Sun Microsystems is an old hand when it comes to telework. The technology company has been growing its telecommuting ranks through its Open Work program for a decade, and today nearly 19,000 employees (56 per cent of Sun's population) work from home or in a flexible office.
Tools for speeding sluggish applications traditionally are of two types: application-delivery controllers designed to ease the load on Web servers, and WAN optimization devices aimed at mitigating network latency and bandwidth constraints. Some say it's time for these two to consolidate.
When Rich De Brino agreed to let a start-up come on-site and demonstrate how its technology could optimize video applications by aggregating multiple network connections, he didn't make it easy on the vendor.
Bruce Schneier shared his ideas about the psychology of security, and the need for thinking sensibly about security, in his hometown last week when he gave a lecture at the Weisman Art Museum in the US.
What makes a top newsmaker? Sometimes a company generates lots of buzz by doing particularly innovative things, or someone with a catalyzing personality gains notoriety. Other times a hot new product or a spectacular disaster gets the attention of the masses.
When power players envision new market opportunities, they can become so eager for success that they fail to distinguish between true customer need and wishful thinking. Those that put fantasy above reality either don't survive, or don't deliver on their promises as advertised. Only one thing is certain -- for every move one player makes in a hot technology area, others will make countermoves.
Services research is a hot area at IBM, as the corporate giant looks to eek greater profitability from its services division.
Amazon.com and Dell came out on top in Keynote Systems' rankings of online computer hardware retailers for consistently providing a solid shopping experience.
Layer 7 Technologies on Monday unveiled its new line of XML appliances, which are designed to make it easy for enterprises to purchase only the XML acceleration, security and networking features they need.
In its second service-oriented architecture blitz of the year, <a href="http://www.ibm.com" target="_blank">IBM</a> has detailed a range of products and services aimed at helping companies extend their service-oriented architecture deployments.
WebMethods continues to build up its platform of tools for deploying service-oriented architecture environments, as the integration vendor Monday announced plans to purchase Infravio, which makes software for managing SOA components, for US$38 million.
IBM made a play for a bigger share of the information management market Thursday with its plans to acquire FileNet, a publicly held company based in California, for US$1.6 billion.
SOA Software plans to add messaging and mediation expertise to its service-oriented architecture platform with the acquisition of Blue Titan Software.
As use of radio frequency identification technology in supply chain settings progresses, industry experts have been devising ways to address consumer privacy concerns related to item-level RFID tagging.
In an IBM survey of 765 CEOs and top executives, 65 percent said they plan to radically change their companies in the next two years in response to growing competitive and market pressures. But it won't be easy: More than 80 percent stated that their organizations have not been very successful at managing change in the past.
