Opinion

 Data: For now and evermore? (Point/Counterpoint)

Successful archiving begs for a melded approach of nearline and offline storage to meet users' and IT's requirements

Building a future on storage networks (Test Center Analysis)

As budgets for enterprise storage swell, networked storage moves beyond technical assets into the realm of business strategy

Magic vs. loss

Troubling times again

Handheld sales plummet

There are several good reasons why PDAs are down (but not out)

The tortoise and the hare

In the race to build an intuitive collaborative platform, Microsoft and IBM find competition from an unlikely place

Linux solutions everywhere

A walk around LinuxWorld proved that the open-source OS has made it to prime time

Anniversary bash

As Gripe turns 10, reflections on how readers' concerns have evolved in the past decade

Between a desk and a pervasive place

IBM looks to voice as the next addition to the collaborative environment, but it's a complex proposition

Peace before the storm?

Don’t be fooled — the storage market isn’t asleep, it’s just quiet

Say it ain’t so!

Slammer worm exploits an old vulnerability: too many patches, too little time

Explore, yes; print, no

Recent patches for Windows frustrate users who want to think globally but print locally

Sun’s sweet talk

Sun's CTO rolls out some old news, but with an urgent spin and some interesting new twists

Shipping the prototype

Let's promote scripting languages to the status they deserve

Could your site survive a denial-of-service attack?

WebTeaser:Assaults are overwhelming DALnet

Mandrake’s woes aren’t users’ woes

Are the French open-source OS company's financial woes cause for panic?

Zeroing in on instant networks

New approaches to zero-configuration networks provide faster, more flexible hookups for mobile devices

RFID is about to explode

Ten-cent pieces of wireless equipment are being deployed by the billions

Pro- or convergence?

TheTest Center's dueling duo duke it out over the converged future

Solutions to data overload

Waging war on business

How do you spell extortion? BSA, RIAA, DMCA

Feds want enterprise IT aligned with the business of government

Managing enterprise IT the government way

What didn’t happen

Microsoft tinkers with its .Net branding, more than a name change may be in the works

Toward open services 

The importance of tests and metadata 

Trust but verify

A patch for   Windows' problems with security certificates doesn't end all of your headaches

Converging on identity

Devices, data types, people, and channels coming together

An honest mistake

Merry band of Linux distributors

Bridge that tape

Remote backups can be an elegant alternative to maintaining expensive and hard-to-control graveyard shifts

Jewel’s site strikes a chord with fans

Soul City Caf

Avoid tech investment’s ‘Ready, Fire, Aim’ syndrome

Make sure potential investments are on target

The fate of UCITA

An open letter to the ABA’s House of Delegates concerning their impending vote on UCITA

Company time

If your infrastructure enforces old-economy work rules, expect to pay for it in productivity

A new definition

Storage networking is getting redefined as storage at the heart of the data center

Stupid user tricks

Sometimes, even good policies don't help when your vulnerability is your users

Just the facts, ma’am

Hollywood wants you to believe the new digital rights debate is as simple as a ’50s cop drama

Restore performance

The System Restore feature in Windows Me and XP may slow you down without warning

HSVs push technical limits

Integration, customization top list of challenges

Valuing diversity

Running various open-source OSes is more beneficial than relying on just one

See SPOT run

Don't relegate Microsoft's new smart object technology to the pound yet

Room with a view, please

The chief technologist's role offers IT leadership new and broader vistas

Pay up or else

Vendor changes the maintenance rules midway through a security subscription

Commission networks defend their code of conduct

Diverting commissions still continues

Publish globally, script locally

A URL can be worth half a dozen pictures

Unprepared for hidden costs

Packaged applications' ugly surprises include training time, integration woes

Preaching to the convergence choir

CES attracts tech leaders eager to play in the consumer electronics market

Trolling the bottom

As high tech holds its breath for the end of the deep dive, the wiser fish have enough bubble left to breathe

Stronger than steel

Microsoft Exchange 2003 improves clustering, Web access, and wireless support

Your security tune-up

It's 2003, and already it's time to review existing policies and perform vital status checks

Front-end integration

Digital Harbor's PiiE Express 2.0 leverages XML, Java, and a rich client to stitch together back-end apps at the desktop

Rise from the ashes

New breed of hosted software vendors is taking flight

DVD fairy tale

There's a happy ending to this story in Norway, but DeCSS remains illegal in the United States