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  • Microsoft Picks Washington, D.C., for 2010 WPC

    The 2010 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference is heading to the nation’s capital. The Washington Convention and Sports Authority announced this morning that it secured the annual gathering of more than 10,000 Microsoft reseller and independent software vendors. In a statement, Elliott Ferguson, president and CEO of Destination DC, said: "This is a huge win for…

  • IT Investments What IT Leaders are Whispering in Budget Meetings

    IT Investments What IT Leaders are Whispering in Budget Meetings IT is becoming more strategicThere is greater acknowledgement from business unit managers and staff of the importance of the IT function’s objectives to the business.53% agree19% strongly agree22% disagree No Title Impact of the Financial CrisisSurvey subjects were asked if increased pressures resulting from the…

  • A Leaner IT to Get More Strategic in 2010

    Business leaders may be looking to IT as more of a strategic tool rather than just a cost center as we enter into 2010, a year that many believe could bring an economic recovery. That’s because so many businesses put the clamp down on IT spending in 2009 during the deep global economic recession. And…

  • Google Revamps Search Engine for Real Time

    (Reuters) – Google Inc has revamped its search engine to allow results to be refreshed with up-to-the-second data increasingly churned out by the new crop of real-time Web products. The move to integrate real-time search results directly into Google’s flagship Web search product comes nearly two months after the company announced a partnership to license…

  • ERP Woes Today’s Apps Still Not Cutting It

    ERP Woes Today’s Apps Still Not Cutting It Enterprises Rely on ERPToday’s enterprises rely heavily on existing ERP to manage change and react quickly to market shifts and customer needs. IDC’s survey results show that a large number of today’s ERP implementations actually impede change because systems lack the necessary architectural agility to help companies…

  • Seagate Goes Public on Solid State Disk Drives

    Solid state disk drives (SSDs) are arguably the sexiest product in the current storage industry, but they’re also a very small part of the market. That should change in 2010, which is why HDD kingpin Seagate is officially announcing its entry into this market with the Pulsar. It’s been shipping the product to large OEMs…

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