Monthly Archives: September 2001

For as long as people have been keeping records, they’ve struggled to find efficient ways to file their work. Ancient Assyrians, who scratched records on clay tablets, stored documents in pigeonholes in the walls of libraries, writing a list of … Continue reading →

In the hours and days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, millions of phone lines went silent, but e-mail and the Web continued to work. For years we’ve been hearing about how the Internet was designed to withstand nuclear attacks. … Continue reading →

To do business on the Web, you need an application server. Too bad you’re probably paying too much for it. In e-business, an application server is the functional equivalent of the guy who stands on a shipping dock loading and … Continue reading →