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What is needed to spur unified communications deployment and deliver on the vision of spontaneous collaboration is simple and inexpensive tools that can integrate the existing IT, says Dialcom US’s Bob Johnson. Commentary–Normally, when Cisco, IBM and Microsoft move into a market, their presence does…
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Laura Bennett, senior engineering manager at IBM’s software development community, discusses how the group helps turn research concepts from the labs into practical products. Semantic Web, rapid application development, data visualization, and health care applications are just some of the emerging software types being investigated by IBM’s AlphaWorks…
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Until now, Gadgets–the mini applications that can be placed anywhere on the desktop–have only been available on Windows and Mac. Google has announced the first release of Google Gadgets for Linux. Google Desktop has been available for some time now on the Windows, Mac, and…
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After having dropped off the radar, Quark is set to revolutionize publishing–again. CEO Ray Schiavone explains how. Criticized heavily in recent times for selling what some believe to be an overpriced and outdated product with a lack of customer support, Quark is at pains to affirm that it…
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Company releases software targeted at mobile-app developers for building both business and consumer Web 2.0 mashups.(By Adrian Bridgwater of ZDNet UK) IBM has released a new version of its Lotus Expeditor software, which is targeted at mobile application developers building both business and consumer Web 2.0 mashups. …
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Business software maker is adding new accounting, business analysis, and sales force automation programs to its product line. (From Reuters) U.S. software maker NetSuite is adding new accounting, business analysis, and sales force automation programs to its product line, the company said in an e-mail to Reuters…
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Healthcare providers see a new use for the iPhone–as a doctor’s assistant. They predict that doctors would be more likely to use a cool iPhone during examinations than other disruptive tech gear. The next time you go to your doctor’s office you could find them using an iPhone along…
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The Salesforce.com CEO weighs in on cloud computing, an uneasy economy, and why Microsoft is still a dinosaur. For years, Marc Benioff appeared in public wearing an “End of Software” button on his lapel–just to rankle Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, or any other software mugwump making a killing…
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The company will incorporate Web 2.0 functionality gradually until 2010, in a bid to better take on Microsoft and Salesforce.com. (By Suzanne Tindal of ZDNet Australia) Sage Software has announced a strategy revamp which will see Web 2.0 functionality merged into its CRM products in an attempt to…
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Antitrust woes, a protracted battle for Yahoo, and a shifting software market. Welcome to Steve Ballmer’s world. For a man who just got fined more than a billion dollars for antitrust violations, Steve Ballmer is feeling plenty of competitive heat. In an interview, the Microsoft CEO pointed…
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Virtualization software to be preinstalled in 10 models of HP servers; deal is similar to those with Dell, IBM, Fujitsu Siemens. VMware and Hewlett-Packard said on Tuesday they have signed an agreement to integrate VMware’s virtualization software into 10 models of HP’s computer servers. The companies said the…
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If you’re writing code, pay closer attention to the major time-sink of application problem resolution and how it affects application release schedules, quality, functionality, and ultimately their company?s bottom-line says , BMC Software’s Doug Laney. Commentary–Have you ever pondered the time and energy your development team spends on documenting,…
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Company says U.K. Internet service provider selling a ’streaming’ version of Office is infringing on Microsoft license regulations. Microsoft has said that the Internet service provider Fasthosts, which has started offering a hosted version of Microsoft Office 2007, is infringing on the software giant’s license regulations. Earlier…
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It’s long been time for the instant-messaging walls to come down, says CNET News.com’s Charles Cooper. But that’s not likely anytime soon. Hanging around entrepreneurial, creative types for too long and I actually start believing there can be better ways to go about personal computing. Silly…
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Ubuntu users can now get access to Parallels Workstation for Linux via the operating system’s built-in update tool. Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, will on Thursday begin making commercial applications available to Ubuntu users directly through the desktop, in a step designed to…
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Sales growth expected to continue but slow down as company integrates Business Objects; further acquisitions not ruled out. SAP forecast sales growth and higher margins on Wednesday despite a volatile wider economy, but the software maker gave a conservative outlook for 2008 as it expands into new markets….
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WAAS Mobile software client could overcome the increased WAN-load problems caused by server consolidation, Cisco has claimed. Cisco Systems is going to offer businesses a new software client designed to increase the speed of access to remote applications for mobile workers. The offering, announced Tuesday at…
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The product, code-named Atlantic, will let users access SAP’s Business Suite applications for work flows, reporting and analytics through IBM’s Lotus Notes. Services and software companies IBM and SAP, longtime technology partners, will bring out their first joint software product in the fourth quarter of this year, the…
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