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Although every company should employ firewalls to keep its networks and data safe from bad guys, larger enterprises tend to have an even deeper need for breach-proof perimeters ...
Blame Hollywood for the glorification of the underdog if you must, but it is difficult to ignore the charm of a comeback kid. In today's high-tech world, it is even more notable than in the celluloid realm to see a turnaround, given the state of the still-struggling tech sector ...
As software flaws, wireless network holes and data thieves continue to make companies vulnerable to technological bad guys, a growing need for security experts has driven more IT workers toward this constantly changing field ...
They seem ubiquitous wherever consumer electronics, hardware and software are sold: the offers for rebates plastered on packaging, store displays and even cash register receipts ...
With an enormous volume of code comes the need to keep it current, and Microsoft has been relentless in this task, issuing scores of updates and patches every day. In fact, staying on top of Windows updates has become a tricky endeavor for IT managers, who often must maintain hundreds or thousands of machines, sometimes equipped with different operating systems and various applications.
When the mainstream first discovered the newly spun Web, a new breed of spider emerged: the cybersquatter, an individual or company that registered many domainnames, most of them well-known brands, and resold them at high prices ...
In some industries, it is easy to tell who is at the top of the heap. Theoffice software realm has Microsoft, the beer world has Budweiser, and formuch of the cola-loving planet, Coke is it. Among online brokerages, however, crowning a king is not so simple ...
While the Microsoft vs. Linux debate rages in boardroom meetings and aroundIT water coolers, IBM has chosen sides already ...
Call it the CTO's top 10 list. Every week, Keynote Systems releases a list of the top-performing Web sites in terms of load times, separating the lightning-quick from the sadly sluggish ...
When e-commerce first became popular, it was not long before affiliate marketing sprung up as a way for small-site Davids to drive traffic toward e-tail Goliaths -- and make some change in the process. However, as minor players soon found, many affiliate programs were structured so that the house always won, and they were left with empty pockets ...
It is a scene that retailers have seen since the world's first bazaar opened: the slow sales period, complete with idle clerks, empty aisles and languishing goods. E-tailers have come to know these stretches -- the low-revenue valleys that lie between peak shopping times -- well ...
The browser wars of a few years ago, once so lively, now seem like a footnote inInternet history. With 90 percent market share, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is kingof the hill, while Netscape's Navigator trails far behind at about 7 to 8 percent of themarket, Yankee Group senior Internet analyst Rob Lancaster told the E-Commerce Times ...
Thanks to dutiful sons and daughters, the approach of Mother's Day has become highly visible online, with a profusion of flowers, candy and other tokens of esteem displayed ...
For months, it has seemed as if an economic rebound might be just around the corner, or at least around the next fiscal quarter, thanks to cautious optimism on the part of some analysts and market observers. According to these pundits, we should have been basking in the dawn of recovery by now, aglow with relief that the downturn was over at last ...
Even as AOL faces intense scrutiny surrounding an ongoing SEC investigation into possible revenue misstatements, the company is moving ahead with marketing initiatives designed to appeal to its members and partner retailers. One such event, a one-day sale April 16th that highlighted some of the ISP's retail partners, resulted in at least a tenfold traffic spike for most of the 32 sites involved, AOL said, and a healthy clickthrough rate from AOL's promotional jump page.
Some believe eBay is the perfect e-commerce machine, with lean operating costs, swift strategy implementation and boundless growth opportunities. Yet, how large can the company become before it meets the playground law of "the bigger they come, the harder they fall"? ...
Although innovation can be a wonderful thing, there is something to be said for sticking to the basics. In fact, that is how venture capitalists seemingly have come to feel about high-tech companies as they contemplate which to fund with now-limited resources ...
A few years ago, it seemed that the CIO position could be filled by a wide range of managerial types, ranging from tie-wearing executives to young creatives who favored jeans and sandals ...
In some ways, brick-and-mortar companies have it easy. They can study the successes and failures of firms that came before them. When contemplating a new venture, they can leisurely peer at the practices of giant corporations and thriving mom-and-pop operations to decide which strategy to employ ...
A few years ago, much content and many services could be had for free, even though the companies providing those services were not posting profits. But then the bills arrived, online advertising revenue dropped, and the free-content providers had to tighten their belts and look for other ways to make money ...
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