March 5, 2008 1:34 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
MicrosoftAs expected: IE 8 and Silverlight are taking center stage at Microsoft's Mix 08 show in Vegas. So far, company execs announced that beta 1 of Internet Explorer 8 is out or will be soon and
March 5, 2008 6:47 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Application development,
Authors,
Heather Clancy,
IT buyer market research,
Software as a service (SaaS)Forrester Research has some pretty terrific demographic research that tends to get me thinking. Yes, I know, frightening thought. One area it has been covering pretty closely is what it calls "social computing," which is another way of talking about what other might lump under the category of Web...
March 3, 2008 9:44 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
MicrosoftMicrosoft has changed the default rendering setting of Internet Explorer 8 so the browser will support the latest Web standards.
That is a shift in plan -- which was to make the standard "IE...
February 26, 2008 10:29 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Channel partner programs,
Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
Managed services providers,
Software as a service (SaaS),
VAR training, certificationWith most consumers of information technology expected to ratchet up their spending on managed services this year, the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) has started a Web site intended to aid VARs and resellers figuring out whether the business model is right for their own...
February 22, 2008 11:25 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
Data storage management,
EMC,
Microsoft,
Open-source,
Server virtualization,
Software as a service (SaaS),
VirtualizationEMC is buying Pi Corp., and Pi's founder, Paul Maritz, will now head EMC's software-as-a-service effort. The news was reported by
February 21, 2008 12:27 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Application development,
Barbara Darrow,
Linux,
Microsoft,
Open-source,
Software as a service (SaaS)Prove it.
The European Commission has heard it all before when it comes to Microsoft's vows to be more interoperable and generally better behaved than in the past. Basically, Microsoft has never won good marks in the "works well with others" category, at least in the eyes of European...
February 15, 2008 1:50 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Channel partner programs,
Cisco,
Managed services providers,
SMBOne of the toughest parts of being an IT writer is deciphering the press releases that vendors send out to pitch their latest products, services and partner programs.
Some are well written, informative and easily understandable. But a lot are heavy on what the Wall Street Journal recently...
February 15, 2008 10:08 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Application development,
Authors,
Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
Reseller blogs,
Reseller channel business developmentSpoke a couple of weeks back with Raza Imam, managing partner of Adaptive Solutions, a software engineering and custom development firm in Chicago about some rather, eh, extraordinary marketing tactics he is using to draw attention to his...
