InfoWorld articles from February 2002

InfoWorld archives from February 2002

The CRM of the crop - Industry titans enlist divergent internal CRM strategies.
February 4, 2002... WRESTLING WITH CRM's status as an application deployment nightmare, two technology heavyweights have revealed their CRM strategies in a move that highlights divergent views on the role of Web services. Both Microsoft and AT&T agree that...

Oracle clarifies pricing.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Oracle last week laid out some customer requirements for the recently announced flat pricing model on its E-Business Suite 11i. The simplified pricing model is based on two types of licenses priced at $4,000 and $400 per user that cover the...

SMBS will drive enterprise market.(small and midsize businesses)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... SMBs (small and midsize businesses) will propel the growth of the enterprise software market during the next several years, with enterprise software and services sold to this market tripling by 2006, according to a Jupiter Media Metrix report...

BI vendors build on analytics focus.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... Keeping the trend of analytical applications alive, a number of BI (business intelligence) vendors last week issued new or updated products. Among them, Cognos detailed software to run with Oracle's E- Business suite and announced a partnership...

Commerce One passing SAP?
February 4, 2002... COMMERCE ONE IS maneuvering out of SAP's shadow by laying out a new plan to attack the strategic sourcing market while unveiling its future foray into Web services. The company this week rolled out a suite of collaborative solutions called...

Insuring IT innovation - Squeezed by tighter competition and budgets, insurance industry CTOs face unique product integration and customer challenges.(Guardian Life Insurance Company of America)
February 4, 2002... PHIL FELICE FACED an immense task when he joined Guardian Life Insurance Company of America as its first CTO in January 2001. He had 90 days to come up with a flexible enterprise architecture that would tie together the New York-based company's...

Backbone builder - Terremark CTO brought all his talents to bear on construction of the 'NAP of the Americas'.(Monty Bannerman)
February 4, 2002... TERREMARK WORLDWIDE CTO Monty Bannerman recently completed a Herculean task by any measure -- one that, among other things, required him to fortify operations of a massive new datacenter to withstand both a major hurricane and the scrutiny of a...

1: Web services - Holding out the promise of unprecedented interoperability, Web services hit hard in 2001.
February 4, 2002... THERE WAS NOWHERE to hide from the impact of Web services in 2001. In a year of otherwise recessionary technological ebb, Web services built to tsunami strength, defining the next wave of distributed enterprise computing and offering a means of...

2: Extensible Markup Language - This humble tagged-document format has become the lingua franca of e-business.
February 4, 2002... During the past year, new XML-capable development tools, typified by IBM's WebSphere Studio and Microsoft's Visual Studio .Net, have lightened developers' workloads considerably. New tools and APIs have reduced the tasks of editing XML files,...

4: Peer-to-peer - More than a means of swapping MP3s, p-to-p technology empowers seamless exchange of critical information.
February 4, 2002... PEER-TO-PEER technology started 2001 with a bad rap due to an association with music piracy. The brouhaha over the likes of Gnutella and Napster still colors most people's perception of p-to-p -- even those who should know better. But before...

3: 802.11 WLANs - Bandwidth and security improvements prime wireless LANs for growth in 2002.
February 4, 2002... LAST YEAR WAS a banner one for 802.11, and 2002 is starting off even stronger. Many organizations implemented 802.11b networks (which provide 11Mbps throughput in the 2.4GHz range) in 2001, looking to gain freedom and mobility for workers as...

6: Portals - Portals arm distributed and on-the-go employees with continuous access to critical information and applications.
February 4, 2002... IN THE AFTERMATH of 2001's budgetary and staffing cutbacks, employee work forces and enterprise resources continue to become increasingly distributed. The need for instant access to relevant information and applications has become a critical...

5: 64-bit systems - Intel's 64-bit CPU arrived quietly, but carries a big stick.
February 4, 2002... INTEL'S BROAD LINE of 32-bit processors power many corporate servers, but for the big jobs, it's widely accepted that 64-bit systems from Sun, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard are better equipped to handle the load. The capability to accommodate huge...

8. NAS - Network-attached storage looks beyond the file server.
February 4, 2002... NAS (network-attached storage) benefited from innovation and increased attention in 2001, paving the way for explosive growth in 2002 and beyond. Often considered the poor stepchild of SANs (storage area networks), NAS is starting to prove that...

7: Customer relationship management - CRM applications turned to the Web to extend their reach and improve interoperability.
February 4, 2002... FOR MANY COMPANIES, CRM has always ranked among the most challenging and multifaceted of enterprise technologies. Establishing the priorities among CRM goals and identifying the best approach to achieving them always varies greatly, depending...

9: Databases - Relational databases extend their reach.
February 4, 2002... GIVEN THE MATURE state of the modern RDBMS (relational database management system), it's difficult to imagine a splashy breakthrough that could revolutionize the market in any given year. Nevertheless, many leading RDBMS vendors, including IBM,...

10: Handhelds - More power, wireless nets make devices a business reality.
February 4, 2002... LOOKING BACK, WE'LL remember 2001 as the first year in which handheld devices finally escaped the label of "gadget" and became more than simple electronic organizers. As a result, handhelds are quickly becoming IT's next responsibility --or...

Grid project nets new tools - Globus advances promise of delivering grid computing data as Web services.
February 4, 2002... LEADING PARTICIPANTS IN the development of geographically distributed grid computing projects are bolstering security and other protocols necessary to deliver Web services atop grid networks. Set for completion during the course of this...

Getting a spam seal of approval - New program designed to help users validate and identify commercial e-mail.
February 4, 2002... A NEW PROGRAM to boost consumer confidence in commercial e-mail may prod some companies to improve privacy practices, but it lacks the teeth to completely quash spam, according to industry observers. The Trusted Sender program offered this...

Getting from a to b - Proxim Harmony bridges 802.11a and 802.11b nets; Orinoco AS-2000 tightens Wi-Fi authentication.(Agere's Orinoco AS-2000 and Proxim's Harmony)(Evaluation)
February 4, 2002... BY NOW, most enterprises realize how useful a wireless network can be. But tumult in the standards arena has left many companies high and dry with networks that are incompatible with the latest developments. Because 802.11a and 802.11b operate...

Caution urged for 802.11a - Next-generation wireless technology is still in a state of flux, experts say.
February 4, 2002... WI-FI INDUSTRY experts are warning enterprise-level companies to "go slow" on adoption of the next generation of Wireless Ethernet solutions, 802.11a. Although 802.11a running on a 5GHz band, dubbed Wi-Fi 5, promises 54Mbps performance as...

Cisco switches over to Layer 3.(Cisco Systems Inc's Catalyst 4000 Supervisor Engine III)(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... AT COMNET CONFERENCE and Expo in Washington this week, Cisco Systems officials unveiled a new switching engine designed to give enterprises greater control over their converged networks. Dubbed Catalyst 4000 Supervisor Engine III, the new...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Backup takes center stage.(Editorial)
February 4, 2002... "IF THAT TRAFFIC doesn't get better you're going snowboarding by yourself," Amber warned after our long haul back from Lake Tahoe last week. Amber has taught this old dog some new tricks on the snowboard, and I'll hit the slopes on my own if...

To the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2002... Around the campfire I'VE SAT AROUND a fair number of these campfire circles since my punch- card days (see Survival Guide, Jan. 21). I have yet to experience an HR department that will take ownership of this step. Sure, there's an...

FOR THE RECORD: Rocket science coming to an enterprise near you.
February 4, 2002... The concept of treating the network as a single machine running a distributed OS has intrigued the processor-hungry IT community for years. The latest incarnation is grid computing, in which compute resources are aggregated across...

WINDOW MANAGER: Can we talk about XP? A debate has broken out about whether the latest XP hole is serious, so let's get it straight.
February 4, 2002... FOR THE PAST few weeks I've described security problems in Windows XP, Microsoft's Internet Information Server, and Internet servers in general. In today's column, I conclude this series, with a promise to move on to cheerier topics next week....

THE OPEN SOURCE: A penguin in the hand - The affordability and flexibility of the Linux platform can be conveniently scaled down to handheld size.
February 4, 2002... ANYONE who spends any time considering the hot technologies of 2001 has to consider the impact that handheld devices made on the IT world. Like the PCs of old, they began to appear as limited tools, which could do one or two things fairly well....

SECURITY ADVISER: P.J.'s parting shot - Hostile code as a Technology of the Year? If Microsoft's switch is any indication, there are worse candidates.
February 4, 2002... WELL, IT'S TECHNOLOGY of the Year time here in the InfoWorld Test Center, and I'm annoyed because one of my personal favorites was thrown out of the running. You see, I nominated "hostile code" -- Trojan horses, viruses, worms, the whole nasty...

STORAGE REPORT: NAS for the masses - Microsoft applies its operating system savvy to the storage market, with interesting results.(network-attached storage: Maxtor NAS 6000, Microsoft Server Appliance Kit 2.0)
February 4, 2002... MICROSOFT HAS made an art form out of stealing good ideas and delivering them to the masses. Now the company is applying this strategy in an attempt to steal valuable ground in the NAS (network attached storage) market, taking advantage of the...

WIRELESS WORLD: And my winners are ... Technologies such as Web services weren't the only things to have an award-winning impact in 2001.(Column)
February 4, 2002... THE THEME THIS week among many InfoWorld analysts and columnists is Technology of the Year. OK, I'll play, but with one caveat: Just as Time does when selecting its person of the year, I reserve the right to choose a technology, product,...

ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES: Seeing the bottom - Underlying currents run deep and clear through this year's list of Technology of the Year winners.(Editorial)
February 4, 2002... ONE LOOK AT this year's list of Technology of the Year winners tells all you need to know about the immediate future of enterprise computing. Specifically, the safe money seems to be on distributed architectures. The fact that technologies...

CTO CONNECTION: A genuine gee whiz - 802.11 is a wireless wonder, and there are sound business reasons for CTOs to consider buying.
February 4, 2002... A TYPICAL YEAR for a CTO might include making decisions for a new SFA (sales-force automation) system or perhaps a CRM system. And if you're lucky, you'll find a cool piece of software along the way. As early adopters, many CTOs have the latest...

SURVIVAL GUIDE: Taken out of context - Question today's popular notion that your business should outsource everything but its core functions.
February 4, 2002... ONE OF THE MOST popular games in the world of business is "Blame the Consultant." No matter what actually went wrong -- bad leadership, poor project management, or sloppy implementation -- it's easiest to blame the consultants. The most...

THE GRIPE LINE: Maintenance games - Buyer beware: Readers say some vendors are insisting on maintenance policies that border on exploitive.(Column)
February 4, 2002... HEY KIDS, this week we're going to play a new game. It's called "Name That Vendor," and the category this week is "Maintenance Manipulations." Here's how it works. I'll relate some stories that readers have submitted to The Gripe Line...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Sueltz's day in the Sun - In response to criticism, Sun star argues the company isn't ignoring XML but is restoring the natural balance with Java.(Column)
February 4, 2002... IN NOVEMBER I sent an open letter to Pat Sueltz, president of software products and platforms at Sun, about its posture regarding Java and XML. The sentiments expressed -- Java won, declare victory, move on, and evangelize XML -- found support...

ABOVE THE NOISE: Taking up the Web services challenge - Companies are finding innovative ways to fill new niches created by Web services.
February 4, 2002... ALTHOUGH MOST PEOPLE would probably rather forget about 2001, we think that once you look at our selections for InfoWorld's Technology of the Year awards you might begin to change some of your views on this much- maligned year. The year...

State of Web services - Standards, tools, and, yes, even deployments are gathering steam.(Microsoft's Web Services Toolkit for Office XP)(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... IT IS ONLY natural to be skeptical of Web services. Promising cheap, reliable, flexible, and scalable computing -- as well as simple deployment and maintenance and nearly mythical ROI -- Web services would seem to be just the latest shibboleth...

Palmisano to lead IBM.(Samuel Palmisano designated next CEO)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... IBM's board of directors this week officially tapped CEO Louis Gerstner's longtime heir apparent, Samuel Palmisano, as the company's next CEO. Effective March 1, Palmisano will succeed Gerstner, who will remain chairman of IBM through the end...

Lotus turns to J2EE.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2002... IBM's Lotus Software has announced plans to add J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) support to its collaboration products and capabilities. Lotus Software General Manager Al Zollar said at the annual Lotusphere user and business partner gathering...

Microsoft forms Mobility Council.(Mobility Partner Advisory Council)
February 4, 2002... Microsoft this week launched an invitation-only arm of its MSPP (Mobility Solutions Partner Program) called the MPAC (Mobility Partner Advisory Council). The organization was created as a way for companies to provide feedback on product...

BizTalk follows Web protocol.(BizTalk Server 2002 electronic commerce software from Microsoft)(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... MICROSOFT HOPES TO make the arcane art of business process integration more accessible to the average developer next week when it ships BizTalk Server 2002. The new release of the company's business process integration server will feature...

Sun, Platform roll out clusters - Server environment reliability targeted as new cluster products emerge.(Platform Clusterware and Sun Cluster 3.0 network management software)(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... SUN MICROSYSTEMS AND Platform Computing brought new clustering products to the table this week in a sign of the technology's broadening appeal. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Sun on Wednesday released an enhanced version of its Sun Cluster 3.0...

iPlanet sharpens app tools - Sun reveals vision to draw application server technology closer into iPlanet's orbit.(Sun Microsystems iPlanet Application Server)(Product Announcement)
February 4, 2002... FACED WITH STIFF competition from rivals BEA and IBM, Sun Microsystems is attempting to unify its iPlanet application server lineup and consolidate diverse technologies acquired from recent acquisitions to help its application servers appeal to...

Stepping up sales - Salesnet's SFA service conveniently maps out a sound sales process.(Salesnet's Process Builder)(Evaluation)
February 4, 2002... THE CONCEPT OF Web-delivered applications continues to appeal to companies that find the low implementation and operating costs, care- free update cycles, and smooth integration with the emerging Web services model an offer too good to pass up....

Dealers rev Web services - Sun, EDS join forces to unveil integration hub for automotive industry.(Dealersphere, a Web services-based integration hub for the auto industry)
February 4, 2002... ONE OF THE first truly multisite Web services implementations has hit the road to help the automotive industry service car dealers. EDS and Sun Microsystems recently took the wraps off Dealersphere, a Web services-based integration hub for...

Verizon pushes 3G service.(Express Network 3G)
February 4, 2002... VERIZON WIRELESS launched high-speed wireless data service on approximately 20 percent of its network this week. The Express Network 3G (third generation) wireless service allows Internet connections from cell phones, PDAs, and laptop computers...

Changing the rules - Blaze Advisor 4.0 gives business users a direct hand in rules management.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 11, 2002... DEFINING, IMPLEMENTING, AND maintaining business rules in the enterprise typically is left up to developers and database administrators, who include such rules in software applications and data sources across the enterprise. The effort needed...

ABA blasts UCITA.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... A working group of the American Bar Association has issued a report critical of the controversial UCITA (Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act) software licensing law. According to a report issued by the group, the legislation, which...

Accenture, Sun team up on CRM deployments.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Accenture and Sun Microsystems this week announced plans to collaborate to help companies deploy Web-based CRM systems. Integrator Accenture will contribute skills and experience in CRM; Sun will offer its Unix technologies. CRM software from...

AltaVista software searches corporate PCs.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... Altavista's new DesktopSearch software became available this week. The software navigates more than 225 different file types by file name and folder to locate users' sought-after information. It also crawls through e-mails, searching by...

Show pushes serious software.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... NOT AS GLAMOROUS as wireless technology, enterprise software -- otherwise known as software for grownups -- will have its day in the sun at Demo 2002 in Phoenix this week. And as Web services slowly penetrate the enterprise, Demo attendees...

Networking CTOs lead the way - As more IT executives outsource costly internal networks, CTOs of network service provider companies prepare to change how enterprises operate.
February 11, 2002... "Enterprises now realize they don't need to build dedicated networks or own their own corporate datacenters," says Steven Blumenthal, CTO of Genuity, a Woburn, Mass.-based MSP (managed services provider). Yet investing in such facilities...

A towering decision - For Tower Records, the question was whether to develop or outsource a better search engine.
February 11, 2002... WHEN KEVIN ERTELL went looking for a better navigation and search tool for TowerRecords.com, he faced a question familiar to every chief technologist: Build or buy an application? As outsourcing budgets increase and hosted applications...

A grip on the grid.(Interview)
February 11, 2002... NCSA leader is using Linux to help build the infrastructure that will make grid computing a reality AS THE EXECUTIVE director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Dan Reed may have one of the better jobs in all of...

CTOs expect larger outsourcing budgets.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 11, 2002... Gartner projects that by 2005, the North American IT outsourcing market will likely reach $160 billion. Most InfoWorld CTO Network members report increases in their 2002 outsourcing budget. Copyright (c) 2002 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Coalition forms Web services pact - Despite common goal, political challenges threaten interoperability.
February 11, 2002... PLEDGING TO accelerate development and ensure compatibility of Web services standards, 40 companies this week formed the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I). The consortium, led by leading platform vendors and buttressed by...

Microsoft peers into .Net future - Participatory computing, smart- client models signal new effort to leverage .Net Framework.(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... EVEN AS MICROSOFT formally launches Visual Studio .Net and the .Net Framework next week, the company is building on these technologies to bolster peer-to-peer computing via separate but complementary initiatives called participatory computing...

Sun glows warm with open-source fever - Linux commitment includes shipping x86 servers, porting Sun ONE platform.
February 11, 2002... ATTEMPTING TO FURTHER commoditize and segment the workstation market, Sun this week extended an olive branch to the Linux community by announcing a wide range of Linux initiatives surrounding its Solaris operating system. Sun has committed...

Sun storage grows up - New software, hardware technology to position company against EMC, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard as enterprise storage player.(StorEdge 3900, 6900)(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... DETERMINED TO establish itself as a premier storage provider for the enterprise, Sun Microsystems this week simplified its storage software offering and rolled out improved storage hardware sharpened by technology licensed from Vicom. ...

Demo show goes mobile - Array of wireless and mobile technologies ready for review in Phoenix.
February 11, 2002... FROM WIRELESS repeaters floating 100,000 feet above Earth to mundane software that allows handheld users to print without cables, fully one- third of the more than 60 products at Demo 2002 in Phoenix this week will highlight wireless and mobile...

Netegrity eyes secure portals - Company brings authentication and authorization layer to Web services.
February 11, 2002... EYEING AN EMERGING need for an administration layer spanning multiple portals and applications throughout the enterprise, Netegrity is combining its security and identity management tools with portal infrastructure to create a layer for...

ABOVE THE NOISE: Managing on the edge of change - CTOs are leading IT at a critical time as Web technologies reach a new level of maturity.(Column)
February 11, 2002... CTOS TEND TO personify the best -- and sometimes the worst -- attributes of people who choose to make their living building and deploying new technology. CTOs like to live on the edge. They tend to have a high degree of confidence in their...

FOR THE RECORD: Web services interoperability needs enforcement.
February 11, 2002... In reporting a story on an early adopter of Web services, I spoke to the CTO, who noted that there really isn't a growth path for Web services. The oft-mentioned Web services standards -- SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) and WSDL (Web...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Accounting ABCs.(Column)
February 11, 2002... "SUNNY DAYS, sweepin' the clouds away." No it's not an Amber quote this week. Rather, a quick flashback to Sesame Street. Yes, this week's column is brought to you by the letters N and G. Representing N, one of my spies forwarded some...

To the editor.
February 11, 2002... Web services in the real world WEB SERVICES WON'T do anything for us until the issues of security, transactions, payments, and identification are addressed by the standards bodies (see Above the Noise, Jan. 28). Each vendor is going to...

WINDOW MANAGER/CTO TEST CENTER: Muvee makes movies - A new multimedia program with a free trialware version changes the face of video.(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... EVERY ONCE IN a while, a program comes along that changes the way we use computers. Muvee AutoProducer is one such program. It has a deceptively simple purpose: With the click of a button, it makes a music video out of files you've copied to...

THE OPEN SOURCE: Open for business - LinuxWorld in New York demonstrated just how far open source has come in the enterprise.
February 11, 2002... THE RECENT LinuxWorld in New York was the scene of some startling revelations regarding the state of open source. Last summer's show in California showed that Linux wanted to do business in the enterprise. But at this LinuxWorld, Linux looked...

SECURITY ADVISER/CTO TEST CENTER: Attachment anxiety - Like it or not, the latest security patch for Microsoft Outlook outlaws certain types of attachments.
February 11, 2002... AS I WRITE my first Security Adviser column, the "My Party" worm is spreading throughout the world, and for once I'm happy with the built- in security features of Outlook 2002 that protect me from accessing attachments Microsoft deems...

STORAGE INSIDER/CTO TEST CENTER: Storage at your service? When considering an SSP, remember that distance makes the storage grow weaker.(Column)
February 11, 2002... WE MIGHT PRETEND we saw it coming all along, but recent history proves that what looks like a great idea often turns out to be a huge flop. Network computers are a great example. Buzz just didn't meet deployment reality. Outsourced storage...

WINDOW MANAGER: Games people play - Does bringing game shows to your cell phone make wireless carriers savvy or just plain desperate?
February 11, 2002... IF SCOFFING AT someone else's pedestrian taste makes you feel better, then read this column. I myself am trying mightily to resist the temptation to scoff, but it is hard. It appears that "The Price is Right," "Family Feud," and many more...

ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES/CTO TEST CENTER: Virtual virtuosity - Advances in Unix-and Intel-based server virtualization take aim at the overblown costs of server hardware.(Column)
February 11, 2002... MAINFRAME AND high-end Unix server administrators have long relied on the ability to logically partition systems in order to distribute application workloads and make efficient use of pricey hardware. The partitioning technique, or server...

CTO ADVISER: Choosing consultants - CTOs need to understand consultants' changing business models and what they offer in lean times.
February 11, 2002... ONE KEY PROBLEM many CTOs face is staffing; IT teams have been pared to the level required to support current operations. This means any new ideas for making systems better and increasing ROI must either be implemented at a snail's pace or...

CTO CONNECTION: Peer to peer pays off - Whenever CTOs have the opportunity to network with one another, they should take it.
February 11, 2002... ON A DAY-TO-DAY basis, many CTOs are so busy running their own companies' IT operations that they have precious little time to seek out the counsel of their fellow CTOs. Most of my days are spent interfacing with the other executives at...

SURVIVAL GUIDE: Buy versus build - Don't expect Web services to ride in like a white knight that will slay all your integration dragons.
February 11, 2002... LONG BEFORE MANAGEMENTSPEAK graced these pages, Mad Magazine had mastered the art of translation. My favorite: What they say: It isn't the money. It's the principle of the thing. What they mean: It's the money. To run IT, you need...

THE GRIPE LINE: Check the fine print - Language contained in Microsoft's Product Use Rights document raises concerns about security issues and privacy.
February 11, 2002... BILL GATES SAYS security is Microsoft's top priority, but just whose security does he have in mind? Consider some of Microsoft's recent boilerplate legalese -- language you or your company might already have unknowingly accepted -- and then...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Hello, good-bye - The innovative tradition at Lotus is vanishing, even as its visionary architect takes up the mantle for the future.
February 11, 2002... AS NEW ENGLAND welcomes its first world champion in a generation, it's saying goodbye to another from the technology world. Lotus may still command respect and worldwide market share, but the IBM subsidiary no longer captures the high ground...

Visualizing .Net - Microsoft's flagship IDE focuses on software design as well as code.(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... MICROSOFT RECENTLY began shipping the retail edition of its new top-end development product, Visual Studio .Net Enterprise Architect. This massive bundle unites the Visual Studio .Net IDE (integrated development environment) with Visio-based...

Visual Studio gains add-ons - Modeling, component development, and open-source tools to plug in.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... SEVERAL THIRD PARTIES are expected to play supporting roles this Wednesday in the launch of Microsoft's long-anticipated Visual Studio .Net toolbox for building Web services. In fact, third parties will bring modeling, component-based...

Sun unlocks Web services toolkit.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... Sun Microsystems has made available a test version of its toolkit designed to allow Java developers to build applications that make use of Web services technology. Released through its early developer program, the Java Web Services Pack is a...

Iona boosts enterprise Web services lineup.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... Iona this week shipped the Collaborate and Partner editions of its Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform. The company reports the products round out Iona's Web services integration platform. The Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform...

Dell, Cray partner on clustered servers.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Dell has launched its HPCC (High-Performance Computing Clusters) program that meets demand for commodity-grade processors for high- powered clustered computing environments. The HPCC program offers preconfigured arrays ofDell's Intel-based,...

eXcelon touts XML agenda - New XML database offers functionality for midtier deployment, Web services.(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... PUSHING XML functionality higher up the enterprise system stack, eXcelon has released a database boasting more support for JCA (Java Connectivity Architecture), XA protocol support, and more granular data management functions. XIS...

X-Scale fuels mobile app drive.(Product Announcement)
February 11, 2002... WELCOMING THE ONSET of wireless apps, Intel has launched its X-Scale architecture for multimedia phones and advanced PDAs with the launch of two X-Scale chips. The samples, boards, and software of the Intel PXA250 and PXA210 processors are...

Setting sale for the future - Salesforce.com keeps salespeople connected like never before.(Evaluation)
February 11, 2002... SALESFORCE.COM'S Web-based CRM solution hit the sweet spot for a lot of customers who needed to manage sales opportunities now for relatively little cost and implementation hassle and who needed it running sooner rather than later. The...