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In his coversations, Peter Coffee learns that the challenges of keeping the infrastructure trains running on time isnt so much a chain of processes and results, but of rock solid dependability. Duration: 17:33 /zimages/6/28571.gifClick here to download this podcast. /zimages/6/28571.gif /util_get_image/1/0,3363,i=114836,00.gifTo subscribe to eWEEK podcasts, click here. /zimages/6/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest podcasts by […]

Salesforce.com has been an innovator in on-demand computing. It has stretched that paradigm further with AppExchange, a new platform that enables developers to build application modules into Salesforce.coms core CRM service. In this eWEEK Interview podcast, Salesforce.com vice president of developer marketing Adam Gross talks with eWEEK Editor Scot Petersen about the companys AppExchange platform […]

In his look at Gnome 2.14, Jason Brooks holds forth on new search capabilities and gives high marks to the Beagle application, while the conversation ranges into a compare and contrast with another popular Linux desktop, KDE. Duration: 8:25 /zimages/2/28571.gifClick here to download this podcast. /zimages/2/28571.gif /util_get_image/1/0,3363,i=114836,00.gifTo subscribe to eWEEK podcasts, click here. /zimages/2/28571.gifCheck out […]

The MSN team is working on a new Windows Live service, code-named Live Drive, that will provide users with a virtual hard drive for storing hosted personal data. Microsoft archrival Google is developing similar technology, code-named Gdrive, according to information Google accidentally shared with analysts in early March. Googles Gdrive solution is expected to provide […]

Microsoft is still holding many specifics about Windows Vista—pricing among them—close to the vest. But the Redmond, Wash., companys reticence to talk isnt stopping company watchers from speculating. Goldman Sachs & Co. analyst Rick Sherlund issued a research note earlier in April, noting that Goldman is now figuring Microsoft could garner an extra $1.5 billion […]

Its hard to draw the “stop testing” line with configuration management tools. I could spend all day (and, in fact, I have—several times) going through the screens of relevant and useful data generated by Configuresofts ECM (Enterprise Configuration Manager) 4.8. During my recent tests, the software tracked changes made to Windows, Linux and Unix servers, […]

Softricitys SoftGrid 4.0 offers reliable application delivery while eliminating desktop conflicts. Click here to read the full review of Softricitys SoftGrid 4.0. 2 Softricitys SoftGrid 4.0 offers reliable application delivery while eliminating desktop conflicts. Released in March, SoftGrid 4.0 delivers applications using Microsofts Active Directory and application packaging technology that Softricity calls “sequencing.” Applications are […]

The Web crime wave is showing no signs of slowing down. In Ryan Naraines OnSecurity podcast interview with anti-virus pioneer Roger Thompson of Exploit Prevention Labs, Thompson discusses how zeroday exploits are getting more common, with crime syndicates in ex-Soviet countries leading the way; while rootkits are becoming the most prevalent intrusion into users machines. […]

Regarding your March 13 editorial, “Rebooting the Health Care Industry” (“IT for Better Health”), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Society for Quality are trying to make some headway on the problems with the health care system in the United States. Health care is big business, and that means big money. […]

Jason Brooks hit the nail on the head when he took Microsoft to task for not complying with the European Unions complaint about lack of cooperation (Our View, “Microsoft vs. the EU,” March 27). Unfortunately, he stopped short of carrying the story to its conclusion. While the lack of cooperation by Microsoft is well-chronicled, the […]

Microsoft is expected to roll out to testers, some time the week of April 17, a new test build of Windows Vista. Microsoft is expected to make available for download the new release, Build 5365, by Technology Adoption Program (TAP) and TechConnect testers this week, according to Vista testers. Build 5365 is not the build […]

/zimages/5/109549.jpg James Gosling, the creator of Java and chief technology officer of Sun Microsystems Developer Products group, believes Sun is leading the way to enabling developers to incorporate Asynchronous JavaScript and XML components into Web applications. But building those components is another story. In an interview with eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. Taft, Gosling discusses […]