Monthly Archives: November 2004
The Science of Business Intelligence
Bernard Liautaud has led business intelligence software developer Business Objects S.A. since its inception in 1990. Liautaud sat down with eWEEK Senior Writer Dennis...
Qualcomm Dials in SOAs
In many fast-growing companies, with multiple technology platforms and myriad workers and customers needing access to data and applications, IT problems can mount quickly....
Messaging, Calendar Apps Boost Firefox
Firefox is a stand-alone browser, but the Mozilla Foundation is developing messaging and calendaring applications that can be used with Firefox. eWEEK Labs ongoing...
RIM, Seven Gain Support
New partnerships will give enterprise users more options for managing data on mobile devices.
With last weeks announcement that Sprint Corp. will support Research In...
SecureCore Foils Attacks Using Memory Protection
Most security vendors have moved away from signature-based detection of attacks to behavior or anomaly-based solutions, but a small group of companies has eschewed...
GPL 3 to Take on IP, Patents
With a relatively hostile environment that has pitted proprietary software against open source as a backdrop, the Free Software Foundation, the steward of the...
PortBrowser Eases OpenBSD Tasks
OpenBSD boxes typically arent configured to run with graphical interfaces. However, I find that a GUI makes certain tasks much easier. For instance, browsing...
Its About Time the GPL Was Revised
In a way, its surprising that it has taken the Free Software Foundation so long to decide to revise the GNU General Public License,...
Patents Should Meet BASIC Tests of Reason
It sounded like the worst sort of sophomoric parody, worthy of the most rabidly anti-Microsoft blog, but it turned out to be the literal...
Cooper Cameron, ICG Commerce Deal Centers on E-Procurement
Cooper Cameron Corp., a multibillion-dollar maker of oil and gas pressure equipment, has inked a multiyear deal with ICG Commerce for e-procurement across materials,...