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Apex Release Moves Salesforce.com Beyond CRM Roots
With its winter ’07 release event in San Francisco on Jan. 16, it’s safe to say Salesforce.com is no longer primarily in the customer relationship management business. The winter ’07 release brought with it the first glimpse of Salesforce.com’s proprietary (though Java-based) programming language and development platform, dubbed Apex. That first look-see for developers—the beta…
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Vista Launches with Plenty of Third-Party Anti-virus Options
Calming concerns that there might not be enough specialized security programs available to protect users of Microsoft’s Windows Vista, a range of the company’s security partners have launched anti-virus, anti-spam and Web content-filtering technologies designed for the operating system. The launches took place during the week of Jan. 15, so as to coincide with the…
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Banks to Deliver Personal Health Records Online
The Medical Banking Project plans to announce a program later this year that will use banks’ Web portals to deliver personal health care information online. Advocates of online PHRs (personal health records) believe making such information more accessible will make for better-informed and healthier patients. Various groups are already investing in technology to use information…
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Cirba Launches Latest Version of Its Data Center Software
Cirba, a data center intelligence software developer, has released the latest version of its product that will offer a number of enhancements and tools for IT managers looking to keep better track of data center assets. The Ontario, Canada, company’s software, called Data Center Intelligence, allows data center managers to keep view and keep reports…
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Coalition Offers Doctors Free Electronic Prescriptions
The next time your doctor writes you a prescription, she may reach for a mouse instead of a pen. A coalition of companies including Cisco, Dell, Google, Intel and Microsoft have banded together to let physicians write prescriptions over the Internet. In addition to warning of potential interactions between drugs, e-prescribing systems can guide doctors…
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Symantec Ships New Veritas Storage Software for Windows
Data storage and security provider Symantec on Jan. 17 began shipping Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 High Availability for Windows, a feature-packed enterprise storage software package that delivers high-end data and application availability for Microsoft Windows environments. It combines two existing products—Storage Foundation for Windows and Veritas Cluster Server—for the first time with enhanced usability tools…
