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Symbian CEO on open source, Windows Mobile and 'usability'
Comment Today the company remains undisputed market leader in the smart phone space, largely owing to the strength of Nokia - the world's number one handset vendor - which uses the Symbian OS. Under the current model, Symbian... [07 Oct 2008]
Stallman slams the cloud as "stupidity"
News Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and creator of the GNU operating system, has slammed cloud computing as "stupidity" that ultimately will result in vendor lock-in and escalating... [01 Oct 2008]
Revealed: Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch
News In addition, the Forrester VP said enterprise vendor managers could be in more demand as companies look to cut costs through better value tech deals and outsourcing. These could include specialist skills in storage,... [29 Sep 2008]
Becta backs open source in schools
News Linux IT, another open-source vendor involved in the shortlisting process, claimed it had pulled out of the process as it felt its products were slanted more towards business than education. The open-source service... [25 Sep 2008]
How to get more out of your BlackBerry
Comment BlackBerry-maker RIM says it has more than 855 independent software vendor partners developing thousands of both entertaining and useful applications, which can be found here or by clicking on the 'Help'... [19 Sep 2008]
A New Business Model to Drive Business Intelligence Acceptance and Adoption
White Paper Specific definitions will vary from customer to customer and vendor to vendor, but most will agree that business intelligence typically refers to the challenge of providing business users with meaningful... [19 Sep 2008]
Pragmatic ITIL: A Panel Debate
White Paper The purpose of the Pragmatic ITIL panel debate, held at the Institute of Directors and hosted by Touchpaper, a leading provider of IT Business Management solutions, was to draw together customer experiences, expert opinion and... [02 Sep 2008]
Tools and Tips on Migrating From Lotus Notes to Exchange - Level 300
White Paper Migrating from a third party vendor messaging server environment to Microsoft Exchange 2003 can be a challenging and expensive job. In this webcast, Wingra Technologies presents Notes Migrator for Exchange, which offers... [02 Sep 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Analysts fail on open source
Comment The general reliance on vendor cash clearly leaves most open source software out in the cold. Vendor marketers who create information for prospective customers are understandably... [18 Aug 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News Security vendor McAfee noted that Microsoft had not released this many bulletins simultaneously since February, and had not patched as many vulnerabilities at once for the past two years. Affected... [13 Aug 2008]
Evaluating Packaged BI Solutions
White Paper In addition, more often than not, buying a vendor-supported software package is found to have a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). A decade ago not many people would have considered it worthwhile to... [04 Aug 2008]
A Dell and SAP Architecture Is the Ticket to Lowering IT Costs and Improving Manageability for SuperClubs International
White Paper SuperClubs International wanted to replace obsolete accounting and materials-management applications; centralize back-office accounting functions; automate the transfer of data between systems; select a hardware vendor... [04 Aug 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Cloud computing
Cheat Sheet This essentially allows businesses to use tailored versions of software that are actually hosted by a third-party vendor. The other big traditional tech vendors are all working on cloud services, with... [01 Aug 2008]
Credit crunch prompts open source adoption
News The sluggish economy is contributing to commercial open-source sales, but customers still rank interoperability with proprietary software and vendor viability among their top concerns, according to a... [29 Jul 2008]
Does open source pose a security risk?
News The study, carried out by application security consultant Larry Suto and sponsored by security tools vendor Fortify, found that a lack of security processes led to a constant or increasing number of security issues in... [22 Jul 2008]
