InformationWeek is part of the Informa Tech Division of Informa PLC
This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them.Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.
|
New Windows Era
It's strategy time for Microsoft customers as Windows Vista goes into beta testing. So, what's your plan?
Mozilla Goes Mobile
Mobile-phone version of the popular Firefox browser is previewed for developers.
General Motors Signs Biggest Java Deal Ever
For Sun, the GM deal and another with General Electric are signs of a rebound
Microsoft Denies IE 7 Breaks Yahoo, Google Toolbars
Company says problem was a bug in pre-beta versions that's fixed in Beta 1 version released last week; denies rumors that MSN search engine will be only default search in IE and pledges to support third-party toolbars and search engines. Internet Explorer.
Feds To Offer Low-Cost Health-Care Software
But it might not be enough to spur physician adoption of E-health-record technology.
Under New Management
One year after assuming the CEO job at Informatica, Sohaib Abbasi assesses where the company and the data-integration market are going.
National City Banks On TransUnion Cross-Selling System
Software analyzes criteria such as estimated income and debt-to-income ratios to help the bank decide whom to extend credit-card offers to.
Wanna Be A Certifiable Linux Geek?
This just flew over my transom: At LinuxWorld in San Francisco next month, the Linux Professional Institute will offer free or really cheap Linux certification testing to all takers:
More Options: Wireless Messaging Gets Flexible
With wireless instant messaging, devices are used to access business IM systems as well as popular services such as AOL Instant Messaging, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messaging.
Order From Chaos Via RSS
Businesses are taking a cue from bloggers with a new way of distributing information. The appeal: It's really simple.
Getting Started: Several Ways To Use RSS
Try out two or three different readers. Some excel in certain areas--and they all have their quirks.
SmartAdvice: Use Java And WebSphere To Reengineer Legacy Mainframes
Set guidelines that ensure easy technology transitions and migrations, The Advisory Council says. Also, to profit from RFID, rethink business rules.
The First Open-Source Keyboard
I enjoyed Bill O'Brien's piece on new and interesting input devices over at Personal Tech Pipeline. But he missed what may be coolest thing to happen to a keyboard since, well, since there have been keyboards: Artemy Lebedev's Optimus.
When I first laid eyes on this thing about a month ago, I knew I had to have one. Why? If you have to ask, then I can't explain.
Business Objects Reports 18% Second-Quarter Sales Increase
Growth fueled by BusinessObjects XI sales and more million-dollar contracts
The New Sell-Side Trader
Brokers are morphing into execution consultants to advise the buy side on selecting algorithms and measuring performance.
Microsoft Investigates Reported Hack of Windows Authenticity Check
A popular blog reports that Microsoft's online validation process for Windows has been hacked.
Microsoft's Growth Strategy Includes Premium-Priced Windows And Office Versions
The company's new triumvirate -- Gates, Ballmer, Ozzie -- lays out a growth strategy that also includes making more acquisitions to enter new markets, and selling more services
Dashboarding From The Bottom Up
A heck of a lot of organizations are rolling out reporting and analytics capabilities to their so-called "line-of-business" workers -- those knowledge employees whose ability to make smart decisions impacts things on the operational level. In other words, the people who really make a business run.
As dashboards spread to more and more folks throughout the organization, one prominent business performance management executive has some advice for companies taking on new dashboard deployments: St
Government Agency To Offer Low-Cost Electronic Health-Record Software
But convincing doctors to adopt the software and change the way they do business will be a challenge.
Revealing E-Mail's Secrets
Tool lets analysts create a picture of communicators and can be used to fight terrorists and help businesses
Analysis Tool Cuts Bottler's Costs
Sales-performance and trade-promotion software helps Pepsi Bottling Ventures track sales, plot deliveries, and deliver new products faster.
Uncover Patterns In Processes
Complex-event processing consists of monitoring the whole set of events that make up a business process and can help companies comply with regulations
Cognos Brings New Market and Product Strategy to Market
Cognos Version 8 and Cognos Office Connection highlighted at Cognos Forum 2005.
RFID Innovator Gets $66 Million Funding
The funding bring Alien's total capital investment to $200 million.
Microsoft's Get-Out-Of-Jail Card
Longhorn, a difficult-to-herd animal of the Nor'West, has been roped, corralled and rebranded as Vista.
Cognos Offers a Sneak Peek at Version 8
September BI suite release tightens integration and unifies UI.
IBM Takes on Information Integration
Initial vision combines adjacent products as starting point.
SAP Purchase of Lighthammer Likely to Deliver Performance Solutions
Acquisition targets SAP's 12,000 manufacturing customers.
Dell Seeks To Migrate Exchange Users
Dell on Thursday debuted a turnkey package of hardware, software, and services for enterprises that want to leave Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 before the aging mail server exits support at the end of the year.
Customer Data Challenge
Consumer-goods companies have to learn to work closely with China's traditional wholesale/agent channels if they want to reap the rewards of better understanding their customers.
Dashboarding From The Bottom Up
If you're rolling out new reporting capabilities, think about empowering line-of-business workers first, before taking dashboards into the executive suite.
Tibco Offers RFID Middleware
RFID Interchange integrates data collected from RFID devices into business processes.
Microsoft Releases Limited Beta Of IE7 For Windows XP
The tabbed-browser beta went out to 10,000 testers already lined up for Windows Vista Beta 1, as well as 500,000 members of Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN programs.
Sun Inks Largest Java Deal Ever With GM
GM will use Sun Java Enterprise System to build a companywide services-oriented architecture.
Choice Hotels Rolls Out Web Analytics
The hospitality industry franchisor increases online market share by applying business intelligence to its hotel brands' Web-based promotional efforts.
InterBase: What Was The Chance...
My last column raised as many new questions as I had when I researched it. This one concerns the back-door login that had been compiled into Borland's InterBase code. If anyone knows the answer, or knows someone who might, give me a shout.
Embrace, Extend, Annoy
Years ago, I spent enough time dealing with both Quark and its customers to get the gist of that company's end-user support philosophy: sit down, shut up, and do as you're told -- please.
Google-ize Your Logo
Just for the fun of it: Logogle takes whatever text you input and makes it look like the Google home page. Like "InformationWeek," for instance. (Via Boing Boing and elsewhere.)
The Internet Worm
Earlier this afternon, I got an interesting email from Bill Whiting, a Linux Pipeline newsletter subscriber. After reading my editor's note -- also availble on the site as today's column, "Analyze This!" -- Bill wrote to suggest that Borland and Cisco might, in fact, have some prominent open-source company: Sendmail, courtesy of a once-infamouse worm that came simply to be known as "The Internet Bug."
Windows Vista Beta Arrives
Microsoft has to prove that Vista's visual polish can make PCs easier to use and close a perceived elegance gap with Apple Computer's Mac OS X.
New CEO, Same Earnings Woes For Siebel
CEO George Shaheen said the company is paying for its habit of allowing too many deals to slide to the end of the quarter. "Sometimes we land the plane too close to the end of the runway."
New 'On-Demand' Offering To Help Hospitals Identify Supply Savings
Medical supplies make up 25% to 30% of hospital expenses. The Neoforma system spots overcharges and inefficient purchasing.
Your Favorite Databases
Readers show a wide range of views when it comes to which databases are the most analytics-friendly.
First Windows Vista Beta Could Ship Wednesday
The company is holding a meeting for financial analysts on Thursday, and Microsoft watchers speculate that the company wants to kick off the meeting with good news.
Analysis: DITA Cuts the Cost of Content Reuse
Switching to XML-based management for multichannel content reuse brings long-term savings, but in the short term it can be an expensive and time-consuming journey.
In Focus: What's Hot and Not-So-Hot in ECM
The quarterly sport of watching vendor financial results isn't just for industry insiders. These reports are a window into not only what fellow technology users are buying but also the vision and management acumen of current and prospective technology suppliers.
BI Bullet Points
Want quick advice on the best ways to leverage business intelligence tools? Check out this list.
|
The State of Cloud Computing - Fall 2020
Download this report to compare how cloud usage and spending patterns have changed in 2020, and how respondents think they'll evolve over the next two years.
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.
Tweet This
