19, 2002... CONVINCED THAT THE Linux community needs a "benevolent dictator," Sun Microsystems has sparked a battle over who controls Linux standards, as a growing number of vendors chase enterprise Linux dollars. Signaling a coming-of-age for Linux...

Borland, IBM eye coders - Tools, database alliance attempts to lure Windows, Linux developers.
August 19, 2002... EYEING MICROSOFT Visual Basic and Linux developers, Borland and IBM on Monday revealed plans to collaborate on development offerings for Windows and Linux platforms on Intel hardware using Borland's RAD (rapid application development)...

ABOVE THE NOISE: Web services are delivering savings - Upcoming InfoWorld conference will explore next-generation capabilities.
August 19, 2002... WITH ANY NEW technology, it becomes fashionable in some quarters to counter the hype and hyperbole surrounding it with an equal amount of disdain when that technology fails to change every aspect of the world as we know it in 12 months or less....

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Secrets and spies.
August 19, 2002... SO FAR, I'M still in the clear. Amber never found out about the lone plane ticket to Hawaii I purchased, so she is on board for the trip after all. "I cannot wait for our vacation, Bobby," she said. Let's just hope my secret keeps. More...

To the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
August 19, 2002... Help for nonprofits THANK YOU FOR Michael Vizard's column pointing out the need and opportunity for IT assistance to nonprofits (see Above the Noise, July 22). A number of organizations and vehicles are available to facilitate this...

THE OPEN SOURCE: Rescue, Linux style - If preserving valuable data is a priority, these tools are worth checking out.(Linuxcare Bootable Toolbox, LNX Bootable Business Card, Tom's Root and Boot)(Evaluation)
August 19, 2002... BACK IN JUNE, I wrote a column about the problems inherent with the ubiquitous Windows rescue CDs that seem to come with most name-brand PCs these days (See "Painful rescue,") This week, I thought it would be useful to discuss some tools that...

WINDOW MANAGER: Routing on the go - Enhanced network equipment makes calls to and from the United States a snap.
August 19, 2002... IN THIS AGE of globalization, your company may someday say you're being temporarily transferred to launch a new office in, say, Iceland. If so -- or if your company is expanding globally without physically sending you anywhere -- you may...

SECURITY ADVISER: Copywrong - When copyright law is used to stifle legitimate security research and free speech, we all lose.(Editorial)
August 19, 2002... ONE OF THE SMARTER things the founding fathers wrote into the Constitution was the clause giving the federal government the power to issue patents and, ultimately, what we now know as copyrights. I certainly don't have any quarrels with the...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Game over - McNealy's on a roll with Linux, picking up free games at the expense of IBM, Microsoft, and Dell.
August 19, 2002... SUN CHIEF SCOTT MCNEALY is having fun again. No, I don't mean the Microsoft-bashing and golf-major jokes. "They sell newspapers for you guys," McNealy laughs, but the real fun he's having is with his shiny new Linux strategy. Scott argues...

STORAGE INSIDER: Reaching toward unity - A new SNIA initiative promises storage management benefits for all parties.(Storage Networking Industry Association )
August 19, 2002... YOU ARE PROBABLY tired of hearing that the cost of managing storage is significantly higher -- by a factor of seven, according to some estimates -- than the cost of purchasing the actual storage infrastructure. Probably even more annoying...