- Sales Force Automation
Solutions
- Ariba, IBM, Microsoft: New
B2B Standard
- MS 'Whistler' to Support
Interactive TV
- WAP or I-Mode: Which
Is Better?
- Sony Launches Much-Anticipated
Palm Device
- Athlon Passes One - Gigahertz
Mark
- IMegaPixel Mania
- Right
PDA
- Right PDA
- Pretty
Good Bug Found in PGP
- Oracle offers
sales force software for free
- A router
monopoly?
- Wireless Network Slugfest
Continues
- Gigabit Over Copper: Bandwidth
To Burn?
- Unix World Review: StarOffice
5.2
- BroadVision Goes One-To-One With
IBM
- Commerce One and Intershop Announce
Plans For Internet Selling Channel
- Breaking
through the B2B Babel
- Novell says
good-bye to proprietary past
- Tool
provides open window to firewalls
- Intel
dials up gadgets
- Informix breaks up
operations into two separate companies
- Security
software vendor develops Carnivore alternative
- This
Email Will Self-Destruct
- Palm Wars
Begin
Sales
Force Automation Solutions
Today's sales-force automation tools are easier
to use and more powerful than ever. Ariba,
IBM, Microsoft: New B2B Standard
Thirty-six technology companies, led
by Ariba Inc., IBM and Microsoft Corp., unveiled plans to create a universal Internet
standard designed to accelerate e-commerce. * ZDNET
MS 'Whistler' to Support Interactive TV
The next consumer version
of Windows, due in 2001, will not only let users watch television on their personal
computers but also support what is being touted as the next big thing in home
entertainment - interactive TV technology. WAP or
I-Mode: Which Is Better?
As far as James Salsman is concerned, WAP is
nothing but a flop. The California software engineer contends that wireless application
protocol, which allows cellphone access to Web content, is over-hyped and overpriced.
Sony
Launches Much-Anticipated Palm Device
Sony and Palm unveiled the Clie,
the first fruit of their previously announced alliance and the Japanese electronics
giant's much-anticipated entry into the handheld computing market. Athlon
Passes One - Gigahertz Mark
Is AMD's new 1.1 GHz chip all show or does
it really perform? MegaPixel
Mania
3-megapixel digital cameras offer great picture quality - so great,
in fact, that you may even consider replacing your traditional film camera for
one of these new high-tech models Right
PDA
PDAs are becoming standard hardware for many companies. Giga Information
Group reports on the importance of choosing the right PDA.
Red Hat holds huge Linux lead
Red Hat holds huge Linux lead, rivals
growing Red Hat has more of the Linux market than its next five competitors combined,
but those competitors all are increasing their share faster. Pretty
Good Bug Found in PGP
A bug in newer versions of Network Associates'
popular PGP software exposes purportedly scrambled communications to prying eyes.
The glitches allows malicious attackers to hoodwink Windows versions of PGP into
not encoding secret information properly. Oracle
offers sales force software for free
Oracle plans to offer its sales
force automation software to customers free of charge in a bid to grab market
share away from arch rival Siebel Systems.
A router monopoly?
The largest technology company in the world won't
touch your desktop, but if you access the Internet you can't avoid its products.
It's Cisco, the San Jose, Calif. company that control 85 percent of the router
market. Wireless
Network Slugfest Continues
Call in the reinforcements! In the wireless
networking industry's long-running civil war, two groups of vendors have stepped
up their fight over incompatible technologies. Gigabit
Over Copper: Bandwidth To Burn?
Gigabit over copper delivers speed but
may come up short on reliability. Four vendors took our ISP Rack Collocation Challenge
to display their complete copper-gigabit solutions. See who won the competition
at: UnixWorld
Review: StarOffice 5.2
Sun Microsystems recently released version 5.2
of its office suite software. Should your Unix IT managers consider StarOffice
in their future software deployment plans?
BroadVision Goes One-To-One With IBM
IBM and BroadVision today announced
an agreement that will supply e-business software for IBM servers. Commerce
One and Intershop Announce Plans For Internet Selling Channel
Commerce
One and Intershop Communications today announced an agreement to strengthen their
global alliance in the e-commerce market by constructing a new strategic business
channel. Breaking
through the B2B Babel
A common standard is essential in online streamlining
business transactions. Can the XML-based language being developed by industry
group Rosettanet really make sense of the babble of companies' varying e-commerce
systems? Novell
says good-bye to proprietary past
The curtain is finally falling on Novell's
aging NetWare 3.x and 4.x platforms as the company says goodbye to its proprietary
networking roots and sets its sights on the future.
Tool provides open window to firewalls
WebTrends' Firewall Suite
3.0 is a great fit for small and large shops alike that need to know what's going
through their firewalls and what their users are up to,
Intel dials up gadgets
Intel has used its influence to guide technical
development of personal computers in the past, and now it's trying the same thing
with cell phones and handhelds. Informix
breaks up operations into two separate companies
The struggling software
vendor is splitting into two companies -- one focused on databases, the other
on business intelligence and other applications -- in a move that effectively
erases its March acquisition of Ardent Software. Security
software vendor develops Carnivore alternative
Network ICE Corp. is developing
an e-mail sniffing program called Altivore. The company said Altivore can be used
as an alternative to the FBI's controversial Carnivore surveillance system, although
it hasn't been accepted yet by law enforcement officials. This
Email Will Self-Destruct
The latest product to promise email with an
expiration date is Safe Message. Eliminating the email server from sensitive communications,
the company hopes it can appeal to litigation-sensitive corporate email users
Palm
Wars Begin
Palm and Pocket PC makers will wage a bruising battle this
fall to sell you a PDA. They'll crow about cool features and lower prices.
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