Stories by: Chris Moriarty

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Security: Safety behind walls is no sure thing 14 July, 2003 15:02

Security has always been about more than walls across your enemies’ path. It’s about process, logistics and operations management.
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Databases: Powerful engines set on cruise control 14 July, 2003 14:47

No longer unwieldy beasts needing armies of attendants, relational databases still follow the concepts of Father Ted.
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Messaging and e-mail: Night shift missives to spam deluge 14 July, 2003 14:19

In 1971 Ray Tomlinson picked the @ symbol, his work was piggybacked onto FTP, and the rest is e-mail history.
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Wireless: sparks are set to fly 14 July, 2003 13:22

Wireless is caught in the classic catch-22 and will take the enterprise by storm only when the true value of mobility is appreciated.
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Networking: Networks thrill to bandwidth mantra 14 July, 2003 12:36

Pragmatic perhaps, by comparison with the quantum leap from the 1800s’ optical networks to widespread mental telepathy later this century, but networks today underpin business and commerce.
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The Year 2000 bonanza 01 December, 1997 12:01

Thousands of articles have been written about the Year 2000 problem. Let me crack the obligatory joke about flying over New Years Eve. Did you know some airline in the US has grounded their fleet? But doom and gloom be buggered. Let's face it, the Year 2000 is the biggest bonanza to hit town for, well, a millennia.