Jim Rapoza

WINNER Unify Corp.NXJ 10.5 In the complex and developer-oriented world of BPM (business process management), Web services and SOAs (service-oriented architectures), usability and ease of deployment often can be overlooked. But Unifys NXJ 10.5 does such a good job of making it simple and fast for companies to create, model and deploy business processes that […]

WINNER Epiphany Inc. Epiphany Interaction Advisor E6 While CRM products are often concerned mainly with managing lists of current and potential customers, the key elements of retaining customers and increasing sales at the moment of purchase are often left out of many customer relationship management offerings. But this clearly is not the case with Epiphany […]

Finally the long winter is over, and our thoughts turn to warm-weather pursuits. Some people will plan beach vacations, while others will turn to hiking, fishing and other outdoor activities. Me? Im planning that truly American experience of going to a big amusement park. But which one? The quality of rides and the cost are […]

Like most knowledge workers, I spend a lot of time searching for information on Google. And it can be frustrating when a results link looks to be useful, but when I click on the link, it turns out to be a site aggregator or something not even related to the search topic. In these cases, […]

Most people tend to agree with the old adage: Knowledge is power. But there are some groups that think knowledge is a bad thing—knowledge on the part of others, at least—and these groups work hard to keep people in a state of blissful ignorance. Many software makers actively try to keep data under wraps—information about […]

In the enterprise, when talk turns to application servers and Web scripting languages, it often seems as if the entire world consists only of Java servers and .Net. But there are several other prominent technologies available for building Web applications, and businesses are well-advised to keep them in mind. PHP, used widely across the Web […]

PHP was designed from the ground up to be a scripting language for Web applications and to be easy to understand for anyone used to Perl, JavaScript or most other scripting languages. This short learning curve, along with the fact that PHP runs on any platform and installs easily with the popular Apache Web server, […]

The release last month of ColdFusion MX 7 is by far the biggest since the original MX release almost three years ago. That release saw ColdFusion move from a stand-alone server to one that ran on top of Java-based application servers. Click here to read the full review of ColdFusion MX 7. 2 The release […]

More and more businesses are relying heavily on digital media and content for describing or promoting their products—or they are touting digital media as a valuable product on its own. However, many of these companies have not yet taken steps to centrally manage and track their digital assets. Click here to read the full review […]

After I reviewed the 1.0 release of Firefox late last year, many people asked me if the Web browser was clearly the best browser option available and if I would recommend it unreservedly as the best on the market. I did use the word “best” in the review, but it applied very specifically: I said […]