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Gartner looks into its IT crystal ball

Gartner looked into its crystal ball for this year and found plenty of changes coming in IT. The world is changing pretty fast and this will mean smaller tools to do the job and new directions for Read more...

Microsoft's new CIO has a very big job

It's not so easy being #1, especially if all eyes are on you as Microsoft's new CIO. Tony Scott, 56, Microsoft's new CIO, will direct the company's global IT organization. He will oversee worldwide Read more...

Breaking the rules

When it comes to dealing with software, sometimes breaking the rules makes sense. For example, forget the idea that software must always be financed from the capital expenditures budget rather Read more...

Second Life hack puts users' data at risk

A hole in commercial software used on servers supporting the fantasy multiplayer game site, Second Life, let hackers have access to the confidential data of over 650,000 users. The site has Read more...

Commercial apps predicted to die off

It's a pretty bold statement to make, but an open source tech titan says commercial software is going to fade away with services taking the industry by storm. That was the statement made by Greg Read more...

Vista delayed until next year

While it probably surprised some, the news that Microsoft's Vista won't be out on the shelves for businesses until January 2007 is not a good announcement for consultants, services providers and Read more...

Press Releases

Embarcadero Introduces AppWave, A Free Platform for Delivering Self-Service "One-Click" Access to PC Software

Over 250 Free PC Apps Available Such as OpenOffice and Adobe Acrobat Reader SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Embarcadero Technologies, a leading provider of database and application development Read more >>

OpSource Announces Availability of Cloud Software, Providing Flexible Licensing of Enterprise Software

New Cloud Software offerings provide hourly and monthly licensing of leading enterprise software products SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cloud Expo – OpSource, Inc., Dimension Data’s Read more >>

Asia Capital Reinsurance Chooses Revolution Analytics to Solve Big Data Challenges

Leading Financial Services Company Analyzing Complex Data and Generating Business Insights with RevoDeployR and RevoScaleR PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Revolution Analytics, the leading Read more >>

Jaspersoft Open Source Reporting Now Available for Eclipse Developers

With Jaspersoft Studio, developers can build, share, and manage reports for free in the most popular Java development environmentSAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Jaspersoft, maker of the Read more >>

New SOASTA CloudTest Pro Delivers the World’s Largest Performance Testing Platform

Performance Test Professionals Can Now Leverage Private, Public and Hybrid Cloud Resources to Affordably Test Web and Mobile Applications at Scale MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SOASTA, the Read more >>