Recent Articles
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Microsoft’s Anti-Virus Strategy Keeps Users Guessing
One year after it surprised rivals and partners by jumping into the anti-virus market, Microsoft Corp. still has no clear AV strategy, and users are still hanging on to the promise of integrated Windows protection. The company’s sluggish AV development is a far cry from the plans Microsoft trumpeted when it acquired the Romanian company…
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PLM Services Options Morph
Manufacturers evaluating software to manage product information from inception through retirement are getting several new options to consider, thanks to a couple of mergers and a new offering from IBM. The goal of each option is to give companies a better handle on product information to improve design, manufacturing, marketing and servicing of those products.…
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Net Management in Supercomm’s Limelight
To give carriers and their enterprise customers ways to make better use of the vast amount of network capacity available today, vendors are developing products that add more control to traffic, bandwidth and services management. At this year’s Supercomm conference in Chicago, VocalData Inc. will roll out its latest data application server, which has an…
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MS Software Assurance Versus Red Hat Network
It’s rather interesting, really. I know many people who hate both Microsoft’s Software Assurance plan and Red Hat’s Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network. They’re similar plans. You pay your money and you get all of the goodness both companies can give you for their respective software for a year or three. But…
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Business IM Vendors Look for Answers, Profits
Two purveyors of popular IM (instant messaging) clients are taking their leave from the enterprise market. According to analysts, what is a retreat for some will be an opportunity for established players. First, Yahoo on Friday pulled the plug on its enterprise version of its free instant-messaging client, Yahoo! Business Messenger. Next, America Online Inc.…
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Microsoft Business Solutions Updates Great Plains Suite
Microsoft Business Solutions—the small and mid-sized business applications arm of Microsoft Corp.— announced on Monday the availability of Great Plains 8.0. According to the company, the upgraded suite comes with some 120 enhancements that amount to more functionality for distribution, manufacturing and project accounting; better usability throughout the suite; and integration with the Microsoft’s Portal…
