Spring is in the air, and so is your vital network data. The explosion of wireless networks at home and in the office using 802.11 standards has been a boon to laptop makers and users who dislike being tethered to LANs. But it has also created new security concerns.
Whatever your view of enterprise portals, and there are as many opinions as there are IT infrastructures, the concept of centralizing the location of pertinent information and transactions is a solid one. Portals can be valuable tools for enhancing business processes.
Bringing together a voice and data network using IP technology from Basking Ridge, N.J.-based Avaya Inc. made it possible for Digirad Corp. to introduce new mobile digital-imaging equipment for cardiologists, Christopher Roth, Digirad's director of IT, told attendees at Computerworld's Premier 100 conference in Palm Desert, Calif. yesterday.
As layoffs at once high-flying and seemingly invincible IT vendors and hundreds of Internet bombs push IT talent and experience onto the market, the law of supply and demand appears to finally be taking hold.