Shai Agassi, SAP AG’s president of the Product and Technology Group and executive board member provided a checklist comprised of four calls to action to prepare for the coming enterprise SOA evolution, solidify...

Microsoft Dynamics CRM v.3.0 has caused increase in interest, as compared to its predecessor, Microsoft CRM 1.2. Microsoft sold more than 50,000 seats worldwide in 2Q06, but its total market share is still small (1.4 percent of the total CRM license sales...

"New business focuses and pressures are driving pockets of vendor innovation and renewed corporate spending in supply chain initiatives,” said Mark Hillman, senior research analyst at AMR Research. “However, spending is tempered by the fact that corporate supply chain organisational maturity...

Microsoft is unveiling its official Atlas technology branding for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) programming on ASP.Net, and will make the software available sooner than planned. The company hopes to ship its Atlas technologies around the end of 2006...

A research study by Ventana confirms rigorous management of IT operations leads to more effective IT spending. Companies that take this approach also have had the fastest growth in IT budgets over the...

In the absence of cost asymmetries and as long as Windows has a first-mover advantage, Linux will never displace Windows of its leadership position. This result holds true regardless of the strength of Linux's demand-side learning. Furthermore, the result persists regardless of the...

Companies are beginning to reap the fruits of their investments in Business Process Management (BPM) technology by growing revenue, keeping closer tabs on competitors, and sharing lessons learned to drive more constant improvement, according to the results of a new Aberdeen Group survey…

Spending growth on supply chain management (SCM) software solutions will more than double this year, from 3 percent in 2005 to 7 percent this year, according to an AMR Research report. SAP has emerged as the top SCM vendor in terms of revenue...

gHacks has published a method that gives you the ability to download every file from Microsoft without a WGA check. According to them, you don't need a magic wand, but a tool called mgadiag.exe, the download url of the file that you want to...

Is 'Wiki' the new in thing? This question seems to be resounding as the Internet phenomenon is evolving and getting imbibed into local partnerships. A big area for wikis may be the corporate world. For example, eBay uses Jot’s corporate wiki tool to...

The worldwide market opportunity for SOA is touted to touch reach USD 143 billion and companies can save up to USD 53 billion in IT spending over the next five years by implementing a SOA. Asia smacks of an overall lack of awareness of SOA, however. A survey of CIOs and IT Decision Makers in...

Customer experience has long been an issue for companies, but in the past, customer interactions were simpler with fewer channels to interface with their customers, not as much diversity within these customer groups, and usually less demands...

Red Hat has launched its capstone certification to its current Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) programs, called the Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA), in ASEAN...

Business continuity plan has become an integral part of today’s businesses, which are on constant threats from natural disasters and other catastrophes. To successfully maintain business continuity it is imperative to provide employees, partners and employees with continued access to...

SME’s have embraced web conferencing, elevating its use to the point where it has become the medium of choice for meetings (large enterprises still prefer to meet in-person). The study reveals a shift in attitude on the part of SME users, far outpacing other meeting technologies…

IBM recently agreed to acquire network security provider Internet Security Systems (ISS) for about USD 1.3 billion in cash to boost its security profile. But analysts speculate whether the acquisition, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter to 2006, makes sense to IBM...

Remote or mobile working has proven to successfully increase productivity of organisations. Today’s businesses require face-to-face contact with customers and prospective customers, suppliers, and partners. Mobile devices allow an employee on the way to a meeting to research the background of...

The factory revenue in the worldwide server market in the second quarter has shown a slight improvement with 0.6 percent year over year to USD 12.3 billion with IBM maintaining its number 1 position. Sun Microsystems emerged as a significant gainer in the quarter replacing Dell from the third position...

China is the largest supplier of products to manufactures globally and China alone imports over 70 percent of the more than USD 200 billion worth of goods in the Asia Pacific region. However, China’s supply chain is highly fragmented and the supply chains are inefficient and most...