Eric Lundquist

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Today, the Charles River forms a pleasant border between Boston and Cambridge. Now for the bet. When will global warming submerge the MIT Cambridge campus under water? Apparently not all that far in the future if we are to listen to the scientists who spoke at this years keynote panel at the Emerging Technologies […]

Riddle me this: in this era of Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and more regulations than I can keep track of, why does there continue to be a stream of outrageous corporate technology failings? Lets look at three of the most recent. The first is the ongoing seedy saga of Hewlett-Packards top board member and other HP executives […]

With only a few days to go before the top Hewlett-Packard leaders—and ex-leaders—appear before a congressional Committee on Energy & Commerce hearing on September 28, I thought it would be a good time to recap what I believe are the top lessons learned so far. For our full report on the Hewlett-Packard scandal involving false […]

Remember when you were allowed to use your laptop on a plane? While we are not quite at that point yet, indications are that laptops—like pocket knives, shampoo and toothpaste—are about to join the banned club. Consider the following: Some laptops are already banned by some airlines. Virgin, Qantas and Korean Air are already putting […]

You wouldnt think Los Angeles was the place to go for a sense of reality last week, but it was. I was at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show to moderate a panel on mobile wireless in business—a discussion that was a good counterpoint to the silliness and stupidity that has been rampant in […]

Is your digital information safer and more secure than it was five years ago? With this weeks fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, it is certainly an appropriate time to reflect and to inspect the digital security of your information. Id guess that your inspection will reveal progress but still a wide […]

Note: These steps are drawn from the Federal Trade Commissions advice on avoiding being caught by “pretexting,” or acquiring personal information under false pretenses. Ive presented the FTCs advice and added a comment of my own along with each point. 1. FTC advice: Dont give out personal information on the phone, through the mail or […]

Is using phone records garnered by contractors through false representation unethical? Yes. Is it illegal? Maybe. Will it result in a large black mark for a company that champions privacy and consumer protection? It sure looks that way. The current dispute among the Hewlett-Packard board includes sufficient allegations, finger pointings and mishaps on both sides […]

This is the tale of two IT executives. One runs an outsourced data center for organizations such as hospitals that want to outsource their data center processing rather than worry about uptime, network transport speeds and never-ending data storage upgrades. The other exec is now in Hong Kong after spending a few years in the […]

If you want to build a successful high-tech company, build a bridge between two giants. In the past, you became a success by pledging allegiance to one company and then riding on that companys coattails. Maybe you bought into the Microsoft .Net programming language and became a Microsoft software developer. Or you liked the IBM […]