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- Are software megavendors too big to stumble?
- There's a good chance you get most--if not all of your software--from four massive companies: IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Oracle. And their game is simple: Grab more of your so-called wallet share. The big question is whether these vendors are so massive that they can do no...
- Tags: Software, Gartner Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- SAP's forced march may be good news
- At SAP TechEd Berlin, Leo Apotheker, co-CEO reinforced the message that the enhancement packages will significantly reduce the amount of testing that customers need undertake as part of an upgrade. However, consultants disagreed. Jim Spath of Black and Decker for instance said: "There is no way we...
- Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- News to know: IT turbulence, Windows 7, Facebook, Apple HDTV
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IT warning: Turbulence ahead CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over Gartner's worst case for 2009 IT budgets isn't so bad Sean...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, OpenOffice, Open Source, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Stealth Company decloaks... as Siri
- Silicon Valley stealth-mode startup, Stealth Company, revealed a little more about itself overnight and rebranded as Siri. Stealth Company's website has proved vague at best over the past few months, for example tantalising with allusions to underpinning technology; "We are not building...
- Tags: Software, SRI International, Siri, CALO, Tools & Techniques, Management, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Zmanda launches open source backup, recovery solutions for Windows
- Open source backup and recovery independent software developer ISV Zmanda formally announced two new products tailored for Windows users. Zmanda, of Sunnyvale, Calif. announced Zmanda Recovery Manager Enterprise Version 3.0 for MySQL and Zmanda Internet Backup ZIB. ZRM 3.0 is the first Windows edition...
- Tags: MySQL, Recovery Solution, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over
- Being a CEO today just stinks. The economy is melting down. No one trusts each other. And the chieftains don't even know if their customers will survive. What's this mean for your technology department? A lot of upheaval and perhaps one big do-over that starts in 2009. ...
- Tags: CIO, Information Technology, CEO, Technology Department, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- IT warning: Turbulence ahead
- The technology budget is on the skids. The business types don't quite get IT (and by the way you don't get them either). And amid all this turmoil all you have to do is keep your infrastructure humming and solve the 25 most contentious business-technology issues by the first half...
- Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- SharePoint: What are the risks, rewards?
- What does it say about SharePoint when a presentation focused on whether you can survive it packs the house? Mark Gilbert's presentation--"Can the CIO survive Microsoft SharePoint?"--at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo filled up an auditorium. There are two ways to read this: There is...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Gilbert, MOSS, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Debate around 'partial disclosure' heats up
- There are many ways of telling the world about a security vulnerability. A vulnerability can be announced without telling the vendor, it can be announced after giving the vendor a period of time to fix the issue, or it may just be circulated amongst the underground without ever coming...
- Tags: Disclosure, Researcher, Vulnerability, Security, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Negotiating with your hardware vendor 101
- Squeezing the most out of technology budgets seems to be a running theme these days, but customers frequently give up leverage in negotiating hardware deals. According to Gartner analyst Leslie Fiering most hardware negotiations go wrong early on. A customer's maximum leverage occurs when a company is...
- Tags: Leverage, Hardware Maker, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Learn Then Play (exe)
- Take control of your children's computing environment. With Learn Then Play software, you can monitor Web sites, email, chats, and provide incentive learning at various times throughout the day. With Learn Then Play, activity is monitored 24 hours a day. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: E-mail, Web Site Development, Sales Force Management, Monitors & Displays, Web Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Sales, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-10-13
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Paradox (msi)
- Paradox SBS offers an efficient, easy to use application for the creation of purchase orders for small and medium sized organizations, using multiple suppliers or vendors. With each vendor activated having a unique set of items or materials. The application includes a number of useful features including multiple vendors or...
- Tags: Vendor, Supplier, Purchase Order, Paradox Software, EDI, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-10-12
- IBM signs up new client for sustainability consulting
- A financial investment firm from Boston, Jantz Morgan, is turning to IBM's green consulting services arm (aka IBM's business strategy consulting practice) to help it integrate the idea of sustainability into its corporate operations. The focus will go beyond the company's impact on the environment; it will...
- Tags: Sustainability, Consulting Service, Consulting, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- Print this: Actually, please don't, but DO think about why printers should get more airtime in green tech discussions
- I was talking to someone within the past couple of months (I honestly can't remember who right now, sorry) who made a pretty profound statement that seems pertinent in the context of this post. I had just admitted, somewhat shamefacedly, to my ongoing addiction to printing out my notes, presentations...
- Tags: Green Technology, Printing, Printers, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?Very good insights. The synchronization problem is VERY important. It iskey for offline access and also just to speed up the applications when online.But, we still need an efficient high level language with special sandboxing. Or can JavaScript get good enough? Though, we do...
- Tags: Java, synchronization problem, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
- The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...
- Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare
- News items 2008-10-10
- Forrester: Credit crunch may freeze tech services projects
- Forrester Research in a report is confirming that the credit crunch is beginning to hit technology services firms. The extent of the damage is unclear, but IBM's lower-than-expected third quarter revenue its earnings are stronger than expected may indicate something worse is afoot. Forrester's...
- Tags: Service Provider, IBM Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Business Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Unipro UGENE (exe)
- Unipro UGENE integrates most of the important molecular biology tools within a single graphical environment. UGENE runs on Linux, Windows, and MacOS platforms. Unipro UGENE view and analysis of annotated DNA or protein sequences, huge files support, native support of zipped documents, and chromatograms visualization. Number of DNA plots supported...
- Tags: Algorithm, DNA, Biology, UniPro, Unipro UGENE, Biotechnology, Engineering
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
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