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IPv6--what's in it, and what's in it for you

Opinion: In addition to adding huge numbers of Internet addresses, IPv6 promises to boost network traffic throughput and improve quality-of-service. Tech Update networking columnist, Lee Schlesinger, vets the protocol, describes its key feat While you probably know that the IETF drafted an IPv6 specification for the next generation of...

Tags: IPv6, Network Pipe, Next Generation Transition Working Group, Telecommunications, Networking, Lee Schlesinger, Warning: DOMDocument::loadXML() [domdocument.loadxml]: Empty string supplied as input in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 47, Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 55

News items 2002-04-23

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Anticipating Sharepoint 2010: Making Enterprise Foundations More Flexible?

Last weekend's New York Times technology section piece about Microsoft Sharepoint is still their ninth most emailed tech story nearly a week later. 'Microsoft’s SharePoint Thrives in the Recession' is very general: Companies like Ferrari, Starbucks and Viacom have used SharePoint to...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2010, Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Microsoft shake-up: The e-mails on President Raikes' depature

We know what Microsoft told press and analysts about yesterday's announcement by Microsoft Business Development MBD President Jeff Raikes that he'll be passing the torch, come September, to former Juniper Networks Chief Operating Officer Stephen Elop. But what did Raikes and CEO Steve Ballmer tell Microsoft's near-80,000 employees about the...

Tags: Jeff Raikes, Business, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Business Development, Jeff, Stephen, Microsoft Business Solutions, Leadership, Professional Development, E-mail, Business Structures, Management, Career, Online Communications, Finance, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-01-11

Mac OS X Leopard release to set off wave of hardware upgrades

The buzz is building over what Mac OS 10.5 Leopard will mean to Mac users and Apple's bottom line, in advance of the update's expected release later this month and the company's quarterly conference call next Monday, respectively. Unlike the fizzle that PC users showed for the...

Tags: Developer, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, Hardware Upgrade, Performance, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, IBM PowerPC, User, Machine, Leopard, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-10-15

Alcatel-Lucent AVP: Ray Gilbert - Transcript

Dan Farber: Ray, thanks for joining me.Ray Gilbert: It's great to be here.Dan Farber: Now as someone who's deeply involved in talking to CIO’s about networking, what are you hearing from them? Are they really confused about telecom?Ray Gilbert: Well there are a lot of...

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Blog posts 2007-03-13

Alcatel-Lucent AVP: Ray Gilbert - Transcript

Dan Farber: Ray, thanks for joining me. Ray Gilbert: It's great to be here. Dan Farber: Now as someone who's deeply involved in talking to CIO’s about networking, what are you hearing from them? Are they really confused about telecom?...

Tags: Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent, Carrier, CIO, Information Technology, Mobility, Network, Networking, Phone, T1, ZDNet Editor

Blog posts 2007-03-13

Reuse, redundancy and the chasm 2.0

Reuse has been a constant and yet elusive goal throughout the history of software. Today its a key part of the argument for adopting SOA, SaaS and Web 2.0. But I have a feeling that people approach it with one of two contrasting mindsets, only one of which is destined...

Tags: SAP, Salesforce.com, Ecosystems, Web 2.0, Marketplaces, Development, mindset

Blog posts 2007-01-16

Whatever Dell's Kevin Kettler is on (re: Vista), please pass some to me

Either our sister site's Sylvia Carr (over at Silicon.com) heard it wrong, or Dell CTO Kevin Kettler has had a momentary lapse of reason.  Wrote Carr: Businesses will upgrade to Microsoft's Vista in droves as consumers bring their love of the next-generation operating system from home to work, a Dell...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Kevin Kettler

Blog posts 2006-10-25

SAP's Shai Agassi: Rewriting the book on business software

Shai Agassi, president of SAP's Product and Technology Group, came to our CNET offices last week to meet with News.com reporters and myself. For the last few years Agassi, and his army of 12,000 developers, has been engineering a complete overhaul of SAP's ERP applications and creating NetWeaver, a service-oriented...

Tags: SAP AG, Shai Agassi

Blog posts 2006-09-10

SAP's Shai Agassi on Oracle's 'folly' and the shift to services

Shai Agassi, president of the Product and Technology Group and a member of the Executive Board at SAP AG, fielded questions from New York Times tech reporter John Markoff and the audience during an early morning Churchill Club event on Wednesday. We have a podcast of the interview, as well...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Problem, Customer, SAP AG, Shai Agassi, Oracle Shareholder, Podcasts, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Middleware, Internet, Business Operations, Software, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2005-11-10

Microsoft recapitulates IBM

This is part two of an answer to talkback contributor Carl Rapson's question about why, if dumb terminals were dumb then, would they be smart now? This isn't an easy question, and to get to the answer I need to start with a long digression on history. Please bear with...

Tags: card, data processing

Blog posts 2005-09-20

PalmSource chief steps down

David Nagel resigns following a series of executive changes in the past several months at the struggling maker of the Palm OS. David Nagel has resigned as PalmSource chief executive, president and director, a move that follows a series of executive changes in the past several months at the...

Tags: PalmSource Inc., Operating System, Palm Inc., David Nagel, Operating Systems, Palm OS, Software, Dawn Kawamoto, Technology News

News items 2005-05-23

Report: Rise in virus attacks costs firms dear

Report: Rise in virus attacks costs firms dearblahits their own fault for using windows.One train, just switch to Linuxand all will be well. Then the virus writers can go back to . . . back to . . well, they can go.2000/05/28:Microsoft Applications Security And The InternetSee "Microsoft...

Tags: Cyberthreats, ROI/TCO, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, virus attack, Next IT, virus, TCO

Discussion threads 2004-03-19

Report: Japan, China, S. Korea developing next Net

Report: Japan, China, S. Korea developing next NetJapan has failed onceAt the end of last century, Japan had been secretly developing its own Internet technology but failed due to the incompatibility. Now it comes back with IPv6, which is already there but ignored to some extent. I won't assert that...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, IPv6, JCK, IP

Discussion threads 2003-12-30

Face to face: Prasad Rampalli, Intel's IT Architect

Intel isn't just at the cutting edge of microprocessor development, the chip giant is also leading the way into Web services. Prasad Rampalli, Intel's chief IT architect tells ZDNet's Dan Farber about Intel's Web services efforts to date. Intel is typically admired as a corporation for its persistent dominance...

Tags: Web, Information Technology, Web Service, Intel Corp., Integration, Sandra Morris, Cloud Computing, Web Services, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Dan Farber

News items 2002-12-15

Intel sees dual-core Itanium by 2005

The company plans to cross an important technology threshold midway through the decade, squeezing two Itanium chips onto a single slice of silicon. SAN JOSE, Calif.--Intel plans to cross an important technology threshold midway through the decade by squeezing two Itanium chips onto a single slice of silicon....

Tags: Dual-core, Intel Itanium, Intel Corp., Chip, Madison, Processors, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, News.com, Processors & semiconductors

News items 2002-09-10

Unplugged: Sun chief engineer Rob Gingell, Part II

Sun is gearing up to make a fundamental shift in its strategy, focusing its attention of the Java ecosystem that will replace the increasingly undifferentiated SPARC/Solaris duo. Rob Gingell Rob Gingell is accustomed to herding cats. He has spent much of his 17-year career at...

Tags: Community, Sun Microsystems Inc., Volume, Ecosystem, IBM Corp., Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Java, Open Source, Servers, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, David Berlind

News items 2002-08-28

Linux poised to plug in USB 2

The open-source community says it won't be long before Linux starts working with speedy USB 2 connections. Is it the mainstream breakthrough Linux has been waiting for? Support for a faster version of USB in Linux is imminent and will become a...

Tags: USB 2.0, Device, USB, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Stephen Shankland

News items 2002-07-26

HP puts faith in Itanium 2

Hewlett-Packard's betting on the new Itanium 2 chip to give it a boost in its race against manufacturing rivals IBM and Sun--and its has the new processor's benchmarks as security. Hewlett-Packard formally detailed its plans for the Itanium 2 processor on Monday, a key step in HP's strategy to...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Server, Chip, Rx2600, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Stephen Shankland

News items 2002-07-09

HP puts faith in Itanium 2

Hewlett-Packard's betting on the new Itanium 2 chip to give it a boost in its race against manufacturing rivals IBM and Sun--and its has the new processor's benchmarks as security. Hewlett-Packard formally detailed its plans for the Itanium 2 processor on Monday,...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Server, Chip, Rx2600, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Stephen Shankland

News items 2002-07-08