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Zynga Co-Founder Joins New Team
KIXEYE is the yin to Zynga's yang, as social games explode.
Get Collaborators To 'Touch And Feel' Unstructured Data
Rafi Holtzman and his Luidia team want to transform the way far-flung businesspeople work together.
Open Source Helps eBay Process $2000 Per Second
The huge Internet auction house uses a small Sri Lankan firm's open source enterprise service bus--a little known but crucial piece of software.
SAP And Oracle Battle, Customers Avoid Choosing Sides
Will it be the apps vendor's innovation or the stack vendor's one-stop shop? IT hedges its bets.
CA Buys Watchmouse, For Remote App Testing Power
Netherlands firm uses synthetic transactions generated from points around the world to test a cloud app's ability to respond.
Social Media Engagement: Feds Need Better Policies
Guidelines for use of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media are being developed by federal agencies, but the GAO says they must do more to address records management, privacy, and security.
Jive Apps Seek Enterprise Rigor, Consumer Cool
Jive gathers Apps Market partners to discuss creating consumer quality apps with enterprise power.
Cloud Moves From Talk To Walk
CA and Nebula's cloud announcements this week reflect the reality that enterprises have moved past the theoretical to the practical.
Cancer Prevention App Contest Offers $80,000
Federal health officials challenge developers to come up with an application that promotes early detection and helps the public reduce risky behavior.
Fruit Of CA Cloud Acquisitions Adds Up
After two years of acquisitions, CA introduces 10 products to help customers plan and deliver private clouds that can use internal and external services.
11 iPad Apps For Better Collaboration
The Apple iPad's inherent mobility makes it an obvious weapon for efficient enterprise collaboration--provided you're armed with the right apps.
GAO: Federal Data Center Consolidation Plans Lack Details
Many federal agencies failed to provide a complete listing of data centers or list all of their software assets, which could affect anticipated savings.
Apple's iPad App Approval Rules: One SMB's Tale
ShareFile's native iPad app took two months to pass Apple's approval process. The CEO shares his insights into surviving the in-app purchasing test.
Mashery: The E-Commerce Force Is With Them
Accurately documenting APIs and helping mobile developers use them is a new force in e-commerce. Mashery's service fits right in.
Google Deal Lets SAP Customers Map Data
Google Maps meets SAP: Partnership includes exclusive mashup capabilities and discounted pricing for geospatial data.
Obama Talks, Congressional Websites Crash
Several websites were unavailable or sluggish after an overwhelming public response to the president's call for Congress to resolve debt ceiling issues.
Newest Enterprise Social App: Mentoring
Connecting employees and mentors online proves efficient, says Triple Creek, whose software has found fans in AT&T, Fannie Mae, and Agilent.
Dell Offers OpenStack Infrastructure-As-A-Service
Reference architecture for cloud developers to manage IT resources in OpenStack.
Microsoft And SUSE, Mozilla And Google: Strange Bedfellows
Redmond cashes in on Linux licenses, while Mozilla creates a new open source mobile operating system.
SAP Steals Share From Oracle In Strong Quarter
Applications software license growth increased by 18%, versus 16% reported by Oracle in most recent quarter.
Low-Cost Options For Predictive Analytics Challenge SAS, IBM
Upstarts Revolution Analytics and Alpine Data Labs step up the competition against market leaders.
3 Ways To Manage Underperforming Technology
Applying a people approach to technology could help boost performance. Here are three ideas for remediating the laggards.
Google Apps Email Migration Complete at GSA
Unisys has moved 17,000 agency employees to cloud-based email, which could save $15.2 million over the next five years.
Socialcast Lets Businesses Invite Outsiders To Join Network
Enterprise social network adds options for including partners and customers.
How Health IT-Related Errors Hurt Patient Safety
New analysis explains how the occasional glitches with EHRs and related systems can get out of hand.
Microsoft Back In Bed With SUSE Linux
In controversial deal extended to the tune of $100 million, Microsoft resells SUSE Linux services and pledges not to sue on patents.
Google+: Doing the Math
Someone call MIT! Don Rose has reduced the entire Google+ phenomenon to one mathematical equation.
Are There Any Humans in Silicon Valley?
Macromedia founder Marc Canter says you've got to automate global and scale local to succed -- and talk to people outside of the California milieu. That's why he's in Cleveland.
Moxie Upgrades Social Customer Portal Personalization
Customer Spaces now can integrate data such as purchase history and past support interactions for smarter personalization of what customer sees.
Feds Must Detail Data Center Consolidations By October
Agencies will have to publish their plans online by October 7, according to a new memo by outgoing federal CIO Vivek Kundra.
First Look: Google+ Ultimate
Google+ Ultimate lets you control various aspects of how Google+ presents itself in your browser
Licensing Headaches: Is VMware Or Microsoft Worse?
Recent VMware pricing controversy shows that software vendors are from Mars and IT is from Venus. But don't let emotion cloud your software plans.
Google+ All BYTE Coverage
Google+ is now open without invites. Here's a running list of BYTE's Google+ coverage.
Keep Others From Sharing Your Circle Posts on Google+
Here's how to disable sharing private conversations on Google+
Are Cubicles Killing Us?
There's no single "workspace" design that fits everyone's needs. Not in the physical world, not in the virtual world.
Could Social Media Flub Cost You $4.3 Million?
What can a social media mistake cost your company in fines, litigation, or loss of customer trust? A new survey reveals some interesting data points.
IBM's Unsexy Secret To Profits: Middleware
One telling statistic from IBM's big quarterly windfall: This unsung category drives 64% of the company's high-margin software revenue.
Verizon, Microsoft Results: More Consumerization To Come
Still trying to ignore consumer IT in the enterprise? This week's news should make you wake up.
Lodsys Targets Rovio, Big Game Makers
Those Angry Birds now have something else to be angry about: Rovio Mobile is one of five companies added to Lodsys's patent infringement claim against iOS and Android developers.
Intelligence Agency To Cut Data Center Power Usage
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will use Miserware software to wring power-efficiency out of data centers.
Kundra Had Vision, Next Federal CIO Needs Speed
The long-term plan for federal IT reform has only just begun to be implemented, so Kundra's successor will have to hit the ground running.
Microsoft Windows Sales Stall In Tablet Headwinds
Quarterly revenue from flagship OS sags as computer users embrace Apple iPads.
SAP BusinessObjects Customers Await New Platform
Delays have pushed back the vendor's business intelligence suite 4.0 upgrade, but components including data services and a Microsoft Office analysis tool are finally available.
FDA Data Mining Uncovers Harmful Drug Interaction
Researchers mine FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System and corroborate findings using patient records to identify diabetes threat.
Microsoft Posts 30% Gain In Quarterly Profits
Xbox and search advertising up sharply, but Windows sales off amid tablet competition.
Google+ Headaches: What You Need to Know
BYTE’s Steve Krause tracked down Google+ pain points--so you can avoid headaches with the new social service.
Virtualization Wars: Citrix Tops Microsoft As 'Primary Hypervisor'
More than nine in 10 companies use some form of virtualization, yet 60% of servers are still unvirtualized.
Acquia Raises $15 Million, Plans Drupal Sales Push
The specialist in commercial support for open source content and community management will use the money to gain share in the social software market.
iPad Still Dominates Android In Enterprises
Despite the steadily growing number of Android activations reported by Google, data from Good Technology suggests enterprises remain focused on Apple's iPad.
Can Microsoft Tame Lion's Biggest Threat?
Windows 8 may not be enough. Tablets have quickly changed the rules of computing for Microsoft.
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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.
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