A job title in decline?
Take a look at what CTOs are doing, and it’s clear they’re strategic players with growing influence HAVING WRITTEN A column directed at the CTO community for over a year, I have had the distinct pleasure of meeting and getting…
Notes is dead
It’s no murder mystery, since killer Ray Ozzie is publicly dissecting the corpse on his favorite new tool: Weblogs NOTES IS DEAD. Kaput, pushing up daisies, canceled, an ex-application (apologies to Monty Python and Hollywood intellectual property gatekeeper Jack Valenti…
Hiring at home
The H-1B visa is a relic of a more prosperous era, but banning foreign IT workers isn’t the answer MANAGEMENTSPEAK: In this uncertain business climate, we find it necessary to take actions that will enable us to maintain our position…
Is Sun serious?
Once again, Sun identifies the trailing edge of technology and jumps on it with a characteristic lack of common sense IN THE FILM Sunset Boulevard, aging actress Norma Desmond struts and barks as though she’s still on top of her…
Getting a grip on greed
Cringely takes a look at a shady settlement, Microsoft’s CRM play, and XNS AMBER NOW HAS our vacation all planned out. “We’re going to snorkel one day, go hiking the next, and try surfing. I also have restaurants lined up…
Don’t fear the GPL
Contrary to what detractors say, the GNU General Public License empowers end-users A FEW SOFTWARE companies (I’ll let you guess which one heads the list) have spent a considerable amount of time recently trying to convince folks that the GNU…
Sneaky service packs
If you install the latest patches for Windows 2000 and XP, they may start updating themselves WINDOWS USERS are steaming over the terms in Microsoft’s new Service Pack 3 for Windows 2000, which was released on Aug. 1, and Service…
Serving up .Net
With RC1, many Microsoft customers have ample reason to upgrade to Enterprise Server UPGRADING AN OPERATING SYSTEM is never as simple as popping in a CD-ROM and twiddling your thumbs through an automated install. Every OS change requires planning, retraining,…
Sourcefire makes IDSes more flexible
Founder and CTO Martin Roesch talks about the state of security in the industry IDSES (INTRUSION DETECTION systems) are probably one of the hottest segments of the overall security market these days. For many companies, the best tool is an…
App server, Web server: What’s the difference?
How do Web and application servers fit into the enterprise? August 23, 2002 Q: What is the difference between an application server and a Web server? A: A Web server exclusively handles HTTP requests, whereas an application server serves business…
