Monthly Archives: May 2008
What Can Developers Hope for from Microsoft-Yahoo?
With some sort of Microsoft-Yahoo deal back in the works, I can only think about what, if anything, it could mean for developers. OK,...
How We Bank on Transparent Managed-File Transfer at New York Life
Brand management is an important function at many companies. One significant threat to a company's brand is a data breach, which breaks the trust...
VMware Builds Services for VDI
VMware is looking to create new standards for building virtualized desktop computing.The Palo Alto, Calif., virtualization vendor is launching new services May 19 that...
Ingres Open-Sources RAD Tool
Ingres has bowed to the wishes of its partners by providing an open-source version of its OpenRoad rapid application development platform as a free...
Workday Introduces ERP as a Service
Those looking for signs that Web 2.0 applications are becoming an increasingly dominant part of enterprise IT systems need look no further than Workday.The...
Why Virtualization Is Becoming Strategic
LAS VEGAS -- VMware CTO Steve Herrod will explain in a keynote address at EMC World May 19 that while most organizations originally set...
OECD Calls for Action on IP Address Depletion
We first started hearing about the coming depletion of IPv4 addresses back in the '90s, and many scoffed at the notion. Sure enough, the...
Dell Appoints New CFO
Dell's chief financial officer is leaving the company and being replaced by the former head of a plastics company that had been part of...
The Web Is No Place for Arm Twisting
The phenomenon of "cyberbullying" is a hot topic of late. Teens are taking the hazing, teasing and gossip-mongering that used to be confined to...
Wetpaint Gives Web Sites Social Publishing Injection
Wetpaint.com, a leading provider of white-label social networks for media companies and others looking to make their sites more personal, has turned its social...