Thor Olavsrud

Thor Olavsrud is a journalist covering data analytics, security, infrastructure, and networking for CIO.com. He's especially interested in companies that use data to transform their business to tackle problems in innovative ways. As a senior writer, his articles focus on practical insights, analysis, and business use cases that can help CIOs and other IT leaders navigate the shifting IT landscape.

IBM Adds Security Features to Web Services Toolkit

IBM Corp. on Friday announced updates to its Web Services Toolkit for Dynamic e-business (WSTK) 3.1 with new security features and functions, including implementation of the SOAP Security...

Server Wars, Part II: Sun Fires Back At IBM

A day after IBM Corp. renewed its offensive on the midrange server space by adding the eServer p670 to its lineup, Sun Microsystems Inc. struck back Tuesday by...

Microsoft Updates Commerce Server With .NET Tools

After releasing the beta in January, Microsoft Corp. has unveiled the latest version of Commerce Server 2002. The company is busy reinventing its line of .NET Enterprise Server...

AT&T Begins Streaming Content, Eyes Corporate Market

AT&T moved to expand its content distribution efforts Tuesday with the initiation of trials of streaming capabilities for its Internet-based content distribution network. The company also unveiled plans...

Big Blue Unveils New WebSphere Server, Toolkit

Aiming to place itself at the head of the pack when it comes to Web services, IBM Corp. kicked off Sun Microsystem's annual JavaOne conference in San...

Home Depot Enters IBM’s WebSphere

Can't get much further away from tech than the home improvement/hardware store, right? Wrong. Home improvement retailer The Home Depot has an e-business infrastructure that serves...

Verizon Targets ‘Heavy Data’ Users With Rate Plans

Aiming to make its recently launched 3G 1XRTT Express Network more appealing to business customers, Verizon Wireless this week unveiled alternative rate plans based on the amount of data...

Steep Rise In ‘Net Viruses, Software Security Flaws

The number of viruses and other types of attacks making rounds on the Internet, and the number of security vulnerabilities discovered in software, climbed dramatically in 2001, according...

Grid Computing Gaining Voice

At one time, complex computing tasks -- from designing safer and more efficient automobiles to forecasting weather and seismic activity to researching drugs and gene sequencing -- required...

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