{"id":3039,"date":"2001-01-08T15:40:16","date_gmt":"2001-01-08T21:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smperformance.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/28\/stratvantage-consulting-llc-mikes-take-on-the-news-011801\/"},"modified":"2001-01-08T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2001-01-08T21:40:16","slug":"stratvantage-consulting-llc-mikes-take-on-the-news-011801","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stratvantage.com\/index.php\/2001\/01\/08\/stratvantage-consulting-llc-mikes-take-on-the-news-011801\/","title":{"rendered":"StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 01\/18\/01"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 01\/18\/01<\/h1>\n

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T<\/strong>he News \u2013 01\/18\/01<\/h1>\n

You\u2019ve Got .<\/strong> .<\/strong> .Wireless!<\/h2>\n

As you know if you\u2019ve been following these news alerts, I hate headlines about AOL that begin \u201cYou\u2019ve got.<\/strong>\u201d Nonetheless, I perversely thought I\u2019d preempt today\u2019s headline in (take your pick) InfoWorld, PC Week, Upside, or Business 2.<\/strong>0. After reading what follows, you may understand why I considered making the headline, \u201cYou\u2019ve got .<\/strong> . . a Problem with Your Web Site!<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

So, AOL and Nokia inked a deal for AOL to use Nokia\u2019s microbrowser technology, which allows cell phones to display Web pages.<\/strong> Now this makes me a little confused, since I thought Nokia had licensed Phone.com\u2019s microbrowser.<\/strong> So I go to Nokia\u2019s site to check it out and was informed access was forbidden.<\/strong> Hah?<\/strong> After several reloads of the page, I get their main page, but the problem happened again minutes later.<\/strong> So I finally use their search to look for \u201cmicrobrowser\u201d, and half the links I try to follow are not found and, too boot, the server can\u2019t even find the error document it wants to display to tell me the page isn\u2019t there.<\/strong> Cripes! I guess AOL should be glad they\u2019re not licensing Nokia\u2019s server <\/strong>technology!<\/strong><\/p>\n

This just underscores the paramount importance of making sure your Web site works.<\/strong> All the time. No excuses.<\/p>\n

I finally managed to dig up some interesting stuff, like a nice little piece on mobile architecture <\/a>, and a closer look at the new 7100 phone <\/a>.<\/strong> But bupkis <\/a> on whether Nokia\u2019s microbrowser is based on Phone.com\u2019s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A visit to Phone.com causes me to recall that they\u2019re not Phone.com any more.<\/strong> (Yeah, that\u2019s a stupid name for a company! No marketing potential there!<\/strong>) They combined with Software.com (Yeah, let\u2019s abandon that worthless brand as well!<\/strong>) to become . . .<\/strong> OpenWave. Much better, I\u2019m sure you agree.<\/p>\n

Anyway, after much fooling around, I find that, indeed, Nokia licensed Phone.com\u2019s UP.browser.<\/strong> But that doesn\u2019t mean that\u2019s part of what Nokia is licensing to AOL.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At this point, I\u2019m tired of looking.<\/strong> It\u2019s just too difficult. Like most, these sites are not good at answering a specific question quickly and efficiently.<\/strong> Their search engines do a spotty job at best (try finding anything at Microsoft.com, for example).<\/strong> I guess we should just be grateful for easy access to their press releases.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So it\u2019s a great point to reinforce: Your Web site is your face to not only your customers and suppliers, but also to people who would like to write about you.<\/strong> Making it easy for them to do their jobs is just as important as making it easy for your customers to do business with you.<\/strong> I\u2019m interested enough in the Nokia\/AOL thing to look at the Web site and write this, but I\u2019m not interested enough to call press relations in Finland.<\/strong> There are lots of people out there with a similar level of interest in your company.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nokia <\/a><\/p>\n

Web Maturing \u2013 Users Now Need a Break<\/h2>\n

According to a recent study, online holiday sales reached $9.<\/strong>8 billion this season, more than double last year’s $4.<\/strong>7 billion figure. However, there\u2019s evidence that Web use is no longer a novelty, but a normal activity, from which one needs to take a break now and then.<\/strong> A Nielsen\/NetRatings report shows that individuals spent an average of 14.<\/strong>9 hours surfing the Web in December, compared with an average 17.<\/strong>5 hours in October. In another measure, the average individual held 33 online sessions in October, compared with just 28 sessions in December.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So if your business plan is predicated on ever-increasing consumer Web use, I\u2019d rethink it.<\/strong> Usage may be ready to plateau. At least until decent wireless Web phones get here.<\/strong><\/p>\n

C|Net <\/a><\/p>\n

News Flash: Latest Internet Security Threat Doesn\u2019t Involve Microsoft!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s no secret that I don\u2019t like Microsoft operating systems. Not only are they unreliable (how many times do you want to reboot today?<\/strong>) and hard to use (ever try to resolve a hardware conflict?<\/strong>) their design principals favor ease of use for developers and not security.<\/strong> They offer a fertile ground for script kiddies, Internet crackers with little technical skill who use MS\u2019s scripting languages for attacks such as the \u201cIloveYou\u201d virus.<\/strong> The list of incidents for Microsoft OSes in the last year is as long as your arm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So it\u2019s weird to see a major news story on a security threat involving a non-MS OS.<\/strong> Now all the Microsofties out there, don\u2019t get irate.<\/strong> I\u2019m not saying other OSes are perfect. They do have their own security problems, just not to the degree that MS OSes do.<\/strong> Anyway, it seems that there\u2019s a new Internet worm (like a virus, but spreads even more quickly) that attacks Red Hat Linux systems that have not been properly configured.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Known as the Ramen worm, the worm spreads by scanning the Internet for servers based on Red Hat 6.<\/strong>2 or 7.0–identifying the servers by their release dates–and then attempts to gain access using several methods that exploit well-known vulnerabilities.<\/strong> These vulnerabilities all have patches or workarounds available, but some users are either lazy or ignorant of the issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyway, since Red Hat Linux accounts for almost 70 percent of all Linux servers on the Web, this is a big deal.<\/strong> Infected servers display a main page claiming: "RameN Crew — Hackers looooooooooooove noodles.<\/strong>"<\/p>\n

So Microsofties, you\u2019re not alone!<\/strong> There are stupid system administrators even in the Linux world!<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZDNet <\/a><\/p>\n

Shameless Plug: Free Wireless White Paper<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A white paper I wrote on the emerging wireless market is now available from Geneer, a premier enterprise software consulting company and one of my clients.<\/strong> You can get it free just by surrendering a little contact information at:<\/p>\n

Geneer <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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