Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Five reasons why getting Windows Vista could be a good idea Ever wondered if your decision to skip that Vista upgrade would come back to haunt you? Here are five reasons why you should've gone for the upgrade
Friday, June 13, 2008
Spyware legislation needs more work, according to experts A bill before the U.S. Senate targeted at spyware needs some fine-tuning, with part of it seemingly allowing broadband providers and computer software and hardware vendors to scan users' computers without authorization, a couple of spyware experts said.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
IBM may help businesses with cluster computing It may be too early to talk plug-and-play but IBM Corp. believes it can help businesses of all sizes easily cluster their servers to handle intensive computing workloads. 
Monday, February 26, 2007
Vista to support BPEL Microsoft Corp. hopes to boost the adoption of BPM (business process management) applications by adding support for Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) in the workflow layer of Windows Vista, the company said Monday
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Open source alliance turns spotlight on interoperability Ten leading open-source software vendors have created a nonprofit consortium, dubbed the Open Solutions Alliance, to push the adoption of more open-source technology in the business world. 
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Partner strategy ‘vital’ as ERP vendors target midmarket The midmarket may very well be the last remaining battleground for large enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors, analysts say. However, success in this space will depend largely on how effectively ERP companies are able to forge and take advantage of new channel partnerships. 
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Harnessing the horsemen A report on The Future of Enterprise Software from Forrester Research predicts modest price declines and industry growth below historical highs, with new paradigms around software architecture and delivery.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Businesses need to move forward on network authentication Authenticating users and devices on the enterprise network, also known as network access control, is a critical step in any effective security scheme. Given its importance it would be natural to believe vendors would make authentication relatively easy to implement. Unfortunately that’s not currently the case, but vendors are taking steps to ease the pain of rolling out authentication.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Open source in Singapore The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) Technology Group has positioned Linux as a medium term technology bet, which means one to three years to mass adoption. An alliance dedicated to accelerating the growth and adoption of commercially supported open source systems in Singapore, the Singapore Open Source Alliance (SOSA), has also been formed. 
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Dual-core chip set to ship Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Thursday was set to introduce the fist six models of its Opteron microprocessor to feature two processing engines, or cores, on a single chip. As previously reported by IDG News Service, the announcement is scheduled to occur at a press event to be held in New York the day before Opteron's second anniversary.
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Novell SUSE desktop sports mobile capabilities Support for wireless LANs (WLANs) is the most notable addition to Novell Inc.’s commercial Linux desktop product, SUSE Linux Professional 9.2, released in early October.
Sunday, May 30, 2004
Software licensing emerges as grid obstacle Many grid computing users are finding that the key challenge they're facing isn't implementing the technology. It's figuring out how to pay for it.
Monday, January 26, 2004
New, fast-spreading worm spells 'doom' for many A new e-mail worm is spreading rapidly on the Internet, clogging e-mail servers and staging an attack on the Web site of Unix vendor The SCO Group Inc., antivirus software vendors said.
Friday, November 14, 2003
Six things I hate about information technology Don't get me wrong. At heart, I'm a technology enthusiast. But there are a few things about the IT industry that just make me crazy. 
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
IBM gives on-demand computing a boost IBM Corp. sought to advance its US$10 billion on-demand computing initiative on several fronts last week, announcing new grid software for aggregating computing resources and middleware for extending business applications to mobile devices. Chief executive officer Sam Palmisano, too, lent his weight to the cause, reiterating IBM's on-demand vision before a gathering of venture capitalists and software vendors.
Wednesday, July 09, 2003
Survey shows why firms undertake Web services projects A recent Gartner Dataquest survey illuminates what many North American enterprises want from their Web services projects. Software vendors and system integrators should take note.
Thursday, April 17, 2003
Firms jockey for WS edge A battle between software vendors for control of Web services standards could undermine the enterprise’s confidence in the technology, according to industry observers.
Thursday, December 12, 2002
Software vendors warily eye Tablets When the Tablet PC officially hit the market last month, critics and
customers alike oohed and aahed over its cool factor. However, the
combination of hardware and software vendors backing the launch didn't add
up.
Wednesday, December 04, 2002
HP outlines plans for Alpha's retirement Hewlett-Packard Co. in January will deliver the next version of its Alpha processor, an important architectural upgrade that will carry it through to the chip family's planned retirement in about 18 months, an HP executive said Wednesday.
Wednesday, December 04, 2002
Verisign unveils secure content delivery service Companies selling software and antivirus products will soon be able to secure products they distribute to customers online, according to an announcement Thursday by digital authentication company VeriSign Inc.
Monday, November 18, 2002
UnitedLinux vendors debut new wares at Comdex The first UnitedLinux standardized Linux distribution, announced six months ago by four Linux vendors that teamed up to work together, was unveiled Tuesday by The SCO Group Inc. at Comdex.
Sunday, June 02, 2002
The next big thing: Tools IT can use Everybody in this industry seems to be waiting for something that may never happen again. That thing, of course, is a general turnaround in the economy that lifts all sectors. But when you think about it, the general lift in the economy that we saw for 10 straight years was probably an aberration. In addition, three giant macrotrends that lifted IT spending rates way ahead of the general economy are not likely to repeat themselves any time soon.
Thursday, May 30, 2002
Vendors unveil UnitedLinux A team of Linux vendors Thursday unveiled UnitedLinux, a unified version of the open-source operating system that is expected to boost its viability in the corporate market.
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Vendors unveil UnitedLinux A team of Linux vendors unveiled UnitedLinux, a unified version of the open-source operating system that is expected to boost its viability in the corporate market.