David Aponovich

Instant messaging, which has become ubiquitous among teenagers, is catching on with enterprise tech executives as they look to enable more effective in-house communication and collaboration. A new research report from INT Media Research says that the growth of enterprise IM is just now gaining traction, and sales of the business-oriented services are about to […]

IT workers with certified skills continue to reap compensation benefits, while bonus pay for standalone skills has dropped measurably over the last year, according to a report from Foote Partners LLC, New Canaan, Conn. Overall premium bonus pay for 53 certifications surveyed has risen 4% since the end of 2000 to an average of 8.3% […]

The chairman and CEO of insurance holding company The Chubb Corp. is taking a strong stance on changing the way corporations devise and implement IT security and business continuity plans, an issue that has moved to the forefront since Sept. 11. In a speech last week to IT executives and corporate risk managers at the […]

American Express has signed a $4 billion, seven-year technology services deal with IBM, handing over to Big Blue the responsibility of managing more than a billion daily transactions and most of the financial-service giant’s global IT operations. American Express, whose far-reaching operations include charge cards, investment services, insurance and travel agencies, says the deal will […]

Microsoft took a giant step in the Web services race Wednesday with the release of its Visual Studio.NET tools for developers. The launch, according to analysts and other industry observers, signals the production-readiness of Microsoft’s vaunted .NET platform, and it arms millions of Web programmers with advanced tools to build Web services. For CIOs and […]

Sony Electronics Appoint New CIO PARK RIDGE, N.J. – Sony Electronics has named James T. Milde to be its new chief information officer. Milde’s goals include developing and implementing the company’s IT strategy and integrating its business operations under a common platform. Milde has 20 years experience in the media and consumer product industries, most […]

With the goal of turning IT executives who buy its server products into storage customers, too, Sun Microsystems unveiled a broad new storage strategy, along with new software and systems, on Wednesday in San Francisco. Sun’s new offerings include mid-range storage systems, StorEdge 3900 and 6900, with prices starting around $80,000 and $100,000, respectively, to […]

If your IT organization is preparing to charge into a Web services initiative in 2002, start preparing now to overcome several barriers that could stand between you and an effective Web services implementation. A recent report by Boston-based IT research and consulting firm Delphi Group, “Web Services and Business Process Management,” identifies five major hurdles […]

In the latest sign that open source is gaining traction in the enterprise -and among IT vendors- Sun Microsystems has announced plans to release a Linux version of its iPlanet Application Server for e-business later this year. Sun says it’s the next step in its Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) initiative, it’s attempt to offer […]

Despite their enthusiasm to deploy wireless local area networks, many enterprise IT execs may be not be ideally prepared to implement and manage a key aspect of the technology: security. That’s the gist of a recent survey of enterprise IT and security managers by Information Security magazine. (The magazine, it should be noted, is a […]