Barbarians at Bill Gates
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Even if you have not been the richest man in the world for the better part of a decade, the one thing you can afford is a sense of humor. And it is nice to see that Bill Gates, one of Microsoft's founders, its chairman, and its chief software architect, has a great sense of humor. Nothing was made more clear when Gates called IBM its biggest threat in the IT market in an interview prior to his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. READ MORE >

Auto Parts Dealers Love the iSeries
by Mary Lou Roberts

As much as any industry I've encountered, folks in the auto parts business are quick to disclaim any notion that they are "IT people." And they appear to have no desire to take on that role, either. Their business is fast, competitive, and requires a lot of physical labor (moving all that stuff around in warehouses and onto trucks), distribution, and, in general, heavy lifting to get all those windshields, wiper blades, batteries, plugs, gaskets, and hoses where they need to go. READ MORE >

Novell, Red Hat Appoint New Chief Technology Officers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Commercial Linux distributor Novell continues to rejigger its management chairs as it deals with departures of key executives. IT Jungle was on holiday for Thanksgiving when Novell announced that it had appointed a new chief technology officer for the entire company, a position that has been vacant since April of this year, when Alan Nugent departed the company for Computer Associates to take over the company's Unicenter systems management business. READ MORE >

An IT Retrospective: Forty Years in the Business
by Rich Loeber

I got to thinking the other day that as of November 2005, I celebrated my fortieth year in the information technology field. That thought has prompted me to think a lot about how I got started and the way things have changed over the years. This article will try to explore these four decades of progress from just one person's perspective. READ MORE >