http://www.networkworld.com/topics/applications.html The latest application news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-enterprise-software-licensing-negotiations.html For any business today, purchasing enterprise software ( ERP, CRM, BI and supply chain apps) is probably unlike any other corporate activity. Thomas Wailgum 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-health-20-meets-government.html Stepping into the recent Health 2.0 conference in Boston, one is startled by the optimism of the presenters and attendees. One would be tempted to ask if they knew what year it was and if they had any recollection of the economic crash they had just barely survived. Steve Patterson 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-jaspersoft-pushes-unlimited-access-bi.html Open-source BI (business intelligence) vendor JasperSoft said Tuesday it is offering an unlimited-use purchase option to customers worldwide. Chris Kanaracus 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-coradiant-symphoniq-assets.html Coradiant acquires for an undisclosed sum the assets of client-side application performance management vendor Symphoniq. Denise Dubie 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-no-sign-of-n-korean.html Nothing in the code of the malware used to attack a wide array of U.S. and South Korean government and high-profile Web sites indicates the campaign is backed by North Korea, a noted botnet researcher said today. Gregg Keizer 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-analysts-google-has-muscle-for.html Analysts say that Google Inc. is one of the few -- or only -- companies in a position to take on Microsoft in the operating system business. Sharon Gaudin 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-safari-402-update-fixes-stability.html Apple on Wednesday updated its Safari Web browser to version 4.0.2. According to Apple's notes, the update improves the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine and includes the latest compatibility and security fixes. Jonathan Seff 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-forrester-expands-software-bill-of.html Rampant vendor consolidation, the rise of SaaS (software as a service) and other factors have prompted Forrester Research to add 11 entries to its "Enterprise Software Licensee's Bill of Rights," a list of privileges the analyst firm believes customers should be entitled to throughout the software selection, implementation and production lifecycle. Chris Kanaracus 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-recover-lost-form-data-in.html Raise your hand if this has happened to you: After filling in (filling out?) a lengthy Web form, you click Next or Save or whatever, and poof: your browser crashes, the server times out, your Internet connection dies--in other words, all your hard work is gone. Rick Broida 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-ciocoms-it-job-search.html Searching for a Job in a Recession Meridith Levinson 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00