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BPS Upgrades Risk-Management Server
Business Propulsions Systems Inc. has upgraded its platform for operational risk, audit and regulatory compliance management for financial institutions.
System Aims To Thwart Bootlegged Videos Of Movies
Georgia Tech researchers' prototype of a digital camera neutralizing system could help the movie industry save billions of dollars from counterfeiters.
Defense Fails To Rattle Computer Forensics Expert In UBS Trial
The prosecution's forensics expert and star witness sparred with the defense Wednesday, taking on often heated questions about hackers and the validity of his analysis.
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Mobility
Our two most relied upon computing/communications devices--the laptop and the cell phone--are making headlines today.
The failure rate on laptops (and desktops)--failure defined as necessitating replacement of a hardware component--is dropping, but remains higher than a rate I'd consider optimal.
Vista Volume Licensing May Require Product Activation
According to CRN, Microsoft is planning to require Vista and Longhorn customers with volume licenses to register and report their license key usage, ostensibly through some kind of licensing server running on Longhorn, and possibly a hosted server run by Microsoft. Although the article does not explicity state that product activation will be required, it seems pretty clear that de-activati
BellSouth Plans Significant WiMax Test With Alcatel
BellSouth is looking to provide fixed WiMax in cities and rural areas where it doesn't offer DSL services. But this could test the feasibility of mobile WiMax equipment and standards.
Intel Cell Phone Effort A Failure Of Historic Proportions
Intel, the world's largest semiconductor company, on Tuesday finally owned up to one of the most colossal failures in that industry's history when it unloaded its communications and applications processor business to Marvell for $600 million. It's not surprising that Intel tried to slip that announcement in under the cover of its much splashier
IBM Bets Big On Chinese Startups
One Chinese company in the location-based services market has been able to grow its customer base by 30% and increase revenue by about five times with help from IBM.
Chinese Hotspots Set To Boom: Report
A new study commissioned by the Wi-Fi Alliance predicts that the Chinese enterprise Wi-Fi market will balloon fourfold at an annual growth rate of 45% over the next three years.
Net Neutrality Hypocrites
It's odd to hear people in an industry that exists because of government regulation argue against government regulation and for the free market. And yet that's exactly what happens when telcos and cable television vendors argue against net neutrality regulations, which would forbid them from giving preferential treatment to Internet traffic for companies that pay for the privilege.
Telcos and the cable TV industry don't exist in the vicious jungle of the free market. They live a protect
In Focus: Document Automation Requires More Than Scanning
Electronic documents as well as paper documents get united with eCopy Desktop.
All Your Bases Belong To Microsoft
Or so Steve Ballmer would have it. Though it's dabbled in it for a while now, Microsoft dove headfirst into unified communications today with an offbeat press conference that showed exactly how many ways Microsoft can dominate much more than just your operating system, desktop productivity, and server software.
IM: Why Businesses Aren't Yet Convinced It's For Them
Security is the biggest worry. But many also haven't had great demand from employees.
Firefox Scores One For World Cup Fans
Keeping up with the World Cup can be a pain, especially if you're at work and have to keep one eye peeled for your boss. If you could use a better way to catch the latest scores -- and if you only want soccer results -- drop by Mozilla.org and try out Boris Ruf's Footiefox extension.
Cisco Considers Unbundling Hardware And Software Prices
But any changes are years down the road, CEO Chambers says.
TransMedia Plans Online Word Processor, Calendar For Its Glide Service
The New York company is adding Glide Write and Glide Calendar to the 13 online environments in its Glide Effortless service.
Another Cell Phone Health Risk: Killer Thunderstorms
At first it sounds like a hoax, but reportedly doctors at the Northwick Park Hospital in England claim that using cell phones, iPods, and devices of that ilk during thunderstorms increases a person's chances of being struck--and even killed--by lightning. The doctors cite a real case involving a teenager who was struck by lightning while using her cell phone in one of London's parks last year.
The Bifurcation of Business Process Management
Emerging technology can serve both IT and lines of business.
Further ERP Consolidation Occurs
Private equity group continues to collect fragmented software assets.
Auditing the Big Picture
PCAOB shifts focus to top-down SOX audits.
Forensics Expert Attempts To Link UBS Attack And Defendant
In the ongoing UBS computer sabotage trial, the government's forensics expert testified that he connected defendant Roger Duronio's username and home computer directly to the logic bomb that took down the company network.
Supreme Court Sidesteps Deciding Key Patent Case
Three justices hint that they might have invalidated business-method patents.
SOX Is Wearing Everyone
Smaller companies still have to comply with the law.
Thousands Of H-1B Workers Are Underpaid, GAO Says
But the 3,229 petitions cited represent a miniscule percentage of all H-1B applications.
Op-Ed: U.S. AG Gonzales Outlines 'Aggressive' Actions On Intellectual Property
The Bush Administration recognizes the importance of intellectual property protections to the strength of the nation's economy and competitive stance, says U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. In this op-ed piece, he details the steps taken so far by the DOJ and other agencies to help combat and prosecute this growing crime.
Novell Announces New CEO--But Can He Save A Sinking Ship?
Ronald Hovsepian has been a rising star within Novell since he joined the company three years ago. But with a dropping stock price, declining sales of NetWare, and stiff competition in the Linux market, it's going to take more than star power.
IBM Unveils New Master Data Management Software
Release handles product master data for retail and manufacturing.
Will Intel's Woodcrest Change The Landscape?
In typical Intel fashion, the company has scheduled a major press event for Monday that will happen simultaneously in New York and San Francisco to herald the arrival of a new product the company has been talking about extensively for the past six months. While it will be interesting to see what new information will be provided by Intel, what will be more intriguing is to watch over the next six months and see just what impact Woodcrest will have in reversing the company's struggles against Adva
Feature: Service Advantage
To improve satisfaction, service organizations are analyzing customer interactions to identify and correct problems before they escalate. And to stay in tune with changing needs, firms are scoring customers by the minute, applying analytics to the data stream from call centers, retails stores, Web sites and more to customize on the fly. Find out how you can use analytics to ace customer service.
MySQL Gets Lit
If you work with MySQL for a living -- or for fun, for that matter -- there's a new magazine in the works that you might find interesting. It's called Tabula: The MySQL Journal, and judging from the description its publisher posted online last week, it's going to be a first-rate operation.
Microsoft And Yahoo Get Instant Messaging Ready To Carry Heavier Freight
Microsoft and Yahoo's upgraded IM apps include calling, video, and easier file sharing. It could make them even more tempting for business use.
If Vista Leaves You Cold
If you don't plan to jump on upgrading to Windows Vista right away, you've come to the right place. Our top story for this week is Fred Langa's terrific article showing you how to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP installation without losing data--and without having to reinstall user software, reformat, or otherwise change or destroy your PC's setup.
Dashboard: ERP Gains a Visual Advantage
SAP, Oracle and smaller enterprise resource planning (ERP) software rivals are starting to partner with data visualization software providers, including Cognos and Business Objects.
Dashboard: Can MS PerformancePoint Drive BI Down the Last Mile?
Performance management is crucial to running down that last BI mile, but equally important will be Microsoft's ability to bring enterprise search, process and collaboration technologies into the mix so that solutions better fit the needs of users outside customers' finance functions.
Linux To Drive Innovation In Mobile Market
A new consortium to develop a mobile Linux faces several challenges, including governance and sharing intellectual property rights.
Bill Gates Waves Goodbye Earlier Than Planned
The first utterance out of a reporter's mouth when Bill Gates disclosed plans to ease out of day-to-day management at Microsoft was to question whether Gates was leaving the company earlier than expected. Microsoft officials should have been prepared for that, but they weren't. "I don't remember ever making a prediction about a particular timeframe," Gates replied. In fact, however, Gates did make such a pred
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Business Objects Launches Performance Management App For Healthcare Industry
Business Objects unveils performance management software for the healthcare industry.
Spoofing Defense Dissed By Security Experts
The defense in an ongoing computer sabotage trial is suggesting that a hacker used IP spoofing to impersonate his client and plant the malicious code that took down part of the UBS PaineWebber network four years ago. Security pros say that's nearly impossible to do.
Short List: Project Planning Software; Data App Security
This edition examines the latest version of PlanView Enterprise's strategic and project-planning software. Also, we look at Protegrity's Defiance Suite 4.1, Reactivity's XML Appliances, Managed Objects' CMDB360 and TeaLeaf's CX Solutions.
Analysis: Web 2.0 to the Enterprise: Group Hug!
If senior management and employees alike could get over their mutual trust issues, social software could take off in the enterprise.
In Focus: D.C. Conference Suggests Government Is Ready for Web 2.0
Do blogs, wikis, and RSS feeds have a chance in the government bureaucracy?
Ex-Commerce Official Replaces Harris Miller As IT Industry's Top Lobbyist
Phillip Bond is named CEO of the Information Technology Association of America.
Computer Sabotage Plot Tied To A Bid For Financial Gain
This past week, the government laid out its case for how the defendant allegedly planned to profit from taking down UBS PaineWebber's network. Prosecutors say his "risky" investments would have only paid off if the stock dropped. The defense argues he simply had an aggressive investment strategy.
Change Agent: Process Modeling Will Deliver on SOA's 'IT Agility'
Model-driven implementation will mark a tipping point for BPM, making it a significant force in IT -- perhaps the killer app for service-oriented architectures.
Can Microsoft Now Finish Growing Up?
With Ray Ozzie taking the software development reins and given his past experience at Lotus and IBM, I'm thinking he might be able to help Microsoft not only understand, but really embed into its cultural DNA what large customers need, want, and expect in a technology vendor.
Credit Suisse Disruptive Technology Portfolio Mover Of The Week: McAfee
An index of companies shaking up traditional business models.
Tutorial: Quick-Kill Project Management
How to do smart software development even when facing impossible schedules.
Brief: Company Sues, Claims Patent On Video-On-Demand
USA Video Technology is suing Time Warner, Comcast, and other cable companies for alleged patent infringement.
The Failure Of Search
Is Google killing the Internet?
Seth Jayson at Motley Fool claims Google is killing the Internet by making Web spam and click fraud profitable. Scott Karp at Publishing 2.0 contends, "Pay-per-click advertising is destroying the economics of content, making it more profitable to create entire site
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The State of Cloud Computing - Fall 2020
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2021 Top Enterprise IT TrendsWe've identified the key trends that are poised to impact the IT landscape in 2021. Find out why they're important and how they will affect you.
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