application performance in comment and analysis
Minority Report: Apple alienating App Store developers?
Comment Then in the last couple of weeks, the company refused to allow an application called 'Pull my Finger' to be downloaded. There was the famous 'I am Rich' application that cost $999.99 and did nothing. And... [16 Sep 2008]
The rise and rise of Infor
Comment For Oracle the answer seems obvious, it has made its own database and application server the core of its fusion strategy. The portfolio it has amassed relies on a wide range of disparate databases,... [06 Aug 2008]
Woolly risk analysis is hastening a housing crash
Comment This fact will help in the application of new qualitative judgements based on sound, risk-based assessment and evidenced by corresponding documentation. Performance reporting of loans in their initial... [03 Jul 2008]
How many people will it take to fill Gates' shoes?
Comment John Shewchuk According to Microsoft, Shewchuck "leads the Project Zurich architecture and strategy teams, which are focused on extending Microsoft's .NET application development technologies to the internet 'cloud'. [24 Jun 2008]
Name that tune...the rise of Shazam
Comment That's the great thing about the Shazam application - it is one of those pieces of technology that really exploits what the mobile device has to offer," he explains. The company's business started life seven years ago as... [12 Jun 2008]
Richard Williams
CIO Profile As AstraZeneca CIO - a role he took up in April 2006 - Williams is responsible for worldwide application development, information management, tech infrastructure and telecommunications at the company. [11 Jun 2008]
E-tailers beware: OFT web sweep is imminent
Comment The regulations have been with us since 2000 but interpretation and application of the rules have not been consistent. It is very important therefore to be clear about delivery and performance... [14 Dec 2007]
How closely are you monitoring?
Comment Systems management tools will often include the necessary monitoring functions to let IT managers view many different facets of a computing infrastructure, from the lower levels of the computing stack, where IP traffic is routed around,... [10 Dec 2007]
Getting more out of the net
Comment There are also providers of in-the-cloud services such as Akamai, whose recently released web and IP Application Accelerator services can maximise performance between any two end points on the internet... [02 Nov 2007]
The tech requirements of private equity funds
Comment Virtual data room technology (VDR) is an area of technology application that has proved an extremely cost efficient, secure application for private equity. Databases have to provide up-to-date... [20 Aug 2007]
BI for all
Comment The most notable is the Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet which continues to be the most popular application for working with data due to its familiar interface and ubiquitous presence on desktops. These factors are made... [18 Jul 2007]
Network horror stories expose need for understanding
Comment To be able to quickly pinpoint network issues, it is critical to analyse and isolate problems pertaining to both the network and application performance. Then there are the thousands of employees who... [12 Apr 2007]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Itanium - what's in a name?
Comment Addressing the lack of applications, the Itanium Solutions Alliance recently announced that more than 10,000 applications have been ported to various operating systems on the Itanium processor, a 50 per cent increase in the... [06 Nov 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Drop those bad habits
Comment When we want a new service, we typically develop a new application, put it on its own server, plug that into our network and voila - another separate silo to manage, another bit of kit to service, more floor space taken up. [13 Jun 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: How Linux is hurting Microsoft
Comment For example, an application can be developed to run on the JBoss application server, and it is only when it comes to deployment time that the purchasing department becomes aware of the need to buy a... [12 May 2006]
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