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51. A Big, Fat VOIP Failure
(Commentary)
... demands made of it and the increasing number of broadband users. Thomas M. Stockwell, Editor-in-Chief of MC Press Online, doubted that this was the (only) issue and suggested that the bottleneck could ...
Created on 04 January 2007
52. Identity Theft: The Collapsing Universe of Virtual Identity
(Analysis of News Events)
... theft! No one, of course, except the individuals, organizations, and/or cartels that stole the information itself. And it's doubtful that they will ever be caught anyway. Thomas M. Stockwell is Editor ...
Created on 17 December 2006
53. Instant Messaging: The Medium Is More Than the Message
(Collaboration & Messaging)
Supreme Court rulings make recent Lotus Sametime announcement shine!Do you know where your instant messages are? No? Well, take note! As of December 1, you better find them. All of them! Just in case! ...
Created on 10 December 2006
54. A Disgrace of Network Security
(Commentary)
Ohio University's experience is the parable of the 21st century's challenge.Ever wonder about the poor guys who get caught in the middle of a nationally disclosed IT security breach? Take the case of the ...
Created on 26 November 2006
55. Acquisitions Fuel System i's Futur
(Commentary)
How will the changing ISV footprints change the System i landscape?The last several months have seen four significant changes in the ISV community that is supporting the IBM System i: Vision Solutions ...
Created on 12 November 2006
56. The Internet Explorer 7 Bandwagon
(Commentary)
... " and it will take your users some time to adjust. Now your Microsoft IT tech staff is going to pounce on me here and cry foul. "Come on, Stockwell! So they've removed a few things and added a few thing ...
Created on 22 October 2006
57. IBM Expands Entry-Level System i Offerings
(Analysis of News Events)
... i, check out the excellent article that MC Press Editor-in-Chief Thomas Stockwell wrote about the subject last month. IBM also used last week's announcement to unveil the first Capacity BackUp (CBU) Edition ...
Created on 15 October 2006
58. Best Practices for Building the IT Infrastructure
(Commentary)
How is the CFO to judge what his CTO is serving up?The hot news on the street this week is that Microsoft will probably ship its new operating system called Vista "on time." The operative phrase is "on ...
Created on 08 October 2006
59. IBM's System i Telephony Offering at Your Compan
(IT Infrastructure - Other)
Position your infrastructure for the future. Few movements have been as powerful in business as the technological imperatives of information technology, but understanding how to position IT for ...
Created on 24 September 2006
60. Lotus Sametime 7.5 Ships
(Collaboration & Messaging)
... is not offering airline frequent flyer miles with each license purchased, and that will certainly cause some execs to balk. But then who actually wants to fly anymore anyway? Thomas M. Stockwell is Editor ...
Created on 17 September 2006
61. IBM Buys Internet Security Systems
(Commentary)
The global market for Internet security finally matures.Last week, IBM announced that it would acquire Internet Security Systems, Inc. (SSI), the Atlanta-based corporation that provides managed security ...
Created on 27 August 2006
62. WWW Turns 15 as Congress Passes Web Censorship
(Commentary)
... itself fostered. Happy birthday, WWW, from all of us at MC Press Online! And remember, a little knowledge can be a very dangerous thing in the U.S. Thomas M. Stockwell is Editor in Chief of MC Press ...
Created on 13 August 2006
63. Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt About Global IT Security
(Commentary)
... in MC eServer Insight, see "Evil Ones Lurking" by Carol Woodbury and "Corporate Identity Theft" by Thomas M. Stockwell). No specific agency has been identified to handle the theft of data itself, such as ...
Created on 30 July 2006
64. EC Docks Microsoft on Documentation
(Commentary)
... been left behind! "Come back!" she cries. "Come back!" "I can't," Bill calls back plaintively. "I don't know how it works!" Perhaps this is the scene the EC is worried about, too. Thomas M. Stockwell is ...
Created on 16 July 2006
65. High School Computer Science: Does Not Compute?
(Commentary)
A white paper by CSTA identifies the challenges of teaching our next IT generation.How did you become interested in computing? How did that interest lead you to a career in IT? Did your enthusiasm come ...
Created on 25 June 2006
66. White Paper: "Offshoring Your Job Is Good For You
(Commentary)
Promulgating bad analysis leads to poor decision-making.A recent article in Internet Week touted a new white paper that proclaims that the fears about IT offshoring are overblown. The white paper is entitled ...
Created on 11 June 2006
67. Who Built the Internet, and Is It for Sale?
(General)
Beware HR 5252: The Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Efficiency Act of 2006 (COPE). There was a time not long ago when data communication was based upon phone lines, proprietary modems, and ...
Created on 21 May 2006
68. Women in IT Speak Out
(General)
Two successful women share their stories.In a recent article, "IT Education and Women in IT," Thomas M. Stockwell discussed IBM's "Women in Technology" exhibit and addressed the shrinking number of women ...
Created on 14 May 2006
69. IBM Lowers System i Prices and Offers Better Rebates
(Commentary)
... how the game plays into the seventh-inning stretch. Rumor has it that more announcements are coming this week, so it looks like it's going to be a real nail-biter of a season. Thomas M. Stockwell is Editor ...
Created on 07 May 2006
70. Oracle Expands Support for JD Edwards and the System i5
(Analysis of News Events)
... boost does materialize, it will be a welcome shot in the arm for IBM. As Tom Stockwell reported in his article last week, System i revenues fell by 22% during the first quarter when compared to the same ...
Created on 30 April 2006
71. A System by Any Other Name
(Commentary)
... a little background information. Thomas Stockwell, Editor in Chief, offered the following: "Here's the impact of what they've done with the branding of the product: Called it AS/400 and got a big install ...
Created on 27 April 2006
72. System i and IBM 1st Quarter Financials
(Commentary)
Revenue growth is up for IBM but down for System i. Should you be worried?Last Tuesday (April 18, 2006), IBM announced first-quarter profits that were 22% higher than at the same time last year, beating ...
Created on 23 April 2006
73. The System i Strategy for New Customers
(Commentary)
IBM has a plan. Will it work?At the Spring COMMON Conference in Minneapolis, the big news was IBM's twin announcements that PHP and Voice over IP (VOIP) would be deployed on the newly renamed System i ...
Created on 09 April 2006
74. IT Education and Women in IT
(Commentary)
... in the realm of IT. Editor's Note: The president of MC Press Online is Merrikay Lee, who is a former IBM systems engineer and is our own executive role model. Thomas M. Stockwell is Editor in Chief of ...
Created on 26 March 2006
75. IBM's Academic Initiativ
(Commentary)
IBM's latest educational initiative is teaching tech to THINK.Over the years, IBM, as a corporation, has had a mixed record in making its technologies known and available to institutions of higher learning. ...
Created on 12 March 2006
76. The Excitement and the Challenge of Marketing i5
(Commentary)
MC Press Editor in Chief Thomas M. Stockwell has an in-depth interview with IBM's System i5 Marketing Manager, Elaine Lennox.On February 8, MC Press Editor in Chief Thomas M. Stockwell conducted a 45-minute ...
Created on 26 February 2006
77. Mouthing the Words of a Forgotten Tune
(Commentary)
Western Union kills the telegram as Microsoft releases source.Two milestone events transpired last month, undermining the belief that we understand technology and its future in the 21st century. On January ...
Created on 12 February 2006
78. Top iSeries Marketing Guru Makes Transition
(Commentary)
Peter, we hardly knew ye.Rumors flew around the iSeries community last week when it learned that Peter Bingaman, Vice President of IBM for the iSeries server line, was leaving IBM for a position with the ...
Created on 22 January 2006
79. Hacking the Bug Machine
(Commentary)
Three of IE's latest security holes raise questions about the MS commitment to security.Remember last May (2005) when security experts warned of a security hole in Internet Explorer? ("Which one?" you're ...
Created on 15 January 2006
80. Lazy Coding: A Programmer's Guid
(Commentary)
... means of software development. No wonder IBM, Symantec, and a host of other software providers are leaping aboard this new model. Isn't it about time that your team gave up too? Thomas M. Stockwell is ...
Created on 20 November 2005
81. Product Review: Affirmative's YEStatio
(Product Reviews)
... delivered the vision? I think the answer is YEStation! Thomas M. Stockwell is Editor in Chief of MC Press Online, LP. Affirmative Computer Products 202 S. River Drive Tempe, AZ 85281 Tel: 888.353.5250 ...
Created on 07 November 2005
82. IBM Purchases DataPower Technology
(Commentary)
Service-oriented architectures are maturing.On October 18, IBM announced that it had purchased Cambridge, Massachusetts-based DataPower Technology Inc. for an undisclosed amount of money. DataPower Technology ...
Created on 30 October 2005
83. IBM Donates Rational Unified Process to Open-Source
(Commentary)
... how software is developed, perhaps the next generation of applications that we are forced to maintain will offer fewer surprises, more flexibility, and better maintainability. Thomas M. Stockwell is Editor ...
Created on 16 October 2005
84. Office Intrigue: Sun Microsystems and Google are Dating
(Commentary)
... it does not, corporations and customers won't want to ante up the increased licensing fees. Now that's an office intrigue we'd all like to see. Thomas M. Stockwell is Editor in Chief of MC Press Online. ...
Created on 09 October 2005
85. Katrina and On Demand e-Government
(Commentary)
Some terrible lessons must be re-learned.IBM has staked a lot on the computing model called On Demand and, over the last five years, it has invested heavily in developing the tools and services necessary ...
Created on 18 September 2005
86. Messaging and Collaboration Waypoints
(Collaboration & Messaging)
IBM intends to grow the market, but where is the market going?In the world of messaging and collaboration, IBM and Microsoft are clearly still battling for market share. And why not? Analysts now anticipate ...
Created on 11 September 2005
87. H-1B Visa Cap Met
(Commentary)
IT industry lobbying groups posture to raise immigration limits again.On August 12, 2005, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that it had already reached its cap of H-1B visa ...
Created on 21 August 2005
88. IBM: Targeted Spear Phishing Attacks on the Rise
(Commentary)
Last week, IBM released its Global Business Security Index Report (link below), revealing that virus-laden emails and criminal-driven security attacks increased in the first half of 2005 by 50%. Of particular ...
Created on 07 August 2005
89. If OS/2 Had Lived
(Commentary)
... on December 31, 2005, OS/2 will start its year-long journey to the IBM Technological Graveyard. No doubt it will find existence there much more sustaining. Thomas M. Stockwell is Editor in Chief of MC ...
Created on 24 July 2005
90. A New Internet?
(Commentary)
Security concerns will define a new future for global networks.There was a time, not too long ago, when it seemed that the best security system was a $25 padlock on the door of the computer room. Back ...
Created on 10 July 2005
91. Where Programmers Come From
(Commentary)
Are programmers really from Krypton?Where do programmers come from? Are they incubated in special vials, or are they naturally born to code? Are they bred by unrelenting CEOs, or are they merely damaged ...
Created on 03 July 2005
92. Apple Falls Far from the Tree
(Commentary)
IBM's PowerPC chip technology loses high visibility partner.When Steve Jobs announced on June 8 that Apple would abandon IBM's PowerPC chip to use Intel microprocessors on future computers, analysts were ...
Created on 12 June 2005
93. IBM Releases New Identity Resolution Technology
(Commentary)
DB2 Anonymous Resolution protects privacy while providing analytics.On May 24, IBM introduced new software technology designed to give organizations the ability to share and compare information without ...
Created on 29 May 2005
94. An Ownership Society Run Amuck
(Commentary)
...  really want to tap into the communities out there, you need to balance your proprietary approach to IP...with a much more collaborative approach." Thomas M. Stockwell is editor in chief of MC Press Online ...
Created on 01 May 2005
95. Not RPG: The International Collegiate Programming Contest
(Commentary)
What did you learn in school today?In what column does the "half-adjust" field appear in the Calculation specification of RPG II? Can you name six functions that are covered by the E specification?  ...
Created on 17 April 2005
96. How the Internet Is Dying
(General)
...  Until it's answered, we'll continue to report on the progressive "death by a thousand hacks" that the Internet is currently experiencing. Thomas M. Stockwell is editor in chief of MC Press Online, LP.  ...
Created on 10 April 2005
97. Anti-Spam and Business Partner Strategies
(Commentary)
IBM and Microsoft have differing partnering strategies to get the job done.Last February, IBM took a look at what the Internet had wrought and discovered that 76% of all email sent through the Internet ...
Created on 03 April 2005
98. How Will Microsoft Use Groove Networks?
(Commentary)
Microsoft's new purchase, Groove Networks, may rival IBM's Lotus.A couple of weeks ago, on March 10, 2005, Microsoft announced that it would acquire Beverly, Massachusetts, software company Groove Networks ...
Created on 27 March 2005
99. Desk Set: Careers for Women in IT Is at Risk
(Commentary)
What's behind the loss of gender equity within IT?Do you remember the movie Desk Set with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy? Released in 1957, it spot-lighted the role that computers were beginning to ...
Created on 20 March 2005
100. Trustworthy Record-Keeping
(Commentary)
Compliance legislation has created new challenges for the technology.Have you ever been approached by a user with a data archive mystery? The user has been a trusted employee with the company for years, ...
Created on 13 March 2005