Paul Rubens

Rogue access points and weak passwords are the bane of any network administrator’s life: all it takes is one user setting up a consumer-grade wireless router in the cube farm so he or she can use a PDA or whatever and you’ve got yourself a potentially serious security risk. It’s quite possible that the wireless […]

The writing has been on the wall for some time. Electricity use in data centers is skyrocketing, sending corporate energy bills through the roof, creating environmental concerns and generating negative publicity for large corporations. Because IT budgets are limited and because governments in Europe and the United States may soon impose carbon taxes on wasteful […]

Here’s a worrying thought for you: your users risk compromising your corporate network every time they step out of the office with their laptop. And that’s without even using a public Wi-Fi spot to connect to the Internet. We all know the security risks of connecting a corporate laptop to the Internet at a public […]

Q:What’s the difference between an enterprise wireless access point from a big name vendor, and a SOHO grade one from the likes of Belkin, Buffalo or Netgear? A: About 500 bucks OK, say it’s not a very funny joke. In fact it’s not really a joke at all – more of an economic observation. But […]

Web sites, like football teams, need good management to produce winning results. Yet despite the fact that the Web is no longer anything new to businesses, many companies are only now coming to the conclusion that they need to spend money to acquire an effective Web content management system (CMS). Anecdotal evidence at least suggests […]

If the mergers and acquisitions that abounded in 2002 are a sign of things to come, you’ll soon be able to count the number of pure-play ASPs left standing on one hand. That’s the stark truth about the ASP market, but it’s also a sign that the industry is coming of age.

Getting resellers motivated to sell hosted software services has been a challenge since the inception of the ASP industry. That’s because most resellers would rather receive a hefty chunk of cash for selling expensive software licenses and the necessary hardware to implement a complete system than get a smaller and uncertain stream of revenue for […]

When Exodus Communications (NASDAQ: EXDS) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on September 26th (see Exodus Succumbs to Chapter 11) it begged the question whether the concept of Internet hosting services on a large scale was ever a viable long-term business strategy. ExodusAt a Glance Headquarters: Santa Clara, Calif. Founded: March 1998 Clients: 4,500 (approx.) […]

There’s little argument that XML Web services are the future of computing, which explains why Microsoft is promoting .Net — its XML Web services platform — as heavily as it is.