Enterprise IT

One of the most vexing problems facing organizations for years has been knowledge management. In the past, the task of capturing, organizing and disseminating valuable information so it could be properly utilized by end-users and business executives was an herculean effort that produced limited resu...

"Disruptive" technologies do not destroy industries -- they may, however, create new ones. Whether we like it or not, we are in a constant state of flux. The technology industry, just like any industry, is incredibly dynamic and changing -- and with change, comes opportunity. The wheel, the telephon...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a patent case that has held the software industry and patent attorneys in suspense for much of the last year. However, the decision, which came down on the last day of the court's term, was worth the wait for advocates in favor of the patentability of business pro...

Salesforce.com has made its latest product, Salesforce.com Chatter, generally available for its 77,300 customers. First unveiled as a private beta earlier this year, Chatter is a real-time social collaboration application and platform for the enterprise. It allows employees to send feeds and status ...

Here's what HP says its new Web-enabled ePrint all-in-one printers will allow people to do: print from any email-enabled device; print documents or files stored in the "Google Cloud" and similar environments without a local proxy PC or Web appliance; transform printers into "publishing platforms" e...

Jive Software has launched tools designed to bring social networking capabilities further into the enterprise, along with strategic partnerships with both Google and Twitter. Jive What Matters is a tool that aggregates relevant information from social business applications, existing enterprise tools...

A lot of folks look down their noses at the prospect of Facebook penetrating the corporate world in a meaningful fashion. In fact, many people believe that the IT community will do everything possible to resist this prospect because of the security, privacy and compliance issues surrounding the soci...

Cloud is everywhere -- there is no escaping it! This is actually a good thing for companies having to deal with burgeoning storage and backup costs with no relief in sight. Internet-based cloud services provide a viable alternative for companies looking for an additional location to store their data...

Microsoft used its annual TechEd Conference to pitch its forthcoming mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, to business users. The platform will feature the kind of tight integration with Office applications that only the manufacturer of those applications can provide, the company insisted, along...

CA Technologies recently unveiled its cloud management road map, along with a working plan for a family of new solutions that will form its CA Cloud-Connected Management Suite in the months to come. That's not the only change for CA. With a new CEO on board, aggressive acquisition activity, revitali...

CA Technologies recently unveiled its cloud management road map, along with a working plan for a family of new solutions that will form its CA Cloud-Connected Management Suite in the months to come. That's not the only change for CA. With a new CEO on board, aggressive acquisition activity, revitali...

CA Technologies recently unveiled its cloud management road map, along with a working plan for a family of new solutions that will form its CA Cloud-Connected Management Suite in the months to come. That's not the only change for CA. With a new CEO on board, aggressive acquisition activity, revitali...

There has been a reorganization at the top of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division: Its president Robbie Bach, who has been with Microsoft for 22 years, is retiring. Also departing is J Allard, senior vice president of design and development for the division. A 19-year company veteran, All...

Voice over IP technology is getting a makeover, and service providers hope it will reinvent the industry. There's a shift away from VoIP toward hosted unified communications -- that is, integrated voice, instant messenger, email, workflow applications, CRM and procurement. Eight companies formed the...

Gut-wrenching recessions have a way of changing things ... for people, families and companies. They can also, perhaps like no other event, provoke change in large IT vendors like HP, IBM, TIBCO and Oracle. Based on recent HP announcements and IBM's Impact conference, these two of the very largest, f...