W3C issues XML digital signature proposal
THE XML SIGNATURE Working Group of the W3C has released a recommendation of a standard means of digitally signing portions of XML documents. The proposed recommendation, which must be approved by the W3C director, enables signing of a specific object…
Net Physics tells all
Network Physics NP-1000 monitors Internet traffic from server to end user ONE OF THE GREAT challenges of running a Web site has been to learn enough about your Internet traffic to provide visitors to your site with the level of…
Evolutionary IT
Don’t get tricked into thinking that natural selection has put you right at the top of the corporate heap “THE FIRST CUP of coffee in the morning recapitulates phylogeny.” — Dr. Jerry Pournelle USUALLY, I get the joke. I don’t…
Notes postmortem
Sine readers suggest reports of Notes’ death may be greatly exaggerated, but save the obituary just in case LAST WEEK’S COLUMN (See ” Notes is Dead “) touched a deep nerve. I expected it would; I did not undertake the…
Consultant canons
CTOs should know how to use consultants, but it’s a long way from lip service to implementation I’VE SPENT A lot of time in recent weeks thinking about the role of consultants in IT and business in general. Every CTO…
Demand better
With the IT industry in a slump, now is the time for users to demand that vendors produce bug free software EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT software quality, or the lack thereof, but who is going to do something about it? That…
Troubled travels
THE DECLINE IN TRAVEL brought on by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and the weakened economy have forced airlines and travel companies to cut costs wherever they can. As a result, CTOs are using Web services and other technologies…
Bringing it all together
Integrating myriad systems to present a single view of the customer continues to be a frustrating task for enterprises seeking a course to CRM success THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT of Vehicle Services (DVS) had a big customer-satisfaction problem on its hands.…
A fast merry-go-round
Dell?s PowerVault 122T eight-slot carousel represents an affordable step up from single Quantum drives THE CONSTANT GROWTH of business-supporting data will inevitably compel many midsize companies and departments of larger corporations to consider switching from DLT (digital linear tape) or…
Quality in-house
Software quality isn’t a process or a department, it’s a job requirement for everyone in IT NO MATTER WHAT your job title is, if you’re involved in IT, you are responsible for software quality. Your right to complain about unstable,…
