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Web 2.0 meets the enterprise
Insight Eager for fresh ideas, the stodgy world of enterprise software is adopting technology and marketing from the consumer Web.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Web services
Companies should collaborate on data
News Enterprises stand to gain from going "Web 2.0" with their data, but clean data and good governance practices must first be established, says Open Text executive.
Tags: Web 2.0, Enterprise Content Management, Microsoft Corp., Open Text Corp., Social Collaboration, Tool, social networking tool, software, Web 2.0, barrier
Text messages get mission-critical status
News Text messages are being adopted by enterprises to relay time-critical information to staff and customers, according to a recent survey.
Google's enterprise vision is in the cloud
News The search giant says the lessons it has learned in the "Darwinian" consumer market give it an edge as business computing moves online.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Security, Google Inc., Consumer World, Cloud Computing, enterprise computing, software, vision, barrier
Microsoft photo standard comes into focus
News The company is optimistic that its HD Photo format will be renamed JPEG XR and standardized by the Joint Photographic Experts Group.
Tags: Microsoft Windows
Does Web 2.0 bubble have a silver lining?
News Not all of today's Web start-ups will survive. But the relatively low cost of getting one going means Web services are being developed fast.
Tags: Web sites
Capellas details plans for Compaq revival
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Don't brush off consumer IT
Blogs weekly roundup Some enterprises may find themselves struggling to manage a myriad of consumer devices that employees bri...
Tags: IT strategy
How cloud computing will change business
News IBM, Qualcomm, Nokia and other majors, along with startups, are preparing to cash in on new technology. Not that it will be easy.
Tags: Cloud computing, IBM Corp., Mobile, Smart Phone, Sales, Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, network, industry, PC
Gartner: Web 2.0 set to transform business
News Analyst predicts technologies such as SaaS and mashups, will have a change-inducing impact on business within two years, despite current user disillusionment.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Utility computing, Internet, Technology, Cloud Computing, Gartner Inc., 3D, social networking, printer
Microsoft's Courtois targets Asia
News The new president of Microsoft International, Jean-Philippe Courtois, sets his sites on emerging markets such as China, India and Russia.
Tags: Business planning, Services, Business models
Google: Business software 'bereft of soul'
News Enterprise software has seldom been designed with an end user in mind, and fails to address issues such as simplicity, pleasure or aesthetics, says Google's head of enterprise.
Tags: Personal applications, Business applications
China e-commerce site gets more eBay backing
News Online auction giant eBay will spend US$150 million to increase investment in EachNet, a firm that runs an e-commerce site for users in China.
Can Apple change its enterprise spots?
News Steve Jobs' company is enjoying unprecedented mainstream popularity--except when it comes to large corporates. Will Leopard be the OS to change all that?
Tags: Music devices, Personal Computers, Handhelds, Mac OS
China commercializes own advanced CPU
News A senior science official from the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology announced Monday that the first of 12 high-tech projects pushed by the government had come to market with an advanced central processor unit (CPU).
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