Enterprise Applications

Supreme Cout justices question some software patents

Some justices express skepticism about patents involving a trading platform tied to a computer

Tip of the Hat: Facebook’s Oculus buy a smart move

Whether the $2 billion deal to buy a startup proves successful isn't the point; tech companies must make bold moves to get 'the next big thing'

Nadella names Guthrie his successor to head Microsoft Cloud & Enterprise group

Microsoft's CEO also picked Phil Spencer to lead the Xbox team and said Stephen Elop will be in charge of devices

Healthcare.gov experiences maintenance outage on deadline day

Technicians took the site down in order to fix a software bug

China’s unsupported XP machines hold the potential to become a massive botnet army

Expert: It might make sense to help reluctant users to upgrade to something newer and more secure

SQL and NoSQL come together with new MariaDB Enterprise offerings

The products are based on MariaDB 10, which became generally available on Monday

Beyond Meritocracy: 6 Ways IT Employee Performance Evaluations Are Changing

The Grill: Rep. William Keating wants cross-sector data sharing

This cybersecurity-focused lawmaker wants cross-sector data sharing for faster response to cybersecurity threats.

Microsoft’s Word for iPad cracks top 10 in gross revenue

In-app subscriptions to Office 365 Home provide revenue, and Apple's 30%

Oracle doubles the speed of MySQL query handling

MySQL 5.7 can process twice as many query requests as the previous version could