That unifying voice
Webley CTO designs the platform for a voice-based integrated communications system WEBLEY SYSTEMS IS a communications company, headquartered in Deerfield, Ill., that integrates office phone, home phone, cell, fax, e-mail, and other services from one interface. As CTO, Alex Kurganov…
Enriching Clientele
Epicor leverages .Net and a fat client for powerful and flexible CRM TEN YEARS FROM NOW, no doubt we’ll look back at our time and find it unbelievable that enterprise applications were built with so little disposition to communicate with…
Presentation matters
Apple and Red Hat are redefining GUIs by taking it one small step at a time MATURE USERS OF Unix, Mac OS, and Windows realize that GUIs have not changed appreciably in the past 15 years. Today’s GUIs jam text…
Services with a smile
Windows 2000 and XP have processes galore, but most can be turned off if you know the secret WINDOWS 2000 and XP do a lot of things. Fortunately, if you don’t like the things they do, you can turn some…
An uphill battle
Many bills before Congress would erode consumers’ rights, but one measure deserves consumer backing MAYBE IT’S TIME for a little self help of our own. For years we’ve associated electronic self help — the remote disabling of software — with…
CTOs en masse
Far-flung enterprises and complex technical needs have inspired some large enterprises to design org charts with multiple CTO tiers DESIGNING A VPN can be a daunting task for any enterprise, especially for a military laboratory with 22 locations nationwide supporting…
No worms here
Xserve, Jaguar a well-matched team WHEN WE REVIEWED Mac OS X Server last fall, we noted that Apple had a credibility problem (see ” A low-end alternative ” ). The company lacked a decent hardware platform on which to run…
Polishing the Apple for the enterprise
The darling of the ‘alpha geeks’ may also spark corporate interest APPLE COMPUTER — longtime darling of the education, graphics, and desktop publishing markets — is pushing the enterprise envelope. A powerful server, a commitment to open standards, and killer…
The ubiquitous CTO
As technology, financial, and business processes intertwine, demand for the CTO’s expertise will grow I SPOKE RECENTLY about technology leadership at the National Association of Convenience Stores annual convention in Orlando, Fla. Technology leadership is a tough issue in the…
Leading by listening first
Before you judge history or your staff, review the facts and the process “THOSE WHO DON’T remember the past are condemned to repeat the 11th grade.” — James W. Loewen REVISIONISM IS the art of waiting until everyone who knows…
