The perils of becoming a cloud software developer
SaaS vendors and Web-based businesses such as Twitter are opening their APIs to third-party developers. But are their platform offerings strong enough to build on?
Intel's ridiculous antitrust defense
The giant chipmaker claims that European regulators are violating its human rights. What a crock... more
Oracle 11g R2 database coming in September
Long-awaited update to Oracle's flagship database is expected to make improvements in the areas of grid computing, storage management, and clustering... more
Critical Randall C. Kennedy risks derailing Windows 7 launch
A supposed product bug has old fears surfacing. Is it a bug, a feature, or tabloid journalism?... more
Catbird and McAfee address security in the new datacenter
V-Security and ePO will provide a joint solution offering that integrates security for both physical and virtual environments... more
W3C bridging knowledge organization systems to linked data
Semantic Web standard enables query refinement to make it easier to find relevant documents and information... more
Red Hat, IBM, Novell major contributors to exploding Linux kernel development
A report shows a 10 percent increase in the number of developers contributing to each Linux kernel release cycle... more
Skanks for nothing: Google must identify 'anonymous' blogger
Model Liskula Cohen has forced Google to hand over the name of an anonymous blogger who defamed her. Is this the end of free speech on the Net?... more
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- Red Hat, IBM, Novell major contributors to exploding Linux kernel development ...
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- W3C bridging knowledge organization systems to linked data ...
Sustainable IT by Ted Samson
Green report: Downloading music isn't always best
Factor in end-user preference and behavior, and digital downloads aren't always eco-friendliest... more
Cloud Computing by dlinthicum
The cloud computing revolution will not be televised
There will be no 'quick switch.' Cloud computing will instead phase in over time.... more
The Gripe Line by Christina Wood
Where's Adobe's advanced support?
One reader is driven to extreme measures while trying to resolve his company's problems with Adobe CS4 Production... more
Advice Line by Bob Lewis
The world's quickest course in business change management
Employees don't naturally resist change. They do, however, naturally resist changes they... more
Enterprise Desktop by Randall C. Kennedy
Will desktop Linux ever grow up?
The adolescent antics of this wannabe Windows killer are getting stale... more
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A Guide to Understanding Messaging Archiving
This analyst paper by Osterman Research discusses the several reasons to implement a messaging archiving system and provide an overview of ten vendors whose offerings are focused squarely on the archiving space. more
SpringSource enables Java cloud apps
Company unveils the Cloud Foundry platform for enterprise cloud deployments more
Survey: App dev budgets increasing
Tough economic times not stopping software builders from investing in mission-critical development projects more
Palm opens up third-party webOS apps beta program
Move could help make the Palm Pre a more meaningful competitor to the iPhone more
SQL injection attacks led to massive data breaches
Details about the attacks at Heartland and Hannaford could spur focus on Web app security more
Oracle offers virtualization template tool
Company looks to make it easier to leverage virtualization more
The 10 stupidest tech company blunders
Some of the most promising products and services never came to be. Here are our picks for the biggest missed opportunities in the history of technology. more
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