Monthly Archives: March 2008
SMBs Lacking BI
After years of preaching about the value of business intelligence applications to help people run their businesses better, one of the dirty little secrets...
Politics Warms Up Tech Policy Summit
LOS ANGELES-The scene was all Hollywood but the talk was pure Washington as the Tech Policy Summit-the annual confab of Capitol Hill policy wonks...
DSLs Lead Development Paradigm Shift
LAS VEGAS-The software development world needs to move from the current phase of using static, procedural languages and frameworks to one of language-oriented programming.Speaking...
Analysts: Motorola’s Handset Spinout Raises Prospects for Core Units
Like a bitter partner after a nasty divorce, the businesses that make up half of Motorola's $37 billion in revenue may think "good riddance"...
Sun, IBM Hook Up on Mainframe Storage
IBM and Sun Microsystems, rivals when it comes to selling open-standards enterprise storage systems, have found a patch of common ground on which to...
Analyst: Google is Hijacking Affiliates’ Revenue
Bloggers were torn about whether Google's search-within-search box was harming publishers and retailers, as was suggested in this March 24 New York Times piece.A...
OSBC Panel Looks at the Future of the OS
The future of the operating system took center stage at the Open Source Business Conference here March 25, as a panel of vendor representatives...
Skype Bolsters Security
There are plenty of reasons for penny-pinchers to love Skype, but with a history of security issues and an inability to lock them down,...
Report: Subscriptions to Surge for Open-Source Licensing
Open source has it all over traditional software when it comes to cost, flexibility and freedom from vendor lock-in. According to a new study...
When Will We Get Our Own WiMax Links?
If you want broadband Internet connectivity, chances are you use a DSL, or cable-modem-based landline connection at home or a T1, T3 or frame-relay...