25 September 2008
By James Niccolai and Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service
Oracle is set to take the plunge into the hardware market. CEO Larry Ellison has announced tow high-end servers, developed in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard that have been designed to tackle data warehousing applications. Read more...
08 March 2005
By Carol Sliwa, Computerworld
IT managers are now running key applications and databases on Linux-based systems as open-source software penetrates deeper into corporates. Read more...
21 January 2007
By Dennis Byron
Enterprises want choices. They want choices when it comes to parts suppliers, transport providers, and professional services organizations. They want options when it comes to hiring and contracting out. They want back-ups to their back-ups to make sure they can meet their goals. So, not surprisingly, when it comes to business process management (BPM) software, they want choice. They want their BPM product to provide choice at least two ways: freestanding from other packaged software offerings and loosely coupled relative to the technology stack. These users tend to be larger enterprises with complex service and/or product lineups, often in services industries. To be clear, there are also many enterprises that are happy to choose a BPM product totally linked to much of the other software they have installed. Read more...