Michael Meehan

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced that the next version of its portal server software will work with rival application servers and support operating systems other than Solaris, although those features won't be in the initial release.

As federal investigators dig deeper into a scandal involving shady online energy trading, it looks as if IT departments will be required to redesign the e-commerce systems that once stood out as the pride of the energy industry.

A week after Cisco Systems Inc. CEO John Chambers trumpeted the importance of network resiliency at the Networld+Interop conference, the company announced a major upgrade of its routing software that's aimed at reducing the number of network failures.

A week after Cisco Systems Inc. CEO John Chambers trumpeted the importance of network resiliency at the Networld+Interop conference, the company announced a major upgrade of its routing software that's aimed at reducing the number of network failures.

Giving digital signatures one of their biggest endorsements to date, some energy companies plan to convert to new digital certificate technology with built-in electronic signature specifications to process their online power trades.

Trapped in budgetary handcuffs, IT managers are increasingly turning to an unlikely source in an effort to find bargain-priced networking equipment: eBay.

Giving digital signatures their biggest endorsement to date, energy giants such as Entergy and American Electric Power plan to convert to a new digital certificate using newly developed signature specifications as part of every power trade they make.

Soccer's World Cup tournament stands out as perhaps the ultimate contest of national pride, but this year's quadrennial event will also serve as a key proof-of-concept vehicle for converged voice and data networking technology.