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TechTracker: Office Open XML

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Office Open XML is Microsoft's successor to its proprietary Office document format. But is this a brave new standard or a sneaky bid for lock-in?

Project Management Keeps IT From Being a Victim of Success

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:19:00 EDT

Top IT shops have gone from being the No Police to the Frazzled Yes Guys. Project portfolio management can help stem the tide while keeping your hard-won reputation intact

Can IBM SMash Enterprise Mashup Security Fears?

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:13:00 EDT

IBM's new open-source SMash technology aims to help mashups authenticate their component Web services.

Top 10 Enterprise Management Tools

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:07:00 EST

The massive enterprise management vendor consolidation over the past several years means organizations have salespeople promising that their offerings can do everything well. While all certainly try, different products have strengths and weaknesses. We took a look at the major functional areas within enterprise management and picked our favorites in 10 key tech areas.

Rolling Review: Symantec i3, ASD and Insight Inquire

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

i3 suite holds its own in our Rolling Review.

Nortel Launches Conferencing Software Developed With Microsoft

Wed, 5 Dec 2007 19:28:00 EST

Intended to cut teleconferencing costs, it's the first standalone product from the ICA.

Is Zoho Beating Google at its Own Offline Game?

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:11:00 EDT

AdventNet has taken its Zoho Writer application offline with Google's Gears, but for now it's read-only.

Metastorm Buys Proforma to Converge BPM with Enterprise Architecture

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:46:00 EDT

The acquisition extends Metastorm's portfolio from implementation to design, but will it alienate CIF partners?

Catching the ECM Wave

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:55:00 EDT

The enterprise content management market is poised for growth, according to FileTek execs who cited the company's increased footprint in e-mail and fixed content management and new acquisitions.

IBM adds DataMirror to its Information Server

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:47:00 EDT

Big Blue is the latest big software vendor to buy a business intelligence startup.

BMC Gets Real... RealOps, That Is

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:20:00 EDT

BMC's latest purchase puts it in the forefront of IT process automation.

IBM Beefs Up Free Enterprise Search Tool

Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:34:00 EDT

A number of third-party enhancements are now available for the free, downloadable search tool IBM offers in partnership with Yahoo.

IBM, BEA Mash Up Line-of-Business Employees, Developers

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:16:00 EDT

As startups showcase their collaboration and RIA tools at Enterprise 2.0, IBM and BEA are embracing mashups in a big way. Both are demonstrating tools, due to ship next month, that they claim can empower nondevelopers to create useful business apps. What gives?

What is Enterprise 2.0?

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:59:00 EDT

RIAs and other new Web 2.0 communications technologies are hot, but applying them to the enterprise can be tricky. Six of the most active areas at this week's show were RSS Enablement, online office suites, mashup appliances, social bookmarking, wikis and all-in-one Web 2.0 appliances.

Analysis: Enterprise Search

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

New search appliances claim to be uniquely adapted to meet enterprise needs. We tested eight enterprise search products and analyzed the technology's security and architectural implications. Our take: The math just doesn't add up.

Adobe Apollo Gets New Name, Beta Release

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:19:00 EDT

Now called Adobe Integrated Runtime, Adobe AIR helps IT build Web applications that work like desktop apps.

Apple Reignites Browser War With Safari for Windows

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:50:00 EDT

Apple hopes that iPhone sales and Windows compatibility, not to mention faster performance on benchmarking tests, will boost Safari adoption by Windows users.

Review: Camino 1.5

Sat, 9 Jun 2007 00:00:30 EDT

With version 1.5, Camino now has all the features it needs to really compete with other Mac browsers.

SCA Applies SOA Principles to Apps Design

Fri, 8 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

The Service Component Architecture spec splits apps into loosely coupled components, which helps take advantage of multicore CPUs, bringing flexibility and interoperability.

Google Amps Apps Focus

Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

The company anticipates its new Google Gears open-source project will emerge as a standard for delivering offline Web applications.

Adobe LiveCyle Update Unites Flash, Acrobat

Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:23:00 EDT

The enterprise-focused suite helps companies build process-oriented applications with a big focus on a glitzy front end.

IT Starting To Pay Attention With Google Gears

Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:12:00 EDT

Open-source project focused on bringing offline capabilities to Web applications.

BMC Acquires ProactiveNet, Gains Analytics

Tue, 29 May 2007 17:07:00 EDT

Deal adds new capabilities to BMC's business service management software.

Brief: Strangeloop Targets .NET, Ajax Acceleration

Tue, 22 May 2007 16:01:00 EDT

AppScaler focuses on framework-specific application acceleration with new appliances.

Appian Launches Web 2.0-Driven BPM Suite

Tue, 22 May 2007 13:38:00 EDT

Ajax, RSS and Microsoft Office integrations target business-process tools to users, not just analysts and developers.