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Analysis: Using Mobile Computing Strategically

May 30, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Today, mobile workers can access information just about everywhere. While benefits move beyond better productivity, CIOs are streamlining business processes and enabling better communication and... Read more...

Editor's Corner

November 13, 2006 — 8:01pm ET


Just a quick reminder for anyone who's interested in high-availability networks: this afternoon at 2 pm EST, I'll be hosting a free webinar, "Service Availability Forum: Towards Standardized HA Middleware". This webinar will discuss the background behind the …

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Editor's Corner

November 9, 2006 — 8:01pm ET


With Windows Vista having gone gold, some of you may be fearing that our usual flood of Vista-related stories will slow to a trickle. Fear not! I'm currently working on a feature that …

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Higgins ID project gets new roadmap

September 14, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

New software for integrating identity, profile and relationship data from disparate systems is scheduled to ship next summer from a group of researchers at IBM, Novell, Parity Communications and others. They'll first have middleware, dubbed the Identity Attribute Service, which merges unrelated and geographically widespread data into a single virtual credential. The project team plans to support a variety of industry standards, platforms and programming languages.

For more on identity:
- read this Network World article

Using POSIX in Windows for UNIX services

September 6, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Windows shops that occasionally need Unix tools might be well served by Posix. Posix is middleware that makes Unix applications think they're running on a Unix operating system when it's actually Windows. This used to be called Interix, but with the advent of the Vista era, Microsoft is renaming it Subsystem for Unix Applications. That's not as much fun to say but it requires less explanation. Name aside, Posix has some quirks, but it also has some handy tools for porting your own …

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Energy department offers grid toolkit

August 22, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Argonne National Laboratory engineers are releasing a new version of their open-source toolkit for building technical software with real-time communications features. Access Grid Toolkit is coded in the Python language and now has fuller and easier-to-use middleware along with stronger support for industry standards like FTP, SSL, XML and the de facto standard that is Jabber's enterprise instant messaging system, officials from the U.S. Department of Energy lab explained.

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IBM revamps Linux and open-source push

August 15, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Open code is hardly just about Linux, so IBM will invest heavily to make open-source a serious part of its software and services portfolio, officials said at the LinuxWorld conference. Client-side middleware, data-related servers, development tools, grids, hardware architecture, online application servers and systems management are some of the areas where IBM open-source code will be more important in the near future. As for Linux itself, IBM has 15,000 business customers and is also …

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Oracle enters biz process management zone

August 3, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Oracle is giving customers a new business process management suite, but this time it's by licensing, not by acquisition. The suite will be an Oracle-branded version of IDS Scheer's product called Aris Platform. It will integrate with Oracle's existing Fusion middleware and Process Manager software, officials explained. (Why not an acquisition? Because IDS is also a big partner of Oracle rival SAP.)

For more on Oracle:
- read this InfoWorld …

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Oracle bolsters data warehouse technology

July 26, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Oracle's latest data archiving software, Warehouse Builder 10g Release 2, has new features for ensuring data quality, designing databases, preparing best practices in wizard form, COBIT compliance support and support for non-Oracle databases. CRM and ERP middleware is also available. Pricing with options is in the low five-figures, but Warehouse Builder will be bundled with the 10g database.

For more on warehousing:
- see this InformationWeek article

Salesforce.com syncs into big biz with SAP R/3

July 16, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Salesforce.com, in its constant battle to move up-market, is now introducing middleware for connecting its hosted CRM software with SAP's R/3 resource planning software. The upgrade will be available July 30. That feature works in conjunction with the new Salesforce Summer '06 edition, which is basically version 20 of the software. Also new in this version are call scripting and lead-tracking features, plus regulatory compliance tools.

For more on the upgrade:
- take a look at this IDG News article

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