Ephraim Schwartz

Intel is expected to put a pre-standard version of IEEE 802.11n Wi-Fi into its Centrino chips by next year. The IEEE 802.11n standard, which is not expected to be ratified before the first half of 2008, will give users far greater performance and range than current Wi-Fi technology. But experts have warned against enterprise use of such high speed devices until the standard is ratified.

Many people believe that individuals must take personal responsibility for their own treatment and ultimately their own physical well-being, but is technology helping bring this about.

Google will put a face on Google Apps for Your Domain, released as beta last August, when it unveils Start Page, a customizable home page for single users and organizations that will aggregate all of the Google applications. Start page will integrate various messaging components such as e-mail, e-mail sharing of documents, calendaring, and Google Talk, its instant messaging and instant talk technologies.

As IT jobs went overseas, savvy students looking to the future began staying away from computer science in droves. During the past four years, Georgetown had seen a 15 per cent to 20 per cent drop in computer science enrollment. However, enrollments are now starting to climb again -- possibly because, while outsourcing continues unabated, IT is carving out a new niche for itself.

Did you ever hear the warning, "be careful what you wish for, it might come true?" Well, because Microsoft is the company most people love to hate, I decided to ask a cross section of industry cognoscenti this simple question: What would happen if Microsoft and all of its technology disappeared tomorrow?

Oracle President Charles Phillips on Wednesday led off a two-and-a-half hour deep dive into the technology behind Fusion, hoping to put to rest continuing confusion over its project.

Hossein Eslambolchi is a man of many titles. He is president of AT&T Global Networking Technology Services and AT&T Labs, as well as CIO and CTO of AT&T proper. When Hossein talks, I listen. And what he talks about in late August is the inevitable move to 100 percent IP networking.

Want to hear what could be one of the best supply-chain success stories ever? Take the US$4 billion commercial and consumer equipment division of a $20 billion company, reduce inventory by $500 million, and as sales grow, keep inventory constant -- thus avoiding an additional $500 million in inventory. This is what John Deere did starting in 2002, with the help of supply-chain optimization software vendor SmartOps.