Monthly Archives: June 2006
SAP Fights Off Oracle in CRM Market
SAP still brings home more dollars from its CRM software business than anyone else, but Oracle is closing in on the German giant.
Last year,...
Microsoft Patches Critical Windows Flaws
Microsoft released 12 individual security patches on June 13, addressing a handful of critical problems in Windows along with several less serious issues.
As previously...
Borland Increases Support for Microsoft Development Platform
BOSTON—Borland Software announced it has strengthened its application lifecycle management support for the Microsoft .Net environment at the Microsoft TechEd conference here.
Cupertino, Calif.-based Borland...
Palamida Gets More Funding
Palamida, a provider of software intellectual property management and compliance products and services, has announced a new round of venture capital financing and listed...
IBM Announces SOA Business Catalog
IBM is doing its part in furthering the service-oriented architecture movement. The company announced June 13 its namesake SOA Business Catalog, a services repository...
Google Earth Has a 3-D Soapbox
Google Earth's become a forum for editorializing via Google SketchUp, a relatively new feature that lets you create 3-D images that appear on Google...
Google Maps Gets Corporate
Google's unveiled an updated version of Google Maps, its mapping feature.Along with all the new bells and whistles, there's also now fee-based licensing and...
When Google Becomes Pay-to-Play
Imagine paying to use Google search.The notion is deservedly absurd right now. But that landmark day may come, and it may be traced to...
Microsoft: Office 2007 Addresses Bloat Issue
BOSTON—Microsoft Office developers have long been aware of user concerns about bloat in the product, and they have been conducting extensive research and usability...
Courion Advances Provisioning Automation Software
Authentication software specialist Courion introduced June 12 a product aimed at helping companies automate the process of defining IT systems access privileges.Dubbed Courion RoleCourier,...