Opinion

Wireless leap forward

Seamless roaming among networks and fewer botched transmissions bode well for the future

Hell on wheels

Imagine life on the road if Microsoft shackles its current licensing philosophy to systems designed for your car

ISPs, take action

After the desktop

Replacing desktops with notebooks will delight many, but be aware of potential problems

Patch me up, Scotty

Readers divulge their frustrations after using Microsoft's free Baseline Security Analyzer

Storage on the edge

Emerging technologies can solve perennial storage limitations in capacity, performance, and flexibility

Their piece of the pie

OS vendors dent the market by building in storage functions

Is the end of the OS in sight?

The OS's old role as the platform for services and storage may be giving way to appliances

SAN security goes IP

One UI to rule them

The secrets of getting results from pay-per-click ads

Study questions whether No. 1 is always the best spot

A Flash-forward look

Flash Remoting heralds a new generation of Internet apps

Astute Observer

Network Instruments' Observer Suite provides an easy, cost-effective way to audit use and spot misuse of WLANs

Cross-site scripting

With the threat of CSS lurking, organizations should be developing Web apps to deflect attacks

Gartner diary

While the official line on Web services may be 'wait and see,' XML is making its way into quite a few new products

Time to get savvy about storage

If you think managing storage is boring, take a second look at this make-or-break issue

Get your act together

Making a case for CAS

EMC's content addressed storage platform looks for a place alongside SANs and NAS devices

The 64-bit quandary

AMD's Opteron will change the CPU landscape, but should it change your company's server plans?

Attachments in hand

METAmessage keeps BlackBerries and other handhelds in the loop

Desktop penguins

Don't underestimate the various Linux alternatives to popular Microsoft desktop applications

A wireless ‘humbug’

Some ghosts of the wireless future haunt the otherwise rosy promise of always-on connectivity

UCITA, the undead

Just when you think another silver bullet has hit, UCITA proponents find a way to revive the monster

LookSmart upsets the apple cart with new charges

Mid-stream changes rile customers who paid 'one-time flat rate'

A striking balance

Macromedia MX melds rich visual design and coding capabilities

Handling handhelds

Vendors such as mFormation and XcelleNet are making it easier to manage wireless devices

Playing data host

Oracle breaks outsourcing middle ground with 9i service

More than just a fad

Similar to the IBM PC and the Web, open source can radically improve the way you do business

Disclosing terms

If Microsoft wants end-user license agreements taken seriously, it should publish them online

War games

Results of strategic alliances show that when storage vendors fight, customers win

Just out for yourself

Feel more secure yet?

The road to Microsoft's latest security tool was paved with patches — and a memo from Bill Gates

Patching things up

MBSA works, so why can't Microsoft make security administration easier?

Seeing through the telecom fog

IT executives must start looking at tools that will help them monitor providers' performance

Microsoft’s rethink

The pullback of .Net My Services raises questions about the viability of commercial Web services

Internet pathfinder

RouteScience's PathControl makes the most of available bandwidth for large, multihomed Web sites

No reply … needed

IBM's Bob Sutor is strangely silent when challenged about theexclusion of Sun from WS-I

Plug-and-play portlets

A push for standard Java and Web services interfaces for portlets promises to free the enterprise portal from proprietary frameworks

Web services and the XML Tower of Babel

Web services could topple if we don't address internal issues surrounding standards

W3C officially approves P3P standard for Web sites

Search continues for a technological solution to privacy concerns

Security well in hand

PalmSource and Microsoft are fortifying their handheld OSes with VPNs, encryption features, and more

Connecting services

Cape Clear delivers affordable cross-platform Web services integration

Sue a spammer today

Financial rewards may await intrepid users who tap state laws to take mass e-mailers to court

Striving for balance

Radware WSD Application Switch II and SysMaster 5000 differ in approach and scalability

In step with InSpeed

An innovative switch from Vixel could be the remedy for Fibre Channel SAN woes

Staking a claim in the next gold rush

Today's players in the standards war will set the stage for future winners and losers

No end in sight

Internet security threats will only get worse; an ISS report spells out just how ugly it may get

Server, heal thyself

Dizzyingly complex distributed systems demand new approaches to monitoring and management

Every which way at once

Unlike corporate IT staff, the open-source community has the luxury of tackling many projects at one time

Google, Dave, and Ozzie

Like the puppets that charmed the first television generation, this trio will be remembered for years to come