IT Management
Computerworld, 12/9/02: CIOs: 2003 IT budgets under the gun
By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service
In the latest sign that IT budgets continue to tighten, companies in Europe and the U.S. are trying to reduce the percentage of revenues they devote to IT spending, according to a survey of CIOs conducted by the research department of investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co.
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Computerworld, 12/9/02: Not So Fast!
Promoting smart, young IT managers too quickly can leave them with crippling developmental deficits.
By KATHLEEN MELYMUKA
In IT, talented young people can move up fast - too fast, says Kathy E. Kram, professor of organizational behavior at the Boston University School of Management. Aggressive young managers promoted before they've had enough time and experience to develop emotional maturity to match their technical skills are almost sure to derail somewhere along the line. In December's Harvard Business Review, Kram and co-authors Kerry A. Bunker and Sharon Ting suggest five strategies for boosting emotional competencies in rising stars and helping those who are already paying a price for emotional deficits. Kram talked with Kathleen Melymuka about her work's implications for IT.
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Microsoft
Computerworld, 12/10/02: Microsoft upgrades IE flaw to 'critical' after criticism
By Joris Evers, IDG News Service
Microsoft Corp. raised the risk rating on a security flaw in Internet Explorer (IE) to "critical" after criticism prompted the company to re-examine the issue.
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c|net, 12/10/02: Microsoft unveils guides to Windows
By Joe Wilcox
Microsoft on Tuesday released blueprints designed to help technology managers install Windows more efficiently and at a lower cost.
The software titan issued five guides that businesses can use for a variety of tasks, including patch management or installing new desktop applications companywide. The Redmond, Wash.-based company calls the suite of guides Microsoft Solutions for Management.
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TechWeb, 12/10/02: Waiting For .Net Server 2003
By Scot Finnie
Bill Gates used Fall Comdex to announce big plans for the spring, committing his company to an April delivery of Windows .Net Server 2003. It's the first major upgrade to Microsoft's server operating system since Windows 2000 Server, so it's eagerly anticipated. It's also controversial.
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Fortune, 12/4/02: Like It or Not, Microsoft Has a Vision
Yes, it's a monopoly. But there's no question that it changed our world.
By David Kirkpatrick
For many people, especially lots of techies, nothing is more offensive than praise for Microsoft. After I wrote in this column two weeks ago that I had liked Bill Gates' speech at Comdex and found in it several impressive Microsoft innovations, I was besieged with e-mail from readers who called me crazy, biased, corrupt, or all three. I was clearly understating the matter when I wrote in the original column that many readers would disagree. At least vitriol can inspire entertaining prose. Here are excerpts from five different e-mails I received:
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Best Final Sentence of a News Story
Reuters, 12/9/02: Dognapped Chihuahuas Mistaken for Pit Bulls
IRVINE, Calif. (Reuters) - They thought they had stolen vicious pit bulls but instead they wound up with purse-sized Chihuahuas known for their timidity.
Mehrad Sepanjasa, 19, Ariyo MacKay, 18, and Kamyar Katouzian, 24, were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stealing the puppies from an animal shelter in this Southern California city a couple of days earlier.
The men were caught after bringing the dogs, which had ID microchips implanted under their skin, to an animal clinic in a PetSmart pet supply store for an examination and vaccinations.
Lisa Morgenthaler, the store's director, said she recognized the puppies and the suspects from their descriptions on a flyer she received from the animal shelter.
The store manager said she sensed that the pups were victims of a severe case of mistaken identity. "They asked me, 'What is this?'" Morgenthaler said. "I told them it looked like a Chihuahua mix. They said, 'No way, it's a pit bull.' They didn't believe me. They wanted to ask the veterinarian."
When the men brought the puppies back to the clinic for an exam and shots two days later, Morgenthaler was prepared.
"We said we were going to take them into the back to cut their nails and take their temperatures, and we called the police," she said. "It was pretty scary."
During the examination, the men repeatedly asked the veterinary staff what breed the puppies were, and again insisted that they were not of the diminutive Mexican breed.
"They were pretty perturbed that the puppies they stole were not pit bulls," Morgenthaler said. "They thought they were stealing pit bulls. These guys are idiots."
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