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The Anything-But-Microsoft Market
The anything-but-Microsoft industry scrambles to free up IT dollars and locate competitive advantage.
Global Thinking
Technology has the power to change the world, Cisco CEO Chambers says
Dell Takes A Broad View
He'll lead the charge on expanding Dell beyond its heritage as a PC vendor
Most Late-1990s VC Recipients Are Still Alive
A venture-capital newsletter says 58% of tech companies that first received venture capital in 1999 and 2000 are still alive, though most have yet to become profitable.
Computer Shipments Fall Again
The Commerce Department says shipments of computers and related products dropped 1.3% in December after falling 2.4% in November.
Time Warner Gets Back Into The Black
The world's largest media company says 4Q revenue rose 6% to $10.9 billion and it posted a profit of $638 million.
Forecast: Surging Economy Will Fuel IT Spending By States
Market-intelligence firm Input projects states' spending on IT will grow 8% annually through fiscal 2009, to $64 billion.
Thompson: Health Care Needs More IT
The Secretary of Health and Human Services told the World Healthcare Congress that technology can help reduce errors, resulting in fewer deaths and lower costs.
Execs: IT Is Key To Better, Cheaper Health Care
A survey of key executives at the World Health Care Congress says 79% feel IT is effective in holding down costs and improving patient safety and care.
Getty Images Sharpens Its Focus With HP Gear
Picture archive upgrades its technology infrastructure with a flexible architecture
The 24-Hour Supply Chain
7-Eleven depends on store managers for the accuracy of its 'centrally decentralized' system
DSL Use Expected To Grow Among Small Businesses
Probe Group, a research firm, says the number of DSL lines used by businesses in North America is expected to jump from 830,000 at the end of last year to 1.5 million in 2008.
Voice Over IP Is More Than Talk
Businesses in growing numbers are beginning to embrace voice and video over IP to cut costs and improve collaboration
Nortel In Talks To Sell Off Factories
The already-downsized company is negotiating to sell nearly all of its factories to Flextronics, a Singapore electronics firm, in a $500 million deal that could shed 2,500 jobs.
AT&T's Back In The Black
It earned $340 million in the fourth quarter despite a 12.8% decline in revenue.
BellSouth Rings Up Bigger Profits
Fourth-quarter net income rose 37% to $787 million thanks to gains in Latin America, new Internet customers, and a successful multiservice package.
Lucent Posts Second Straight Quarterly Profit
The telecommunications equipment maker held down costs and boosted revenue and gross margins on the way to a $338 million first-quarter profit.
Dell Debuts Layer 3 Switches
The PowerConnect 6000 line represents Dell's next step in the expansion of its fledgling networking business.
Banks To Boost Spending On New Technology For Branches
A Datamonitor report says U.S. banks will spend $1.4 billion as they seek to transform branches into selling centers.
Cingular Offers To Buy AT&T Wireless
The $27 billion deal would create the nation's largest cell-phone carrier, but it's likely to start a bidding war.
Current Events
Regional transmission operators are upgrading their systems to keep the electricity flowing
Gartner: Dependence On Internet Boosts Risks of Cyberwar
The research firm says that the rate of adoption of Internet-based technology means that nations will have the ability to conduct cyberwarfare by 2005.
H.323 Flaws Threaten Scores Of Products
The vulnerability may be present in products from more than 40 vendors, including Microsoft and Cisco Systems, experts say.
Boeing Brings Internet Access To The Sea
The aircraft maker is expanding its Connexion by Boeing service, already available to airlines, to the maritime industry.
Motorola Joins The China Club
Telecom hardware vendor scores bit, signing deals worth more than $1 billion with Chinese companies.
Level 3 Rounds Out Its Voice Over IP Line
It debuted a toll-free service in the United States to go along with local and long-distance offerings.
German Retailer To Roll Out RFID Tags
Metro Group says about 100 of its top suppliers will begin attaching the chips to pallets and packages of goods headed for its warehouses beginning in November.
New Hampshire Senator Readies "Hands-Off IP" Bill
Sen. John Sununu says he wants to keep federal and state regulators from interfering with the technology's development.
Cattle Trails
RFID technology could be used to build a national livestock-tracking system
Mars Rover's Earthly Impact
NASA's latest mission inspires seen-it-all business technologists and could offer tools with down-to-earth uses
Cuba Tightens Control Of Internet
The government is prohibiting Internet access over the low-cost government phone service most ordinary citizens have at home.
Businesses Warned To Be Ready For New SARS Outbreak
Gartner says companies need to prepare immediately for potential disruptions caused by the disease, which has resurfaced again in China.
The Explorer: Secure Your PC Online, Part Four
Fred ties up some loose ends from the previous installments, and discusses some new, cool and free security tools.
The Explorer: Secure Your PC Online, Part Three
Building on Parts One and Two, Fred now shows how to make your PC nearly impregnable.
The Explorer: Making Your PC Secure Online, Part Two
In Part One, we showed how to adjust your network settings for better security. Now we'll look at free and commercial add-on products and services that do even more.
The Explorer: Four Myths of Online Security
Make sure your PC is really secure from 'Net-based hacker attacks -- without spending a dime.
NASA's IT Success
NASA's Mars mission reinvigorates one CIO's business-technology adventure. Also: Mars pics, NASA's architecture problems, and vendor connections.
Falling Prices, Regulations Drive SAN Market
A study by market-research firm iSuppli says the market has been growing at a 30% annual rate and should maintain that pace for the next few years.
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The State of Cloud Computing - Fall 2020
Download this report to compare how cloud usage and spending patterns have changed in 2020, and how respondents think they'll evolve over the next two years.
2021 Top Enterprise IT TrendsWe've identified the key trends that are poised to impact the IT landscape in 2021. Find out why they're important and how they will affect you.
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