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InternetNews July 2, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Linux Vendors Head to the Cloud in Search of Cash New commercial initiatives for cloud services will see both Red Hat and Ubuntu ramping up their competition.  |
InternetNews July 2, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Enterprise Software Focuses on Ease of Use Enterprise-class software, not something you can install in 15 minutes, gets a user-friendly polish.  |
InternetNews July 2, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft: One Year After Bill Gates' Exit Changes inside Microsoft have been subtle since Gates left day-to-day operations to Ballmer and other execs.  |
InternetNews July 2, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
CSC Teams With Microsoft on Cloud Services Service expands CSC's connections to Microsoft's cloud services suite for current and new CSC customers.  |
The Motley Fool July 2, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Is Microsoft Cisco's Next Target? Cisco is thinking about how to stretch its dollar, specifically the return on $3.2 billion invested in online communicator WebEx. That could mean that we're about to get a Cisco-powered online office suite to rival the best that Microsoft Office can offer.  |
InternetNews July 1, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
iPhone 3GS: Overheating Fears, OS Update Nears As buzz grows around reports of unexpectedly high temperatures and shortages in the store, the Apple smartphone inches closer to a software update.  |
InternetNews July 1, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
PostgreSQL 8.4 Revs Up Database Admin, Security The open source PostgreSQL database is out with a new release today that introduces new administration and database features for users.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 |
Green Hills Offers Software Development Tools for Automotive Embedded Computer Applications Green Hills Software is introducing optimized software development tools for automotive embedded computer applications involving embedded real-time mission critical subsystems like airbags and brakes.  |
InternetNews July 1, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Oracle's Mega Fusion Middleware 11g Release Oracle today unveiled the latest version of its Fusion Middleware, version 11g, a major release in Oracle's most profitable software line.  |
InternetNews July 1, 2009 Alex Goldman |
F-Secure: Adobe Still Unpatched as Attacks Rise In its quarterly threat update, security company F-Secure warned that many known vulnerabilities remain unpatched, and flaws in popular Adobe software are at the top of that list.  |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Another Day, Another Hot IPO Shares of LogMeIn, the on-demand connectivity specialist, opened at $20 this morning after pricing its offering of nearly 6.7 million debutante shares at $16.  |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2009 Rich Smith |
This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Caris & Company, the All-Star-rated investment banker, initiated coverage on Oracle this morning with an "above average" rating.  |
InternetNews June 30, 2009 David Needle |
Google Enhances Apps Synch for Outlook Even as Google is devising ways to wean corporate users off of Microsoft Office, the company publicly thanked Microsoft today for help with compatibility issues.  |
InternetNews June 30, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Windows 7 Beta Users: Welcome to Shutdown Hell Users who thought sticking with the Windows 7 Beta would mean they're good to go until the software's commercial release in October will wake up to an unpleasant surprise on Wednesday.  |
InternetNews June 30, 2009 Alex Goldman |
China Delays Controversial Green Dam Filter China's Xinhua news agency reported today that the government will delay requiring its controversial Green Dam software to be installed on PCs being sold to the public.  |
InternetNews June 30, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Cisco's Cloud Strategy: 'We're Not Amazon' Executives explain why Cisco isn't getting into the IT-as-a-service business for the cloud.  |
InternetNews June 30, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft's Mega Datacenters Coming Online After slowing construction for several months, the heart and soul of Microsoft's 'cloud computing' initiative is moving again.  |
InternetNews June 30, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
PHP 5.3 Accelerates PHP The open source PHP language is seeing its first major update in two years courtesy of today's release of PHP 5.3, along with a long list of new features designed to expand its capabilities and accelerate performance.  |
InternetNews June 30, 2009 Don Reisinger |
What Apple Does Right What are Steve Jobs and company doing to maintain one of the best customer satisfaction ratings in the business?  |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2009 Anders Bylund |
The Pirate Bay Lowers the Jolly Roger Pirate Bay, the notorious file-sharing site, has agreed to be acquired by Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory X.  |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2009 Tim Beyers |
Windows Vista: Now Officially a Bad Dream Windows 7 takes in huge preorders.  |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2009 Tim Beyers |
Why I Won't Be Selling Apple The end doesn't justify the means, but it also doesn't justify a sale.  |
InternetNews June 29, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
DoJ to Oracle/Sun: Not so Fast, Pardners The federal government has denied Oracle's request for a speedy approval of its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems, requesting more time to give the purchase scrutiny before passing it on to the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval.  |
InternetNews June 29, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Analyst Criticizes Windows 7 Upgrade Limit A key Microsoft analyst criticized the company's free upgrade program for Windows 7 for limiting free copies to only the first 25 PCs a purchaser buys. Meanwhile, early "pre-order" sales of Windows 7 seem to have taken off like a rocket on Friday.  |
InternetNews June 29, 2009 David Needle |
Steve Jobs Officially Back at Work Steve Jobs is working part-time in the office.  |
InternetNews June 29, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Sun Releases NetBeans 6.7 IDE for Java, PHP Sun's Java IDE is not just for Java anymore.  |
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
EMC Dangles the Bait for Data Domain a Bit Longer With the bid set to expire on Monday, EMC extends bid for Data Domain another three weeks.  |
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Michelle Megna |
iPhone Jailbreak Out Amid Apple-EFF Tussle As yet more unsanctioned apps emerge to unlock and jailbreak iPhones, Apple and a digital rights group fight ongoing battle over the issue.  |
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Building the Next-Generation Web Experience An analyst says that we cannot know what innovation will bring, but that we can predict some of the attributes of the future.  |
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Feds Mulling Incentives for Secure Software Tax breaks for better software? That's one idea on the table as officials work to flesh out government role in public-private partnerships.  |
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
Experts: Clouds Need Flexibility Panel discusses the need for fluidity in the size and scale of a cloud, which is part of their appeal to begin with.  |
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
Benioff, High Priest of SaaS, Snipes Back at Oracle Larry Ellison shouldn't be too surprised at the tweaking he got from his former employee and now cloud computing's biggest supporter.  |
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Sourcefire Snorts Virtual Security New Sourcefire release takes aim at securing virtual environment both physically and virtually.  |
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Palm Is Down, Not Out of Smartphone Race Palm's chief touches on future of company, hinting at app store strategies, Pre demographics and the webOS ecosystem.  |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Should You Buy TIBCO Today? It's not too late to buy this terrific growth stock today. You'd just be getting richer if you'd bought it last fall.  |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2009 Tim Beyers |
These Tech Stocks Will Make Me Rich Week 46 of one Motley Fool analyst's real-money investment in five technology stocks.  |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 |
Table: Microsoft by the Numbers A summary of Microsoft's business categories and profits.  |
InternetNews June 25, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft to Keep Word as Outlook's HTML Engine E-mail Standards Project says using Word as Outlook's editor means HTML e-mail ends up off-kilter.  |
BusinessWeek June 24, 2009 Peter Burrows |
Microsoft Defends Its Empire Microsoft is under siege from rivals offering cheap or free software on the Web. So it's revamping its Office suite and shifting into online services.  |
InternetNews June 25, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Most Windows 7 Prices Same as Vista, Others Fall Instead of trending higher, Microsoft's suggested prices for Windows 7 editions will remain in line with current prices for their Vista counterparts.  |
InternetNews June 25, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Critical Adobe Shockwave Vulnerability Gets Fix Adobe is advising users of its Shockwave player to update to a new version to protect against a critical remotely exploitable flaw.  |
InternetNews June 25, 2009 Alex Goldman |
IBM Claims Privacy Breakthrough for Cloud, Data Researcher Craig Gentry claims to have developed a new method for manipulating encrypted data - with major implications for data security, antispam efforts and cloud computing.  |
InternetNews June 25, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Sun Exec: Cloud Changes Sysadmin Job Sun VP Hal Stern tells Wall Street that system administrators should monitor software and services and leave the hardware to others.  |
InternetNews June 25, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
First Major PHP Update in Years Coming Soon The upcoming PHP 5.3 release is likely to be important for a number of reasons.  |
InternetNews June 25, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Red Hat CEO Calls on Oracle to Keep Java Open With earnings up at Red Hat, its chief executive talks tough on Oracle.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Can Whitelisting Match Antivirus for Security? A new release from application whitelisting vendor CoreTrace aims to provide an alternative to blacklist antivirus solutions.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Oracle's Ellison Talks Big on Cloud Computing Oracle's CEO sees his company as a major player in on-demand, SaaS, the cloud - and more.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft 'Hohm' Taps Azure to Go Green Microsoft launches a consumer energy monitoring service in its Azure cloud.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Oracle Updates BI, Risk Management Software Oracle's new products are designed to capitalize on companies' efforts to manage increasingly complex relationships with customers and suppliers.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 Alex Goldman |
IBM Says 3D Environment Tops IM for Collaboration People can move very quickly from having a chat to walking around and looking at parts or code.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Flash Goes Android, iPhone Version Needs Work HTC's new Hero smartphone debuts with Flash, while Adobe warns it needs more help from Apple to get Flash on the iPhone.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
NYSE Taps Juniper for Datacenter Effort NYSE Euronext is partnering with Juniper Networks in the build out and consolidation of new datacenters.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Google Widens AdSense for iPhone, Android Apps Google's new service means you can make money off free iPhone apps, after all.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Eclipse Galileo Releases 33 Open Source Projects Open source development release including new tooling and run-time releases for Java and now PHP, too.  |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2009 Tim Beyers |
Oracle's Next Conquest: The Cloud The database king is now generating roughly $750 million annually from subscribers to on-demand versions of its software.  |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2009 Tim Beyers |
Microsoft Loses Some Game John Schappert, widely credited for helping Microsoft gain traction in video gaming, is returning to Electronic Arts, where he spent years overseeing its game development studios and online infrastructure.  |
Information Age June 23, 2009 Pete Swabey |
Betting the business on SaaS Two businesses share their experience of extensively deploying software-as-a-service  |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Alex Goldman |
IBM Takes on Google with Social Cloud Apps IBM put the competition on notice by winning a cloud application prize at the Enterprise 2.0 conference.  |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Windows 7 Books a Reservation at Sheraton Sheraton and Microsoft collaborate to show off Windows 7 to business travelers and those on vacation.  |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Oracle Tops Estimates, Execs Come Out Swinging Oracle's full-year revenues grow as the company takes shots at rivals and provides hints on Sun.  |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
IBM Ramps Up Roles in Tivoli Identity Manager A major update in a key area of modern network security.  |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
Sun Expands HPC Hardware and Software Rumors be damned, Sun continues to beef up its high performance computing product line.  |
Information Age June 17, 2009 JJ Robinson |
IBM continues to tout data as a strategic asset IBM reiterates its 'data as a strategic asset' message as revenues dip 11%  |
Information Age June 17, 2009 Kenny MacIver |
EMC looks to better times and game-changing technologies EMC is looking to the future as its storage revenues take a beating in the recession  |
Information Age June 17, 2009 Pete Swabey |
Compliance pain is Open Text's gain Open Text expanding rapidly on the back of booming demand for compliance technologies  |
Information Age June 17, 2009 JJ Robinson |
Kaspersky Lab shrugs off cloudy competition Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of the Russian anti-virus vendor, tells Information Age how his company has benefited from Soviet-era investment in education  |
Information Age June 17, 2009 |
Virtualised servers overtake hardware alternatives The number of virtual machine shipments has overtaken the number of physical machines shipped, for the first time.  |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Alex Goldman |
New Software Disrupts Datacenter, BI Markets Cloud computing and SOA software architectures can fundamentally change some of the most mission-critical middleware in the enterprise.  |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Beta of 'Morro' Anti-Malware Starts Today Microsoft is set to begin public beta testing of its free anti-malware engine Tuesday morning when the download site goes live.  |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Symantec Adds Monitoring for Antivirus Tools The Symantec Managed Endpoint Protection Services, announced today, are a suite of services that help enterprise IT managers protect thousands of PCs.  |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Adobe Flash Player 10 Gets Ready to Mobilize It's official: Adobe's Flash Player 10 is coming this fall to most mobile operating systems, including Android, Windows Mobile and webOS.  |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Opengear Goes Remote for Power Management New release adds remote power management capabilities, built on open source.  |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Ruby Use Grows Among U.S. Developers According to a new study from Evans Data, Ruby use is on the rise in North America. On a year-over-year basis, Ruby usage has increased by 40 percent so far in 2009.  |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
An Intuitive Move From Microsoft? Mr. Softy's personal-finance program is going away, and Intuit looks to gain.  |
InternetNews June 22, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Steals Away Another Top Yahoo Yahoo's datacenter chief is now Microsoft's.  |
InternetNews June 22, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Firms Push Cloud, Virtualization for IT Niches Specialist software firms are gunning for the incumbents in a variety of small, potentially lucrative areas in the enterprise software market.  |
InternetNews June 22, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Platform Providers Claim Cloud Advantage With so many companies large and small targeting the cloud, the providers of cloud management tools expect to defeat vendors of targeted apps.  |
InternetNews June 22, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Security Software Revenues Grew 19% in 2008 Security software and appliances remains one of the few areas of IT where spending is staying even strong, even as businesses cut or delay many of their projects in other areas.  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2009 Tim Beyers |
These Tech Stocks Will Make Me Rich Week 45 of one analyst's real-money investments in five technology stocks.  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2009 Dave Mock |
3 Reasons to Buy Apple Today There are lots, but here are three biggies.  |
InternetNews June 19, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer: Microsoft May Spend Billions on Bing Microsoft's CEO tells a crowd in Chicago that the company is in online search for the long haul.  |
InternetNews June 19, 2009 David Needle |
Microsoft in NBC Deal to Supply Ad System NBC is looking for Microsoft to help it identify the best potential audience for the least cost.  |
InternetNews June 18, 2009 David Needle |
Socialcast Taps Into 'Freemium' in Enterprise Play Latest version of enterprise social networking platform includes a free SaaS version and a paid on-premise version.  |
InternetNews June 18, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft 'Morro' Nears Beta With New Name Company prepares for beta test of free new security service.  |
InternetNews June 18, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Palm 'Pod-Father' Takes on Apple in Sync Spat Palm and Apple quibble over Pre iTunes sync but Palm may have more than that to worry about as shares fall.  |
BusinessWeek June 18, 2009 Cliff Edwards |
Windows 7: Microsoft vs. the PC Makers A battle is shaping up over the pricing of the next version of Windows as both sides struggle to profit while hardware prices fall and sales stay flat.  |
InternetNews June 18, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Windows XP Downgrades Get Another Reprieve As much as Microsoft would like to cut off XP's air supply, customers still want the option, even with Windows 7.  |
InternetNews June 18, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Zimory Adds to Open Source-Powered Cloud Tools Deutsche Telekom spin-off expands with new service-level control and capabilities for the cloud.  |
The Motley Fool June 18, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Alarm Bells Ring Over Bing Microsoft is turning heads in search, as it's new Bing search engine continues to grow its audience.  |
InternetNews June 17, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
iPhone/iPod Touch Update Is Also a Bug Fix The Mac OS legacy of the handheld devices means they inherited a few Mac bugs.  |
InternetNews June 17, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
Dell Expands Virtualization Offerings Dell's new products and services expand virtualization offerings down into the mid-market and continue the firm's simplification drive.  |
InternetNews June 17, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Red Hat's Virtualization Plan Enters Next Phase New open source-powered commercial product is set to roll out - but for now, it's only for an invited few.  |
InternetNews June 17, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Counting Down to Windows 7 Free Upgrades Free or discounted upgrades to Windows 7 are coming even if you buy a new PC with Vista beginning soon.  |
InternetNews June 17, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Amazon Gives Away More Kindle Source The e-tail giant makes the popular e-reader code available, but does it mean we'll see Kindle-killers on the horizon?  |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Adobe's Building a Smarter Brand New markets and time-honored business models equal bright prospects for this digital media maven.  |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Tim Beyers |
Bing! There's Your Wake-Up Call, Google Microsoft's Bing may be a strong search engine, but like Yahoo!, it badly trails The Big G in both market share and brand perception.  |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Anders Bylund |
What Became of IBM's Blue Cloud? When IBM announced a bushel of cloud computing solutions yesterday, we saw a mature and very flexible set of platforms, but no Blue Cloud name.  |
InternetNews June 16, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
EnterpriseDB Brings Postgres Closer to Oracle Commercial open source database vendor EnterpriseDB today released its latest version of Postgres Plus Advanced Server, aimed at offering more Oracle database compatibility.  |
InternetNews June 16, 2009 |
Ubuntu, OpenX Chiefs Talk OS, Search Disruption Open source CEOs talked about competing with Microsoft and Google in markets those companies dominate.  |
InternetNews June 16, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
A New Hailstorm for Application Security As new attacks continue to evolve, Cenzic rolls out new cloud and on-premises offerings.  |
InternetNews June 16, 2009 David Needle |
iPhone's Next Phase: 'How Can I Help You?' Siri shows off its virtual personal assistant at the Semantic Web conference.  |
CRM June 1, 2009 Jessica Tsai |
On the Scene: Users Converge Microsoft Convergence '09: Microsoft and its user groups extend face-to-face with @-to-@.  |
CRM June 1, 2009 Marshall Lager |
Investing in Knowledge Management Financial software developer Advent uses InQuira to show it's what you know and who you know.  |
InternetNews June 16, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Dasient Opens Beta of Anti-Malware for Servers Servers need their security protection, too, and Dasient plans to deliver it today as it emerges from stealth mode.  |
InternetNews June 16, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Microsoft Takes a Swing at Click Fraud in Search Microsoft targets alleged fraudsters after an 18-month-long investigation that involved auto insurance, World of Warcraft and a problem endemic in the paid listings space.  |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2009 Tim Beyers |
What to Do When Tech Tanks Tech is likely to tank -- because history says that it must. What can you do to prepare yourself?  |
Bank Systems & Technology June 12, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Microsoft to Shelve Money Microsoft says increasing competition in the personal finance space from banks and others led to its decision to discontinue selling its Money software.  |
PHONE+ June 10, 2009 Khali Henderson |
Microsoft Certifies Interoute SIP Trunking for OCS Microsoft has certified Interoute as the first European service provider to supply SIP trunking for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Revision 2.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Scott Leibs |
Oracle Strikes Again The software maker's purchase of Sun Microsystems could be either boom or bust for IT departments.  |
Information Age May 19, 2009 Pete Swabey |
Oracle/Sun Combo Creates One of the Strongest Hands in IT $7.4 billion deal creates "applications to disk" mega vendor.  |
Information Age May 19, 2009 Pete Swabey |
Enterprise Adoption Takes Amazon Web Services by Surprise Enterprise IT departments are using the infrastructure of the world's leading online book retailer to add flexibility and scale to their applications.  |
Information Age May 19, 2009 Pete Swabey |
Is the IT Sector Mergers Market Thawing? Micro Focus' Borland buy and Open Text's acquisition of Vignette may represent the beginning of the post credit-crunch acquisition spree.  |
Information Age May 19, 2009 |
The IT Sector is Preparing for the Worst Optimism was in short supply as Microsoft and SAP revealed their latest financial figures. But the story was somewhat better in Europe.  |
Information Age May 19, 2009 |
Businesses in no Hurry to Adopt Windows 7 If Microsoft hopes the next iteration of its operating system will make up for the failings of Vista, it may be disappointed, according to one report.  |
Information Age May 19, 2009 JJ Robinson |
Demand for Software-as-a-Service Still Growing The software-as-a-service market will show consistent growth through 2013 when worldwide SaaS revenue will total $16 billion for the enterprise application markets, it says.  |
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 Mark Anderson |
Sun's Rock CPU Could Be a Gem for Oracle Upcoming processor first to use "transactional memory," a boon to programming multicore processors  |
Oracle Magazine Jul/Aug 2009 |
Partner News Oracle opens partner hub in conjunction with DNS Poland... Rolta unveils SOA today... STR Software automates printing of Oracle documents... Identigral adds Enterprise Single Sign-On with Passlogix' v-GO Suite... etc.  |
Oracle Magazine Jul/Aug 2009 Blair Campbell |
What Do Peers Want? No-surprises performance tuning, Oracle in Spanish, and collaboration tools top the list.  |
Bank Technology News June 2009 |
Ten Tech Companies to Watch This year's list recognizes the reality that triumph via acquisition, the eminence of efficiency, and security and soundness are themes that dominant many conversations.  |
Bank Technology News June 2009 Daniel Wolfe |
Metavante's Affinity for FinanceWorks The recession's hastened vendor consolidation and awakened entire generations of worried consumers who want real-time automated info on their finances.  |
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