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Axents access-control application provides secure and flexible control over access to a businesss Web and intranet content without requiring tight integration with a companys Web servers. SHORT-TERM BUSINESS IMPACT // A business can get up and running with Webthority faster than with most rival access-control tools, making it possible to quickly protect potentially sensitive content. […]

At the risk of putting our tongue in cheek with sufficient force to dimple a chad, we hereby apologize for plunging the nation into turmoil. In a pre-election editorial, we weighed the election issues for IT but declined to endorse a candidate. With 18,661 Florida addresses receiving our print edition, we have to wonder if […]

New GE Chief Knows It The information technology savvy that Jeffrey Immelt showed as head of General Electrics Medical Systems division may have helped him win the job as replacement for GEs starlike CEO, Jack Welch. Immelt, who last week was tapped as president of GE and heir to Welch, is credited in part with […]

Wilcam systems LLCs president and CEO, Gary Harbison, had the typical small- ISV dilemma: targeting larger customers with little more than a single product and a tiny staff—in his case, just six people. The answer for Harbison came after a meeting with a distributor late last year. WilCam would evolve its corporate attendance tracking software […]

OmniSkys Internet service and Minstrel S Springboard-based wireless modem is a good way for those who use Handsprings Visor handhelds to get connected to e-mail and the Web. However, those who have the Visor Solo and Deluxe models will be disappointed to learn that the Minstrel S modem can be used only with Handsprings new […]

When Denver Broncos quarterback Gus Frerotte connected with wide receiver Ed McCaffrey in the end zone last month to seal a critical 38-37 victory over San Diego in the run-up to the NFL playoffs, fervid Broncos fans wanted to know about it right away, wherever they may have been. Until the beginning of this season, […]

Eastman Kodak Co. is pushing forward with what it says is a bright idea: a new flat-panel-display technology that offers greater luminescence and generally outshines current LCD displays in performance. The Rochester, N.Y., company late last month established the Kodak Display business unit, which is devoted to advancing Kodaks so-called organic LED, or OLED, display […]

Application service provider Corio Inc. will announce two services this week, including the launch of its existing infrastructure platform as a separate tools suite and the debut of a vendor-oriented ASP enablement initiative. By packaging the San Carlos, Calif., companys hosting infrastructure as a separate product, enterprises can ASP-enable custom and legacy applications, either for […]

As the new year approaches with its agenda of contracts to award, renew and renegotiate, we warn our readers to beware of the Maryland minefield. We refer to the burgeoning practice of inserting clauses in IT contracts that call for disputes to be governed by Maryland law. Maryland is one of two states (the other […]

Gateway Inc.s warning of slower-than-expected PC sales sent computer-related stocks reeling last week as the direct computer maker drastically lowered its fourth-quarter earnings estimates and outlook for the coming year. In a somewhat unusual move, Gateway last week dramatically changed its rather positive forecast of only eight days earlier, based largely on poor Thanksgiving weekend […]