Opinion

First Amendment blues

Some readers think corporations have the right to stifle critics or unfavorable comments about their products

Is Sun good for Java?

Sun's struggles to control Java's evolution have some questioning the relationship

Under a Big Blue Sun

Rather than leaning on marketing hype, IBM and Sun must let their products speak for themselves

Arrogance is out

The tight economy and wary IT management are finally making pushy vendors face the music

Write once, sue many II

In the corporate potboiler genre, another look at competitive strategy, legal wrangling, and good old-fashioned greed

Java, XML, and Web services

Now that the Java platform has finally embraced XML, the real work of business integration can begin

Opening a can of worms

Actio makes a profit providing compliance as Web service

Not all successful sites are glamorous

Global perspective

Keynote monitoring service provides easy, comprehensive site analysis

Expanding the sphere

IBM adds productivity enhancements to its team-based J2EE and Web services development environment

Security best practices

Ever wonder who makes the rules when it comes to figuring out optimal security parameters?

Dawn of a new database

Wireless users put a strain on traditional databases, and transactional databases are fitting the bill

XP bandwidth brouhaha

Windows XP's little-known QoS scheduler generates a surprising amount of noise

An open request

Hardware vendors: It's time to open up the code to the drivers behind your brain-damaged devices

Fear and loathing of Web services

Major software vendors may give lip service, but they fear the implications of Web services

Write once, sue many

This juicy corporate tale has all the dramatic elements you could want for the perfect weekend read

Come on down!

Readers respond with gusto "Name That Vendor," a game everyone with maintenance issues is invited to play

The message medium

In the EAI messaging space, Sun's Java Message Service is a winning approach

The company Internet

Flexible, XML-based NetPoint has the right stuff for controlling remote network access by anyone, anywhere

An open alternative

Free OpenNMS has the right price but isn't quite ready for larger, multisegment networks

ISBN.nu becomes lost and found in Google gaffe

Tips on how to deal constructively with Web site issues

WLANs, the Army way

The Army recruits an ally in Fortress to overcome the challenge of an 802.11 security hole

Tale of two Rodneys

The standards battle is being played out over inclusion in the Web Services Interoperability Organization

Slender and silent

Sony's StorStation Lib-162 taps AIT tape technology to deliver high capacity and quiet performance in an incredibly thin box

Some games aren’t fun

The DMCA arms software companies with even greater control over how their products are used

Outlook proprietary

A lack of standards clouds the skies over multiplatform storage management

Narrowing the tunnel

Flatrock's Instant Extranet goes beyond VPNs to provide secure, Internet-based access to specific applications

Palming off the SUDS

Users of Palm m500 and m505 are experiencing problems with the handhelds, and product support is lacking

The heart of the matter

BPM's granular control spells relief for process management, but innovation is still missing the beat

Steering your platform on wheels

With driver information systems, the wireless network hits the road and never looks back

What’s in a name?

The role (or non-role) of ads in building your traffic

Search engine referrals may be enough for profitability

The price of security

Wireless technology creates a conundrum: Give me liberty or give me privacy, but I can't have both

Closing SNMP gaps

Alert sends companies scurrying to check SNMP traffic and the long list of affected devices

A censorship test case

New York accuses Network Associates of trying to limit free speech in its McAfee clickwrap agreement

Mixed messages

Microsoft must do a better job of coordinating its NAS and Exchange Server strategies

Reliable messaging

Kenamea Application Network delivers a next-generation communications layer atop HTTP

Endangered species

Automated help is on the horizon

IT managers frustrated by the labor costs of routine support systems can take heart

Your flicks for free

Readers recommend a downloadable multimedia program to convert your .mov files to .avi

Talking the BizTalk

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 makes b-to-b EAI work, but with considerable effort

Finding the mutual benefit of IT infrastructure

Learning to learn

Developing new skills takes some time and effort; mastering them can save you even more in the end

Turn, turn, turn

Cost-cutting has collaborative supply chains streamlining asset management to maximize working capital

Déjà vu all over again

BEA moves ahead to take the lead in the Java pack, closing in on a familiar rival using a familiar team

Preventive medicine

Before choosing an anti-virus solution for end-users, enterprises should take a good look at how the software will be deployed

How 130,000 pages from one site get into search engines

Secrets for making content more available

BEA: The last independent platform provider

Seeing double?

Intel squeezes more performance out of Xeon with hyperthreading

The future of application integration

The 2002 Application Integration Survey reveals big budgets for EAI and high hopes for Web services