Opinion

Readers speak out against commission diversions

'Stealware' takes money from rightful owners

The publish/subscribe Internet

The power of event-driven messaging is coming to Web services

Reliable Web services

Classic messaging gateways and connectors promise to be a prominent feature of the distributed services landscape

Who, what, where

The challenges of automating identity management and provisioning run the gamut from architecture to standards

Whirlwind romance

Sun accepts PC servers, Linux but puts them in a small cage

XP and a product key

You may have both, but Windows XP's new Service Pack 1 may have ideas of its own

Register, or else …

One reader's horror story about how failing to register an OS upgrade within 30 days killed his PDA

We the people …

One reader says technology didn't create our copyright problems, but bad laws that steal from the public domain did

Sun serves Linux

LX50's Control Station support makes it a good fit in Solaris shops

When time matters

Building a TV recording system exemplifies the time- and cost-saving benefits of open source

A few ugly rounds

Warranty issues

Security solutions in a complex world

From identity provisioning to government initiatives, a look at the security landscape

The end at hand

Palm's financial troubles are symptomatic of consumers' dwindling interest in handheld devices

Expanding on tapes

ADIC, StorageTek add backup products at opposite ends of the storage spectrum

Privacy and risk

Think those DRM mandates and rules won't affect you when accessing the Web at work? Think again

Criminal confession

Hoping for lenience, P.J. admits crimes, throws himself at the mercy of the court, and promises to behave

The Web services grid

Is the democratization of the middle tier finally upon us?

Commission Junction seeks your feedback on ‘stealware’

'Sneakware' diverts money from legitimate recipients

Unhappy people

At the wireless edge

XML protocols, peer-to-peer nets ease WLAN management

SP1: gangs of fun

Service Pack 1, the first major update for Windows XP, brings its own new set of joys

Spam salesmanship

The use of spam to sell software raises many questions about shady sales tactics and the best way to combat them

Penguins marching in

Predictions that Linux would start to appear on the corporate desktop weren't far-fetched

Moving targets

Shooting down the problem of moving files on network shares requires finesse

Firewall stall

Requiring ISPs to provide personal firewalls is no worse than requiring automakers to install seat belts

From vision to reality

As Accenture Labs experiments with wireless and Web services, Case Western deploys 802.11a

Keeping BPM on track

SonicXQ 1.5 adds process management layer to reliable messaging

The challenges in a wireless world

Waging wireless securely and sensibly takes planning and strong management

Nothing to lose

Sun's Jonathan Schwartz lays out a mission and message at InfoWorld's Next-Gen Web Services II Conference

Here comes the Sun

Sun plays the client card in its strategic battle with Microsoft and Dell for control of the enterprise desktop

Scripting Web services

Web services will reveal the true power of scripting languages

Selling time management

Communication and working with employees is key to acceptance of a time-tracking system developed in-house

The fewer questions you ask, the more data you get

Privacy scores big with most readers

A tale of two markets

Despite the overlap, the Linux market and the Unix market are not one and the same

Finding an opening

Open-source databases are worth watching as they near the big time

Sense of community

Newsgroups, forums, and mailing lists can be workable substitutes for paid support

CPUs hit the wall

The bandwidth increase from networked storage will drown servers' processors

Parallel worlds

Pundits panning parallels push P.J.'s patience, provoking Pearl primer

You’ve got to sweat the small stuff

In this economy, metrics offer a reality check that's crucial for long-term success

Device dominance

Expect the Intel-Microsoft team to be the one to beat in the race to control the intelligent-device market

Pick a pack of patches

There's a whole lotta shakin' goin' on, and Windows users oughta know all about the latest fixes

Fighting the last war

It's you and me against Jack 'watch-the-puppet' Valenti and his Hollywood-on-the-Potomac flunkies

No way to break free

Readers say they signed up for discounted Web-hosting service that wound up costing them in the long run

Firewall fast track?

Check Point's 'instant' SecurePlatform slowed by installation issues

Pirate adventures

Microsoft plunder

Booking e-commerce lessons

Architecting a system to stay ahead of the curve

Building toward BPM

Technological hurdles to enterprisewide performance analytics are many

Managing data the XML way

XML documents, and the ability to transform them, are vital to the business Web

Finally, hard numbers on e-mail marketing effectiveness

Cost-effectiveness is a big selling factor

XML-style PKI

The XML Key Management Specification offers hope of freeing developers from the pit of PKI despair