Applications


PeopleSoft’s Fate Up to Shareholders

Oracle’s “best and final offer” has left PeopleSoft’s fate in the hands of stockholders.

Big Blue Keeps Big Iron Out Front

If you're a mainframe booster, there have been plenty of reasons to smile lately. But the announcements aren't just for existing customers.

IBM and BEA Court Enterprise Developers

Vendors tout new products and services designed to appeal to their bread-and-butter application server constituencies—enterprise developers

Testing the Waters: HP and SAP Launch Hosted ERP

The two partners will provide software, services, and support for less than $500 per user per month

IBM’s Mainframe Data Access Offering Is Moving on Up

Big Blue says its Classic Federation product boasts several advantages over existing mainframe data-access products

SOAs: Too Good to Be True?

The service-oriented architecture vision in practice may not be quite the slam dunk it looks like on paper

Q&A: Strategies for Automating Software Development

Programming automation gives developers more freedom to do their jobs



Big Blue Introduces 64-way Systems

IBM says its new iSeries i595 and pSeries p595 systems are the largest and most powerful non-mainframe systems it has ever delivered

IBM Touts Mainframe Resurgence

Big Iron was once again in vogue last week as IBM made a raft of new mainframe-related announcements

PeopleSoft Users Resigned to Oracle Takeover

Few users seem excited about PeopleSoft falling into Oracle’s hands—except those who use Oracle’s database software

Q&A: Agile Software Development Maximizes Project Rewards

Using existing development methods, companies end up with software that doesn’t do what they need it to do. Agile software development offers a new mindset and approach to building applications that succeed.

Business Objects to Offer Single View of Mainframe Data Sources

Partnership with IBM gives BI users a single view of data stored in DB2, VSAM, and IMS sources

Linux Struts Its Stuff as a Database Platform

Linux-powered databases post strong showings in price and performance benchmarks

SAS Puts a BI Spin on Time-Tested IT Management Practices

New product exploits scorecard analytics to present information in a way that’s intelligible to executive decision-makers.

BMC Brings IMS Into the SmartDBA Fold

The latest SmartDBA tool lets DBAs manage IMS from the same console they use for Oracle or DB2

CA Overhauls Storage Product Line

Company announces new versions of its BrightStor storage products; the venerable Enterprise Backup product is discontinued

IBM Delivers Next-Generation DB2 8.2 Database

Big Blue also discloses plans to integrate its DB2 and Informix Dynamix Server product lines in future versions of both products

Partners Hinting IIDEA Will Spread to Large Enterprises

IBM’s new pre-packaged BI bundle is packaged for the small and mid-sized enterprise market—but there are hints that the large enterprise won't be far behind

Big Blue Snaps Up Venetica for Unstructured Content Management

Company’s technology will help extend the capabilities of IBM’s DB2 software for documents, images, digital media, and Web pages

Case Study: A Fresh Perspective on Application Performance

Call-services specialist Rockwell tapped an outside QA specialist to nip potential application performance issues in the bud. It’s a growing trend.