Frank Dzubeck

In a previous column I introduced the next "killer" application: the grid. For the grid to succeed in increasing corporate productivity and profitability, each evolutionary stage must be a success in its own right.

The communications industry is perceived to be in an ever-decreasing spiral of economic decline. The reality is just the opposite.

Industry analysts are often caught up with projecting a vision of the future rather than the reality of the present. Take the implementation of broadband services, for example. Digital subscriber line (DSL) was going to be the simple solution that brought inexpensive broadband services to the home and small business. But DSL

Lightning struck the computer industry earlier this month with the publishing of U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson

Well, it had to happen. With the advent of the application service provider (ASP), the cycle of computing trends has come full circle.