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This article assesses the efficiency of various identity management software from computer companies in the U.S. Courion is the only vendor to bring a full partner to the test, namely Citrix and its Citrix Password Manager. On the other hand, this allowed Courion to be the only vendor to demonstrate true single sign-on, in which global passwords were used to automate log-ins across all systems. Hence, installation of the Courion suite on our test network began with Account Courier and Citrix Password Manager. Citrix created a complete log-in credential store across all installed applications and linked up with Account Courier, which allows administrators to apply policies and rules on the whole.

Presents the author's examination of several computer software that help computer users explore enterprise knowledge assets, available in the U.S. in 2005. Features of dtSearch 7.01 computer software; Information on Google Desktop Search for Enterprise software; Features of the X1 Enterprise Edition software.

This section features the chief technology officers (CTO) in the U.S. included in the Top 25 CTO Awards of Infoworld as of April 2005. As the holder of more patents--305--than any other IBM employee, anyone would think Ravi Arimilli would rest on his laurels. Instead, the youngest-ever IBM fellow is pushing ahead as chief scientist on the 500-person Power7 eServer development team. Back in 1996, CEO Lou Gerstner asked Arimilli to lead the Power4 server project, with the goal of taking IBM from No. 4 to No. 1 in Unix server market share. With new caching designs, virtualization, and simultaneous multithreading, Arimilli helped achieve that goal with Power4 and Power5. While other security vendors were devoting resources to vulnerability assessment and management, Carl Banzhof, vice president of technology and co-founder of Citadel Security, risked three years developing the first comprehensive, automated vulnerability remediation solution, with a library of hundreds of remediation signatures. Brian Behlendorf believes in developers working together. As one of the founders of Apache, he's seen how teams of geographically dispersed developers turned an upstart open source project into the world's most popular Web server software.

Discusses issues concerning computer hardware disposal in the U.S. as of February 2004. Importance of proper computer data destruction; Strategies to minimize disposal costs; Vendor selection. INSET: When to Hire a Cleanup Crew.

Discusses network security issues in an organization. Background of the 2000 Government Information Security Reform Act in the U.S.; Information on the design of the intrusion detection system, intrusion detection and prevention, and network forensics systems; Importance of network analysis tools.

Presents news briefs on computer-related issues in the United States. Details on the negotiation of Microsoft Corp. and the Department of Justice over the anti-trust case of the company; Vulnerabilities on Cisco Systems Inc.'s Secure PIX Firewall; Replacement programs offered by Enterasys Networks for 3Com's CoreBuilder products.

Presents several articles focusing on the career planning of information technology (IT) professionals in the United States. Advantages of knowing an industry in-depth; Downside of focusing on one area of expertise; How to choose between pursing a technical career and entering management; How banks adopt new technology; Customer service at Fidelity Investments Systems; IT departments in the legal industry; Effects of Internet advances on merger activities.

Looks at how Microsoft Corporation's decision to eliminate concurrent-use rights in its shrink-wrap licensing foreshadow will affect future licensing terms for computer vendors in the United States. Claims that few publishers of desktop software have followed Microsoft's example; Customer beliefs that Microsoft has made the Select 3.0 software easier to understand. INSETS: Managers caught off guard.;Concurrent licensing 101..

The article discusses news stories in the computer industry in the U.S. that have highlighted 2006. Stories include the scandal created by investigations of the Hewlett Packard board of directors, Sun Microsystems making Java available via open source and the loss of a U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs laptop containing the personal data of more than 26 million veterans. Also discussed are the introduction of software as a service CRM products and their integration as a differentiator for companies like Salesforce.com, Microsoft and Oracle, and the search data leak at America On Line.

Presents news briefs on the computer industry in the U.S. as of December 1, 2003. Discovery of scripting flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser; Growth in worldwide server market; Development of storage product line designed specifically for small to middle size businesses by Hewlett Packard.

Offers a look at the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), which regulates computer industry's implementation of software in the United States. Provisions of the DMCA; How the UCITA governs software licensing. INSET: DEFINING MATERIAL BREACH.

Reports on the growth of enterprise application integration products in the United States. Data extraction and transfer; Tools to build connections between packaged applications; Business processing modeling.

Focuses on standards in the computer industry. Adoption of proprietary technology; American National Standards Institute; Impact of changes in the standards-making process; Cultural phenomenon associated with the Internet computer network. INSET: Sorting out the standards groups..

Presents developments concerning the computer industry in the United States as of October 23, 1995. Proginet Corp.'s shipping of Fusion File Transfer Management System; Digital Equipment Corp.'s release of version 2.5 of TeamLinks; Retix Inc.'s release of an upgrade to Switchstak 5000 Ethernet switch.

This article introduces the "IT Jobs Special Report," a report on employment in the information technology (IT) industry in the U.S. According to a survey conducted by the Computing Technology Industry Association, most IT professionals are exploring new options. The report includes a section containing advice to obtain a job in the IT sector. It also features guidelines that would assist executives in finding, training, and retaining top IT professionals. It also features trend reports in the IT job market.

The article reports on the operations of Microsoft. During the Worldwide Partner Conference in the U.S., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced plans for all on demand version of its Dynamics CRM product to compete with Salesforce.com, Siebel and others. According to Brad Wilson, general manager of Microsoft CRM, partners will play a role by integrating CRM Live with Windows and Office Live, as well as other Microsoft products. The company is also offering partners bonuses of as much as 20 percent of the total sales of its security products.

Evaluates several computer products available in the U.S. market in February 2005. Actional Looking Glass 5.0 software from Actional Corp.; AmberPoint Service Level Manager 2004 from AmberPoint; Systinet Server for Java 5.0 from Systinet.

This article highlights the trends concerning service-oriented architecture (SOA) within the U.S. computing industry as of January 2005. The concept behind SOA--that applications should expose their functionality as services in a way that can be accessed by any authorized external system-- is not new. For more than a decade, various platform vendors have attempted to implement SOA using methods such as RPCs and enterprise message buses. Although many organizations have implemented those technologies as part of tactical integration projects, the solutions proved expensive to implement on a large scale, hard to maintain, and relatively limited in scope. Using eXtensible Markup Language to define data and Simple Object Access Protocol to define loosely coupled RPC, Web services seem to be the long-sought linchpin of SOA. That is because they comprise the first real integration technology based on standards that span nearly every operating system, application stack, programming language and network topology. Every top-tier vendor offers an SOA strategy, and services are currently at the center of application platform offerings as diverse as BEA WebLogic, Microsoft .Net, IBM WebSphere and Oracle 10g.

This article looks at the potential of several computer platforms and architectures that were developed in the U.S. in 2004. Sun became engaged with the Java developer community. The impact of the fulfillment of the Java promise extend beyond open source and academia. For instance, Oracle currently offers its entire commercial Java product line for free download. It allows license-free use of its software for development and testing. Sun is also gearing up for the official launch of its ambitious operating system project to date, Solaris 10. This release, currently available as an early-access download, marks the return of enterprise-grade Unix to the personal computer. Solaris 10 is expected to sell, along with Red Hat, Novell Suse Linux, and Apple Computer's OS X. Among the operating system platform players, only Microsoft Corp. faces the challenge of convincing independent software vendors to port their 32-bit applications to 64-bit hardware. As hardware gets more expensive in 2005, the information technology sector will discover that it has three new allies: AMD, IBM and Apple Computer. Smart buyers of servers and workstations in 2005 will be choosing between 64-bit x86 and 64-bit PowerPC. Smart x86 buyers will look beyond application compatibility and recognize the commanding engineering lead of AMD.

The article presents news briefs on the U.S. computer industry as of August 9, 2004. SunGuard Availability Services and EVault inked a partnership aimed at the growing market for securing online data backup and recovery solutions for medium- and large-size businesses. SunGuard, an information availability provider, and EVault, a disk-to-disk backup and recovery company, will help companies manage data to comply with business continuity and compliance requirements. America Online Inc. buys Web-based e-mail company Mailblocks Inc. in an effort to bolster its own e-mail services with greater anti-spam protection, mail management and interface improvements. The company said it intends to use Mailblocks' challenge/response technology for fighting spam and authenticating legitimate e-mail senders. Oracle Corp. acknowledge multiple security holes in its database software and plans to issue a security alert. The British security expert who found the holes criticized Oracle's conduct, saying that it has been sitting on patches for about two months that would fix the holes. Next Generation Security Software claims to have found 34 security vulnerabilities in Oracle's database, at least one of which could allow a hacker to gain control of a company's database remotely without a password.

The article presents a chart of computer software available in the U.S. as of July 2004, including OneNote 2003 from Microsoft.

The article presents a chart of computer software available in the U.S. as of July 2004, including, WebShare 1.0 from Helios.

This section presents a list of key computer products offered by firms in the U.S. computer industry as of May 2004. Companies offering such products include Hewlett-Packard, International Business Machines Corp., and Lexmark.

This article presents a tabular representation of key computer products and companies that offer them in the U.S. as of May 2004. Firms offering such products include Novell, Red Hat, SuSE Linux, and Microsoft.

Reports on the effort of several computer companies in the U.S. to integrate Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) market into their mainstream applications. Statement issued by Joshua Greenbaum, principal at Enterprise Applications Consulting; Development of a middleware product by Sun Microsystems to manage the influx of RFID data; Assessment of the RFID capabilities of IBM.

Presents news briefs on the computer industry in the U.S. as of September 15, 2003. Introduction of the MDS 9120 and MDS 9140 storage switch from Cisco Systems; Licenses for Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 file and print server software to vendors; Microprocessors developed by Intel and Xerox.

Presents a tabular representation of various products used in the U.S. computer industry. Niksun NetDetector; Teros-100 APS; eTrust Antivirus 7.0; Zone Labs Integrity 2.0.

Deals with the initiative of IBM to establish the foundation for autonomic, grid and utility strategy for the computer industry as of November 2002. Background on the technologies and strategies launched by the company; Features of its autonomic products; Plan to evolve the autonomic capabilities of middleware; Expectations of users and analysts from the initiative.

Presents an update on the technological industry in the U.S. as of April 29, 2002. Deployment of a wireless CRM strategy by General Motors (GM) company; Details regarding the dealership partners of GM company; Details regarding the wireless CRM at the retail level.

Focuses on service solutions that computer companies will deliver in year 2002 aimed at lowering the costs associated with running distributed computing environments. Information on the Oceano application software tools from IBM; Input-output design employed by the server blade program from Hewlett-Packard.

Presents news briefs on the computer industry in the United States as of April 2, 2001. Background on a patch created by Microsoft Corp. for an Internet Explorer vulnerability; Information on a defect discovered by Hewlett-Packard Co. in some of its computer monitors.

Deals with the efforts of government agencies in the United States (U.S.) to share critical infrastructure protection (CIP) information with corporations to stop computer crimes. Reaction to CIP operations of the U.S. Department of Defense; How to ease the concerns of corporations; Information on the Information Sharing and Analysis Center.

Presents news briefs related to the computer industry in August 2000. Launch of Unix server from Hewlett-Packard; Meeting of the Object Management Group in California; Expansion of the DellPlus service of Dell Computer.

Focuses on the expanding development of application service providers (ASP) in the United States. Key defining features of ASP; Factors which contribute to rising demand of ASP; Computer companies that are establishing an ASP; Details on the computer companies' approach on ASP. INSET: Testing the ASP Waters.

Presents news briefs on the computer industry in the United States as of January 24, 2000. Information on the IP network management software package from Lucent Technologies; Details on Alcatel's Omni PCX4400 IP telephony system; Introduction of Sedona Networks company at ComNet 2000 conference.

Reports on the formation of an open group by several computer vendors to create a directory standard based on Extensible Markup Language called Directory Service Markup Language (DSML). Information on the Burton Group Catalyst conference in Squaw Valley, California; Features of DSML; Details on Directory Interoperability Forum.

Reports on the growing market for virtual private network (VPN) technology in the United States. How the technology works; Network devices introduced by 3Com; Comments from computer industry officials.

Discusses the potential impact of the proposed merger between BMC Software and Boole & Babbage Inc. on the service-level application and network management tools industry. Four primary areas around which the companies' product integration will revolve; Goal of ensuring the availability, recoverability, and performance of business-critical applications.

Reports on the increase in the number of computer systems providers in the United States considering to support the computer operating system Linux. Linux International's plan to develop a common standard for Linux; Sun's involvement in internal discussions to adopt Linux in the midrange market; Hewlett-Packard's consideration of its Linux options.

Details the impact of the Asian currency crisis to the computer industry in the United States. Revenues; Benefits of the crisis to information technology (IT) buyers; Impact of the crisis to Motorola; Decline in worldwide chip sales, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association; Offsetting revenue losses and increased competition in Asia with growth in the United States and Europe.

Focuses on the efforts of hardware vendors in the United States to help companies resolve the Year 2000 problem (Y2K). Compaq's recommendation of its Insight Manager software to recover the revision date of the Basic Input Output System; Award Software subsidiary Unicore's unveiling of a testkit called Millennium Pro Check; Y2K-related problems requiring immediate solution.

Reports on the initiatives of intranet procurement companies in the United States to reverse the slow deployment of intranet systems by customers. Automation of supply buying as function of intranet systems; Companies' offering of complimentary services and products to lure customers to deploy their systems.

Reports on a forecasted shortage in the supply of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in the United States in the first half of 1999. Greater demand for flat panel displays due to a boom in the sales of laptop computers; Predicted delays in the production of 13.3.- to 14-inch screens; Need for LCD manufacturers to choose between notebook and desktop market.

Focuses on the impact of Intel Corp.'s announcement of the delay of the release of its Merced microprocessor on the computer industry in the United States. Speculations regarding the cause of the delay; Opportunity for Sun Microsystems to gain new users while Intel completes the Merced design.

Focuses on guaranteed quality-of-service (QOS) policies relevant to the local area networks (LAN) and wide area networks (WAN) in the United States. Examples of QOS technologies; Possible inapplicability of QOS technologies to WANs; Analysis of the Differentiated Services working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force.

Reports on the reactions of computer software companies to the involvement of the United States government in the affairs of the growing computer industry. Criticisms against the government's planned antitrust investigations into the alleged business malpractices of Microsoft Corp.; Economists' view of the Microsoft's cartel as a lesser evil than governmental control. INSET: Antitrust law. by Rebecca Sykes.

Reports that the computer industry in the United States is fast feeling the impressive weight of government regulation. Plan of 13 states to file a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp.; Federal Trade Commission's scrutiny of Intel Corp.; Concern about Windows 98.

Focuses on the relationship of the computer industry with the federal government in the United States. Elected officials' examination of the industry's growing influence concerning aspects of business and personal life; Impact of the policy and regulations implemented by the government on the computer industry.

Relates major events in the computer industry in the United States in 1997. Includes the emergence of the Dynamic HTML and the Extensible Markup Language; Computer software and hardware products released in 1997; Competition between Microsoft and Netscape in the browser market.

Discusses the effort of several notebook computer (NC) vendors in the United States to develop high-end systems that are similar to the feature set of desktop personal computers. Includes Compaq's release of several NC in each of its Armada lines; Digital's plan to upgrade its HiNote VP 700 and Ultra Note 2000 models.