Monthly Archives: September 2004
Salesforce.com Touts Customer-Service Apps
Seeking to diversify beyond its sales-force-automation roots, Salesforce.com on Wednesday introduced a new on-demand call center and help desk application service called Supportforce.com.
The new...
Microsoft Unleashes a Deluge of BI Goodies
ORLANDO, Fla.—Microsoft Corp. is flooding the BI market yet again.
This time around, the company is announcing new SQL Server Report Packs for Exchange and...
DBAs Leery About Letting the Masses Build Reports
ORLANDO, Fla.—Business intelligence a la Microsoft Corp.s steady stream of freebie BI tools is a Jekyll and Hyde situation for IT managers: They want...
NewsGator Gains Partners to Extend RSS Reach
News feed aggregator NewsGator Technologies has struck new partnerships to expand its enterprise sales and tie its online service with other desktop newsreaders.
NewsGator on...
OAT Suite Fuses RFID Framework, Middleware
OAT Foundation Suite 4.0, an RFID software product introduced at this weeks EPCglobal show, meets industry analysts definitions of both an RFID framework and...
IBM Claims Its Supercomputer Is Worlds Fastest
The two-year reign of the massive Earth Simulator as the fastest supercomputer in the world appears to be nearing an end.
IBM executives on Wednesday...
IP PBX Maker Bulks Up for Battle
Artisoft Inc., maker of the TeleVantage open-systems PBX, has acquired Vertical Networks Inc., a maker of distributed IP PBX systems for vertical markets, primarily...
Authorize.Net Battles Extortion Attempts
Corey Mandell knew things werent good when he got the ransom letter. Mandell had experienced such things before, and he knew that Authorize.Net, a...
Survey: Little IT in Doctors Offices
The first nationwide snapshot of IT use in physician offices shows that nearly 60% of solo and small practices used information technology in one...
Creative Licensing Scheme Grabs Artists Attention
Is the intellectual property licensing scheme known as Creative Commons picking up steam?
The answer, it seems, is a cautious "yes." And that—despite the organizations...