Sun serves Linux
LX50’s Control Station support makes it a good fit in Solaris shops SUN MICROSYSTEMS presents its new LX50 server as a solution for companies that want the scalability typical of 1U Intel servers with the manageability typical of servers from…
We the people …
One reader says technology didn’t create our copyright problems, but bad laws that steal from the public domain did I RECEIVED THE following response to a recent column (see ” Fighting the last war ,” Sept. 23). The author, David…
Register, or else …
One reader’s horror story about how failing to register an OS upgrade within 30 days killed his PDA WHAT’S THE NEXT step beyond software product activation? How about hardware deactivation? A reader we’ll call Mr. Fields recently purchased a Casio…
Who, what, where
The challenges of automating identity management and provisioning run the gamut from architecture to standards WITH THE PROLIFERATION of Web-based applications, extranets, self-service portals, and heterogeneous enterprise systems, the development of automated identity management and provisioning systems is becoming a…
Reliable Web services
Classic messaging gateways and connectors promise to be a prominent feature of the distributed services landscape NOW THAT WE ALL AGREE Web services must converse in a loosely coupled and asynchronous manner, it’s clear that message-oriented middleware has a vital…
Battle of the shopping carts
Brick front to online, CTOs are redefining their businesses and technologies to capture customers WHEN YOU’RE A chief technologist for an online retailer, is it gauche to shop other sites? Not if you’re human. And not if you’re interested in…
Reboot, restore, resume
Though setup is time-consuming, the CoreRestore PCI card adds a twist to ultrafast recovery of ATA drives PROBABLY ONE OF the most annoying recurring tasks for the help desk is restoring a PC with damaged software to pristine condition. A…
Sonic helps organizations share information
VP David Chappell discusses asynchronous communications and its importance to Web services WITH ITS SONICXQ architecture, Sonic Software provides a backbone that helps organizations share information across the enterprise and across the Net. Sonic’s vice president and chief technology evangelist,…
Speed up your Swing GUI construction with better building blocks
Use two helper classes to reduce dialog development time This article introduces two helper classes for speeding up the construction of Swing user interfaces. The idea is that these classes encapsulate the layout of form and data entry dialogs in…
Java Product News (updated October 4, 2002)
PointBase enhances relational database suite; Manning publishes JMX guide; esmertec expands JVM product line; and more PointBase enhances relational database suite October 4 — PointBase has announced version 4.4 of its Java database and synchronization products. PointBase Embedded 4.4, a…
