Scot Petersen

Ubiquitous Wi-Fi is almost here—in urban areas and many corporate campuses, at least. Last week, walking around San Francisco, I was able to check my e-mail in several spots without having to go pay for access at Starbucks. The reason, apart from demand, is that standards—namely 802.11b, which most access points run—have paved the way […]

Our cover story this week, “How IT Stacks Stack Up,” is bound to be controversial, maybe even incendiary. eWEEK Labs Director Jim Rapoza tested several IT software “stacks” consisting of an operating system, Web server, database, and scripting or development language in proprietary, open-source and mixed environments. /zimages/3/128936.gifIn this podcast, eWEEK Labs analysts discuss the […]

No company has been more victimized by hacker attacks than Microsoft. The reasons for being targeted are no secret: Microsofts monopoly market share and its own negligence in secure software design. Chastened by this unhappy history, Microsoft has begun to do the right thing with regard to security. By actively participating in the upcoming Black […]

Few corners of the world are immune from natural disasters. Though many of us live in areas like California (earthquakes) or central Kansas (tornadoes), we choose to live with the risk, even if we cannot avoid it. In the Northeast, we thought we were safe—with the exception of blizzards—until relentless rains in May triggered historic […]

Technology product innovation has taken its share of shots to the body in recent years, and Ive been known to land a few blows myself. Part of the problem is the misuse of the term itself: When everything is an innovation(!), then nothing is. eWEEK Editorial Director Eric Lundquist recently dubbed this the era of […]

eWeek coverage spans the globe to bring you the latest on IT, and another report from international waters. And what a diverse world IT is: Executive Editor Stan Gibson traveled to Russoft Associations Russian Outsourcing & Software Summit in Moscow May 31 to June 2 and found that Russian developers take quite a different approach […]

Small enterprises beware, the tech giants are after you. Having companies such as IBM interested in your small enterprise is at once flattering and intimidating. But its also an opportunity for your company to have more choice, more bargaining power and better technology at a lower price—if IT managers play their cards right. Its easy […]

Maybe its time for Michael Dell and Kevin Rollins to attend a Channel Anonymous meeting and introduce themselves: “Were Dell, and we use the channel.” Its OK to admit it. Dell gets about a fifth of its revenue from channel partners, according to industry sources, report eWeek senior writers John Hazard and John J. Spooner. […]

The disaster recovery systems that kicked in following Hurricane Katrina last fall were a good sign that many businesses and IT staff had planned ahead. The potential disaster that could loom over the United States in the years ahead will make Katrina seem like a blip on the radar for these disaster plans, however. That […]

Its an annual question as JavaOne approaches—will Sun announce an open-source Java? This year, the question is being asked again, but with added significance, reports eWeek Senior Editor Peter Galli. Scott McNealy is out as CEO; Jonathan Schwartz is in. Schwartz is a software guy and an open-source advocate. He spearheaded the opening of Solaris, […]