Opinion

DPM aims to keep off the data weight

Redmond's attempt at distributed, disk-based backup oddly won't play nice with DFS

The news from SNW

Vendor consolidation and alliances are this year’s emerging trend

More about workplace affairs

Dear Bob … I read your advice to Fouled My Own Nest and I can't agree with your view of things. Sex outside of marriage causes problems though it is generally considered politically incorrect these days to say so. In your response, you said, &

Developing with next-generation Dynamic HTML

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML combine to enable powerful new capabilities for browser-based UIs

Linux Can’t Kill Windows

One fundamental difference guarantees that Windows will continue to dominate

Is there a new DBA Certification Coming?!?

A friend of mine just got back from TechMentor where they announced a new high-level MS certification called the Microsoft Certified Architect. This new cert will be the expert of experts, and will be very hard to obtain. Persons wishing to test will

The H-1B visa issue revisited

The real advantage of foreign workers over U.S. citizens may be nothing more than cheap labor

How to define integrity

Dear Bob … I was rather amused to see your first letter mentioning "integrity" and your second letter talking about "affairs." You seem to be having trouble defining integrity. Webster's defines it as "firm adherence t

Don’t forget to Benchmark

There are far too many problems pushing new code into production. These problems are mainly caused by improper testing in Q/A. Most of the Q/A testing I've seen revolves around simple regression, but there are performance issues to take into con

Who should maintain open source projects?

Do communities or companies have the edge when it comes to delivering open source software?

From trauma triage to IT

Schooled in emergency-care chaos, this SOA Executive Forum keynoter was definitely ready for IT

FalconStor VTL 3 brings virtual tapes to hosts

Microsoft Service Pack 2 remains a question mark

Security software as a service? Can it be?

Veritas goes for the gold, Web casino breaks mold

Bugged by software bugs

What an accused employee should do

Dear Bob … Two security guards just escorted a friend of mine out of the workplace. They said he had password-cracking software running on his machine. He had received a new desktop a week earlier. Adware and spyware&amp

One patch does not mend all

SBS users may find that Windows Server 2003 SP1 causes more problems than it fixes

SNIA pushes for storage interoperability

New proposed specs move scope beyond FC networks

Styles of Web application intermediation

Proxies between client and server are can be powerful tools for customization

Windows done right

Windows 2003 Server x64 Editions running on AMD's Opteron will be the darlings of the datacenter

What integrity means

From a recent posting: I had posted on the earlier topic and I'm still clinging to the same beliefs. We have the freedom to choose whether to act with integrity or not. It seems like in more cases, that leads to career damage. As Bob mentioned,

Has blogger backlash come too soon?

Knocking bloggers may be fashionable, but don't write off the real value blogs can bring to business

Friendster scales the network with open source

When the upstart social networking site skyrocketed to success, its engineers turned to free software to handle the load

The LAMP alternative to J2EE or .Net

Open source application stack delivers powerful capabilities on a shoestring budget

Who will champion Novell’s open source strategy?

The company's execs promote Linux vision while its technology leaders jump ship

HIPAA’s barking — and it may just bite

Getting up to speed is hard, but better business processes are a key fringe benefit

In media we trust?

Journalists care about ethics — and yet credibility remains hard to come by

Lessons learned on the road to compliance

Hindsight is a powerful lens when examining how to fall in line with the onslaught of federal regulations

Four fixed-function servers stack up

High-function appliances yield plug-and-play simplicity — for a premium

After the affair is over

Dear Bob, I know you are not Dear Abby but this is about a personal situation that definitely is affecting the workplace. Last year I had an affair with a contractor at work. During the affair, this contractor was hired into my group in a position a

When facts and logic do, and don’t, work

I thought this was worth sharing – Bob Dear Bob … When Tired of the Games said "too many times I have seen where someone could be proven to be right and yet it didn't matter.", it reminded me of something. I don't have a whole l

Quicken won’t install, HP makes the call

No more April Fools' for me

Safety in numbers

Joining together for security sounds good, but will these alliances work?

Quantum shrinks disk backups

New models of DX backup appliances introduce hardware compression

Who’s really afraid of the big bad Windows Media Player?

Separating WMP from Windows doesn't address Microsoft's unsavory business practices

Separating code from its environment

Programming environments shouldn't be tied to specific languages

The IT generalist makes a comeback

One person who knows something about all your operation is one of your highest assets

More about telling unpopular truths.

Dear Bob … I understand your point about how sometimes we think we are right when maybe we aren't, but too many times I have seen where someone could be proven to be right and yet it didn't matter. I tell people quite often in co

Green-card regulations encourage offshoring

New rules make hiring foreign nationals more difficult than ever

Shrink-wrapped processes after all?

Dear Bob … I think you are missing the point [regarding the chances for shrink-wrapped ERP]. Accounts payable has very well some "industry best practice". The emphasis is on "industry". Wal-Mart and EDS might be corporate giants

With Linux, enough is sometimes too much 

Streamlined distributions could serve businesses better

Enterprise collaboration with blogs and wikis

Companies turn to new tools to foster dialog between employees, customers, and the public

The CTO’s perspective

Kevin Bernstein, CTO of Platinum Capital Group, puts prospective security consultants under close scrutiny 

How to hire an IT security consultant

Relying on the three Ts can help: thoroughness, timing, and trust

InfoWorld.com has a new home page

The new InfoWorld.com home page puts the content front and center

The chances for shrink-wrapped ERP

From a posting in response to Discussing the future of IT, if it has one: I think Enterprise software will eventually be off-the-shelf. The reason we don't have it now is because companies will not change their processes to match how th

Security takes a run for the border

Bad for spam, good for us

WSUS: Better platform, bolder name

With superior manageability and stronger security, WSUS is no WUS

Rainfinity’s NAS virtualization courts ILM

New applications bring pattern analysis to NAS solutions

Blame Visual Studio .Net

64-bit Windows’ incompatibility with much of the Windows Server System traces back to VS .Net

Using RSS for data integration

Amazon's OpenSearch API demonstrates the power of RSS for process-to-process communication