Contest targets to include iPhone, Droid and BlackBerry, IE, Firefox and Chrome
A hacking contest next month will award cash prizes of $US15,000 to anyone who can break into an iPhone, BlackBerry Bold, Droid or Nokia smartphone.
76% of CIOs surveyed say they use free software at the enterprise level
Free is becoming a popular form of software for CIOs, with nearly two-thirds of companies using it on their desktops and with applications, according to a new survey.
More than a price hike, Microsoft looks to better compete with IBM Notes, Google Apps
When Microsoft Corp. announced earlier this month that it would eliminate upgrade versions of Office 2010, the early reaction was: uh oh, the application suite just got a lot more expensive.
CEO Larry Ellison will outline the strategy for the combined company at an event that will be webcast worldwide
Oracle will provide more details about its plans for Sun Microsystems at an event next Wednesday, the same day European regulators are expected to sign off on the deal.
Take up of open-source BI software is doubling every year
Adoption of open-source business intelligence software is doubling every year because the products are viewed as "good enough" for routine applications, according to a recent report by Gartner Inc. analyst Andreas Bitterer.
The company expects no improvement in software and software-related service revenue this year
SAP's revenue fell in the third quarter, but earnings rose -- although neither figure was as high as analysts had hoped. The company said it expected the decline in software and software-related service revenue to continue.
Mark Shuttleworth is delighted with Windows 7
Mark Shuttleworth, founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd., the maker of the most popular desktop Linux alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, not only claims to be "delighted" that Windows 7 is out, but calls the new operating system an "excellent release."
New version of photo workflow software becomes public.
Adobe has released an early public beta for its Photoshop Lightroom 3 in order to solicit "concise, constructive criticism" from its users. Lightroom is a workflow program in which you can sort, organize, develop, and publish your photos, or hand them off to Photoshop for finishing. With version 3, Adobe has improved the image quality of RAW processing and streamlined some workflow situations.
The suit was filed by a man banned from eBay for selling used Autocad software
A Seattle judge ruled in favor of a man arguing that he has the right to sell secondhand software, in a case that had some people worried about an end to used-book and CD stores.
The Business Division president discusses Office 2010, hosted apps and the link between them
Microsoft's Business Division oversees one of its most successful products, the Office productivity suite, as well as the company's lucrative server and enterprise software businesses. However, like the rest of the company, the division has not been immune to the pressure of the recession, and revenue fell 13 per cent in the quarter ending in June.
The EDS subsidiary says the acquisition will increase its range of services to the insurance market
MphasiS, the Indian services subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard (HP), said on Wednesday that it reached a definitive agreement to acquire AIG Systems Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (AIGSS), the IT services arm in India of insurer American International Group (AIG).
Education vertical proves resilient with emerging opportunities and demand for technologies as Government money flows into the field Proving re
The Rudd Government’s digital revolution has turned the education market into a lucrative one for all players. From hardware to infrastructure, and with some emerging new opportunities, it is proving to be a strong vertical to work within.
While the U.S. market will remain sluggish, other geographies should fare better, the report says
A new report by Gartner showing that software spending will increase worldwide next year indicates there may be truth to the general belief that the technology market has hit bottom.
The recently approved principles say those who sell software should guarantee no "hidden material defects"
IT vendors and tech industry groups say a new set of legal principles for software contracts developed by the American Law Institute (ALI) could stifle innovation and raise the cost of software, even though they are meant to protect consumers.
My Say on selling IT
A long time ago in a galaxy far,
far away, there were two
basic models for selling IT:
Equipment vendors sold hardware
or software. Services vendors sold
maintenance contracts, professional
services or connectivity. And IT
practitioners didn’t sell at all – they
delivered infrastructure, applications
and support that their organisations
(hopefully) found useful.
