Chasing a lost package
Human error can mar performance of even the most advanced wireless tracking technology LESSON ONE: In the never-ending war between humankind and machine, humans will always find a way to defeat the “system.” OK, United Parcel Service lost an overnight…
Trading on growth
The CTO of Island ECN keeps pace with an explosion in trade volume IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY, traffic is high, downtime is deadly, and real-time data and communications are critical. But in the ECN (electronic communications network) segment of financial…
Shifting shape
Small design changes are yielding big benefits in a wide range of storage devices SQUEEZING EVERY OUNCE of performance from a storage network keeps the brightest minds in our industry searching for that perfect combination of software code, processor power,…
Memo to Bill Gates
It’s time, Bill, to commit to the common good by fighting those who would lock the Internet door shut DEAR BILL, I know you’re a busy man — probably the world’s busiest man — but I need your help. And…
WLAN overboard
Instability, shortcomings plague Orinoco Wireless LAN Manager NOW THAT COMPANIES are embracing wireless networking, the problem arises: How do you manage all of those access points? For the most part, access point management solutions were designed in simpler times, such…
Appmail pulls it together
Zaplet Appmail System 2.0 puts a familiar, e-mail face on collaborative business processes MANY COLLABORATION TOOLS fall short of expectations because they really don’t take into account the way people work. For most distributed organizations, e-mail becomes the de facto…
CTOs’ place on the org chart
CTOs rank high within the organization with 87 percent reporting to the company’s chairman, CEO or president. On average, CTOs have a high ratio of direct and indirect reports to total number of corporate employees. Source: www.infoworld.com
IT ROI questions from the CFO to the CTO
Required investment How much investment — including capital expense, planning and deployment, application development, and ongoing management and support — will the project require? Financial benefits What are the expected financial benefits of the project, measured according to established financial…
Rethinking ROI
The economy headed south and the board tightened the purse strings, compelling CTOs to think about ROI from the CFO’s viewpoint. And that’s not likely to change even as the economy improves SCOTT PREBLE HAS A name for when he…
The role of directories in Web services
CTO Hal Stern outlines the direction of Sun’s next generation of software infrastructure AS CTO OF the Sun ONE (Open Net Environment) software products group, Hal Stern tries to be a unifying force within Sun. Stern, who has been quietly…
