NetFlash: Do you believe in Magic Quadrants?

Gartner sizes up IT vendors and sticks all their names on a graph, and the upper-right-hand area is the coveted Magic Quadrant. If you’re there, the world is your oyster, and if you’re not – well, obviously Gartner made a mistake. In this week’s A Wider Net, we have the story behind the Magic Quadrant – the upside, the downside, and the upper-right-hand side. Do you believe in Magic Quadrants? http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0209widernetquadrant.html?net

Gartner sizes up IT vendors and sticks all their names on a graph, and the upper-right-hand area is the coveted Magic Quadrant. If you’re there, the world is your oyster, and if you’re not – well, obviously Gartner made a mistake. In this week’s A Wider Net, we have the story behind the Magic Quadrant – the upside, the downside, and the upper-right-hand side.

Do you believe in Magic Quadrants?

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0209widernetquadrant.html?net

Microsoft security hole stretches wide

Microsoft yesterday revealed yet another “critical” security problem in its operating system, and in a scary twist, this one could even affect software used for power grids and water supply control systems.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0210mssec.html?net

Sun sets off with Opteron, rolls out new RISC boxes

Sun Tuesday unveiled its first server based on the 32-/64-bit Opteron chip, the first product to come out of a partnership Sun announced with AMD less than three months ago. Sun also took the wraps of five new Unix servers, all leveraging the multi-threading technology in the new UltraSPARC IV processor.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0210sunopt.html?net

DOJ officials recommend blocking PeopleSoft bid

Officials in the Department of Justice anti-trust division have made a recommendation to the department to block the proposed acquisition of PeopleSoft by rival Oracle, PeopleSoft said in a statement Tuesday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0211updatdoj.html?net

Today at “Layer 8”

Feb. 29 is like found money – a free day every four years. Except, of course, if that day happens to fall on a Monday through Friday, then it belongs to The Man. Writer Matthew Baldwin thinks that’s rather unfair, which is why he’s proposing a national day off – complete with pizza and video games. Hop on over to Layer 8 today to get the background on Baldwin’s proposal, as well as a new round of our caption contest, the cover of Janet Jackson’s new CD and more.

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net