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Origami: consumer toy? enterprise nomenon, Executive Editor/News Larry both versions—until now. Starting this
secret weapon? Doorstop? If you Dignan points out that on the consumer week, eWeekdigital subscribers will
answered, “All of the above,” take an side you already have cutting-edge prod- receive exclusive bonus content: even
XP SP 2 CD out of petty cash. It seems ucts in the SonyPSPand the Apple more of the great news, views and Labs
that the Origamiconcept, if not the iPod. And, on the enterprise side, you reviews that you’ve come to expect from
actual prototype Ultra Mobile PC prod- already have the laptop, which, to me, is eWeek. This week, check out interviews
ucts that were viewed simultaneously last a mobile device that does very well, with Sun’s Jonathan Schwartzand
week at the Intel Developer Forum thank you; the BlackBerry; and the Simon Phipps, an extended Labs test
and at CeBIT, is more about cell phone. methodology report from Jim Rapoza,
dueling marketing spins than Scores of vendors, even and some leftovers from Spencer F.
an actual productivity tool. Microsoft, have seen what Katt’s cartoon scratchpad. ´
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the largest computer show.
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latest in Internet confer- WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM that try to make it a lot easier to test
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start of the SPRING 2006
systems. More Secure Web—W3C
VON CONFERENCEin San eWEEKInfraSpectrum
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News Editor John WriterJohn Hazardwill ency and Usability of Web THURSDAYPeter Coffeescans
Pallattowill be venture to Las Vegas for Authentication.”The goal high-performance storage systems
on hand at this IBM PARTNERWORLD.As is to bring users and de- and the impact of the evolution of
processor architectures.
annual VOIP seen in his preview on velopers together in New
(voice over IP) in- Page 20,the software and York to see if something Cyber Cynic FRIDAY
dustry confab. services giant is opening can be done to improve Steven J.Vaughan-Nicholssays
Many enterprises are the door wider to the Internet security and getting Linux on a major PC vendor’s
taking a hard look at the channel. browsers. radar is a chicken-and-egg problem.
technology,and the pitch-
es to business will spread TUESDAYwill find Senior WEDNESDAYwill see Sen- Microsoft Watch FRIDAY
WriterRyan Naraineat ior Editor Paula Musichat
well beyond carriers and Mary Jo Foleyon Microsoft’s SMB
theCISCO PARTNER SUM-
push at Small Business Summit and
MITin San Diego.She will
Microsoft’s new tablet platform,dubbed Origami,made a big be on hand to see how the Software Assurance Licensing terms.
splash last week at the INTEL DEVELOPER FORUMin San crowd takes to the mes- eWEEKPodcast FRIDAY
Francisco and the CEBIT sages delivered by Cisco
Stan Gibsonhosts eWEEK’s weekly
expo in Germany.Check Systems President and CEO news roundup,with headlines,a
out the slide shows, John Chambers and other sneak peek at an eWEEKLabs review,
news and commentary top brass. commentary from Peter Coffee and
at go.eweek.com/tablet. rantings from Spencer F.Katt.
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Editorial Director Eric Lundquist
Editor in Chief Matthew Rothenberg
Editor Scot Petersen CONTENTS
Executive Editor/News Larry Dignan
Director/eWEEKLabs Jim Rapoza
Executive Editor/eWEEKLabs Deb Donston
Technology Editor Peter Coffee
Executive Editor/Special ProjectsDavid Morgenstern
Executive Editor Stan Gibson
Executive Editor/Technology Sean Gallagher
NEWS
News Editors John Pallatto, Lisa Vaas,
Steve Bryant, Don Sears
Senior Editors Jeffrey Burt, Caron Carlson,
Senior Writers PCBeeatnrem rC eGhnaa Nrllnio,y b,P eRal,ue lnDae aMerr uBysloiKcu.hc ,Th aefrt NEWS& 27 EMCdebuts new ver- OPINION
Ferguson, Brian Fonseca, sions of its Celerra line.
John Hazard, Matt Hines,
Ryan Naraine, Paul F. Roberts, ANALYSIS
Executive Assistant JCoohlnle eGn. HSepcokomnearn 28 GPLusers don’t need to 5 This eWEEK:What will
Editorial Assistant Deborah Rothberg worry about SarbOx, an the impact of Origami
gWEEK LABS 9 Intelresearchers are SFLC white paper says. be long term?
West Coast TTeecSchhenSnniiecicoanarlil o AADrnn iWraaellryycissttoettssrr CHMAneaicnnmhereya rCeBol hnaCe ltSnaattzuoarnrd,,e JAvaansndotrne Bwr oGoakrscia wpoowrkeinr gm oann aimgepmroevnint.g 28 Ofopcuesne Tse oxnt’ sc olamtepsltia tnocoel. 6 Eric Lundquist:Euro-
FEATURES 10 Intel and AMDwill
Associate Editor, Solutions SeriesDavid Weldon 31 The Buzz
Senior Editor Kevin Fogarty carry server virtualization
EDITORIAL PRODUCTION principles to other areas.
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Managing Editor Rick Dagley WEEKLABS
Deputy Managing Editor Debra Perry 12 Michael Dellsays the
Deputy Copy Chief Jim Williams
Copy Editors Kelsey Adams, Vikki Lipset, many Linux distributions
Shane O’Neill, Emily Zurich
Newsletter Editors Jenni Miller, Alethea Yip affect desktop support.
41 REVIEW:AppScan
ART DEPARTMENT andWebInspectscan
Senior Art Director Stephen Anderson
Associate Art Director Paul Connolly Web apps for holes.
Senior Production Designer Tara-Ann Fasulo
Senior Designer Chip Buchanan 44 REVIEW:OpenMFG’sa 6
gWEEK solid ERP app (and not
Publisher
Karl Elken just for manufacturers).
Business Manager
Eric Berk 46 REVIEW:Sun’sUltra peans have a pragmatic
Marketing
Melissa Grieco, Marketing Manager 40 is an Opteron- view of technology.
John Tsao, Research Manager
based workhorse.
Production Manager
Michael DiCarlis 32 Editorial:Improve IT to
Ad Traffic Coordinator 12 48 REVIEW:Citrix’s GoTo- improve health care.
Tim Bennett
MyPC Corporate 5has
32 Reader mail
compelling features.
ZIFF DAVIS MEDIA
Chairman & CEO 50 Jim Rapoza:Some
Robert F. Callahan 52 Pings & Packets:Pen-
Chief MFianrakn Mcioayle Orfficer 14 TIAA-CREF’ssystems test guide; Skype 2.0 firms are getting away
with negligent security.
Executive Vice President &Chief Content Officer are experiencing wide- for Pocket PC; DLT-S4.
Michael J. Miller
Executive Vice President,Licensing & Legal Affairs, ranging problems. 53 REVIEW:LeftHand 56 Peter Coffeeponders
General Counsel
Gregory Barton 16 AT&Trebuilds, and the SANis a scalable, all- the right kind of integra-
PRESIDENTS impact will depend on in-one iSCSI solution. tion for portable devices.
Scott McCarthy (Game Group)
Jason YouSnlgo a(nC oSnesyummoeurr T(Eecnhte/Srpmriasell BGursoiunpe)ss Group) a company’s size. 54 REVIEW:Data Domain 62 Spencer F. Katt:Novell
stamps Linux Desktop
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS 18 Labs:The new NPIV DD460g’sadded VTL with the SUSE brand.
Kenneth Beach (Corporate Sales) spec will help drive eases backup.
Ira Becker (Game Group)
Jim Louderback (Editorial Director, Consumer/Small Business Group) storage virtualization.
Angelo Mandarano (Internet)
Elda VMaleic h(MRaaeerls teVhaaizr aScrhcd/h M(wEaadrrkitteoz tr( iCaInl utDeslitlriogemecnt oScreo, lEu&nt itoCenrospr rpGisoreroa Gutepr )oMuapr)keting) 18 Wtesotrsk o ifn H PRro agprpess sw:iLllabs HELLO, 20
VICE PRESIDENTS include varied scenarios.
John Davison (Game Group) PARTNER
Elaine Ebner (Corporate Sales)
Aaron Goldberg (Market Experts) 24 Adobe bridges AJAX
Kristin HBoalrmrye sH a(Irnrtigearnna (tIionntearln Leitc)ensing) with Flash and Flex.
Michael Krieger (Market Experts) 20 IBMis opening
RRaiyc kL eLdedhrab (aGumam (eIn Gterrnoeutp)) 25 Salesforce.comadds its research door
Eric LunCdqaruliosst (LEudgitoo r(iParl oDdiurecctitoonr,) eWEEK) more enterprise muscle to business part-
Chris Maginn (Internet) to AppExchange. ners to spur in-
Jim McCabe (PC Magazine)
PauSl Oco’Rtt eMillcy D(Eavneienl t (MGaamrkee tGingro Gupro)up) 26 Keynote Systemsrolls novation.
Ellen Pearlman (Editor in Chief, CIO Insight)
Beth Repeta (Human Resources) out services for mobile 21 CEOsare ex-
Chris StetsDoanv e(R Reosecakr (cCh/irMcualrakteiot nIn)telligence) Web and VOIP apps. pected to take
Stephen Sutton (Audience Development, Consumer/Small Business)
Stephen Veith (Enterprise Group Publishing Director) 26 CEO Umang Gupta a larger role in
Monica Vila (Event Marketing Group)
Randy Zane (Corporate Communications) discusses Keynote’s IT decisions.
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EUROPEAN COMPANIES TAKE PRAGMATIC VIEW OF TECHNOLOGY
@
Ispent a few days in often is the only way to leverage a business’s
DAN BRIODY
The Netherlands before expertise. If you want to stay ahead of money- Web business =
heading over to the big laundering organizations that are eager to
bad service
CeBITcomputer show in move billions of dollars around the globe, you
Hannover, Germany. are going to have to make a technology in-
Other than concluding vestment to match their capabilities. My Netflix experience
that New Orleanians When I went to Delft University to get a was typical of customer ser-
should outsource the re- firsthand look at its new $3 million data vice in the Internet age:
building of their city to center, I was taken by how the construction really bad.All the technol-
the folks that keep Amsterdam dry (and I’m of it was similar to the methods the Dutch ogy in the world isn’t fixing
talking about the land, not the taverns), the use to keep the nearby ocean from pouring the long,slow slide that
trip also provided an opportunity to meet in over their lowlands with every storm. The customer service has taken
with some emerging companies and take a data center is essentially a secure box within in the past 10 years.In fact,
trip to Delft University of Technologyto an enclosed room high enough to weather it’s making it worse.
check out its new data center. any disaster. The fiber leading to the center Just look at what poor
Here’s my admittedly random sampling of has redundant feeds on opposite ends of the Paul English had to do so
the state of the European high-tech business. building, the heating and cooling elements that innocent customers like
First, I’d say that business seems good. Com- are redundant, and backup generators have us could bypass the mad-
panies invest in technology to meet compli- enough fuel on hand for weeks’ worth of dening interactive voice
ance demands, reach new markets and operation. I guess if you live in a country recognition systems so
increase efficiency. If that sounds eminently that is below sea level, you learn to think many companies force upon
sensible, it is. about redundancies. The 14,000 students at us.Anyone who has spent
The “IT Doesn’t Matter” discussion that the university each have 100M-bps Internet any time speaking to a cus-
was much the rage in the United States access for $17.88 per month. tomer service representative
whenNick Carrfirst If a trip to Asia can in India knows that cutting
IF YOU LIVE IN A COUNTRY
raised the topic in 2003 remind you of how far costs means worse service.
is not finding fertile BELOW SEA LEVEL, YOU the United States is 3/2/2006
ground in Europe. behind in access speeds @
When I had lunch with PONDER REDUNDANCIES. and service reliability, a
STEVE BRYANT
two executives from trip to Delft can provide
Microsoft and
NetEconomy, in The Hague, I was the same feeling from Europe.
Web 2.0
impressed with their ability to meld technol- As I boarded the train in Amsterdam for
ogy and business acumen. NetEconomy sells my trip to CeBIT, I jotted down a few other
AML(anti-money-laundering) analysis tools thoughts from my random European sam- I think Microsoft will only
to financial institutions worldwide. AML pling, which I was going to retest after a few traipse so far into the Web
(another new acronym for my high-tech days at the giant trade show. The sense that 2.0 wonderland.
lexicon) is unfortunately a very high-growth Google will just continue to grow forever is A full 40 percent of its
business, as more regulations and laws much less a given from the folks I spoke with business revenue comes
are passed in an effort to find and capture in Europe. The sense I have that Google has from software sales to the
money launderers. However, regardless of had almost too much success early on and is SMB (small and midsize
how strong the AML tools are, you still need now floundering a bit as it tries to decide if it business) market.It’s doing a
experts with an understanding of the tools’ is a search engine, a media company or an good job pandering to the
inner workings to use them to their full Internet access competitor was echoed in Web 2.0 crowd with its
extent, said Saskia Rietbroek, a financial some of those tavern and coffee shop conver- “Live”strategy and hooking
crime adviser with NetEconomy. sations. I suppose being in a city where tulips its software into online ser-
The business point for me was that the are both a flower and a reminder of a bubble vices.
Europeans I spoke with on this trip weren’t that burst in the 1630s can give you a sense Its biggest challenge right
getting bogged down in the business-needs- of historical perspective that not even Google now,it seems to me,is how
versus-technology argument I often run into can grow forever. Next week, I’ll write about to manage its profitable
in the United States. Maybe due to Euro- whether my views were borne out at CeBIT. ´ shrink-wrapped business
peans’ longer experience with heavily regu- amid the Web 2.0 hype.
lated societies, there is an understanding that, Editorial Director Eric Lundquist can be reached 3/6/2006
while technology isn’t an end path in itself, it at [email protected].
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