Infrastructure

The Samsung YP-K5 mp3 player is certainly a device worth considering. The K5 meets buyer demand for versatility. While principally an mp3 player, it also functions as an FM radio, an alarm clock and an electronic picture viewer.

As we move forward, corporate information will need to become more modular, less tied to applications, and freer to move. But as data mobility increases it becomes progressively harder to tighten the security reins using present methods and technological thinking. The solution is to embed security in the data itself.

Data visualization can produce dramatic insights from rows, columns and numbers. Today, many organizations are making their Business Intelligence truly intelligent by displaying it in images that better communicate meaning. This article will help put you in the data visualization picture.

For many companies, the move to a service-oriented architecture (SOA) can yield substantial rewards, including reduced operating costs and better customer service.

Sony BMG Music Entertainment has agreed to settle charges with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) related to the company's inclusion of problematic copy-protection software in music CDs that monitored users' listening behaviour on their PCs without their permission.

Microsoft Canada Co. unveiled the consumer versions of Windows Vista and Office 2007 with much fanfare yesterday focusing on the products' new user-interface, enhanced search capabilities, and improved security.

SAP AG's revelation that it plans to launch a hosted suite of midmarket applications has drawn a collective whoop of delight from rival on-demand applications vendors Salesforce.com Inc. and NetSuite Inc. that see the move as further validation for the software-as-a-service (SAAS) business model.

WebEx Communications Inc. has developed an e-mail service for its WebOffice hosted applications suite for small businesses, which already includes a document manager, group calendar, database, task manager and Web meetings.