P-to-p’s next frontier?
Mobile, wireless apps may present a solid peer-to-peer opportunity for enterprises JUST WHEN IT seemed peer-to-peer architectures might fade into the sunset, another horizon opens up. Spurred by the spread of 802.11 and related protocols, new mobile and wireless applications…
Return to sender
One reader finds out the hard way that not all vendors are clear on what they mean by “compatible” CALL IT THE “MYSTERY BOX” syndrome. You think you’ve done your homework and know exactly what you’re getting until you actually…
Rich client redux
Action Engine bolsters the wireless experience by bringing Web services to mobile devices CONVINCING THE PUBLIC of the value proposition of wireless applications has been an uphill battle for telecom carriers. Enterprises also have found difficulty in rolling out meaningful…
Database, heal thyself
IBM’s latest DB2 release addresses administrative costs and downtime with helpful self-management capabilities IN ANY ENTERPRISE, simplifying database administration while increasing developer productivity is a highly worthwhile quest. On both counts, shops that currently use IBM’s DB2, as well as…
Putting peer-to-peer in place
At GlaxoSmithKline, Groove proves to be the right peer-to-peer prescription Putting any new technology in place requires careful consideration of an organization’s specific needs, available resources, and ultimate goal. For GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the search for a collaboration tool to be…
Winning the OS game
If you want to see what a workable enterprise operating system strategy looks like, look to IBM and Apple JUST A COUPLE of years ago, the commercial OS landscape looked bleak. For most businesses the only real options were Windows…
So long, Wintel
If you still believe Windows on 32-bit Intel CPUs is the safest platform choice, take a fresh look at the market WINDOWS ON X86-32 hardware has been the de facto safe platform since the release of Windows NT 4.0 in…
The autonomic puzzle
IBM’s autonomic enterprise is missing several important pieces WHEN IBM REBRANDED eLiza last month, she was given a cute send-off. “In a self-configuring transformation of historical proportions,” the announcement read, “Project eLiza of IBM self-managing IT infrastructure fame, is now…
Deal with meetings
Domino 6, Sametime 3 bolster collaboration orchestration GETTING PEOPLE TO WORK together is an effort under many circumstances; even the best of team players usually has a personal agenda. Anything that makes it easier to tap into a company’s knowledge…
The e-mail scandal
Your messages have a 1-in-8 chance of never reaching your intended recipients’ inboxes A NEW STUDY shows that 11.7 percent of messages that were requested by an e-mail subscriber never reached the recipient’s inbox. Six percent were incorrectly routed to…
