Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Microsoft's 2010 software line-up most "monolithic" in years The company's software suite presents the "most complicated lock-in decision in years," according to the Burton Group. "If you go forward with all of the 2010 products you will be a Microsoft shop for the foreseeable future," says one analyst
Monday, August 24, 2009
Apple's Snow Leopard out Aug. 28 The latest version of Apple's Mac OSX operating system will ship earlier than previously announced September launch date. Snow Leopard boasts faster times for everything from installation to waking from sleep mode to shutdown...
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Cisco wireless APs boast better throughput and management Cisco’s promising easier management and better performance for legacy devices. Plus, the benefits and challenges of upgrading to the new standard – even though it hasn’t been published
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Riverbed improves acceleration gear, stretches licenses The vendor’s Riverbed Optimization System is said to help improve communications with branch offices by selecting which traffic gets accelerate. Find out about the new secure HTTP capabilities
Monday, August 18, 2008
Hockey arena converts into Republican National Convention site A major IT overhaul is underway at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota for the September kick-off event.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
What you need to know before upgrading to Windows XP SP3 If you are still on XP, you can upgrade to Service Pack 3 from Windows Update, but it does not install automatically. Read Computerworld’s frequently asked questions about the update to the operating system
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Manufacturers claim success in initial LTE tests Exploratory work on a next-generation wireless technology called Long Term Evolution (LTE) is making good progress, according to a consortium of telecom manufacturers. However, a Nortel official says there's a lot of work still to be done
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Upgrade or else: Extreme legacy makeovers Migrating from legacy applications such as content management or business intelligence systems can be an intimidating and expensive task. When to climb out of the money pit
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Data warehouse users avoid 'rip and replace' option A survey of admins reveals concerns about the high costs, time constraints and overall difficulty of upgrading systems that store historical information about their firms. How the "intimidation factor" wreaks havoc
Sunday, September 09, 2007
DNS issues could leave users in a BIND The architects behind an open source reference implementation of the Domain Name System are pressing for an upgrade to version 9. Get the advice and resources you'll need
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Mobile sector reaches for last mile Delivering rich media from the core to the edge of a network is information’s version of supply chain management. Industry watchers pin their hopes on triple-play services to handhelds
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Intuition and the IT manager Reviews and benchmarks scores only get you so far. When to trust your natural instincts
Monday, May 07, 2007
Flaws in three VPN routers, Nortel warns Nortel has warned of several backdoors and other flaws in its VPN and secure routing products that could allow unauthorized remote access to an enterprise network.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Yahoo to provide sponsored search for Viacom sites Yahoo new search marketing system continues to gain momentum with an announcement that Viacom plans to use the system on all of its 33 Web sites. 
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Don’t rush to dispatch Vista PCs to remote workers, early adopter warns There's one fortunate thing about Microsoft Vista, early adopters are vocal. 
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
US government department bans Microsoft upgrades for now The U.S. Department of Transportation has quietly put the kibosh on Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 7 (IE7), banning upgrades to those Microsoft Corp. products - at least for now.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
IT managers in Australia shun Vista hype Australian IT managers are not succumbing to the Windows Vista hype, instead opting to run pilots, delay installations, or shun the operating system entirely. The first retail copy of Vista, signed by Bill Gates himself, was sold at midnight on Monday, accompanied by a cable TV countdown and a flurry of media attention. 
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Borland’s CodeGear upgrades Java IDE CodeGear, Borland Software’s subsidiary offering developer tools has revised the company’s JBuilder 2007 IDE, formerly code-named “Peloton,” for Java, open source, and the Web, The new version delivers on Borland’s pledge to base the environment on the open-source Eclipse platform. It is built on the Eclipse 3.2 core.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Visionael tracks assets for network vulnerability Managing the distributed complexities of an ever-changing enterprise network carries inherent risks, both personally to the CIO or network administrator, as well as to the new technology being implemented should that critical first installation fail. 
Sunday, July 31, 2005
Profiting from strategic procurement Executives the world over are recognizing that effective procurement strategies are the high road to cost savings and competitiveness. 
Sunday, May 01, 2005
vice president and general manager of AIM and ICQ at AOL America Online Inc. (AOL) is giving its AIM instant messaging software a complete overhaul, including a major redesign of the user interface and a remodeled underlying code architecture. 
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Hunt for new Telstra boss may run late A lack of eager and willing aspirants to take over the Telstra Corp. Ltd. CEO's chair of ousted boss Ziggy Switkowski may see the appointment of a successor delayed, with Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie conceding a July deadline may not be fixed. 
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
director of research, Directions on Microsoft Inc. Microsoft Corp. is getting ready to release a beta version of antispyware technology it purchased last month to the public, but will delay promised antispam and antivirus improvements to the Exchange e-mail server, according to information provided by the company. 
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Cisco soups up Catalyst line Cisco this week introduced a slew of LAN switching products designed to improve network security and boost bandwidth at the network edge. 
Sunday, November 14, 2004
Region sticks with Novell to combat spam When Durham, just east of Toronto, was faced with a consolidation project that would bring together 1,500 employees in several offices and departments in one new building , some members of the IT department viewed the move as an opportunity to switch from Novell’s GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange.