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As enterprise Web 2.0 makes its way into organizations, there is a misconception held among a pocket in the industry that the new technologies will replace the old says Nexaweb’s Jeremy Chone. Commentary–Was anybody else not surprised by the recent Foote Partners finding that the…
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In the SaaS model, the power is with the customer and vendors need to take a very different approach to both sales and service, here’s how to do it says Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. Commentary–Software-as-a-Service SaaS is one of the fastest growing segments of…
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As data governance becomes a key benchmark of a company’s responsibility to enhance and protect data, here are six simple steps that start to develop a program based on individual needs. In the past few years, dozens of high-profile incidents involving data mismanagement have gained international attention. Caught off…
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who has been dogged by investor concerns about his health, does not have recurrent cancer or a life-threatening health issue, according to The New York Times. LOS ANGELES–Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who has been dogged by investor concerns about his health, does not have recurrent…
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Today’s business intelligence tools are great at tracking tradional numbers but fail to quench business’s thirst for more information says Commentary–A recent Gartner report predicts that IT?s involvement in business intelligence BI will diminish in time as business users adopt new technologies to quench…
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Bangalore remains on top as the global outsourcing leader but with prices on the rise in India, locations like Beijing and Auckland are catching up fast. Bangalore has retained its position as the ideal global delivery location for businesses, according to a new report from IDC. The…
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Q&A Jake Sorofman, senior VP of marketing and business development for JustSystems, says ynamic documents can transform how organizations create, share and deliver information. Dynamic documents can transform how organizations create, share and deliver information. Jake Sorofman, senior VP of marketing and business development for…
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There seems to be a serious disconnect and knowledge gap between IT security and DBAs who are entrusted with the task of safeguarding databases, says Sentrigo CTO Slavik Markovich. Commentary–You would think that enterprises realize by now that databases, which hold the ?crown jewels? of sensitive information, need protecting….
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The “Long Tail” explains the growing use of services outside of the core domains of SOA, business process implementation and integration, says XAWare chief science officer, Kirstan Vandersluis. Commentary–The “Long Tail” moniker has been used extensively (some would say overused) in marketing and mass media over the last couple…
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Despite the naysayers, virtualization is showing some extremely compelling ROI and transforming the way corporate IT provisions and administers not only the data center but also the user desktop experience, says Fortisphere’s Chris Farrow. Commentary–News flash! Virtualization is here to stay. Despite…
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If we look at the investment in enterprise IT security infrastructure over the past decade, companies have invested heavily in their perimeters while ignoring the inside, says Sentrigo’s Slavik Markovich. Commentary–We begin with a story: A wealthy man decides to protect…
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Internet Attorney Sophia Cope says the new law will do more harm than good and the better idea is for Congress to revisit a fundamentally flawed law. The government claims that driver’s license “reform” will help combat illegal immigration and generally protect national security, but it fails to…
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Internet attorney Sophia Cope says the act will do more harm than good and the better idea is for Congress to revisit the fundamentally flawed law. The government claims that driver’s license “reform” will help combat illegal immigration and generally protect national security, but it fails to acknowledge…
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Alliance would be yet another aimed at more-efficient production and distribution of LCD televisions. Japanese consumer electronics makers Victor Co. of Japan and Funai Electric will jointly develop and supply LCD television sets, an industry source said on Tuesday. The news pushed up shares of both companies,…
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The troubled Web giant used to be known for its innovative ways. To find a way to a brighter future, it could stand to take a look at its past. If Yahoo could be placed on a psychiatrist’s couch, the Internet giant would be told it was suffering…
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Sony Computer Entertainment America is offering popular MTV programming on the Universal Media Disc for PSPs, marking the first collaboration between Sony and a major TV content provider. The Universal Media Disc, a proprietary format for Sony’s PlayStation Portable, failed as a movie format. But Sony’s continued attempts…
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Comments totaling around 380,000 words were made by eight top administration officials before the March 2003 Iraq invasion. The Bush administration’s warnings about prewar Iraq, from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s “mushroom cloud” to Vice President Dick Cheney’s statements on weapons of mass destruction, were released on Wednesday…
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Big Blue expects the acquisition will expand its business-event processing software portfolio. IBM said on Wednesday it is buying privately held AptSoft to expand its business-event processing software portfolio. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. IBM, the world’s largest computer services company, said AptSoft’s technology…
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Company dismisses reports that the launch of Lotus Notes for the iPhone and iPod Touch is imminent. Despite reports that the launch of Lotus Notes for the iPhone and iPod Touch is imminent, IBM says it is not quite ready to release the software. A formal…
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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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