InfoWorld articles from January 2000

InfoWorld archives from January 2000

Telcos rush to stake claim in ASP market.(telephone companies become application service providers)(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... AFTER STANDING by while upstarts scoop up clients and industry mind share, major telecom providers are pushing their way into the ASP (application service provider) market by vying to be the platform of choice for application outsourcers. ...

Windows 2000 dilemma - Pending OS release will hasten thin-client decisions.(Microsoft's new operating system will require desktop PC upgrades)(Product Information)
January 31, 2000... NEXT MONTH'S release of Windows 2000 will prompt companies to make critical decisions about the future of their desktop strategies and computing architectures. As users decide whether to go through the expense and aggravation of...

FROM THE NEWS DESK: Sorting through a muddled ASP affair.(application service provider marketing hype)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Editorial)
January 31, 2000... The ASP (application service provider) hype balloon continues to inflate, but the market has barely taken off. Perhaps the biggest problems for companies looking to procure services from application hosters are figuring out what ASPs actually...

Sun-Netscape provides wireless server.(Sun-Netscape Alliance's iPlanet Wireless Server)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... The Sun-Netscape Alliance this week will unveil the iPlanet Wireless Server, offering wireless access to e-mail, directory, and calendar services. The wireless server supports WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) and HDML (Handheld Device Markup...

Bell Atlantic, GTE may sell GTE's Net group.(to win FCC approval of their merger)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2000... In an attempt to push forward their planned merger, Bell Atlantic and GTE last week filed a proposal with the Federal Communications Commission, outlining a plan to restructure GTE's Internetworking business. The filing proposes selling 90...

Lucent offers IPNC for IP-based networks.(Lucent Technologies' Internet Protocol Network Configurator network configuration management software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... Lucent Technologies last week announced the launch of its Internet Protocol Network Configurator (IPNC) to simplify the management and automated configuration of IP-based router networks. IPNC also addresses potential service outages by...

Corel checks Linux security hole.(the Debian distribution of Corel Linux)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2000... Software maker Corel last week confirmed that it is battling a security hole in Corel Linux. The security hole applies only to Corel Update, a GUI that Corel has put on top of the Debian distribution of Corel Linux, officials said. The Debian...

Inprise to tie Web and C++ development.(Borland C++ Builder 5 will support XML and HTML 4)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... Hoping to bridge the gap between C++ and Internet development, Borland/Inprise is adding support for XML and HTML 4 to its development tool with the pending release of Borland C++ Builder 5. The other significant improvement, according to...

SAS moves to statistically enhance e-business.(marketing agreements with Siebel Systems and IBM Global Services for customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning software)(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... SAS INSTITUTE, through its latest and existing business partnerships, is looking to push its well-known brand of business intelligence into several new fronts such as CRM (customer relationship management), ERP (enterprise resource planning),...

Load balancing evolves.(F5 Networks, Resonate, Radware and Cisco Systems enhance their network switches with new managment functions)(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... VENDORS JOCKEYING for position in the crowded but lucrative load- balancing market space may be left in the cold if LAN switches become smart enough to successfully bridge and manage the IP address gap between the router and the switch on its...

AltaVista ventures into B-to-B.(the new AltaVista Business Solutions unit will provide search services for business-to-business electronic commerce)(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... ALTAVISTA will announce this week the launch of a new global business-to-business e-commerce unit called AltaVista Business Solutions, focused on developing search technology for e-commerce firms, private label portals, and global...

eC-T spins localized Web.(e-Commerce Technologies provides electronic commerce services for small businesses)(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... DEFYING THE TREND of faceless conglomerates, optimized supply chains, and the homogenization of the e-business marketplace, eC- T (e-Commerce Technology), a Web service company specializing in developing Internet-commerce strategies for local...

VA Linux CEO Augustin takes on the big boys.(VA Linux Systems Pres and CEO Larry Augustin)(Company Business and Marketing)(Interview)
January 31, 2000... VA LINUX SYSTEMS has distinguished itself from other Linux providers by offering complete systems and systems integration. But now, in an increasingly crowded Linux marketplace, VA Linux faces the challenge of competing with the likes of IBM...

IBM pledges to share the wealth - Woos partners with new programs and projections.(IBM's Partner World conference focuses on business partners and resellers)(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... THE NORMALLY tough job of placating partners has grown tougher of late, especially for the industry's giants. Several top IBM executives, including the chairman, last week at the company's Partner World conference forcefully pounded home...

Linux vendors think small - System vendors boost client and handheld development.(Red Hat Software and IBM debut Linux products at the UnixWorld trade show)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... WHILE THE LINUXWORLD expo in New York this week will showcase a raft of new technologies that spans the product spectrum, several major developers will be zeroing in on desktop clients as well as embedded and handheld devices. Leading...

SCO to offer Linux Middleware.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2000... With what it calls a "portfolio of server products", SCO this week will attempt to bridge the gap between Unix, Linux, and Microsoft Windows. The company is forging partnerships, to be finalized and unveiled at LinuxWorld, to produce...

Informix to ship Linux database engines.(Cloudscape and Foundation.2000 for Linux)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... Informix this week will begin shipping two of its database engines, Cloudscape and Foundation.2000 for Linux, and will demonstrate a Linux version of its Extended Parallel Server database. In addition, the company will announce its intention...

HP pushes Linux across its product line.(enhances OpenMail 6.0 and other products to support Linux)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... Hewlett-Packard this week will look to continue its Linux momentum by announcing partnerships and initiatives across several divisions, including IA-64, workstations, e-speak, desktops, and support. The company will also introduce its first...

SGI offers flood of Linux wares.(SGI Internet Server, SGI 1200, SGI Linux Advanced Cluster Environment and SGI ProPack 1.2 for Red Hat)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... SGI's introductions will include the SGI Internet Server, SGI 1200 2-way Intel-based Linux server, SGI Linux Advanced Cluster Environment, and SGI ProPack 1.2 for Redhat, with large memory support. Copyright (c) 2000 InfoWorld Media Group...

Dell latest victim of Intel shortfalls.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... WHEN DELL COMPUTER told investors last week to brace for lower- than-expected earnings and revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter, ending Jan. 28, the company blamed key shortages from chip maker Intel as being primarily responsible for Dell's...

DOJ rebukes Microsoft - Government calls company's rebuttal to claims evasive.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... MICROSOFT IGNORED the substantive findings of a federal court judge -- "addresses straw men," "takes a series of potshots," and misstates legal standards -- in an attempt to evade the issues of its antitrust case, the U.S. government argued...

Object Design reinvents itself as eXcelon - Adds business-to- business XML wares.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... IN A SIGNIFICANT reinvention of itself, Object Design has shed its name and its object-oriented database focus to become eXcelon, a vendor of XML integration software for the business- to-business realm. The move into the...

Alcatel reveals integrated server.(the OmniPCX 4400 communications server)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... Alcatel SA announced the OmniPCX 4400, an integrated communications server designed to handle voice, fax and e-mail. It is based on a combination of Alcatel technology and technology from Packet Engines and Xylan, two of Alcatel's recent...

3Com hooks into NDS eDirectory.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2000... 3Com announced it has signed a licensing deal for Novell's NDS eDirectory. NDS eDirectory is a scalable LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)-based directory designed to let companies integrate users both inside and outside the...

Solaris 8 source code left open.(Sun Microsystems' OS)(Product Information)
January 31, 2000... WHEN SUN Microsystems releases Solaris 8 in March, the company hopes to sweeten the new OS's appeal by eliminating end-user and source-code license fees. But access to Internet-centric Solaris 8 code may provide users with little more than a...

AudioTalk, eFusion ring VOIP.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE on the demand for integrated voice-and-data call center applications, ASPs (application service provider) AudioTalk Networks and eFusion last week announced new real-time VOIP (voice over IP) turnkey services. Both...

HTML-XML combo finalized.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
January 31, 2000... THE WORLD WIDE Web Consortium (W3C), seeking to expand the use of XML without making existing HTML elements obsolete, recommended the XHTML (Extensible HTML) 1.0 specification as a bridge between the two language environments. The...

3Com attempts to expand into new markets - Company will target the service provider space.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... 3COM LAST WEEK at the ComNet 2000 show in Washington unveiled the next steps in its eNetworks voice/data convergence strategy, first revealed in November. As part of the announcement, eNetworks has been expanded beyond its original focus on...

Managed services launched.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... TELECOM GIANTS AT&T and MCI WorldCom used last week's ComNet 2000 show in Washington to launch new networking services for enterprise managers who have an increased zeal for outsourcing and a need to make better use of existing bandwidth. ...

Network management heats up with focused applications.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 31, 2000... THE MARKET for managing application performance for networks is not just a game for the framework giants anymore. With its release of EcoScope 4.1 next week, Compuware is representing a growing cluster of companies focusing on point...

FINANCIALS: Dell warns of shortfall in Q4 sales, profits.(qrtr ended Jan 28, 2000)(Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2000... Dell Computer officials said it will report lower-than-expected earnings and revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter ending Jan. 28. The company cited shortages of key semiconductor products and slower-than-expected corporate sales in the wake...

E-COMMERCE: Gartner predicts B-to-B will reach $7.3 trillion by 2004.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2000... BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS e-commerce will continue its growth, generating $7.3 trillion in sales transactions globally in 2004, according to a report last week by market research company Gartner Group. The business-to-business market, worth...

ACQUISITION: BroadVision snaps up Interleaf.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... BROADVISION OFFICIALS last week said that the company would acquire Interleaf, a maker of enterprisewide software tools for e-content management. BroadVision, which makes personalized e-business applications, hopes in particular to gain...

FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF: Linux goes mainstream: The open source OS is probably installed in your IT department, too.(Technology Information)(Editorial)
January 31, 2000... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING that was ever considered to be an alternative choice to the mainstream has to one degree or another become part of the mainstream. So with that thought in mind, it is interesting to note that many of the backers of Linux...

Distributors adapt via 're-intermediation'.(Company Operations)
January 31, 2000... THE MORNING AFTER Y2K, many IT leaders are waking up to a new fear: dis-intermediation. The dreaded "D" word carries the threat of getting "Amazoned" -- seeing your core business evaporate in the heat of emerging digital marketplaces. ...

THE BUG REPORT.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2000... iPlanet: The iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) is missing -mips3, so it cannot run on MIPS r4000 computers. iPlanet says it will correct this in the next release. Also, if you install SP3 on a computer where you...

Sprint to add PCS to ION.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... SPRINT NEXT MONTH will bring together two of its most strategic initiatives of the last decade when it links its wireless PCS (Personal Communications Service) to Integrated On-Demand Network (ION), Sprint's ATM-based converged network...

Utilities build fiber links.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 31, 2000... CITING DISSATISFACTION with the pace of access to broadband services, utility companies as well as local municipalities are building out the fiber infrastructure themselves for their business and consumer customers and constituents. In...

Linux presses forward.(Product Information)
January 31, 2000... Rising out of obscurity and dusting off its image as a fringe underdog, Linux is mounting a stiff challenge for Windows and other operating systems in the enterprise. As the application support of industry giants and Wall Street enthusiasm...

Corel Linux OS ideal for desktops - Watch out, Windows: Deluxe edition dramatically less expensive, easy to use.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 31, 2000... UNIX AFICIONADOS have for years chronicled vendors' attempts to push Unix onto the desktop. We've watched all such attempts end in abject failure and total market rejection, mostly because Unix vendors were clueless to the needs of desktop...

PLATFORMS & INFRASTRUCTURE - HOTLINKS.(News Briefs)
January 31, 2000... BREAKING NEWS ONLINE Platforms & Infrastructure breaking news and business briefs: For the latest Platforms & Infrastructure news, go to InfoWorld's Page One at www.infoworld.com. Articles on topics such as WAN and LAN networking,...

OpenLinux eServer not yet a contender - With no secure Web server, tool not ready for e-business.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 31, 2000... ATTRACTING LINUX converts in the corporate world is a tricky business. While Linux die-hards want all the free software and options they can get, corporate IT managers demand reliable servers that require minimal effort to install and manage....

WINDOW MANAGER: Windows 2000 is approaching! Assume battle stations and prepare for impact.(Column)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... AFTER YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT, Windows 2000 will officially be released by Microsoft on Feb. 17. I will certainly be writing more about Windows 2000 from now on. Meanwhile, many businesses that still use Windows 95 or 98 -- from the largest...

SECURITY WATCH: RSA conference leaves us wondering what the next thing in security will be.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 31, 2000... ONE OF THOSE poignant moments amid the sound and fury of the RSA 2000 conference (www.rsasecurity.com), held Jan. 16-20 in the heart of Silicon Valley, was a brief interlude on the steps outside of the convention center. We had stopped to...

3Com rolls out telephony strategy for enterprises.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... BETTING THAT LARGE enterprises want to tie voice and data operations more closely, 3Com announced that it will scale its LAN telephony solutions for deployment across large organizations. Specifically, 3Com will expand its NBX, or...

Cisco unveils CiscoWorks Windows 5.0.(management software package)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... LOOKING TO PROVIDE small to medium work environments and networks with increased management capabilities, Cisco Systems unveiled the CiscoWorks Windows 5.0 management package for networks using Cisco hardware. Shipping this month,...

MCI WorldCom to offer all-distance plan - Telco's service to give "bucket of minutes" that can be used for local or domestic calls.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... MCI WORLDCOM said the company in February will offer customers an all-distance service to compete with Bell Atlantic, which recently became the first regional Bell operating company to win approval to offer long-distance service. Bernard...

Cabletron releases outdoor wireless system.(CABLETRON SYSTEMS' High Rate RoamAbout)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... CABLETRON SYSTEMS took the wraps off a wireless connectivity offering that enables the use of high-bandwidth applications such as voice and video in outdoor environments. The High Rate RoamAbout lets LAN users establish high-speed...

Europe's local-loop unbundling set to fail.(Government Activity)
January 31, 2000... TELECOMMUNICATION regulators' efforts to unbundle the local loop in Europe are too little, too late, and users should not wait for unbundling to deliver better prices or new services, according to a report released by Forrester Research. ...

Vodafone AirTouch unveils mobile Net strategy.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... VODAFONE AIRTOUCH detailed a strategy for giving users access to data and to the Internet from their mobile phones, starting with a service scheduled to launch in July 2000. In doing so, the mobile communications company also hopes to score...

Latest Domino release shines - Domino R5 brings messaging and Web application deployment to Linux.(Lotus Domino R5 Server for Linux)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 31, 2000... LINUX CONTINUES to pick up steam with cost-conscious IT administrators, but the availability of Linux-based applications will play a consequential role in determining its long-range potency as a viable deployment platform. Breathing life...

Monitor Exchange's exchanges - Affordable anti-spam, content filtering.(Mail Essentials for Exchange 3.0)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 31, 2000... ADMINISTRATORS of corporate e-mail systems must be on guard not only for spam and viruses coming in, but also for proprietary information and other potentially damaging content going out. Mail Essentials for Exchange 3.0 is a collection of...

INTRANETS & I-COMMERCE - HOTLINKS.(News Briefs)
January 31, 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...

Real-time window on your Web server - WatchPoint 2.0 delivers more information than protocol analyzers.(AG Group Inc's WatchPoint 2.0.2)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 31, 2000... WITH I-COMMERCE fast becoming the linchpin of many organizations' sales efforts, it's imperative for you to know how well your Web servers and applications are performing. Alas, this data is hard to find -- often requiring lengthy analysis of...

Business needs, technology are in balance at GoCargo.
January 31, 2000... GOCARGO.COM CTO Jim Galley still remembers the thrill of seeing the first bids come in the day the online shipping exchange launched its trading site. By 9:30 a.m. on that November day, he was already seeing requests for bids to ship large...

NET PROPHET: What are the lessons of business-to-consumer electronic commerce? Security and security.(Industry Trend or Event)(Column)
January 31, 2000... SCANTILY CLAD MODELS are a sure sign that a computer conference has hit the big time. It's no surprise then that RSA Conference 2000 had its fair share of the above -- "Miss RSA" was quite fetching in her silver lame. RSA has also become...

SITE SAVVY: Web site design is a combination of both science and art that satisfies many users.(InfoWorld.com's Web site)
January 31, 2000... DESIGNING THE BEST user interface for a Web site is not an easy recipe, and you're bound never to leave the kitchen. It requires serving up big portions of both science and art. If you're doing your job well, you're always assessing the...

TEST CENTER COMPARISON.(Inovie Software's TeamCenter 3.0, Primavera Systems TeamPlay 1.6.4, WebProject's WebProject 3.1 Web-based project management software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 31, 2000... Web-based project management Project meets portal Combining solid project management tools with Web collaboration for team members, three enterprise project management solutions prove to have the right stuff for keeping IT...

Technology won't end project failures; communication is key.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 31, 2000... Technology may be evolving at lightning speed, but project success rates are improving at a snail's pace. Although the number of successfully completed projects is growing slightly, too many strategic efforts are project-challenged, over...

Cost analysis - Should you implement a project management solution?(an InfoWorld research study)(Industry Trend or Event)
January 31, 2000... As any IT manager can tell you, keeping an IT team focused on delivering projects as promised is no mean feat. Yet in today's fast-moving world, completing an IT project on time and within budget -- whether it's launching a Web application...

Playing "what if".(project management)(Industry Trend or Event)
January 31, 2000... Let's consider a fictional project at Company X. The team is composed of 13 IT professionals, including a team leader, who are working on building and deploying a Web application in the next 20 weeks. Let's assume that each team member...

Why choose a Web-based project management solution?(Buyers Guide)
January 31, 2000... Implementing Web-based project management tools is no panacea -- they won't ensure adequate customer or client input, they won't automatically solve issues of ownership or appropriate resource allocation, nor will they guarantee management...

ENTERPRISE COMPUTING - HOTLINKS.(News Briefs)
January 31, 2000... BREAKING NEWS ONLINE Enterprise Computing breaking news and business briefs: For the latest news on the products and companies in the enterprise computing marketplace, go to www.infoworld.com. For topic-specific articles about...

Linux lands a top-tier Java IDE - Inprise's JBuilder 3 Foundation lands on open-source desktops.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 31, 2000... FOR COMPANIES with Java developers working on different platforms, switching projects from one OS to another can be tricky. But with the release of JBuilder 3 Foundation for Linux, a free Java IDE (integrated development environment) from...

Report.Web fulfills its paperless objective - Simplistic, static HTML output is a letdown.(Report.Web 2.6, beta 2 from Network Software Associates)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 31, 2000... THICK STACKS of greenbar printouts may strike the PC crowd as anachronistic, but large systems still churn them out. The common alternative -- mining data from host databases into smaller warehouses for reporting and analysis -- is costly and...

IBM saves time for Web-to-host app dev - Integrated Java support simplifies app development.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 31, 2000... WEB-TO-HOST applications have a proven place in today's enterprise: They provide fast and secure access to back-end data sources without breaking the IT budget. Typical Web-to-host solutions merely allow users to access host- based...

ENTERPRISE TOOLBOX: Broadband technology, rich-media apps will bring about positive organizational changes.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 31, 2000... THE BUSINESS CASE for implementing broadband technologies is quite appealing. A new breed of rich-media applications, such as e-commerce systems that leverage interactive video and audio, could provide a competitive advantage for many...

TEST CENTER RX: Underperforming modems require a brace of tests to find the 'pokey' culprit.(Technology Information)
January 31, 2000... We have a Shiva LanRover/E Plus with an eight-modem pool set up for our remote users to pick up e-mail at remote locations. I was recently asked why our dial-in connections connect at a maximum speed of 26Kbps even though all of our modems...

FORUM TALK: Will Crusoe capture the mobile market?(News Briefs)(Panel Discussion)
January 31, 2000... (These edited excerpts from our Web site's forums provide a sample of the lively debate that takes place there. For the full discussions, go to www.infoworld.com and click on the forums button.) Will Crusoe chart a new course? ...

FROM THE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Shopping in the online wonderland was a good experience for most in '99.(Editorial)
January 31, 2000... It's beginning to look like the 1999 holiday shopping season was a success for big Internet retailers and their customers. The full holiday revenue picture won't be complete until e-commerce companies report their fourth-quarter 1999 earnings...

Grow by shedding your old IT skin - Reinventing your current position and responsibilities instead of fleeing to a new job may open the door to better opportunities.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 31, 2000... EVEN IN TODAY'S RED-HOT job market -- where most IT professionals daydream of dot-com dollars -- many may well find that the job of their dreams is either the one they already have or is located just down the hall. Take for example...

IS SURVIVAL GUIDE: Wrapping up predictions for the new millennium and adding a few more.(Humor)(Column)
January 31, 2000... MANAGEMENT SPEAK: We have many ideas about how the site would be used and what tools would be effective. We think it best to let the site evolve around those who use it. TRANSLATION: We have no idea what we want to do. Come up with a...

Credentials: B.S., Computer Science.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 31, 2000... A bachelor's degree in computer science is a staple of help- wanted ads for IT positions, and it provides a solid foundation for an IT career. But it is possible to succeed in IT without one. The basics: Who offers it Many four-year...

Post-battle, keep the troops.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2000... A recent survey of senior financial and IT executives at large U.S. corporations reveals that U.S. organizations plan to keep project teams beyond Y2K projects to strengthen project management skills across the board. Most teams reported...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: New career? New house? It's all change in Bobby's life at the moment.(Column)
January 31, 2000... I NEARLY BOUGHT a house in San Jose last week. The only reason I didn't is that I got talking to one of my potential new neighbors, and she warned me about the fascist homeowners association: From what she described, it sounds like they run...

THE GRIPE LINE: The greatest innovations in technology in the 1990s came from other countries.(Industry Trend or Event)(Column)
January 31, 2000... HOW DOES AMERICA hold on to its lead in software innovation? A good question, except perhaps we first need to ask if we actually still do have such a lead. Let's try to look back at the 1990s from the perspective of an historian telling...

FROM THE ETHER: Faster than DSL or CTM, fiber optics to the home: Build it and they will come.(Technology Information)(Column)
January 31, 2000... CABLE TELEVISION modems (CTMs) and digital subscriber lines (DSLs) are leading in the race to deploy residential broadband. But we all know the eventual winner will be fiber to the home (FTTH). So why not just leapfrog all that...

DOWN TO THE WIRE: Sun escalates the Unix war against Windows 2000 with a low cost strategy.(Solaris 8.0)(Product Information)
January 31, 2000... SUN MICROSYSTEMS' latest version of Unix, Solaris 8, is now essentially "free" software, as in free beer. Well, strictly speaking, it isn't quite free. It will cost you $75 to get the Solaris 8 run time and another $75 if you want the...

Consortium to power up broadband.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 24, 2000... THE RACE to deliver broadband services directly into businesses and homes will heat up this summer when a new nationwide network created in secret by an alliance of utility companies and computer industry giants will offer voice, data, and...

Wireless Web whirlwind - Diversity of devices alters e-commerce business models.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
January 24, 2000... JUST AS MANY companies are beginning to get comfortable with new business opportunities made possible by investments in Web sites, the rise of wireless computing devices is about to change the economic rules of the game once again. ...

FROM THE NEWS DESK: Keeping up with the broadband economy.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 24, 2000... "I love Nortel," our Toronto airport cab driver said when we told him that that was where we were going. "I mean the stock," he added as he turned up the financial news on the radio. That morning, Nortel had invested in Research in Motion,...

Sun makes moves to quell unrest over Java.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 24, 2000... AMID RUMORS of insurgency, Sun Microsystems last week invited many key customers and licensees -- including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, BEA, Oracle, Novell, and Apple -- to its headquarters for a frank discussion on the state of Java and how the...

Red Hat prepping formal release of EL/IX.(Linux APIs)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 24, 2000... At next month's LinuxWorld Expo in New York, Red Hat will formally unveil EL/IX, initiated by Cygnus last year, which is a series of embedded Linux APIs that gives developers a common set of APIs to create both server and desktop...

IBM and SAS set for e-commerce alliance.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2000... IBM and the SAS institute this week will announce a consulting and software integration alliance, focused on business intelligence for e- commerce, at IBM's PartnerWorld 2000 trade show in San Diego. According to officials at both companies,...