Grids: Face the inevitable

Grids: Face the inevitable

Grid computing is the future of networking, says Ira Brodsky in this week’s Totally Unplugged. Still, the definitions of what makes a grid vary widely, and the industry has some sorting out to do.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0127brodsky.html?vo

The two sides of Howard Anderson

Howard Anderson is back – and this week he takes himself to task for not adequately warning folks that the telecom meltdown was bound to happen. The column comes complete with a schizophrenic blow-by-blow dialog with himself.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0127anderson.html?vo

Web services ads in full swing

Let the marketing begin! Dave Kearns dissects the advertising campaigns of IBM and Microsoft to try to win the hearts and minds of those who would build Web services.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0127kearns.html?vo

High-speed access at high altitudes

‘Net Buzz’s Paul McNamara this week looks at high-speed Internet access from the air – something that’s been promised for a while, but is now only available from a couple of airlines. Neither airline is based in the U.S., and Buzz examines why.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0127buzz.html?vo