Tastes better than Tang
NASA’s vulnerability reduction program turns up some encouraging numbers THERE ARE TIMES when it’s possible to look at the sorry state of computer security and wonder if this really is as good as it gets. But this isn’t one of…
Innovation is not over — it’s evolving
The market pushes innovators to create products for complex environments CONSIDER THE MESSAGES we’ve been digesting during the past few months. Layoffs continue to ease the Silicon Valley freeway commute, enterprise IT spending remains lackluster, and in the stock market,…
XML everywhere
As platform vendors incorporate XML, will content management problems go away? THE REVOLUTION WROUGHT by Web-based standards and distributed computing environments is having tremendous impact, including the democratization of many specialized enterprise software functions. Business intelligence applications, for example, are…
Not fade away
Before you buy the line that peer-to-peer and Web services are passing fads, look again at ways they’re converging ON WALL STREET, the canary in the mine shaft for a turnaround is capitulation. It’s the tipping point between despair and…
CTO with backbone
Strong fiscal management and technology innovation are key for Level 3 Communications IF YOU HAVE A DIAL-UP Internet connection at home, you’re likely to be connecting via Broomfield, Colo.-based Level 3 Communications, says the company’s group vice president and CTO…
Integrating an upturn
It’s the new reality. Rather than spend millions for new technologies, CTOs spin their legacy systems into new business models CURTIS BROWN, CTO of New York-based Princeton Review, says the down economy has forced him to approach the future in…
VOIP and SBS feedback
There’s more than meets the eye in voice over IP services and Microsoft’s Small Business Server THIS WEEK, I’m updating some earlier columns with new information provided by readers. Keep those tips coming, and I’ll keep printing ’em. VOIP. I…
Grand Central facilitates communication
Execs Craig Donato and John McDowall tell how a Web services network enforces reliable connections between enterprises GRAND CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS is in the business of enabling applications and platforms to easily communicate across enterprises. President and CEO Craig Donato and…
Lose Your Mind Development ships Printer’s Apprentice 7.5
LOSE YOUR MIND Development has released Printer’s Apprentice 7.5, a comprehensive software package for organizing and printing font files. Printer’s Apprentice can view, print, and install TrueType, Type 1, and OpenType font files from any storage device, such as a…
Should you go with JMS?
Why JMS isn’t always the best solution for distributed system development Distributed system development is growing rapidly as software developers build systems that must keep up with the ever-increasing requirements imposed by e-business. But, never before has the design and…
