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November 23, 1999

Should Sun relinquish control over Java? You make the call.

Test Center Comparison
Enterprise portals

ClearTrust SecureControl 3.5 offers a means of tying up loose security-system ends cost-effectively.

Sybase PowerDesigner 7.0 helps users build a sturdy foundation for designing software applications.

Growing pains
As XML matures, users are confused about how to implement it.

Job overload
IT employers are weighing down want ads with more job requirements.

Post-PC era begins
A complete wrap-up of our Comdex show coverage

E-commerce
Part three of our four-part series looks at outsourcing.

Custom orders
Who wears the pants online?

The skinny on Office
Is Microsoft's thin-client play a stalling tactic?

Merger madness
What role should senior IS staff play in acquisition talks?

Quality debate
How do we retain software quality given rapid development cycles?

Ray Lane
Oracle's president and COO discusses the company's e-biz and integration-technologies strategies.

Simon Phipps
Fear not XML balkanization, says IBM's chief XML and Java evangelist.

Mary Coleman
Baan's CEO sees brighter times for the company post-Y2K.

Ed Foster
Is it time to concede the war against spam?

Bob Metcalfe
Gyroscopes and microprocessors unite to make up the new IBOT.

Peer to Peer
Is it vision or greed that's driving your start-up company?

ecBuilder Pro, Version 4.5 takes the guesswork out of setting up an I-commerce site.

Sean M. Dugan
Here's how Levi Strauss can cash in on California's second gold rush.

Mentor's Corner
A data-warehouse portal unlocks a county's justice system data

Year-2000 page
The latest in Y2K news
and views

Book Reviews
Building Trust at the Speed of Change: The Power of the Relationship-based Corporation, by Edward M. Marshall.

Microsoft Under Fire
A roundup of legal proceedings against the software giant

Letters
Readers deliver their thoughts about expiring e-mail.

Street Prices
Pentium desktops

InfoToon InfoWorld humor

HotSites by Jim Battey

SAN solutions
Tips on finding your best storage-area network path

InfoWorld 100
A user's guide to navigating the world of information technology.

WITI FastTrack
The 1999 InfoWorld/WITI Survey says it isn't just the money.

1999 Compensation Survey
Our annual report on IT salaries

Test Center reviews index

InfoLink
E-mail, phone, and link to InfoWorld advertisers

Attune
Stop PC problems before they happen.

ROI Now!
Calculate business benefit from products and technologies.

InfoQuote
Request customized price quotes.

iBuys
Volume discounts on hardware, software, and more -- without buying bulk.

IBM pumps up support for Linux app developers

Seeing a steady increase in the development of server-based Linux applications, IBM is making yet another investment in the open-source operating system, announcing plans Tuesday to significantly expand its Solution Partnership Centers (SPC) where developers can customize and test their applications.

Posted at 1:18 PM PT, Nov 23, 1999

Dell picks BlackBerry for wireless e-mail

Dell Computer, in an impressive endorsement of Canadian handheld manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM), will begin offering the RIM BlackBerry wireless e-mail solution to its major U.S. corporate customers by the end of the month.

Posted at 3:15 PM PT, Nov 23, 1999

New e-mail virus set to trigger on Christmas Day

A gremlin trying to spoil Christmas has released a Melissa-like virus capable of reformatting a hard drive.

Posted at 3:44 PM PT, Nov 22, 1999

Microsoft faces class-action lawsuits

Three lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft Monday on behalf of millions of the software vendor's customers in California. The suit is the latest to emerge since a U.S. federal court judge determined earlier this month that Microsoft is a monopoly.

Posted at 6:39 AM PT, Nov 23, 1999

MCI WorldCom beefs up international calling services

MCI WorldCom on Tuesday unveiled a new corporate package designed to provide virtual private network and voice services to enterprises with significant international presence.

Posted at 10:48 AM PT, Nov 23, 1999

Tivoli, Fujitsu ink bundling deal around IT management

With the global customer in mind, Fujitsu and Tivoli Systems on Tuesday announced a four-part collaborative deal designed to simplify and increase IT management options between the two companies' enterprise-computing environments.

Posted at 12:37 PM PT, Nov 23, 1999

Siemens integrates U.S. server business into Amdahl

Siemens' U.S. computer systems group is going to be merged into Amdahl, a subsidiary of Fujitsu, the companies said Monday.

Posted at 7:12 AM PT, Nov 23, 1999

PSINet puts finishing touch on Transaction Network buy

Internet service provider and electronic-commerce player PSINet on Tuesday announced that the company has completed its $720 million acquisition of Transaction Network (TNI).

Posted at 12:49 PM PT, Nov 23, 1999

Japanese companies tie on e-commerce

A group of 15 companies, including banks and computer makers, are to shortly establish an Internet-based consumer finance service in Japan, the Wednesday morning edition of the Japanese business newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports.

Posted at 8:50 AM PT, Nov 23, 1999

AOL, Intuit link for online bill-payment service

Sometime early next year, America Online (AOL) subscribers and visitors to the company's gateway Web site will be able to pay bills online using Intuit software.

Posted at 10:22 AM PT, Nov 23, 1999

SBC, Prodigy link in broadband Internet push

Telecommunications giant SBC Communications and Internet service provider Prodigy Communications teamed up Monday to deliver Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) broadband Internet access to consumers and small businesses.

Posted at 5:09 PM PT, Nov 22, 1999

Cabletron sells FlowPoint for $860 million

Cabletron Systems on Monday announced that it has reached a definitive agreement for the sale of its FlowPoint DSL subsidiary to Efficient Networks of Dallas.

Posted at 9:16 AM PT, Nov 22, 1999

Symantec unfurls program to ease Y2K-related woes

Symantec on Monday unveiled its Symantec Millennium Action Response Team, or SMART, which is intended to help corporations with year-2000-related crises by providing quick access to Symantec professionals.

Posted at 3:05 PM PT, Nov 22, 1999

Web-based support paves way for lower ownership costs

The days of dispatching armies of support personnel to sort out thorny client-PC problems may be numbered if promised electronic support technology from Intel and Microsoft comes through.

Posted at 3:49 PM PT, Nov 19, 1999

Major vendors converge on new ASP model

Officials at IBM and Novell hope to foster the development of a vibrant application service provider (ASP) market through separate initiatives designed to promote integration across multiple applications.

Posted at 3:49 PM PT, Nov 19, 1999