Software


Q&A: The Making of a Master (Technology) Inventor

A 37-year-old inventor holding 17 patents, with 30 more pending, talks about invention, innovation, collaboration, and patents.

Historical Fact or Historical Revisionism?

Did EMC announcements threaten to drive the industry down the path it chose, or was the company just using reverse psychology to spur cooperation?



Can-Spam, Laced with Loopholes, Creates Confusion

New legislation has failed to stem the tide of unsolicited e-mail, protecting e-mailers who follow the letter but not the spirit of the law.

Teradata Cozies Up to SAP

Partnership highlights Teradata’s unique analytic strengths

Users Cheer Microsoft’s New Reporting Services

Testers laud ability to create more seamless applications and its deeper level of report creation and management.

Companies Defect as Anti-virus Software Struggles with Worms

The latest threats have companies reconsidering their anti-virus tools, wondering if AV is becoming irrelevant. Increasingly, companies are looking at application-level personal firewalls and all-in-one gateway hardware for PCs.

BI Marketplace: What’s in Store for ‘04

Niche specialists will find themselves competing against stronger companies that have acquired their struggling competitors. Organizations need to make contingency plans.

Business Process Management: Are You Looking at the Right Products?

According to Forrester Research, one third of companies are currently using or piloting BPM products or services. The company's suggestions for matching your needs with the right BPM vendors.

Exploiting IM for Back-End Systems Communications

Proponents say IM can function as XML message brokers between systems at a fraction of the cost of traditional messaging middleware; putting an IM interface on a back-end application can bring big benefits.

Q&A: The Future of Notes and Domino

Is the Notes client on its way out? The latest on Notes, Domino, and products shown at Lotusphere, including Lotus Workplace Builder.