InfoWorld articles from September 2004

InfoWorld archives from September 2004

Traffic management shifting lanes - F5, Redline, Radware offer new products.
September 6, 2004... The application traffic management space is getting resurfaced as vendors such as F5, Radware, and Redline green-light new products with traffic compression, DoS attack protection, server-side caching, and other features aimed at simplifying...

Intel to tout multicore processing - At IDF, company hopes to move beyond difficult year.(Intel Developer Forum)
September 6, 2004... Intel will look to a multicore future during the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco this week, as it tries to leave behind a tumultuous year plagued by product delays and road map revisions. Intel President and COO Paul Otellini...

Lotus links notes and workplace - IBM says it remains committed to Notes client and Domino server products.
September 6, 2004... Lotus executives last week offered reassurance to corporate users that they remain firmly committed to the future of Notes client and Domino server products, despite persistent rumors that IBM's Workplace collaboration technology might largely...

Dell Expands SMB Desktop Services.(small and midsize businesses)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Dell has introduced a new suite of desktop support services for SMBs (small and midsize businesses), designed for companies with overstretched IT staffs. Called PC Workspace Services, the suite includes asset tracking, a support Web portal, and...

Sun Readies App Server Upgrade.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Sun Microsystems is preparing an upgrade to its enterprise-level application server and is touting new downloading figures as evidence of the company's growing presence in the application server market. Sun Java System Application Server...

McAfee Releases VirusScan 8.0i.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Anti-virus software company McAfee said a new version of its VirusScan Enterprise software contains intrusion prevention features that can protect vulnerable Microsoft Windows machines from attacks such as buffer overflows. VirusScan Enterprise...

Veritas Buys KVault.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Veritas Software said it intends to acquire e-mail archiving vendor KVault Software (KVS), whose applications allow policy-based archiving of corporate e-mail, for $225 million. Veritas plans to add KVS products to its repertoire and offer...

IBM, Sun, CA Join WS-Eventing.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Computer Associates have jumped aboard in support of the WS-Eventing specification. The three will be joining original developers Microsoft, BEA Systems, and Tibco Software. The specification is intended to define a...

Apple Unveils G5.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Apple Computer will begin shipping its new iMac G5 desktop computer in mid-September. Three models will be available. The top-of-the-range model has a 20-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 1,680 pixels by 1,050 pixels. It contains a 160GB...

Stripped down Longhorn still offers gems - Microsoft takes a gradual approach to Windows upgrade.(operating systems)
September 6, 2004... Even though Microsoft's much-anticipated Longhorn has been stripped of its unified file system and some of its other key Longhorn technologies will be available for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, the next Windows release will still be...

STORAGE INSIDER: Do iSCSI SANs need bulletproof transport? Opinions differ about the most efficient approach to data storage error handling.(SCSI protocol over TCP/IP)(Storage Area Networks)
September 6, 2004... I talked recently about error recovery levels with Andre Hedrick, president and chief technical officer at PyX Technologies, a startup company that says it has developed software for bulletproof iSCSI (Internet SCSI) connectivity. To...

SECURITY ADVISER: Spyware everywhere - At the very least, spyware can make your computers less efficient -- but it could be a lot worse.
September 6, 2004... I looked up to see my 14-year-old daughter standing in the lab, a look of frustration on her face. "Dad, I need a new computer," she said. Of course, teenagers probably always want a new computer, but she seemed worried. We talked, and I found...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Gates deals, Dell squeals - Longhorn gets shortchanged.(products overview)
September 6, 2004... I hate disappointing loyal readers, but there's little to report on the love front this week. Margot is still MIA, and as for my other hot prospects, we're still awaiting word from the parole board. I've just been sitting around at my computer,...

STRATEGIC DEVELOPER: Let the TiVo Olympics begin - While PVRs change how we view, technology is transforming event coverage.(Personal Video Recorder)
September 6, 2004... Every fourth summer, IT trade pubs write about the technology that powers the Olympic Games. It's always an interesting topic, but apart from an enhanced focus on security, the Athens 2004 stories were little changed from their Sydney 2000...

REALITY CHECK: Modifying management behavior - Where CTOs are concerned, better managers aren't built in a day.
September 6, 2004... Would a half-day management training seminar have made a better boss of Ebenezer Scrooge? You and Bob Cratchit already know the answer; Ebenezer needed a more personal approach to turn him around. Dickens understood that. And now, just 161...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Betting lives on computers - Technology fails to live up to society's dangerously unrealistic expectations.
September 6, 2004... A popular plot device in science fiction has technology that's built to defend us turn on us instead. For some of us, the implausibility of that concept makes the story less entertaining. A computer that's programmed for defense can't "change...

EDITOR'S LETTER: China's new face - Chinese IT will continue to thrive if the government keeps its hands off.(Editorial)
September 6, 2004... Just back from three weeks in China, I'll spare you the boring slides except for two observations. First, China presents amazing contrasts. You can bounce over mountain roads and still enjoy four bars of reception on your cell phone. (In...

CTO CONNECTION: Dreams of service-oriented b-to-b integration - In pursuit of an SOA to clean up business processes and reduce human interaction.
September 6, 2004... A project I'm working on here at InfoWorld reminds me of the packaging of a brand of bagged ice back in my native North Carolina. The name of that ice company escapes me, but my memory of the packaging is crystal clear: "Never touched by human...

Identity's federated future - To better facilitate transactions involving multiple parties, the industry proposes machine-to-machine exchange of identity data. But can you automate trust?
September 6, 2004... Walk up to an ATM anywhere in the world, insert your bank card, punch in your PIN, and within minutes you can withdraw local currency from your own account, no matter where you normally bank. Aside from a possible service charge, the...

The global challenge - Agreeing on standards for sharing identity is hard enough without having to reconcile privacy laws around the world.
September 6, 2004... As complicated as identity federation can be for U.S. companies, globalization adds still further complexity. Privacy laws, in particular -- although easy enough to manage when doing business locally -- can become a thorny issue when exchanging...

Tacit I-shared brings welcome relief to over-the-WAN file sharing - Low- maintenance appliance trims wait times dramatically.(Wide Area Network)
September 6, 2004... Sharing files with users at remote offices over a WAN often creates enormous headaches, due to limited bandwidth and the high latency of the connection, combined with the "chattiness" of file sharing protocols such as NFS and CIFS. As a...

Better security through identity - A new breed of identity-based access systems helps tame complex networks and bring security back in line with business goals.
September 6, 2004... The old "separate nations" network paradigm -- decentralized security in which multiple departments using various applications manage access as each sees fit -- is now passe. Security systems are going global, as enterprises increasingly turn...

Forum XWall provides powerful protection for Web services - Hackers would be hard-pressed to circumvent this sturdy, granular security system.
September 6, 2004... Safeguarding Web services is a lot like protecting your Web-based applications from attack. The current crop of application-layer security solutions can look for malformed Web traffic, URL tampering, and the like, but it does not look deep into...

Identity's role in SOA - As enterprises move toward Web services, new focus is placed on the identity of things.(Service Oriented Architecture)
September 6, 2004... "Identity and Web services are closely related," says Jamie Lewis, Burton Group's CEO and research chair. "It's almost a yin and yang." As to whether SOA (service-oriented architecture) leads to identity or whether enterprise adoption of...

MetaPass keys password management - USB lets users forget passwords, and admins forget about password resets.(Metapass, inc)
September 6, 2004... Ask any IT manager which request the help desk hears the most and you'll get one answer: password resets. More people forget their passwords than lose the keys to their home or car. That's where the MetaPass Digital Key comes in. The...

Product Previews.
September 6, 2004... Aruba Series 60 Grid Points, AEP Systems SureWare A-Gate AG-1200, EMC Celerra NS500, FileMaker Server 7 Advanced Aruba Unveils WLAN Grid Hardware and Software New products from Aruba Wireless Networks aim to reduce the cost of...

Radiant Logic, MaXware give directories a virtual twist - RadiantOne, MaXware Virtual Directory present a variety of data sources as one directory.(Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
September 6, 2004... Metadirectories and SSO (single sign-on) products tend to garner much of the attention in the directory arena, but directory virtualization is closing in. Virtual directories take data from multiple sources, including other directories and...

Cisco routers add services - Products tack on security, voice, and video features.
September 13, 2004... Cisco Systems this week will introduce a new line of routers with integrated services that combine concurrent data, security, and voice features in one system. The new systems are designed for both small businesses and large enterprises...

Borland touts Software Delivery Optimization - Strategy aims to set repeatable processes for software development.
September 13, 2004... At the BorCon conference this week, Borland Software will reveal its Software Delivery Optimization strategy, which leverages the company's ALM (application lifecycle management) and developer products to ease software development and...

Oracle grows e-business suite - Version 11i.10 gains 2,100 new features.
September 13, 2004... Within two months, Oracle will ship its delayed E-Business Suite 11i.10, packing the new release with 2,100 new features targeting specific industries and general e-business applications. For manufacturing, Oracle added a compliance...

Sybase Releases Database for Linux.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Sybase released a free, limited version of its software for deployment on Linux systems. Sybase ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) Express Edition for Linux uses the same technology as Sybase's flagship ASE RDBMS, which competes against...

Hitachi Upgrades Storage Line.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Hitachi Data Systems announced a new enterprise storage lineup with new features such as a virtualization, which allows customers to manage as much as 32 petabytes of internal and external storage. The new storage system, TagmaStore Universal...

Macromedia Extends Web Conferencing.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Macromedia is offering its Breeze Live hosted Web conferencing service on a pay-as-you go basis instead of requiring a subscription. Users are now able to access the Pay-Per-Use Breeze Live service for 32 cents per minute per participant and to...

Intel unveils first WiMax silicon - Deployment will support long-range wireless services.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Intel unveiled the first WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) silicon for long-range fixed wireless broadband last week at the Intel Developer Forum. Code-named Rosedale and available to key system makers in sample...

Mobile apps rising - DemoMobile 2004 showcases wireless business and applications processes.
September 13, 2004... The DemoMobile 2004 spotlight shone on tools and services designed to mobilize business and application processes, as earlier concerns regarding wireless infrastructure build out and coverage have faded. Whereas just a year ago mobility was...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Itanium is Intel's future - Instead of waving flags over yet another Xeon, let's see some Itanium fireworks.
September 13, 2004... Intel racked up some serious karmic debt when it schemed to run AMD out of the PC processor business. Xeon now languishes in Opteron's shadow, which strikes me as just desserts for some nasty business. Now is a good time for Intel to send up...

CTO CONNECTION: Readers weigh in on IDEs - To IDE or not to IDE? A matter of preference becomes a religious argument.(Chief Technology officer)
September 13, 2004... Should your developers use an IDE to develop software? If you think that discussion ended years ago, think again. The voluminous response to my Aug. 30 column proves that the debate rages on. As you may recall, our operation at InfoWorld is...

REALITY CHECK: The age of real-time intelligence - The growing volume of business data presents new opportunities and new challenges.
September 13, 2004... The fact that customers want data on demand is nothing new. Passengers who make airline reservations want instant feedback that their frequent flier miles were credited, for example. To provide that feedback, there must be a tight link...

STRATEGIC DEVELOPER: Doing the impossible with Longhorn - Microsoft changes its mind about Longhorn's file system and presentation layer.
September 13, 2004... It's funny how circumstances can change your perception of what's possible. A few months ago, key Microsoft architects were telling me that it would be impossible to decouple the Avalon presentation subsystem from the Longhorn OS. Now they're...

EDITOR'S LETTER: Recognizing the best - Time is running out for your InfoWorld 100 nominations.(Editorial)
September 13, 2004... The world is awash in awards (say that three times fast, I dare you). Companies, media outlets, professional associations, even internal departments -- everyone's got a little slice of recognition to parcel out. With this wanton proliferation...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: GOP looks east, SP2 goes south - My social life can't be saved.(IT news)
September 13, 2004... A reader concerned for my soul as well as my social life suggested I try out a new dating service (datetosave.com) where, for the price of a dinner, a "hot" gal named Tamara will convert me to the true and righteous path. Unfortunately, it...

SECURITY ADVISER: A little perspective, please - Sometimes it helps to take the long view of security.(Column)
September 13, 2004... When I started writing this column nearly two years ago, the first thing I did was to warn that the problems of worms, viruses, and other malware were going to get a lot worse very soon. I was almost right. Worms and spyware (which I didn't...

STORAGE INSIDER: Entry-level storage market heats up - IBM delivers more storage for SMBs with new FC and iSCSI models.
September 13, 2004... If you thought IBM was running behind its competitors with storage products for SMBs, think again. The latest announcements from Big Blue target the entry-level segment, proposing two new TotalStorage arrays, the DS300 with iSCSI (Internet...

Product Previews - Procera OptimIP 2402, Macrovision AdminStudio 6, Protego Networks PN MARS 20, McCabe and Associates TRUEtrack 3.0.(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 13, 2004... Procera appliance defends against internal network attacks Companies deploy firewalls to protect against outside attacks, but according to Procera Networks, the majority of network threats come from the inside. Procera's answer is the...

Red-dogging Red Hat - Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 turns up the heat.(Advertisement)
September 13, 2004... Following the acquisition by Novell, Suse has been undergoing some fundamental changes. Most of these changes are still waiting in the wings, but Suse released a significant refresh of its enterprise server product, and it looks to be a solid...

Full-featured firewalls - Fortinet and ServGate boxes meet our performance challenge.(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 13, 2004... Never has the firewall been asked to do so much. Although firewalls have long offered extras, such as the ability to do VPN processing and content filtering, today vendors are throwing in the kitchen sink, including virus and spam filtering and...

GSX Server provides smooth, stable server virtualization - Now with 64- bit support, Version 3.1 can simplify app dev tasks and more.
September 13, 2004... The first release of VMware Workstation in 1999 marked the birth of simple system virtualization on the x86 architecture. In the years since, VMware has matured, adding significantly to its product line with GSX Server, a virtualization...

The 'age of sensors' nears - Managers tap high-end technology to monitor equipment, data, and even cookies.(wireless sensors)
September 13, 2004... As Wi-Fi devices deliver more and more data from distribution centers into the corporate network, wireless sensors tackle a more difficult job: transmitting data from manufacturing equipment directly into manufacturing control systems. ...

Wi-Fi takes inventory management to new heights - Real-time data visibility can increasing efficiency -- and reduce the bottom line.
September 13, 2004... There's something in the air these days at distribution centers everywhere. From the farmer's field to the warehouse floor, wireless technologies are transforming the way businesses manage inventory. Clipboards and manual data entry are going...

Pogo Linux PerformanceWare worth jumping on - Packed with processing power and easy to manage, this 4U server is priced to move.
September 13, 2004... Like a sports car that combines a big engine with a small body, the Pogo Linux PerformanceWare 3564 3U server packs a lot of processing power into a relatively small chassis. And though it performs like a hot rod, comes fully loaded with...

The five missing pieces of SOA - Maturing Web services standards make an SOA seem practical. But should you start now or wait until they fill in the gaps?(Service-Oriented Architecture)
September 13, 2004... The high concept of SOA (service-oriented architecture) continues to enthrall IT. Yet SOA's promise of universal application integration is vague at best, confounding anyone who takes a closer look. Such scrutiny reveals major gaps -- in...

What about performance? Critics of Web services and SOA often cite performance as a barrier to adoption. But there's always a speed tradeoff in standardization.(Service Oriented Architecture)
September 13, 2004... The five challenges highlighted in this article reflect trade-offs intrinsic to the distributed, loosely coupled nature of Web services- based SOAs. But skeptics frequently cite another issue -- performance -- as a particular weakness of the...

HP, others bolster future storage - EMC, Cisco, Microsoft to unveil new products.
September 20, 2004... Storage vendors Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, EMC, and Microsoft are trumpeting new products this week that foreshadow the near future of storage. Cisco this week plans to announce new SAN options for its MDS 9000 line. EMC, for its part, is...

ObjectStore keeps tabs on RFID data - RFID Accelerator uses event caching to speed real time tracking of products.
September 20, 2004... This week ObjectStore, a provider of technology designed to manage massive amounts of data in real time, will unveil RFID Accelerator. The company aims to give to supply chain capabilities similar to those used by financial institutions for...

Verity, ClearForest add structure to data - Tools bump up usability of unstructured information.
September 20, 2004... Verity this week will unwrap a software add-on to its search system, designed to make unstructured content more usable in corporate applications. The announcement follows activity from ClearForest, which last month introduced Version 6.0 of its...

WebEx ties to CRM.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... WebEx Communications this week will launch Sales Center, a new Web conferencing service that aims to speed sales cycles by improving collaboration within sales teams. Sales Center includes features such as Expert Database, which lets subject...

Xerox boosts software portfolio.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... Xerox last week took the wraps off its latest version of DocuShare Web- based content management software, which has enhancements for helping customers manage documents for compliance purposes. The company also added several new applications to...

Hitachi unveils 100GB hard drive.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced the availability of 2.5- inch hard drives with capacities as large as 100GB for notebook computers by the end of 2004. The Travelstar 5K100 and E5K100 hard drives spin at 5,400 rpm and are available...

IBM extends RFID services.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... IBM announced an expansion of its services for companies seeking help with RFID technology. The services, now available, include consulting, development of a business case, technical proof of concept, pilots for the client and trading partners,...

McAfee unveils managed e-mail service.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... McAfee announced an integrated anti-spam, anti-virus, and content filtering service for inbound and outbound e-mail called McAfee Managed Mail Protection. The service is targeted at companies with between one and 1,000 employees that lack the...

IBM delivers Power-based servers with Linux.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... IBM pushed its Power5 line of servers into the low end of the market, taking Linux with it, announcing a series of Linux-only systems that will compete with offerings from Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. Tuned to run Linux, the new...

STRATEGIC DEVELOPER: Access control, monoculture, and accountability - In medium to large enterprises, access control lists don't scale, so we need new ways to monitor data.
September 20, 2004... Two years ago I bumped into a powerful idea that I knew I'd be hearing about again. In a blog entry about ACLs (access control lists), I cited a speech given by Dan Geer to the Security Industries Middleware Council. Geer was then CTO of...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Consolidation in a small package: Your phone wants to tell you a thing or two about the value of convergence -- and why you should look for it elsewhere.
September 20, 2004... I held a Research In Motion BlackBerry 7100T in my hand yesterday. It's a feature-rich phone with a gorgeous user interface that happens to do e-mail. Earlier, I'd been talking with Nokia about its 9300, a mobile messaging device you can also...

REALITY CHECK: Enter the hot zone - WiMax is shaping up to be more than just Wi-Fi's big brother.
September 20, 2004... It's no accident that WiMax sounds something like Wi-Fi. I'm sure the name was intentionally picked to evoke Wi-Fi capabilities taken "to the max." Unfortunately, what may have sounded like a brilliant idea to the technology folks at the...

CTO CONNECTION: Real-world laptop recovery lessons: Don't drink the water -- and never, never go to Baja without your Windows XP boot CD.
September 20, 2004... When you're 1,500 miles from home, combing the shelves of a Mexican Costco, and hoping to find Windows XP on the shelves to help get you out of a jam -- you know you're in trouble. And that's exactly where I found myself recently when I...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Oracle on the attack, Wachovia out of whack - Wounded by a trade show invite.
September 20, 2004... I get trade show invitations like my dog, Apache, gets fleas, but this one really stung: It was for the Honeymoon and Romantic Getaways Show. Do you think they'd let me go stag? Meanwhile, I took the suggestion of a reader and checked out...

EDITOR'S LETTER: A complete IT meal - This week's menu includes VoIP, 64-bit computing, and great columns.(Editorial)
September 20, 2004... The best issues of InfoWorld combine solid, in-depth reporting on products and technologies -- our meat and potatoes, so to speak -- with tasty insights into the future of IT on the side. Judged on that culinary basis, this issue makes a great...

SECURITY ADVISER: Unplugging SP2 - Missed me? Sure you did...
September 20, 2004... A couple of weeks ago, Wayne Rash used this space to harsh on some university IT administrators for blocking students' access to Windows XP Service Pack 2. I agree with most of his case, except for one of his closing points: Insisting that...

Exclusive: A SAN for all seasons - NetApp FAS270C scores top marks with flexible and scalable storage cluster.(Storage Area Networks)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 20, 2004... If your company has been hard-pressed to choose between FC (Fibre Channel) and iSCSI (Internet SCSI) or between block-level and file-level systems for your next round of storage purchases, consider one of the entry-level FAS200 (Fabric Attached...

Aventail EX-750 keeps users cleanly connected - Flexible, easy-to- install SSL VPN grants admins the end point controls they need.(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 20, 2004... If you need to provide secure remote access to Web-based apps as well as other network resources, then an SSL VPN is a great choice. Unlike IPSec VPNs, SSL VPNs do not require any special client software in order to access resources inside the...

Push-button diagramming - CodeLogic 2.0 generates important, accurate charts from Java and C# source.(Logic Explorer)
September 20, 2004... Developers usually do their diagramming in the design phase. After code is written, it's unlikely that any diagramming will ever take place, even though it could be useful for code maintenance. Why? If programmers have little time to create...

e-Security delivers the big security picture - Solution transforms deluge of network security data in useful, easy-to-read reports.(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 20, 2004... One of the first things you notice when you start working with IDSes is that they produce a lot of data. In fact, this flood of data can be so overwhelming that the usefulness of products such as Snort can become questionable. Yes, you can...

Product Previews.(Advertisement)
September 20, 2004... SurfControl content filters, Sendia Wireless SFA for Salesforce.com, KM Sciences infoSavant, Net6 Hybrid-VPN Gateway By InfoWorld staff SurfControl Beefs Up Enterprise Content Filters SurfControl has updated its complete line of...

MOM's still cooking - Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 improves on the original recipe.(Microsoft Operations Manager)
September 20, 2004... MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager) 2005 is the company's latest attempt to ease the strain of managing a Windows-centric environment and, judging from my early spin with the software, it's a pretty good second try. Installation is easier than...

The great 64-bit shootout - Armed with definitive benchmarks, we answer the burning question: Can Intel's souped-up Xeon match the Opteron in the 64-bit x86 performance?
September 20, 2004... To paraphrase Benjamin Disraeli, there are lies, damn lies, and benchmarks. Synthetic CPU tests can provide numbers pointing one way or the other and can help unmask weaknesses and strengths in chip architectures, but what matters most is how...

Cryptographic pushme-pullyou - Secure mail platforms must master the delivery of both messages and keys.
September 20, 2004... Whether a secure message is delivered to a client inbox, a Web mail service, or an SSL-secured Web portal, the important thing is that the recipient can open and read the message without any hassle. Striving to meet both security requirements...

Keys to a secret network - Seclarity's SiNic combines hardware encryption and granular policy management to lock down private LANs.
September 20, 2004... If you want to keep an e-mail message, a file, or a database record private, you encrypt it and you make sure that only authorized users receive the key. Not especially difficult, as long as it involves a single application (such as e-mail), a...

Prepping for networked telephony - Implementing an IP PBX means confronting a series of technical and management challenges.(Private Branch Exchanges)
September 20, 2004... If you've ever been involved with deploying a telephone system, you know it's a big job. Deploying an IP PBX is a big job, too, and it shares many issues with old-fashioned PBX deployments. Those issues include planning, training, and...

Clash of the e-mail encryptors - E-mail security solutions from PGP, PostX, Sigaba, and Tumbleweed compete on flexibility, power, and ease.(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 20, 2004... Jerry didn't mean to read the boss' e-mail, but he did. It was just too tempting. Now Jerry checks his boss' mail on a regular basis, "just for fun." Sure, Jerry felt a little guilty, but the things he found out -- about his boss' crumbling...

Sizing up VoIP servers - 3Com, Avaya, Siemens, and Zultys offer rich telephony features, excellent voice quality, and more or less scalability.(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 20, 2004... Voice over IP has reached the point where it's good enough to be taken seriously in the enterprise. The poor voice quality and dropped calls are things of the past, and the current technology delivers features and voice quality as good as, if...

JBoss Opens to J2EE 1.4 - Company's A pplication Server 4.0 offers modular design.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... JBoss is shipping JBoss Application Server 4.0, which the company is billing as the first open source application server certified as compatible with the J2EE 1.4 platform. The advent of Version 4.0 means the product has passed the 23,000...

McData offers SAN consolidation - New SAN router follows Cisco product refresh.(Storage Area Networks)
September 27, 2004... McData plans to introduce a new SAN router this week designed to connect the growing number of isolated SAN networks in corporations. The Eclipse 2640 SAN Router is designed to consolidate storage and extend replication and backup services...

PalmSource unveils Cobalt 6.1 OS - OS now supports open source Eclipse environment.(Operating System)
September 27, 2004... PalmSource will ratchet up the competition among wireless OS vendors this week by announcing Cobalt 6.1, the latest version of its mobile operating system. The main emphasis of the new PalmSource OS is on wireless connectivity, putting it on a...

Microsoft steps up efforts to nab Unix migrations - Forthcoming plans aim to pinpoint technical and costs benefits of Windows over Linux.
September 27, 2004... Hoping to throw some tacks in the road to slow Linux momentum, Microsoft during the next year will redouble its efforts to woo more corporate users migrating from Unix to the open source OS. Despite achieving some success convincing Unix...