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COMDEX Marketplace: IT manager's edition, July 9, 2002 In this issue of COMDEX Marketplace... pull.xmr3.com 1. Itanium 2 is ready ... but are buyers? 2. Is wireless really making us more productive? 3. Security: View from the White House 4. Hardware vendors thinking outside the box 5. The toil and trouble of storage ROI 6. IT Insider: Loss of a troubled leader 7. Opposing Views: Software piracy 8. COMDEX Canada 2002: Get a free exhibits pass +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++SPONSOR++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THIS ISSUE OF COMDEX MARKETPLACE IS SPONSORED BY ITBUSINESS.CA ITBusiness.ca offers daily news and information services that help business decision makers and IT professionals succeed in the Canadian market. Our newsletters and exclusive online content is supported by the country's leading IT print publications, including Computing Canada, CDN (Computer Dealer News), InfoSystems Executive, eBusiness Journal, Technology in Government, Communications & Networking and Direction Informatique. Visit us at itbusiness.ca +++++++++++++++++++++++++NOW THE NEWS+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. Itanium 2 is ready ... but are buyers? Opinions differ widely on whether Intel's Itanium 2 will increase server sales over its predecessor; the next generation of 64-bit computing is not for everyone. So who's going to buy this thing? Analysts explain. pull.xmr3.com 2. Is wireless really making us more productive? Does 24/7 access to corporate resources mean we're working smarter or just working like dogs? Is it time for senior management to set "wireless etiquette" guidelines to avoid burnout? Read more about the pros and cons of mobility. pull.xmr3.com 3. Security: View from the White House Dick Clarke, special advisor to the president on cyberspace security, opposes use of the word "cyberterrorism." To him, it's a limitation in our thinking about information warfare. Get an insider's report on his info-security views. pull.xmr3.com 4. Hardware vendors thinking outside the box IBM wants to provide one-stop application shopping. HP is serenading service providers. Sun is brewing a vat of Java services. Decide for yourself which hardware vendor is set to reap the fertile software/services space. pull.xmr3.com 5. The toil and trouble of storage ROI According to a recent survey, nearly one-third of storage investors attempt ROI analyses but can't follow the intricacies of the process. Find out how benchmarking, studying proxy data and plain-old bravado can earn ROI results. pull.xmr3.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. IT Insider by Ben Sullivan Loss of a troubled leader Gene Kan, peer-to-peer file-sharing programmer extraordinaire, took his own life June 29, and Wired.com has a fine tribute to the troubled but brilliant 25-year-old. pull.xmr3.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Opposing Views: Software piracy "Like all thieves, the perpetrators of these crimes deserve punishment. The punishment must be sufficient to remove the financial reward from pirating software and to deter future acts of piracy ... the threat of jail time is the only sanction that satisfies these criteria." --Keith Kupferschmid, VP for The Software & Information Industry Association "The civil judicial system is the best place for companies to pursue lost profits. Criminal sanctions will chill the adoption of new technologies, and perhaps the next VCR will never come to pass. I'm glad no one went to jail for recording 'The Simpsons' for me." --Jennifer Granick, litigation director at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society Source: Network World, 2002 Send ideas for consideration in "Opposing Views" to mailto:james.gillies@key3media.com