Anne Chen

eWEEK Labs often hears IT managers express a desire to loosen Microsoft Corp.s grip on the office productivity market by deploying alternative office suites. The continuing maturation of open-source office applications, along with the fact that these applications have no licensing fees, makes such a move increasingly attractive—but not for all companies. /zimages/2/8721.jpg /zimages/2/28571.gifClick here […]

As one of Wal-Mart Inc.s top 100 suppliers, Henkel Consumer Adhesives Inc. faces a daunting deadline: By January, it must place RFID tags carrying electronic product codes on pallets and cases delivered to the worlds largest retailer. However, while many suppliers are struggling to get a handle on radio-frequency identification, Henkel is ahead of the […]

WinZips latest version of its namesake compression utility improves on its predecessors by providing enhanced encryption support and an end to restrictions on Zip file sizes and contents. Released in February, WinZip 9.0 costs $29 for new users and is free for current license holders. This popular Windows compression utility now offers 128- and 256-bit […]

WINNER Microsoft Corp.s OneNote By providing an easy and innovative way to enter information and—even more important—search for it later on, Microsofts OneNote distinguished itself from a range of products in this years Excellence Awards Personal Productivity category. OneNote, a digital note-taking application that enables individuals and teams to capture, organize, find, reuse and share […]

As president of the Liberty Alliance Project, Michael Barrett is charged with shepherding the organization as it works to deliver open specifications and frameworks for federated network identity. Barrett, who is also vice president of information security and privacy strategy for American Express Co., said 2004 will be the year federated identity management proves its […]

When Delorme Publishing Co. found its data needs dramatically outpacing its backup infrastructure, the company turned to a data life-cycle management solution from BakBone Software Inc. Data availability is critical to DeLorme, a leader in the mapping industry. The Yarmouth, Maine, companys decision to deploy BakBones NetVault backup and recovery solution has enabled it to […]

Kanguru Solutions Kanguru FC-RW is a portable flash burner that lets users copy flash-card data to a CD without using a computer. Such a product may seem superfluous in an era of tight IT budgets, but as road warriors continue to shed their dependence on laptops, they will look for alternative hardware with which to […]

When Cigna Corp., one of the largest health insurers in the United States, needed a way to take advantage of underutilized computing resources while reducing operating expenses, it turned to server virtualization—specifically, Microsoft Corp.s Microsoft Virtual Server. The Philadelphia-based Cigna last year joined Microsofts JDP (Joint Development Program) to pilot-test Microsoft Virtual Server in Cignas […]

IBMs ThinkPad x40 blends portability and usability in a compact yet feature-rich package that is impressive enough to earn eWEEK Labs Analysts Choice distinction. Click here to read the full review of the ThinkPad x40. 2 IBMs ThinkPad x40 blends portability and usability in a compact yet feature-rich package that is impressive enough to earn […]

Stubborn security issues have kept a great many enterprises from deploying Web services outside their firewalls. With no tried-and-true (or even agreed-upon) methods to secure XML messages and schemas, the march toward Web services has been halting and unsteady, despite the efforts of standards organizations to develop frameworks to secure Web services. Hoping to move […]