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Gates: With Vista, seeing is believing

Q&A On the eve of Vista's consumer launch, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says that a short demo is all that's needed to convince doubters. NEW YORK--Not sure what Vista means for you? Bill Gates would be happy to show you. While some reviewers have given lukewarm...

Tags: P2P, Microsoft Windows Vista, Bill Gates, Q, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ina Fried, OS Migration

News items 2007-01-30

Info tech's "post-technology phase"

In this interview with BusinessWeek Online, IBM Internet guru Irving Wladawsky-Berger says what counts now are the useful services technology can perform--not its chips or protocols. Since 1995, in every one of IBM's major Internet projects, Irving Wladawsky-Berger has played a significant role. Indeed, he has led most...

Tags: Open Standard, On-demand, E-business, IBM Corp., Info Tech, Q, Internet, Technology, Ira Sager

News items 2003-01-02

Will open source rule CMS?

As the content management system industry grows, open source is gaining ground. Builder.com talks to two of the movement's founders about how that should lead to more evolved solutions. As the demand for easily maintainable content increases, the Content Management System CMS industry continues to grow. Expensive...

Tags: Content Management System, OSCOM, Everitt, Q, Content Management, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Shelley Doll

News items 2002-10-09

What's the future of GXS

Harvey Seegers, CEO of General Electric's Xchange Services, discusses the future of GXS and the market for B2B services. During Jack Welch's tenure as chief executive, General Electric spent hundreds of millions of dollars to build a business-to-business e-commerce unit that its then-boss believed was vital to the company's...

Tags: General Electric Co., E-business, GXS, Q, B2B, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Charles Cooper

News items 2002-07-12

How tech delivers for FedEx

Q&A: FedEx may not have been an early user of the Net, but Denise Wood, vice president of customer relations, tells how the company's massive network relies on it today. FedEx may not have been one of the earliest big companies to adopt the Internet, but it's more than...

Tags: Customer, Federal Express, Upshot, Q, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Channel Management, Web Services, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Charles Cooper

News items 2002-06-03

Can app servers revive Oracle?

Q&A: Oracle Senior VP Thomas Kurian discusses the future of the application server market and how the product category will fit into Oracle's larger plans for Web services. Two years ago, Oracle's application server software business was in shambles. Even though the market for the software that runs e-business...

Tags: Web, Oracle Corp., Application Server, Web Service, Q, Oracle9i JDeveloper, Application Servers, Middleware, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Wylie Wong

News items 2002-05-23

Tom Siebel: Paid to be paranoid

Q&A: The CEO of the top CRM software provider discusses IT's role in homeland security, the future of the business applications market, the nasty spat with rival SAP, and what keeps him up at night. Earlier this year, fortune's winds began to shift for Tom Siebel. The...

Tags: Customer, Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, Q, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Management, Alorie Gilbert

News items 2002-05-21

Macromedia president talks Mac OS X

Fresh from a keynote appearance at Macworld Expo, Kevin Lynch discussed his company's expectations for Apple's next-generation OS. SAN FRANCISCO--On the heels of Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' prediction that an "avalanche" of third-party Mac OS X software will land by summer, longtime Mac developer Macromedia Inc. took...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Macromedia Inc., FreeHand, Q, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Christina Garcia-Stein, Technology News

News items 2001-01-16

MS' Mac boss weighs Apple moves

Kevin Browne talked about Microsoft's plans for a Mac OS X version of Office and offered his take on Apple's latest announcements. SAN FRANCISCO--While Microsoft Corp. has frequently been cast in the role of Apple Computer Inc.'s archrival, its productivity applications remain vital to the Mac platform -- and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Q, Current PowerBook, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Christina Garcia-Stein, Technology News

News items 2001-01-16

Q&A with David Schindler

Should hackers breathe a sigh of relief now that Schindler has stepped aside? Find out what he thinks. Assistant U.S. attorney David Schindler has locked up some of the biggest names in hacking during his 10-year career in the federal prosecutor's office in Los Angeles, including Kevin Poulsen, Kevin...

Tags: Hacker, Prosecutor, Computer, Intrusion, Q, Hacking, Productivity, Security, Lisa Bowman, Technology News

News items 1999-10-04

If you can't spy 'em, buy 'em

The CIA is opening a venture capital business. Bizarre? There's more: The operation will be run by a game exec. The CIA is opening a venture capital business targeting emerging technologies -- and has hired a well-known Silicon Valley executive to run the operation. ...

Tags: CIA, In-Q-It, Q, Venture Capital, Government, Investment, Games, Vertical Industries, Finance, Financing Startups, Personal Technology, Jennifer Mack, Technology News

News items 1999-09-29