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OS Still Lags in Integration Area Even with the release of the new 2.4 kernel, Linux will have a hard time overthrowing Windows 2000 as an application server, according to Meta Group Inc., of Stamford, Conn. Still missing in the new kernel are features such as entry-level symmetric multiprocessing and operating system resource and session […]

Do you need to move large—and we mean large—chunks of data from a mobile location periodically? Three-year-old SpaceData International LLC (www.spacedata-int.com) may have a solution for you. SpaceData uses NASAs Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) to haul data from nearly any point on the globe through New Mexico and Texas and then out […]

PSINets transaction solutions and large pieces of Metamor are on the block, the first manifestation of the beleaguered companys strategy to raise cash by selling assets and repair its relationship with Wall Street through fiscal responsibility. The Chantilly, Va., company fell out of favor with investors after issuing a revenue shortfall alert last year, which […]

Rolling blackouts in northern California last week failed to disable critical data centers, but the power disruption caused many networking companies to close down office operations. In Sunnyvale, where such companies as Exodus Communications operate data centers and service providers such as Loudcloud run network operations centers (NOCs), the first blackout occurred at noon on […]

Sometimes, you can grow too fast. Just ask Satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications (better known as the DISH Network). The companys backup and storage needs are expected to soar from 18 terabytes in 1999 to more than 41 terabytes by the end of 2001. (A terabyte is equal to one trillion bytes.) EchoStars original storage […]

After years of seemingly futile organizing efforts, labor leaders are hoping that the dot-com crash and some unique new training partnerships with high-tech giants will make this the year they can turn the tide and bring the union label into the New Economy. Sure, you can buy PCs assembled entirely by union labor. Two small […]

If you dont like it, wait a minute,” say New Englanders about their weather. Over the past two years, as the specialty e-consultancies claimed leadership in the U.S. market, the Big Five integrators have said essentially the same thing: Wait for the first storm clouds. It took longer than a minute, but the old fogies […]

Pat DAngelo, the president of Alliance Commerce, a Florida ASP that provides Internet-based business software applications, says hell never give up on directly reaching out for new customers. But if a major systems integrator or solutions provider offers to sell Alliances services to its clients, DAngelo wont think twice. Like many other ASPs, Alliance is […]

When the nations largest cable operator told lakewood, calif., last month that it could no longer collect local franchise fees from Internet customers, city officials were dubious. “Were no pushovers,” says Lakewood spokesman Donald Waldie. “When cable operators make assertions of their rights, the City of Lakewood is going to look hard at those decisions.” […]

Since opening shop online in 1997, eToys has seen competitors come and go, including Toysmart.com and Toytime.com. With one of the strongest toy store brands on the Net, eToys has continued to expand its product offerings. Through a series of acquisitions, the company now features a hobbies section, a party supply store and the BabyCenter […]