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Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox agreed with the bloggers that security problems with any browser are no surprise. But he told LinuxInsider that the real test is responsiveness "Microsoft's argument is that a commercial developer that has sole access to the source code can ...

Joe Licari, director of product management at Sybari Software, a provider of security and content filtering technologies in New York, suggested that IT professionals need to make policy, not war. "Instead of banning IM, embrace it, develop specific policies for IM and use tools to help enforce the policies," Licari said...

Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox told the E-Commerce Times that as commercial entities begin to take an interest in blogs it could transform the blogosphere. He said the use of RSS feeds and viral marketing are two near-term possibilities that could impact e-commerce "Blogs...

As a kid, if I pulled the head off of a Mickey Mouse doll and put it onto a Barbie doll body dressed in G.I. Joe clothes, it was okay. I didn't think like an intellectual property attorney, who knows that this behavior could result in a derivative work requiring permission from the copyright holders to create it. Even if Disney, Mattel and Hasbro would never provide such permission, it really didn't matter because they could not effectively control what a five-year old did once the products left the store...

Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox, meanwhile, said the sale underscores the massive changes in the industry in the past two decades, which began with IBM basically pioneering the industry and helping to give the world the dominant software business in the form of Microsoft "...

It's another chapter in the browser wars, said Jupiter analyst Joe Wilcox, and an interesting one at that "Everyone has been talking about compatibility issues," Wilcox told the E-Commerce Times. "That issue is eliminated with the Netscape prototype. Netscape's hybrid browser ...

Jupiter analyst Joe Wilcox told LinuxInsider that easy migration is a Mozilla trademark. Just as Firefox makes it seamless for Internet Explorer users to make the switch by preserving favorites and passwords, he said, Thunderbird makes switching from Outlook quick and efficient...

Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox told the E-Commerce Times that the nuisance of spyware programs are one reason why Internet service providers (ISP) like America Online (AOL) are bundling the "anti" software in their latest versions "Spyware slows down your computer perform...

Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox told the E-Commerce Times that Microsoft has created an unprecedented opportunity for competitors like Firefox "Currently there is no real IE development apart from the operating system," Wilcox said. "That means if Microsoft doesn't update ...

Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox said the symbolism of the IBM move is striking "IBM is the originator of the popular personal computer and the vendor largely responsible for getting Microsoft operating systems off the ground," Wilcox said....

The risk to Microsoft of sending customers to alternatives, most notably Linux, is small, especially in the desktop arena, Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox said. The greater threat from open source is in the server space, he said Microsoft might be eager to steer clear of a...

Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox told the E-Commerce Times that since there is currently no antivirus software bundled with Microsoft Windows, AOL is moving to provide a safe environment for its customers That, he said, might be a way to win more customers. Wilcox said it c...

Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox told the E-Commerce Times that Opera is making a smart move by spending more money on marketing efforts He said there is still some fear and uncertainty about the security level of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and that spells opportunity f...

"Enterprise customers are demanding industrial-strength Linux solutions," said Unisys President and Chief Operating Officer Joe McGrath. "By participating in OSDL's working groups, we'll contribute to important discussions with Linux developers, other IT vendors and end users to help advance the adoption of Linux in the enterprise data center."

Microsoft did not immediately return calls seeking comment. However, Joe Wilcox, a senior analyst with Jupiter Research, told the E-Commerce Times that Microsoft is far from down for the count in a morphed version of the browser wars of oh so long ago "When Microsoft is motiva...

"Consumers are telling us that they don't want to be tied to the room where their PC lives to look at their digital pictures or view a program recorded on their Media Center PC," said Joe Belfiore, a general manager in the Windows eHome Division at Microsoft "With industry par...

However, Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox said the moves are as much about piracy as they are about fending off Linux. The countries that have been targeted for Starter Edition share two things in common: All have the potential for enormous growth in computer use in coming years and all are already among the nations with the highest rates of software piracy...

"We've grown up over the last couple of years in HP to challenge the tier one outsourcing group of EDS and IBM," Joe Hogan, worldwide vice president of marketing for Managed Services, told CRM Buyer. HP's Managed Services is the fastest-growing business in HP, up 42 percent year over year in the third quarter of 2004. It was the eighth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth for the division...

Many analysts believe the Nouse is pointing the way to the future of human-computer interactions, but others are less certain. Joe Laszlo, a technology analyst at Jupiter Research, told the New Scientist, "I cannot ignore the high silliness factor of Nouse," he says "People ba...

"Every person that does this kind of activity pretty much sets their own price," noted Joe Stewart, a senior security researcher at the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, offices of LURHQ, a managed security services provider "It's what an individual author wants for his network," ...