I recently received an e-mail that contained a survey, which asked something like: Which of the following is going to be the hot topic for IT in 2007? The choices given were: open-source software; ser

NEW YORK -- Nov. 30, 2006 -- At a press conference at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, Microsoft Corp. chief executive officer Steve Ballmer announced the business availability of the Windows Vista op

It has been more than two years since I first wrote about SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal in this column. At that time, Microsoft just had released its second-generation collaboration produc

I recently was speaking with a senior IT manager at a major retail company, which is in the process of growing its market into wholesale--selling its goods to large companies, enterprises, and governme

While visiting a Fortune 100 company, I was discussing Web sites with a few senior marketing people. One of their concerns was site obsolescence. They did not want to invest substantial resources into

While visiting a Fortune 100 company, I was discussing Web sites with a few senior marketing people. One of their concerns was site obsolescence. They did not want to invest substantial resources into

The entire data processing world breaks down into two mutually exclusive camps: those who do the work and those who talk about it. The first group knows, at least for the present time, it's all about

The entire data processing world breaks down into two mutually exclusive camps: those who do the work and those who talk about it. The first group knows, at least for the present time, it's all about