Opinion

Response required

Bloated Microsoft incapable of timely response to security problems in its software

Is Sun serious?

Once again, Sun identifies the trailing edge of technology and jumps on it with a characteristic lack of common sense

Notes is dead

It's no murder mystery, since killer Ray Ozzie is publicly dissecting the corpse on his favorite new tool: Weblogs

The shot heard round the world?

Sun bets consumers are ready to throw off Microsoft's Office dominance

Web service EULAs

Readers express concern about license restrictions on free and open debate about the pros and cons of .Net

Covering your company’s assets

Protecting your enterprise ? and your company's reputation ? comes down to erecting shields in the most effective areas, which can be revealed through a business risk assessment

Overlooked best practices

With simple, inexpensive tools, you can quickly put into action several often-ignored smart security measures

Web services security: A status report

Web services security presents no new problems, but will require making current solutions more usable

Countering the greatest fears

IT leaders worry more about security than experienced breaches indicate they should. By implementing a few solid tools, they can stop fretting

Security Part II: Solutions

Using hackers' tools — and ill-gotten knowledge — can be the best way to bolster your defenses

Paul Graham provides stunning answer to spam e-mails

Probability theory shows impressive results

The big MMS picture

Emerging Multimedia Messaging Service is a stalking horse for deeper issues

Mail policies made simple, seamless

Omniva effectively enforces retention policies without disrupting existing infrastructure

Routing on the go

Enhanced network equipment makes calls to and from the United States a snap

Copywrong

When copyright law is used to stifle legitimate security research and free speech, we all lose

Reaching toward unity

A new SNIA initiative promises storage management benefits for all parties

Rescue, Linux style

If preserving valuable data is a priority, these tools are worth checking out

Web services are delivering savings

Upcoming InfoWorld conference to explore next-generation capabilities

Let’s get small

If you can't buy it, build it. Embedded technology is more accessible than ever

Secrets and spies

More WorldCom worries

License to hide

UCITA "reforms" would still keep consumers in the dark about the terms of their software licenses until after they pay

To trust or not trust

When current and former employees are almost as much of a threat as rogue hackers, trusting anyone is a gamble

Security Part I: Strategies

Impenetrable defenses is a costly, illusory objective, so securing your enterprise should strike a balance between protecting corporate assets and breaking the bank

Sniffing for sneaks

SourceFire speeds installation, but setup and tuning take sweet time

Game over

McNealy's on a roll with Linux, picking up free games at the expense of IBM, Microsoft, and Dell

Hired hands key to top-notch security

Outsourced security is gaining greater acceptance, especially in niche roles such as VPNs and training

Mapping the integration universe

Use a message broker and Web services to rethink your approach to application and systems integration

See which sites are most related to your site

Search engine add-on provides interesting data

You read my mind

NASA is working on innovative wireless UIs that draw on muscle movements and brain waves

On with the show

Come to LinuxWorld Expo for the products (and the swag), but stay for the illustrious speakers

Getting caught in a big hailstorm

Microsoft backpedals on XML Web service, but won't be able to fend it off forever

Open with caution

Readers report shrinkwrap agreements have migrated from software to books, complete with prohibitions on disclosure

The death of e-mail

Where there's a will, there's a way, but Microsoft won't kill the messenger any time soon

Small Business Saver

With Microsoft?s new rebate, startups may be able to cut costs on Windows 2000 Server bundles

Following the money

Veritas opens its storage management software even further to Linux, but it's only a start

Friends and enemies

As with the school bully, it's best to play nice with MS or else risk getting hurt

Why we hack

Curiosity is a natural instinct; let's just find some more productive ways to channel it

Looking to innovate

Gates reveals the awful truth

Putting people first for a change

The key to Microsoft's goal of hooking Web services into Office lies in the eye of Hailstorm

Readers want more on small-business success and failure

Great interest in benefiting from search engines

Multimodal promises

Once companies deliver the much-hyped goods, multimodal interfaces will enhance wireless devices

These insa-a-ne prices

A $500 rebate for Microsoft?s Small Business Server makes this Windows 2000 bundle even better

Media moguls

Patents equal control, and their chilling effects can very well creep up to the enterprise

Fair use or foul play?

The DMCA helps the music, movie and software industries undermine traditional free speech and first-sale rights

The other fast storage

Fast and affordable Serial ATA solutions could bully the low end market

American originals

Take it for a test drive

Some innovative Linux distributions let you take to the open-source road without hard-sell headaches

Switching and beyond

NetScaler Request Switch 9000 iON pulls out all the stops to improve your Web site's performance

Fast-forward, rewind

Yellow behemoths, a helping of alphabet soup, and playing nice on the security front

The bully is back

Microsoft's server strategy is to make enemies suffer, fence-sitters choose sides, and customers pay up