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New Business Objects Release Integrates Crystal Technology
Business Objects S.A. announced Tuesday its XI release, the fulfillment of the product roadmap the company laid out after it acquired Crystal Decisions Inc....
Microsoft, MBC and the Problem of Counterfeit Software
MBC Enterprises LLC and Microsoft Corp. are now headed back to trial over allegations of buying and selling counterfeit software after MBC won its...
Entourage, Evolution Boost Mail Exchange on Mixed Platforms
With e-mail still providing the backbone of most corporate communications, the lack of Microsoft Corp. Exchange Server clients on Mac OS and Linux platforms...
MPC Aims NetFrame 4620 at Midmarket
MPC Computers is targeting government and midmarket customers with its newest NetFrame server, the dual-processor 4620.The system runs the latest Xeon processors from Intel,...
IBM Ups Intelligence Quotient
IBM wants to become the dominant player in information management and, to do it, is planning an aggressive push deeper into business intelligence. But...
BI Solutions, Products on Tap
As IBM drives deeper into the intelligence space, steering the strategy is Karen Parrish, vice president of worldwide business intelligence solutions. Parrish sat down...
FormServer Builds and Delivers Rich Surveys
By uniquely using graphics and a drag-and-drop forms builder, BenQ Quask Corp.s FormServer eases the creation and deployment of surveys.Click here to read the...
Pleasing Users Isnt Easy
In a column last October, I warned builders of systems that users literally dont see things unrelated to what the users are trying to...
Say No to Bad Code
"So, Charles, tell me: How are your computer systems running?"
"Quite excellently, James, quite excellently. For months now, Ive seen neither hide nor hair of...
Developers Get Team Tools
As Microsoft Corp. readies its new application development tool set for team development, a raft of Java and other platform tool vendors are delivering...