Infrastructure

With the value of business intelligence becoming clearer, firms are looking to extend its reach to more users by enabling mobile access to backend BI systems through integrated handheld devices.

SAP AG has delivered the first in a planned series of regular enhancements to the current version of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software, as the vendor embarks on a new way to deliver ERP applications.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) showed a laboratory version of its promised "Barcelona" quad-core Opteron 8000 server chip to analysts and said it plans to begin selling the product in the second quarter of 2007. AMD will pitch the chip to users of high-end, commercial workstations and servers.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 technology has been developed around three guiding principles: built-in protection,

Small- and medium-sized Canadian enterprises are adopting more sophisticated IT technologies to help them serve customers better, but equipment vendors and service providers still have some barriers to overcome in servicing the SME market, according to a Cisco Net Impact study released on Thursday.

Oracle working with other technology vendors, has launched an open-framework initiative to develop software to protect identity-related employee, customer and partner information, the company said.

Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian tells how he initiated the talk that led to the landmark technology collaboration agreement between Microsoft and Novell, and the controversial twist it took.

Public key infrastructure is poised for a resurgence, with associated identity technologies increasingly underpinning applications as organizations look to securely share information, vendors said Tuesday at a standards conference in London.