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RSS TIMUsers tell SAP "we need to talk more"
News Tim Noble, SAP's UK managing director told the conference: "My goal is to further strengthen our relationship with the user group. SAP needs to better communicate with customers about the products in its portfolio as... [25 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com makes more friends in the cloud
News BMC Software and CA have both teamed up with Salesforce.com to produce applications that are built and run on the latter's Force.com platform. The tie-ups were announced at Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce user conference in San... [20 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com plans social networking for business
News Salesforce.com has unveiled a technology that it says will bring the functionality of consumer technologies such as Facebook and Twitter to the business world. Salesforce Chatter, pencilled in for a launch in the second quarter of 2010,... [19 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment In an exclusive interview, former MySQL boss and silicon.com Agenda Setter, Marten Mickos talks to Tim Ferguson about the state of open source, Oracle's plans to buy Sun Microsystems and the value of working with people... [19 Nov 2009]
How CIOs can achieve post-recession success
Comment In an exclusive interview, silicon.com reporter Tim Ferguson spoke to Chui about the report he co-authored on how CIOs can overcome the significant challenges posed by the business world emerging from the global... [18 Nov 2009]
Future mobiles, Windows 7, iPhone apps and the latest gadgets
Photo October saw silicon.com cast its eye over the top iPhone apps for business. Shown above is the Skype app which allows users to make calls and send instant messages to anyone else with a Skype account for free. [12 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News Virtualisation? So I get to put on a funky headset and walk around a simulated landscape shooting aliens? Okay, enough with the virtual reality of yesteryear. We're talking about virtualisation in terms of the creation of a virtual... [11 Nov 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News The tool, called Shoutbox, also allows users to comment on their bets and challenge friends on their buddy lists to bets via Facebook and Twitter.bwin.com is used by more than 20 million users globally Screenshot: Tim... [23 Oct 2009]
Top 10 DMVs for Easier SQL Server Monitoring
White Paper In this Quest Software Pain-of-the-Week webcast, join SQL Server experts Tim Ford and Brent Ozar as they discuss the most valuable DMVs, and how to use them. Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) don't have to be mysterious! [23 Oct 2009]
Discover the Hidden Treasures in Quest's Solutions for SQL Server
White Paper SQL Server experts Brent Ozar and Tim Ford reveal undocumented procedures, tips and tricks that make SQL Server do things it wasn't intended to do - but will help you make your life easier! In this Quest Software... [23 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News It's never been easy being green, especially when it comes to electricity-hungry IT infrastructure. And in the midst of a recession, with cost cutting a priority, it's easy to let slide worthy targets such as becoming carbon neutral -... [22 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet Ah, Windows 7. I remember that - didn't it come after Windows 6? There was never a Windows 6, you fool. Windows 7 is the follow-up to Microsoft's current desktop operating system, Windows Vista and it's released this week. [20 Oct 2009]
Photos: Sony unleashes latest Vaios - from mini laptops to touchscreens
Photo Last week saw Sony unveil its new range of Vaio PCs - launched to coincide with the release of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system on 22 October. The X Series mini-laptop, shown here, is one of the lightest in the world, according to... [14 Oct 2009]
Google unleashes biggest ever Apps rollout for 35,000 users
News Business support services company Rentokil Initial has signed up for the biggest enterprise deployment of Google Apps to date. The implementation of Google Apps Premier Edition will eventually cover 35,000 of the company's users across... [12 Oct 2009]
How a tech 'watch list' can save CIOs from being caught out
News Companies should create their own "technology watch lists" so they know when cutting-edge technology is ready for widespread adoption - and also to keep the CIO from being ambushed by other execs. Research company Forrester said... [12 Oct 2009]
