Sendo to launch non-Microsoft phone
Handset uses non-Microsoft software Sendo plans to launch in the fourth quarter a smart phone with software from Nokia instead of technology supplied by its former partner Microsoft, which the U.K. maker of customized mobile phones is suing for allegedly…
Intel puts StrongArm on death row
Chip has been superseded by XScale Intel has given developers notice that its SA-1110 StrongArm processor will not be available for much longer. The chip, which has served as the processor in several generations of personal digital assistants (PDAs) from…
Method to its madness
Scott McNealy is putting customers in charge of Sun Microsystems As the United States enters the post-bubble, late-recession, prewar (as I write this) economy, one of IT’s biggest money machines, Sun Microsystems, is lobbying to sell you something. Anything. They’ve…
MS CRM a good start, but just a start
Microsoft marries rich functionality with a splendid UI After months of rumblings out of Redmond, Microsoft finally released Version 1.0 of its Customer Relationship Management (MS CRM) Professional Suite Edition late last month. The wait has paid off: There is…
Making IT headlines
Los Angeles Times is case study for storage consolidation, says the paper’s CTO Bob Palermini got his first taste of Unix some 25 years ago when he became involved in production at a small newspaper in Polo, Ill., that used…
Lindows shopping
Linux on the desktop might be closer than you think In a recent column, I wrote about my experiences with Macs and Windows in a corporate environment. As a longtime Linux proponent, I have embraced that platform for a variety…
Password recall
It may seem intimidating, but it really is possible to remember all those secure passwords Password management is a headache. That much was made clear by all the e-mail I’ve received in response to my column a couple of weeks…
Beyond performance
EMC’s new Symmetrix family takes investment protection under consideration See correction below The pride and self-praise displayed by EMC during its recent announcement of the Symmetrix DMX storage arrays was understandable. The new product line, built around an architecture that…
Microsoft pursues hosted CRM agenda
Hosted CRM rivals unfazed by software giant If both hosted and packaged CRM software are destined to live side by side, Microsoft is determined to bolster its current weakness in delivering the software as a service. Hot on the heels…
Lockdown addendum
A proposal for a modified version of a flexible software install policy Management Speak: As part of the ongoing drive to improve our customer response, we have decided to streamline the process for users requesting services from IS. Translation: You…
