Sharon Gaudin

As handheld devices flood into corporate networks, a study released this week shows that each device is draining about $3,000 from a company’s IT budget every year. A study by the Gartner Group, an analyst firm based in Stamford, Conn., shows that the total cost of ownership for a handheld device, such as a Palm […]

Software piracy is on the rise around the world, costing U.S. software developers $11 billion in lost revenue last year, according to a study released this week. “Things are not good,” says Bob Kruger, vice president of enforcement for the Business Software Alliance (BSA), a non-profit corporation representing business software publishers in 65 countries. “Two […]

Although it hasn’t been unleashed on the Internet, a new variant on a virus marks an advancement in the complexity of the viruses that may be coming down the pike. The new virus, Simile.D, is piquing some interesting in the security community because it’s largely considered to be the first complicated virus with cross-platform capabilities. […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. executives have been busy plotting out and presenting their new roadmap to corporate users over the past few weeks as the company’s merger with Compaq Computer Corp. becomes reality. Here are some of the announcements the new HP has made: Servers HP will become the master brand for all server products, but will […]

Buoyed by the quick release of a product roadmap, most users appear to be giving the new Hewlett-Packard Co. time to show them how the merger with Compaq Computer Corp. will affect their networks, their IT plans and their budgets. Industry analysts say the majority of HP and Compaq users haven’t been quick to jump […]

Even as law enforcement enters the fray over spam, the question of what defines a spammer and what constitutes permission-based email remains a muddied and volatile issue. The New York Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit against now-defunct MonsterHut, Inc., a Niagara Falls, N.Y.-based emailing marketing firm, and two of its executives. The lawsuit […]

A new study by a network security company shows that employees misusing their Internet connections on the job are forging a path for spam to flood into their companies’ inboxes. “Employees are knowingly or unknowingly giving out their corporate email addresses to spammers,” says Rick Romkey, general manager of U.S. operations at Integralis, Inc., a […]

With the rollout of Solaris 9, Sun Microsystems has integrated a bevy of management, processing and middleware features to try to turn its flagship operating system into a sophisticated back-end and middleware environment. And since Sun didn’t focus on one or two major new features in this latest Solaris release, industry analysts say most IT […]

An online privacy bill has advanced in the Senate with backers maintaining it will bolster consumer spending and critics still charging it will weaken corporate security and burden IT departments and budgets. The Online Personal Privacy Act, sponsored by Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, Ernest “Fritz” Hollings (D-S.C.), has passed a critical test — […]

Apple Computer is touting its new server as its doorway back into the enterprise, but analysts say the Xserve alone won’t be enough for most IT executives to bring Apple back in out of the cold. Apple this week unveiled its first dedicated rack-mount server, just as it revealed plans to release a rack-mount storage […]