InfoWorld articles from July 2005

InfoWorld archives from July 2005

CA, Cisco fortify security arsenal - CA grabs Tiny; Cisco gains deep packet processing technology.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... With recent security breaches involving universities, credit card processors, and financial institutions making headlines, security technology vendors are moving to strengthen their product lines by acquiring new technologies or by upgrading...

Dell plugs in PowerConnect Switches - Ethernet switch market on upswing for the next year.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Dell is expanding its Fast Ethernet switch line with a series of high- performance PowerConnect switches that feature security capabilities and enterprise-class management components. The Dell PowerConnect 3400 series consists of the...

Microsoft readies Atlas Web development framework - Technology aims to create more interactive, more responsive Web pages.
July 4, 2005... Microsoft at its annual Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in September will debut a new object-oriented framework aimed at simplifying the development of client-side browser applications. The new framework, code-named Atlas, combines...

Novell preps GroupWise 7.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Novell rolled out the open beta version of its GroupWise 7 collaboration platform, which features support for Microsoft Outlook, usability enhancements, and new migration tools. GroupWise 7, due for final release in August, will let users run...

SAP expands Safe Passage Program.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... In a move to attract customers from rival Oracle business application software vendor SAP is extending its Safe Passage program to include SMBs worldwide. SAP and its channel partners for mySAP All-in-One will collaborate to provide SMBs...

Fujitsu set to read palm veins.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Fujitsu will start selling globally in July a biometric security device that relies on vein patterns in the hand to verify a user's identity. The company's palm-vein recognition system has been available in Japan for more than a year. ...

HP, IBM extend SOA implementation - New services to enable enterprise adoption.
July 4, 2005... Archrivals IBM and Hewlett-Packard last week unveiled ambitious consulting-services programs and technical centers in moves to push their respective users closer to bringing SOA projects into production environments. Such moves are...

Sun maps out Java plans at JavaOne - Java Studio Creator 2 tool previewed, Sparc laptop detailed.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Sun Microsystems used the JavaOne conference in San Francisco last week to detail its road map for Java and show its latest tools releases. Sun also acquired business integration software vendor SeeBeyond for $387 million. An early access...

Seven keys to job security: Strategies to give your company -- and yourself -- an edge.
July 4, 2005... Wondering how to prevent your job from being downsized, marginalized, or outsourced? There's no magic formula, but these strategies will help make you more valuable. To put it in glossy-magazine terms, "Old and Busted" is routine work and...

AMD says Intel crosses the line - Antitrust lawsuit will force a review of processor marketing tactics.
July 4, 2005... AMD's antitrust lawsuit alleging that Intel coerced hardware vendors and retailers into using Intel's chips has cast a giant spotlight on the world's largest chipmaker and the way it promotes its products in the PC industry. As the lawsuit...

Product previews.
July 4, 2005... X1 unveils enterprise desktop search, Avatier bolsters password management, Metacarta rolls out geographic BI feature set, Contact Network introduces ContactNet 4.0 By InfoWorld staff X1 unveils enterprise desktop search X1...

EDITOR'S LETTER: Inside AMD's lawsuit against Intel - Intel's actions, legal or not, have put a chill on innovation.
July 4, 2005... Forget Apple's chip-flipping, Carly's ouster, Oracle's PeopleSoft putsch, or even Paris Hilton's hacked handheld. AMD's June 27 lawsuit against Intel is the tech story of the year. This one's got it all: High stakes, low blows, accusations of...

OPEN ENTERPRISE: Unix equals open source, period - Even the SCO Group can't escape the surprising reality of today's OS marketplace.
July 4, 2005... It's hard to think of a less likely proponent of open source than the SCO Group. For years, SCO has waged war on Linux and the community that supports it, dragging companies such as IBM and Novell into a seemingly never-ending lawsuit over...

SECURITY ADVISER: User confidence takes a Net loss - Recent data security blunders may impact the b-to-c market.
July 4, 2005... We've seen plenty of evidence lately that security on the Internet is not all that it could be. Recent examples of lost, misplaced, or unsecured data -- including episodes with CardSystems Solutions, ChoicePoint, Citibank, Bank of America, and...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Grokster is slapped, rodents get mapped - Cranky columnist gets hot under the collar -- and elsewhere.(Column)
July 4, 2005... Things are moving apace with the social networking diva, thanks for asking. She's invited me to a July Fourth barbecue. I'm supposed to bring something to toss on the barbie and a good story that reveals the Cringe nobody knows. Maybe I'll just...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Dude, you're getting a Mac! Dell and Apple are now two peas in Intel's pod, which raises questions about servers.
July 4, 2005... One reason that Dell didn't make my short list of companies with vision is its lousy business decision to remain the lone first-tier player not to add AMD's processors to its server lineup. Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Sun Microsystems, among...

STRATEGIC DEVELOPER: Can contracts survive in the grassroots ecosystem? Schema-backed XML provides a foundation, but it's an awkward one.
July 4, 2005... My documentary on the evolution of Wikipedia's heavy metal umlaut page has been the most popular screencast I've made. It investigates the sociology of Wikipedia-style collaboration, but it also explores the dynamics of the underlying version...

REALITY CHECK: Lessons learned from the MasterCard/Visa heist - In business, blind trust is a luxury you can't afford.
July 4, 2005... How could MasterCard and Visa allow 40 million customer credit card numbers to be sucked out of their systems and into the hands of criminals? Last week I called them both to find out. In response, Visa sent me a prepared statement. One...

CTO CONNECTION: Open source calling - The clash between open source and proprietary telephony solutions has arrived.
July 4, 2005... I am running out of options for areas in my IT operation that legitimately shouldn't be open source. Operating system? Linux works like a champ. Web server? If you're not running Apache at this point, what are you doing? Database layer? MySQL...

Enterprise monitoring comes to PHP - Zend Platform sheds much-needed light on PHP performance.
July 4, 2005... During the past few years, PHP has grown to be more than just a simple tag-centered scripting language for neophyte Web designers who want to do a bit of programming. A quick survey of the breadth and depth of the open source projects using the...

Exclusive: IBM enters enterprise search fray: WebSphere Information Integrator finds almost everything -- but slowly.
July 4, 2005... With the proliferation of electronic documents and the archival pressures that various industry regulations have been exerting on companies, enterprise search has become an important IT requirement during the past few years. Many search...

Exclusive: IBM deals a pair of powerhouses - Power5-based servers bring high-end processors to small packages.
July 4, 2005... With its new eServer OpenPower 710 and eServer p5 510, IBM has delivered two state-of-the-art enterprise servers that can handle transactions galore. And these products sport what is probably the industry's most advanced microprocessor for...

Interwoven tames unwieldy Web sites - Complex Content Provisioning Solution gives developers a handle on coding, content, and configuration.
July 4, 2005... Enterprise CMSes (content management systems) do a fine job helping business users update Web page text and rollback changes when necessary. But that's just one facet of maintaining an engaging site. Unfortunately, few tools currently exist for...

PBX features without the PBX - Aastra VentureIP 480i phones attempt to remove the telephony middleman.
July 4, 2005... The idea behind Aastra's VentureIP 480i SIP phone system is a good one: Use the features of SIP to create phones that don't need a PBX when placing calls. Aastra, which took over Nortel's desktop telephone product lines a few years ago, is...

Safeguarding your IT job - Software engineers strive to get closer to the client.
July 4, 2005... SAP labs is a worldwide operation with thousands of developers working in countries as diverse as Canada, China, Bulgaria, India, and Israel. In response to questions about offshoring and how U.S. workers might protect their jobs, SAP offers a...

Staying on top in the global IT job market - Broadened management skills, new titles, and client-facing roles are likely safe havens in years to come.
July 4, 2005... These are scary times for U.S. IT professionals, many of whom are convinced that they're this generation's steelworkers. The growing reliance on offshore partnerships and the spectacular spread of the global marketplace are leading to the...

IT takes a page from business to get an edge - Schools and seminars offer coursework on getting positioned in the global economy.(information technology)
July 4, 2005... A series of workshops at the University of Texas, Dallas that's geared toward augmenting core technology experience with management skills is just one example of recent initiatives among institutes of higher learning to offer IT workers...

EnCase broadens the investigation - EnCase Enterprise Edition 5.0 taps forensics agents for evidence gathering.
July 4, 2005... Forensic investigations of computer misuse have always been difficult, painstaking, and slow. They'll probably remain difficult and painstaking, but Guidance Software's EnCase Enterprise Edition 5.0 will help to speed them up. This first...

Bennett's Business Systems buys in to Salesforce.com - Company opts to outsource financial and sales applications.
July 11, 2005... Bennett's Business Systems provides and services imaging equipment, such as copiers, to other businesses. It took a bet that it could get a leap in sales by moving from a small-business IT operation to an enterprise- class one. CEO and CIO Wes...

Product previews.
July 11, 2005... Buffalo Technology unveils mobile storage, Apache releases XMLBeans 2.0, Cast Iron Systems introduces integration appliances, and LiteScape unites desktops and IP devices By InfoWorld staff Buffalo Technology unveils mobile storage...

Apps vendors seek partner help - Microsoft, Siebel tap third parties to extend reach of CRM wares.
July 11, 2005... Enterprise applications vendors are increasingly turning to business partners to create value-add features and services for their offerings in an effort to better appeal to customers. When Microsoft announced Version 3.0 of its CRM suite...

Oracle to Buy ProfitLogic.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Oracle reached a deal to acquire ProfitLogic, a developer of retail- industry software. The acquisition comes on the heels of Oracle's April purchase of retail ERP software maker Retek. ProfitLogic focuses on improving retailers' profit...

Citrix Releases SMB Version of Access.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Citrix Systems released a version of its application-management software tailored for mid-market businesses, an aggressive step the company hopes will aid its expansion beyond the enterprise market. Citrix Access Essentials is derived from...

SourceLabs Rolls Out Open Catalog.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... SourceLabs unveiled the first version of Swik, a community-based online catalog of open source projects, which end-users or developers can freely access and amend. The Swik directory facilitates the sharing of information about a wide variety...

Unlocking relationship data - Contact Networks, Spoke Software aim to turn employee contacts into corporate knowledge.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Giving a boost to sales and expanding the corporate knowledge base are the goal of new offerings from relationship search technology companies Contact Networks and Spoke Software. Contact Networks rolled out ContactNet 4.0 last week, a...

Microsoft preps disk-based backup offering - DPM backs up files to disk, eliminates need for tape storage.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Fueling the growing interest in disk-based backup solutions, Microsoft plans to officially release its System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) this fall. DPM backs up files as they change, saving the changes to disk and eliminating the...

EDITOR'S LETTER: New intelligence on BI - Our granular research reveals what companies want most from business intelligence.
July 11, 2005... With annual spending on business intelligence software now more than $8 billion and growing by more than $200 million per year, we thought it was essential to examine the factors driving - and limiting - the adoption of these increasingly...

OPEN ENTERPRISE: The BBC seeks escape from patent minefield - New technologies may be the last hope for a licensing-free future for multimedia.
July 11, 2005... It seems like everywhere you look, open standards and open formats are becoming the preferred means of delivering digital documents. XML, for one, is now the darling of the enterprise: Even Microsoft has committed to an open XML format for its...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Panda finds files to munch, Ballmer vows to eat Google's lunch - Geeky gossipmonger likes saucy barbecue.(Steve Ballmer )
July 11, 2005... So I went to the BBQ at the "Q" gal's pad last week. I came prepared with a dark and savory quail plus tales about my dark and unsavory past. Chicks just eat that stuff up. Well, it worked. I won't go into the details, but let's just say there...

STRATEGIC DEVELOPER: Open source on Windows -- an unholy alliance? Strange bedfellows can make a perfect team for software development.
July 11, 2005... I have a confession to make. Sometimes, when I'm trying out an unfamiliar open source component, I cheat. Even if the software I'm working on will deploy to Linux, I'll sometimes develop it on Windows first. Why? Because on Windows, an...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Getting to the bottom of AMD v. Intel - Commodity computing will never be same.
July 11, 2005... Pardon me if my writing's a little raspy. I learned yesterday that I'm the subparent of a beautiful baby antitrust lawsuit. I've been up all night looking at pictures. Oh, look! He's got my puns! One day old and this guy's already mean as a...

REALITY CHECK: Self-service nirvana for call centers - A blend of live reps and automation helps drive down costs.
July 11, 2005... Whatever industry you're in, making self-service work for your customers is critical to reducing costs. Certainly, if your company could afford it, it would respond to every customer personally. It would know who that person was and what his or...

CTO CONNECTION: Farm out or farm in? The pundits tell you to keep the core and outsource the rest. But deciding what's core isn't always easy.(chief technology officer )(Column)
July 11, 2005... With the growth of outsourcing and the pressure for IT organizations to do more with less, most businesspeople would agree that IT should outsource commodity functions -- and focus its effort on services and systems that enhance a business's...

Communicating by the rules - Orchestria 4.0 takes agent-based approach to e-mail, IM, Weblog policy enforcement.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Orchestria is one of a relatively new breed of products designed to prevent leaks of sensitive information via network communication channels. Unlike the network-based leakproofers we reviewed in June, Orchestria uses a client-side agent to...

Managing your content with XML - Daisy and TeXtML CMSes take differing, yet successful, tacks.(content management systems, Extensible markup language)
July 11, 2005... Content is the lifeblood of any organization that relies on information. If documents are lost in file cabinets or hidden away on hard drives, the knowledge they carry is buried. But when content is organized and searchable, that information...

Dell demonstrates dedication to PowerConnect line - Juiced-up PowerConnect 3424P boasts a sweet price.
July 11, 2005... When I first looked at the Dell PowerConnect 3324 and 3348 switches in 2003, I was impressed by the feature-to-cost ratio, but I was wary of the switches' long-term viability -- particularly their durability, but also Dell's dedication to the...

Novell bridges the OS gap - Linux-NetWare combo offers mix-and-match but strictly 32-bit services.
July 11, 2005... Saying goodbye is one of the hardest things to do, but Novell has finally faced up to the truth that its flagship NetWare operating system has fallen by the wayside. Although what was undoubtedly the best OS of the file-and-print days had been...

Veritas conquers the top tier - CommandCentral 4.2 builds on manageability and interoperability for big SANs.(storage area networks)
July 11, 2005... What do you need to properly manage storage across a large enterprise? Different companies will respond differently to this question, but regardless of how you define storage resource management, Veritas CommandCentral will probably meet your...

Windows backup grows large - Veritas Backup Exec Suite centralizes job management across large networks.
July 11, 2005... Backups used to be a straightforward matter of putting a tape drive in a server and running the right backup software to get good backup tapes. The complexity of enterprise networks has increased, however, and so have the requirements for...

SMI-S standard promotes storage interoperability - Upcoming drafts will add new features, information life-cycle support.(storage management interface specification)
July 11, 2005... The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) was formed with the aim of developing standards for storage hardware and software. One of its most prominent efforts to date has been SMI-S, the Storage Management Interface Specification. SNIA...

Vanasse Hangen Brustlin restores order with SRM - Storage management helps reduce IT workloads and cut costs.(storage resource management)
July 11, 2005... You don't have to be a large enterprise to take advantage of storage- management technologies. Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB), a 700-person engineering consulting firm specializing in transportation, environmental, and land-development services,...

Making sense of storage management - In a world where compliance encourages companies to save everything, emerging standards promise flexibility and control for heterogeneous storage environments.
July 11, 2005... Storage spawns where it's needed, from sensibly architected SANs serving transaction-intensive systems to storage appliances bought impulsively to fill a departmental need. That leaves IT to manage many islands of storage strewn across the...

Scale up to enterprise class - Smaller and midsize enterprises face unique challenges for IT when they hit a growth spurt.
July 11, 2005... Every business wants to grow. But if a budding enterprise expects to scale effectively, its IT systems must be able to scale as well. That means taking control of your organization's technical infrastructure early on to be ready for the...

IBM adds range partitioning to DB2 - Forthcoming "Viper" database to ease data retrieval.(International Business Machines Corp.)
July 11, 2005... Hoping to convince Oracle database users to migrate to DB2, IBM will add range partitioning to the next version of its product, which is code- named "Viper" and is expected to enter beta testing in August or September. The addition of this...

John Laing Homes lays groundwork - Home builders develop a common IT architecture to accommodate growth.
July 11, 2005... Housing developer John Laing Homes saw its size increase as home building took off in the western United States and the company completed the integration of what had been three separate firms. That meant developing a common IT architecture that...

Seeding Le Nature's infrastructure - Scalable infrastructure helps juice company flourish.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... In 2000, tea, water, and juice maker Le Nature had just a couple users running its DOS-based Real World Software financial, inventory, and sales applications on one server, and e-mail was handled by an outside provider. Because the business...

Wetherhill Associates revs up growth - Parts supplier reduces complexity to prepare for expansion.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... As automotive electrical components supplier Wetherill Associates saw its staff grow and sales boom, IT Director Ralph Presciutti wanted to reduce complexity to balance growth. The company already had a Baan Solutions' ERP system in place...

Color MFPs prove capable and costly - Our six MFPs prove feature-rich, but their prices may be tough to justify.(multifunction printers)(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 18, 2005... When we reviewed monochrome MFPs (multifunction printers) a few months ago, it was already clear that multifunctions were the output wave of the future for corporate offices. Not only do they combine print, copy, and fax functions, but they...

Team developer services gain ground - CollabNet, Oracle, and Rally offer app dev improvements.
July 18, 2005... Hosted services for team-based application development will get a shot in the arm this week with new offerings from Rally Software Development and CollabNet. Also making app dev news is Oracle, which has forged tighter links between its...

Microsoft unveils wireless keyboard.(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... Microsoft announced a wireless keyboard that combines a remote control, keyboard, and mouse pointer all in one device. The Microsoft Remote Keyboard for Windows XP Media Center Edition will enable greater interaction with and control of PCs...

IBM eyes blogging for workplace.(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... IBM revealed plans for new corporate blogging tools it plans to add to the forthcoming Version 2.5 of its Workplace collaboration platform and Workplace Designer development tools. IBM also made available a free preview of the blogging tool...

EC raids Intel in investigation.(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... Representatives from the European Commission, the antitrust watchdog of the European Union, raided the European offices of Intel and a number of PC manufacturers last week. Authorities carried out on-site inspections of several Intel offices...

Integration features are tapped for federated ID - HP, Entrust, and Sun extend management functionality.(Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... Federated identity management garnered significant attention last week, as vendors improved wares and announced forthcoming initiatives. Hewlett-Packard unveiled privacy management improvements to its OpenView suite. Entrust and Trustgenix...

BEA presses Tuxedo for SOA activities - Version 9.0 of transaction- processing monitor is SOA-enabled.(BEA Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... BEA systems on Monday will release an upgrade to its Tuxedo transaction- processing monitor and intends to feature it as a component of an SOA. Tuxedo 9.0 enables the legacy product to participate in SOAs anchored by BEA's Java products....

EDITOR'S LETTER: Return of the thin client - The pitch is hard to resist: No storage, no applications, no worries.
July 18, 2005... Deja vu alert! This week's cover image -- a small, diskless "thin client" computer accompanied by the phrase "Meet Your Next Enterprise Desktop" -- may stir up long-dormant memories. It's also sure to trigger the part of your brain that...

OPEN ENTERPRISE: You have a stake in the software patents issue - When unreasonable patents stifle innovation, ultimately it's the customers who suffer.
July 18, 2005... Last week I wrote about the multimedia patent minefield and how the proliferation of digital media patents drove the BBC to the unorthodox step of developing its own open source media coder/decoder software (or "codec," for short). Called...

GUEST COLUMN: Tommorow's IT workers.(Column)
July 18, 2005... Introducing Generation MUX As an executive at a firm that provides IT consulting services to companies around the globe, I often think about the challenges the next generation of IT workers will face. This field is hugely complex and...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Dell gets sloppy, Lenovo gets floppy - With a song in his heart and $6.75 in his pocket.
July 18, 2005... I was wandering through the cube farm at InfoWorld, whistling a happy tune, when my surly yet suspicious editor cornered me in the hallway. "You're smiling," he said. "What's up?" He was convinced I'd gotten a better offer from that feline...

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS: Summer reading list for the geek crowd - Put down that BlackBerry and pick up one of these best beach reads.(Mapping Hacks)(Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, 3rd ed.)(No Starch is Ending Spam)(The Book of Postfix)(Book Review)
July 18, 2005... Want to know how to get girls at the beach? Forget rippling muscles, glistening with suntan oil. Instead, set yourself up under an umbrella; make sure your pasty white skin is angled to really blind beachgoers with glare, and pile a few of the...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: AMD v. Intel belongs in court - If the U.S. court system deals with AMD v. Intel swiftly and impartially, the market wins.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)(Column)
July 18, 2005... Infoworld's AMD v. Intel telephone tip line and e-mail drop box are bearing fruit. I'm glad of that, and doubly glad that those calling and writing with information are for the most part levelheaded and are giving me leads for investigating...

STRATEGIC DEVELOPER: XML's quirky namespaces - You may not understand namespaces now, but soon you may have to.
July 18, 2005... Last month, Microsoft announced that the forthcoming Office 12 will save to XML by default and that earlier versions will be retrofitted to work with XML. This week Apple released its podcast-aware version of iTunes and defined an extension to...

REALITY CHECK: How to find the right advice - Everybody needs some pointers sometimes, but a clear picture may call for more than one approach.
July 18, 2005... Gartner is a prominent research company that offers opinions based on market trends and its own investigations. The bulk of Gartner's business, according to Martin Reynolds, Gartner vice president and fellow, is the advice that it gives its...

CTO CONNECTION: The last word on outsourcing - Today's practical realities trump devotion to old-fashioned, do-it-yourself IT principles.(Column)
July 18, 2005... Last week's column about the commoditization of IT services elicited spirited responses from IT professionals once again, especially those working in desktop support. (To those of you thinking, "Gosh, I really wish this Dickerson character...

Product previews.(StrongMail systems-product information)(Motion Computing)(Trend Micro Inc. (Tokyo, Japan))
July 18, 2005... StrongMail boosts e-mail application server, Motion issues latest slate PC, Cittio updates WatchTower, and Trend Micro refreshes security suite By InfoWorld staff StrongMailunveilse-mail application server StrongMail systems is...

3PARdata turns up the volume management - Software update brings dynamic optimization and IP replication to InServ Storage Server.(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... 3PARdata is a storage systems provider known for thin provisioning, that is, the creation of virtual volumes bigger than the actual disk space in use by a volume. Although other vendors deal in thin provisioning as well, 3PAR makes the...

The dumb remote office - In the future, network intelligence may consolidate at headquarters.
July 18, 2005... Management, compliance, and security concerns have made consolidation all the rage in large organizations, which have increasingly moved their applications and data from globally dispersed servers to a few centralized, tightly secured data...

Building the intelligent network - Faced with application consolidation, network latency, and security issues, it's time for your network to get smart.
July 18, 2005... The days of the fat, dumb pipe, are over. Servers applications, and storage have been shouldering the intelligence and security burden for too long. It's time for the network infrastructure itself to add some smarts. After all, when it comes to...

Wireless carriers ramp up data services - Cingular, Nextel, and Sprint partner with mobile middleware providers.(Cingular Wireless L.L.C.)(Nextel Communications Inc.)
July 18, 2005... A gale force of new partnerships between carriers and mobile infrastructure providers is beginning to blow away roadblocks that slowed implementation of wire-less as a reliable, secure, and manageable platform for mission-critical enterprise...

The skinny on thin client mobility - How far are we from a world where every client is always connected?(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... True thin clients, by definition, require a constant network connection. To untether a thin client and use it for anything more than an expensive fashion accessory, it must travel within a pervasive wireless cloud. In circumscribed areas...

Think thin - Thin client hardware is on the rise, moving beyond vertical markets. Will it go mainstream?
July 18, 2005... Hans-Juergen Neumaier had finally had enough. Last November, the CIO of Sparkasse Haslach-Zell, a small savings bank in the heart of Germany's Black Forest, pulled the Windows NT desktops off employees' desks and replaced them with Sun Ray thin...

Troika raises SANs' IQ - SAN Volume Suite sharpens SANs with intelligent services.(Troika International Inc.)(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 25, 2005... Troika Networks may not be the first vendor that comes to mind when talking about intelligent storage networks, but it should be: It has been a pioneer in the field since the company was founded in 1998. Throughout the years, Troika has...

Security gets smarter - 3Com, VeriSign, Arbor add intelligence to wares.(Arbor Networks)
July 25, 2005... As the black, gray, and white hats put on their party headdresses in Las Vegas for the Black Hat and DefCon conferences, security companies are busy bolstering their defenses against the latest crop of threats. And intelligence is the key...

Netli accelerates Web services.(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... Netli rolled out a service designed to speed the delivery of Web services traffic over the Internet. NetLightning for Web Services is an application-specific optimization service that uses specialized protocols to avoid network latency and stop...

Itanium chips sport faster bus.(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... Intel unveiled two new Itanium 2 processors that will tide the company over until the expected launch of its first dual-core Itanium processor later this year. The company added two 1.66GHz Itanium 2 processors, one with 9MB of Level 3 cache...