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Actuate Expands Performance Management Line
Performancesoft Track activity management software helps businesses identify poorly performing activities and take corrective steps.
REBtel Offers Free International Calls For Cell Phones
The Swedish startup lets mobile phone users place free, or at least cheap, calls around the world. But beware, there are some headaches involved.
New Cisco Suite Takes On Complicated Regulatory Issues
One product in the Cisco PACE suite, Network Compliance Manager, provides reports on compliance and changes and allows administrators to make bulk configuration and password changes.
Days After Entering 12-Step Program, Microsoft Falls Off Wagon
Whatever happened to the "12 tenets," announced just 10 days ago, that were supposed to help a seemingly humbled and repentant Microsoft assume a more ethical stance toward allowing competition? Could it be that its self-imposed 12-step program has already failed to cure Microsoft of its monopolistic impulses?
Put to the Test: Pegasystems' BPM Suite Combines Process and Rules
Deploying SmartBPM Suite 5.1 can be challenging, but the reward is a powerful model-driven approach that manages the complete process environment.
In Focus: Q&A With Rodney Masney, SAP User Champion
SAP users: Does your ERP system need an SOA/BPM twist? User group champion Rodney Masney says "yes."
Sun Plus Greenplum Produces Instant Data Warehouse
Sun in effect has found a vertical application for its "Thumper" server by teaming it with a data warehousing package.
In Depth: Software Vendors Try New Pricing Schemes For A Virtualized World
As data centers become multicore and virtualized, software vendors are looking for new ways to charge for their products. Keep your hands on your wallets.
The Upgraded Dragon Speech Recognition Software: Almost Perfect
Nuance Communications promises its Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 will transform the PC user experience. A test of the software indicates that while that's a fragile promise, it does hold some truth.
Analysis: Is The World Ready For Open-Source Networking?
Vyatta, Sourcefire, Groundwork, and the Asterisk IP PBX represent the open-source push for networks. They're gaining traction, but it could take years to make significant headway.
As Gates Travels The World, His Protege Ozzie Mulls The Web
At Microsoft's analyst meeting, Ozzie talked about Web-based versus packaged software
HP Expands Data Center Management Tools With Mercury Deal
Company adds software testing and applications management to its systems and network management product line
Apple's Copy Protection Isn't The Problem
Cory Doctorow, noted sci-fi writer and Boing Boing editor, marshals a strong argument against digital rights management in InformationWeek. But his assertion that there's no good DRM oversimplifies an issue that's best framed in compromises rather than absolutes.
Apple's DRM has benefited the public and the music industry. It
Meet Your New Code Host: Google
NewsForge is reporting that later today, Google will announce a hosting service for open-source projects. The addition to Google Code will be similar, in many ways, to SourceForge; it will also, however, include a new issue tracking tool and other perks created especially for smaller, independent open-source projects.
Cisco's Support Team Provides Another Edge
Cisco's vast army of integrators and resellers and the abundance of Cisco-trained engineers help the networking vendor stay on top.
Here's How One Competitor Challenges Cisco
HP ProCurve can't compete on price alone, so it offers easy-to-manage, standards-based systems with lifetime warranties.
In Depth: Chambers Is Changing Cisco's Pricing. How Far Will He Go?
You're already paying more for Cisco gear. Will unbundling hardware and software increase your bill?
ERP Makeover: The Pig's Next Gig
Enterprise resource planning software--despite a long record of achievement in business process improvement--suffers from a lingering image problem. It's that ERP projects have a tendency to become resource hogs that waddle over budget and past deadline. New software in development by SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft promises to overcome the drawbacks of the past. But will ERP really get easier to deploy and manage? Or are ERP vendors merely putting lipstick on a pig?
Where's BI Heading?
In its most recent analysis of the business intelligence market, International Data Corp. sees vendors through 2020 focused on automating more decision processes, and on expanding BI's reach to more people inside and outside an organization.
Ozzie Predicts Customer Cost Savings In Web-Based Software
As IT departments weigh cost versus control, the cost benefits of Web apps may be hard to ignore, says Microsoft's new chief software architect.
Pentaho Woos Excel Users to Open Source BI
Pentaho Spreadsheet Services lets business users access OLAP data using Microsoft Excel PivotTables.
Databases Get Better At Managing XML Data
The explosive growth of XML data on the Web has pushed large database vendors and standards organizations into action.
Five Questions For Guy Hoffman, CEO of Metallect
Hoffman's been at the helm of Metallect for four years. The company's software helps businesses understand the impact that changes to apps will have on their IT environments. When he gets restless, he goes wake surfing in one of the "pregnant puddles" that Texans like to call lakes.
With Gates Away, Ballmer Takes The Stage
During its annual meeting with financial analysts, Microsoft's CEO talks of building on Vista while growing the company's Internet advertising and entertainment businesses.
Oil States Industries Improves Supply Chain Management and Operational Visibility with Glovia
Leading manufacturer for the oil and gas industry migrates to current product release to take advantage of the more robust system and additional capabilities.
3i Infotech's ORION to Streamline Warehouse Operations at Master Cutlery
Major knife supplier selects 3i Infotech's ORION Enterprise and ORION WMS to manage and control supply chain.
Canon Virginia Cuts Shipment Processing Time Nearly in Half with Kewill Flagship
Kewill Flagship integrates with Oracle ERP to eliminate redundant data entry and streamline order-to-delivery process.
Microsoft Seals VPN Deal, Immediately Cuts Prices
As its security portfolio expands, Microsoft knocks 25% off the list price of VPN appliances and software to spur demand.
Microsoft Acquires Hospital-Developed Software As Part Of Major Health Care Push
The powerful decision-support tool captures, integrates, and displays data from wherever it was created within a health care environment.
Oracle Beefs Up Data Warehouse Technology
The company moved core data transformation functions to its Oracle 10g database and expanded the range of applications from which it can extract information.
Spiceworks Introduces Free, Ad-Supported IT Management Software
Now that Google has proved the viability of ad-supported online software and Microsoft is reluctantly following suit with Live service, it's possible companies will soon see more ad-supported applications like Spiceworks.
HP To Acquire Mercury Interactive For $4.5 Billion
The deal would push HP's software business to over $2 billion a year. HP CEO Hurd says he is confident Mercury's stock option problems are fully disclosed.
Who Owns The Internet?
The key questions, which I hope are addressed in the hearing this week, are exactly what the Department of Commerce originally intended when it decided to work with ICANN back in 1998, whether those intentions have changed, and whether the requirements of the American business community have changed--or perhaps should change in its own best interests.
IBM Changes Its Server Software Pricing For The Dual-Core Era
Per-processor pricing isn't going to cut it as companies adopt multicore systems and virtualization.
AmberPoint Integrates SOA Management Software With Reactivity XML Appliances
AmberPoint has integrated its SOA management software with Reactivity's XML appliances.
U.S. Coast Guard Wins Technology Leadership Award
Commercial, off-the-shelf software improves mission readiness, will save lives.
Syndera Enhances Its Technology
Company improves product's performance and ease of use.
Coral8 Makes Market Push
Company aims to be Crystal Reports of event processing.
Hyperion Steps Up in BI Market
Vendor known for financial apps turns to IT.
Business Objects Announces Second-Quarter Results
Lower license revenue indicates commoditization of query and reporting.
Cognos Announces Planning Applications for Manufacturers
New blueprints could change the market for operational performance planning.
Maxager Technology Announces Release 7
Enterprise profit optimization software uses velocity concept to maximize ROA.
Vyatta Takes On Cisco With New Open-Source Router
But an open-source product is no better than those working on its code, and that number is much larger for a company like Cisco than it is for Vyatta and the small open-source routing community.
Analysis: Seven Signs You Need a Web Site Redesign
Site design experts Best Web Site Services offer tips and tricks.
In Focus: Midsize Firms Drive Web Content Management Growth
The biggest benefit of Joslin Diabetes Center's recent adoption of WCM has been eliminating delays in getting new content and updates online.
Net Neutrality: The Frenzied Search For The Perfect Metaphor
Listening to last week's lively audio debate on net neutrality between Vint Cerf and Dave Farber, I was struck (again) by something.
Net neutrality. What a terrible name for such an important issue.
Microsoft Promises Fair Treatment For Competitors
In an effort to mollify regulators, the software vendor says it won't discriminate against competitors' products.
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Technology and business news briefs.
Interesting Spam Article
"The State Of Spam," by Christopher Heun, provides a good catch-up on current spam volume, its changing nature, and current enforcement activities (governmental and private sector alike). It's a must-read for anybody who deals with junk e-mail on a daily basis.
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