Tag: IT

  • Build It: A $1500 All-Around PC

    Jason Cross

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    Usually, when we do a Build It story, we piece together a rig for a very definite purpose. Typically, the idea is to choose an aggressive price and show our readers how a little careful shopping and part selection can come together to make an impressive…something. Perhaps it’s a Digital Audio Workstation, an inexpensive gaming… Read more

  • IT and the Channel Do Matter

    Scott Karren

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    According to Harvard Business Review’s editor-at-large, Nicholas Carr, IT doesn’t matter. Since IT is ubiquitous, it has no strategic value or competitive advantage, only high cost and potential downside. Carr’s assumption is that scarcity is the essence strategic value. “You only gain an edge over rivals by having or doing something they can’t have or… Read more

  • How Much Pipeline Activity Does It Take to Close a Deal?

    Theresa Lina Stevens

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    In my last column, I offered up a series of questions for your executive in charge of operations and/or business development. His ability to readily answer those questions will tell you whether he has a handle on what it will take to meet the revenue goal for this year, whether he is adequately managing your… Read more

  • Gov’t IT: Security Clearance Needed

    Gov’t IT: Security Clearance Needed

    Caron Carlson

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    Needed: One IT professional with excellent technology skills, a willingness to travel 75 percent of the week and top security clearance from the U.S. government. Unfortunately, few people in the U.S. work force fit that profile, as IT consultancy Orizon Inc. discovered when it tried to staff its first project for the FBI in early… Read more

  • Could IT Mood Swings Boost Enterprise Desktop Linux?

    Could IT Mood Swings Boost Enterprise Desktop Linux?

    Matthew Hicks

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    SAN DIEGO—Linux on end users’ desktops remains largely elusive for enterprises, but the open-source operating system could become more attractive as the demands of IT departments shift, said panelists and attendees at the Desktop Linux Summit 2004 here. Microsoft Corp., the maker of the dominant Windows operating system, and other proprietary software vendors themselves could… Read more

  • BEA Says It Leads in Service-Oriented Architecture

    BEA Says It Leads in Service-Oriented Architecture

    Darryl K. Taft

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    A day before IBM Corp. is set to make an announcement regarding its service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategy, BEA Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced that it, too, is in the game and has SOA products and capabilities. San Jose, Calif.-based BEA said it is the only company fully equipped to deliver SOA solutions today. “While many… Read more