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Opsware adds storage to datacenter automation suite

Opsware has been on a roll. Last Friday, Hewlett-Packard completed its tender offer for the $1.6 billion cash acquisition of the company. Opsware now has 450 customers, 500 employees and will have close to $150 million in revenue this year (60 percent growth for the year). A recent IDC...

Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Opsware Inc., Server, Suite 7, Network Automation System, Data Centers, Storage, Networking, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-18

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Open source in a time of recession

Open source in a time of recessionWhen the water hole shrinks,the kangaroo mice flourish.HistoryYes, the end of the dot-com bubble killed a number of illusions. The most prominent lesson was, Don't give away your main product. So at that time pure Linux and other open source plays disappeared.What was...

Tags: Rewriting History, recession, open source, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

I'm well aware what I pay for Google's services

My post on Google earlier Tuesday was met with mixed reactions. A few folks agreed that, in fact, Google's suite of services is quite slick, long live GOOG, etc. Others, like fellow ZDNet blogger, Michael Krigsman, disagreed pretty strongly. In his response, Michael didn't leave much doubt...

Tags: Google Inc., OpenOffice, Productivity, E-mail Providers, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Forrester fuels the SAP maintenance price hike debate

The last few days I've been exchanging email with R 'Ray' Wang, VP and principal analyst at Forrester about the kerfuffle over SAP's unilateral decision to apply a price hike to its maintenance and support fees. Ray specializes in the enterprise market and has special experience of SAP going back...

Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Forrester Research Inc., Ray, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Investment, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Google is your friend

Google is your friendThe underlying principles should determinewho is a freind, or who is not.There is nothing wrong with being a [b]for profit[/b] company, which is what Google is. It would be an entirely different issue should they hide their EULA agreements, or who they deal with, or what they...

Tags: Channel management, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homeworkVista needs a better UIBut I wouldn't know that personally as I have never used it and instead relied on the anecdotes of others (well I have fiddled with it in stores and found it was very different yet had no compelling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Increasing ROI and Reducing the Risks of Your Application Portfolio

Application Portfolio Management APM solutions help IT executives evaluate the benefits, costs, and risks associated with each application while maximizing the value realized from ongoing software investments. They provide executives with the information they need to properly direct investments towards projects that align well with the needs and objectives of...

Tags: ROI, Portfolio, ASG Software Solutions, Asset Management, Roi/Tco, Investment, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management

White papers 2008-10-07

Image Tracking System (msi)

The Image Tracking System has been designed for magazine and book publishers who purchase images to be used in their publicaitons. The application suite tracks these purchased images throughout their lifecycle within the publishers organisation, ensuring that at any time, all the images can be accounted for. The Image Tracking...

Tags: Agent, Image, Data Byte Software, Image Tracking System, Client Application, Real Estate, Business Operations

Software downloads 2008-10-07

Microsoft starts sharing details on SQL Server 'Kilimanjaro'

Microsoft starts sharing details on SQL Server 'Kilimanjaro'RE: Microsoft starts sharing details on SQL Server 'Kilimanjaro'Microsoft is becoming seriously annoying with its bad habit to release that often both SQL Server and Visual Studio new products.For gosh sake, new versions of these products come with so many new features/capabilities that...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Kilimanjaro, Microsoft Start, server, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…

Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…Actually, all of the biggest web companies all use Linux because it is somuch more flexible and powerful. Of the biggest, MS is the only one using Windows.And, yes, the applications availability on the Desktop is a problem for Desktop Linux, but, the is...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, EEEPC, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

Google launches new Spreadsheets interface

Google has just rolled out a new version of Google Spreadsheets -- the last one of all three products in the Google Docs suite. I have to say, this new version works great for me -- it has the familiar menus at the top, a bunch of new toys,...

Tags: Google Inc., Spreadsheet, Productivity, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop

Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptopMicrosoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptopThis is a great plan brought to you by Microsoft. This laptop will run the Microsoft Windows XP operating system allowing these school children to be compatible with the rest of the world. They can share...

Tags: Notebooks, software, laptop computer, cheap Portuguese laptop, Portuguese laptop, Microsoft Launches, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop

Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the country's technological edge in education. LISBON--Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the...

Tags: Software, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Computer, Portugal, School Children, Government Hope, Magellan, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Reuters, laptops, education

News items 2008-10-03

Psychiatric Diagnosis Suite (zip)

Diagnose major psychiatric disorders with a question and answer format. Three screening questionnaires are included for adults, children and parents. Diagnose major personality disorders. Risk assessment for violence and suicide. Differential Diagnosis. Child mini mental status examination. Record psychiatric history. Print results with patient name. Mental status examination with checkboxes....

Tags: Amit Kshetarpal, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Security, Management

Software downloads 2008-10-03

The open source opportunity in web advertising

The open source opportunity in web advertisingFireFox Beta 1 was issued...... in November, 2007. If that final 3.0 is a version number, I don't think the entry comes from 2006.You might ask if the person using FireFox could remember and report when he first downloaded 3.0.Microsoft sells advertising...... and...

Tags: Sales strategy, open source opportunity, Web Advertising, sales, security, open source, Web

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Content management software vendors eye social networking

Content management software vendors eye social networkingSocial Content Management is alive and kickingThe merging of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 is a tough transition, and one which we at Emojo have been working on for a number of years. In practice it has meant that we've had to re-engineer from...

Tags: Web technology, content management, vendors eye social networking, Web 1.0, content management system, software

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Pirates plunder Adobe Creative Suite 4

Pirates plunder Adobe Creative Suite 4That's how they're the "de-facto" standard.Just like Microsoft would be screwed without pirated copies of Windows floating around street corners across the globe.Without pirated copies of Photoshop, it would have a truly limited market. Look at the bloody price of it to figure out...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., graphics, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe PhotoShop, piracy

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Pirates plunder Adobe Creative Suite 4

Adobe's Creative Suite 4 has shown up on popular BitTorrent tracking sites in large numbers, little more than a week after its global launch Little more than a week after its global launch, Adobe's Creative Suite 4 has shown up on popular BitTorrent tracking sites in large numbers. ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, BitTorrent, Adobe Creative Suite, Piracy, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Lynda, Workforce Management, Tools & Techniques, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Management, Adobe, Creative Suite 4, pirate, P2P, Renai LeMay, ZDNet Australia

News items 2008-10-02

Avanquest System Suite Web Installer (exe)

Avanquest System Suite Web Installer from Internet Security 2.0 downloads and installs latest version of Avanquest System Suite directly from its site and with maximal speed. Avanquest System Suite Professional, The Ultimate, All-In-One Suite for PC Security, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Maintenance & Privacy. World Class protection against viruses, Trojans, spyware and...

Tags: Web, Internet Security, Internet, Network Security, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Networking

Software downloads 2008-10-02

MB Health Suite II (exe)

MB Health Suite II consists of Body Mass Index, Ideal Body Weight Calculator, Body Frame Size & Ideal Waist-Hip Ratio calculators. These tools are indicative of standards that need to be maintained for a healthy loving. This version the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Suite, Health Care, MysticBoard, MB Health Suite II, Quality, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

Software downloads 2008-10-02