In March, IBM launched WebSphere Everyplace, a suite at the center of the company's wireless Web effort, with technologies such as data synching and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) functionality. The suite is a...
A Quality of Service (QoS)-enabled computer or application uses Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) to send a request to the Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) for resources. RSVP is a Layer 3 protocol in which Layer 3...
Traffic conditioning is a somewhat abstract concept that each network will instantiate in a different form, depending on the network's needs. Traffic conditioning has four essential components: markers, which place or...
3Com is changing direction radically, discarding its enterprise networking products to focus on consumer, small- to medium-size business, and network service provider products. "We're focusing on markets where we have...
On March 13, Citrix, which leads the pack in providing thin-client solutions in the Windows 2000 (Win2K) and Windows NT space, released MetaFrame for Solaris 1.0, the first release in its MetaFrame for UNIX line...
Launching within days of each other, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Intel have both released 1GHz processors. Although AMD was first to market with its 1GHz Athlon, Intel's 1GHz Pentium III tests slightly faster in...
In a year of tremendous growth for both, Lotus Notes outshipped Microsoft Exchange Server by 3 million seats in the fourth quarter of 1999, according to industry-standard Messaging Online. This surge in shipments puts...
The post-PC era is coming straight at you, says the latest report from International Data Corporation (IDC). The report, Review and Forecast of the Worldwide Information Appliance Market, 1999-2004, focuses on the...
Lotus is retiring cc:Mail, its early LAN messaging platform. The company will stop selling cc:Mail on the last day of October 2000; online technical support will continue for 1 year, ending on October 31, 2001. Lotus'...