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Brampton Factor: Man and machine
Comment Martin Brampton discusses the complex relationship between humans and computers - and how to create reliable systems when we can't put complete faith in either. Computers and other automated systems are quite different from people but people are... [15 Aug 2006]
Will Linux eclipse Sun?
Comment It's like saying Bosch should stick to making washing machines, because selling car engine management systems and power tools as well confuses consumers. Sun Microsystems will never put Linux at the heart of its operating systems strategy, and... [23 Aug 2000]
Olympics diary: Stressed to the limits
Comment Things are going very well and our systems are holding their own against the heavy demand for information from the world's 21,500 journalists and broadcasters. Unlike the other sport events, the IT information systems for the journalists and... [25 Aug 2004]
Leader: E-government worsening digital divide?
Leader Electronic services have the potential to create new channels of communication with the public - and cut out lots of unnecessary costs by consolidating back-end systems and lowering transaction costs. [09 May 2005]
The Ovum View: The reality of end-user IT circa 2002 - PART TWO
Comment This bodes well for systems integrators that can demonstrate a track record of successful deployments. One of our US clients, in manufacturing, echoes a sentiment felt by many when she says: "Middleware was supposed to hide the complexity created... [20 Jan 2002]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport insecurity
Comment At a modest estimate I have passed through well over 200 airport terminals - and hence their security systems - right across the planet including Australia, Europe, the Far East, the Middle East and Scandinavia, since 9/11. [29 Apr 2008]
Quocirca’s Straight Talking... What to expect in 2004
Comment However, expect to see Linux shipments continue to grow, steadily and well, as it continues to create the market position for itself among the existing operating systems and other tools. With 2003 in the past, it’s time to look to the future and... [02 Jan 2004]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Simple prescriptions for data headaches
Comment Traditional document management systems have been around for quite a while - the likes of Documentum, OpenText, Stellent and Vignette offer comprehensive solutions giving collaborative tools to create documents, store and retrieve them. [05 Apr 2006]
Oracle - how to make friends and influence people
Comment Keynote speeches from large partners - AMD, Cisco Systems, Dell, HP and Sun Microsystems - are planned as well. The lines include software from JD Edwards, PeopleSoft and Siebel Systems. Company executives are scheduled to deliver road maps on... [25 Oct 2006]
What's the fuss about... selective outsourcing?
Comment But as you look towards adding new functionality or dealing with new business issues, you should be taking the opportunity to offload the technicalities onto others more capable of dealing with infrastructure and day-to-day running of systems. [28 Oct 2002]
The Brampton Factor: Why big government IT projects fail
Comment In fact this was pretty much confirmed by Joe Harley, programme and systems delivery officer at the Department for Work and Pensions, who was quoted saying only 30 per cent of projects are successful. [22 Jan 2008]
Linux comes to the telephone
Comment He is able to use any SIP-compliant handset, and currently has systems from three manufacturers - Grandstream, Snom and Zultys - which all have different feature sets and prices. But the arrival of such flexible, open and low-cost systems in a... [06 Jul 2005]
Through the Fog: Who should protect you from viruses?
Comment The first problem is that organisations are typically unaware of much of the equipment attached to their network, despite the presence of systems management and monitoring tools. Nevertheless, just as in the sphere of legitimate systems software... [08 Oct 2003]
The rise and rise of Infor
Comment Some of them are quite well known, like CRM specialist Epiphany, ERP company BAAN or financial software firm Systems Union. The portfolio it has amassed relies on a wide range of disparate databases, application servers and operating systems. [06 Aug 2008]
The Bloor Perspective: User groups name and shame, safe PDAs, and IBM's Linux gamble
Comment And that's not the case in systems management. A combination of fierce price competition between PDA vendors and a growth in applications and software targeted at the enterprise may well make the PDA more attractive to the enterprise. [18 Jun 2001]
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