June 28, 2006
Are the customers of companies Oracle acquired warming up to their new vendor?
June 27, 2006
Making sure end users benefit from strong application performance is an art -- one that requires many tools, IT executives say.
June 26, 2006
Dashboards are all the rage among IT managers who want a quick way to see how the systems and processes that support the business are performing.
June 21, 2006
The burden of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance is pushing some companies to consider going private, a new study reports.
June 14, 2006
IBM is launching new consulting services aimed at helping companies maximize their R&D investments.
June 13, 2006
Finnish airline Finnair is using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to streamline ground operations at Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport.
June 12, 2006
SOA Software announced it has received $11 million in new venture funding.
June 08, 2006
The National Retail Federation encouraged retailers at its annual loss prevention conference to share information about their most damaging shoplifting incidents and fraud cases.
May 23, 2006
There will be a sharp uptake in network activity among retailers over the next few years, but retailers are going to have to strengthen their network knowledge if they are to make the best investments, according to new research.
May 17, 2006
Yesterday Infor announced plans to acquire SSA Global. Today SAP is doing the buying.
May 16, 2006
German ERP vendor Infor is acquiring SSA Global in a deal worth an estimated $1.36 billion. When combined, the companies say Infor will be the third-largest applications vendor.
May 12, 2006
Businesses have been looking for relief from Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, and it appears the governing bodies may be considering modifications to their rules and guidelines related to SOX.
May 09, 2006
Last week Goldman Sachs predicted consolidation among vendors with service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology. This week SOA Software affirmed the trend by announcing its plans to purchase Blue Titan Software.
May 05, 2006
Cast Iron Systems this week released two new versions of its integration appliances, which are aimed at helping companies complete straightforward application integration projects quickly and without breaking the bank.
In its latest IT spending survey, released today, Goldman Sachs reports that adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology isn't yet mainstream, but it's consistent with deployment levels reported a year ago by survey respondents.
May 01, 2006
The availability of a five-cent RFID tag has long been touted as a milestone necessary to make item-level RFID tagging an affordable option for retailers and consumer goods manufacturers.
April 28, 2006
I wrote about Caribou Coffee and its new POS rollout this week. The company, which is based in my hometown, Minneapolis, is in the middle of a project to deploy new IBM terminals and kiosks in its 400 coffee shops.
April 26, 2006
IBM this week unveiled a bundle of hardware, software and services aimed at putting grid computing technology within reach of small and midsize businesses.
April 24, 2006
Hampton Products International is an early customer of software maker Mitrix, which offers a suite of hosted supply chain management software.
April 21, 2006
Venture capitalists continue to commit funds to SOA vendors. The latest recipient is Cape Clear Software, which makes an enterprise service bus (ESB) designed to help companies assemble, deploy, integrate and manage composite applications.
April 20, 2006
The telecommuting population is rising as traditional companies allow more employees to work from home. Adding to the trend is the emergence of businesses built around home-based employees, such as virtual call centers.
April 18, 2006
Companies are looking for ways to centralize and automate more financial processes, but outsourcing finance operations isn't in the cards for many enterprises, according to new research.
April 17, 2006
Desktop search tools make life a lot easier for end users -- but not necessarily IT.
April 13, 2006
Qualcomm talked to Network World last year about its efforts to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Today the chipmaker talks about round two of SOX compliance.
April 11, 2006
Human error was responsible for almost 60% of information security breaches last year, according to new research released today from the IT-focused association CompTIA.
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