Stories by John Cox

New IBM Netfinity Servers Target Web Sites

IBM Corp.'s latest Intel-based servers are designed like Lego blocks, letting users piece together memory, disk and peripherals as needed for growing Web commerce sites.

Working the Wireless Web

At a construction site outside Chicago, a cement truck's diesel engine belches black smoke and whines high, sending the vehicle's sloping, red and white cylinder into a fast spin.

Vendors Debate Where Network Clients are Headed

Panelists at Network World's Internet Client of the Future debate last week were in "violent agreement," as one of them put it, that the center of gravity is shifting fast from Windows PCs to . . . well, something else.

Boeing Warms up to PalmPilot

Inside a sprawling assembly plant at Boeing's Seattle headquarters, a support technician reboots a PC on which he has reloaded a set of drivers.

Open Source Apps Server Embraces Java, Wireless

In its new edition, an open source application server can now host wireless programs and run server-side Java code, changes that could make the offering a more attractive alternative to products from the likes of BEA Systems and IBM.

Collaboration Service Tuned for Web Browsers

Companies looking to do projects online have an improved option from X-Collaboration Software, which has upgraded its collaboration service with a new browser interface and better support for third-party applications.

Never-Say-Die Database Targets Web Sites

Clustra Systems, a spinoff of Norwegian telco Telenor, initially built its high-performance database for the telecommunications industry. But the company is aiming its latest version at high-volume Web sites.

Times Ten Speeds Web Access

7A new RAM-based data-caching product is designed to speed access to critical data on Web commerce sites.

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