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In the past few months, it seemed as if new mergers were being announced every week. High-profile players like PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards, as well as EMC and Legato Systems, found they had enough in common to join forces. Meanwhile, an even more high-profile company, Oracle, attempted to convince PeopleSoft shareholders that it would be a better partner for the ERP giant...
There was a time, not so long ago, when the IT department was like an island unto itself. The CIO may have had to venture into the boardroom and chat with "the suits," but many IT staff were high-tech gurus who did not need to care about the bottom line, refined communication skills or managing employees ...
As spammers dream up new strategies for slithering into e-mail inboxes worldwide, their counterparts, anti-spam software developers, are always on the lookout for new ways to stop them cold. A bevy of companies think they may have a good answer in challenge-response technology ...
Despite a major push for broadband Internet access by legislators and consumers, the United States is still largely a dial-up country. ...
To say that Motorola has had a turbulent recent history is something of an understatement. A few years ago, when the semiconductor sector was hemorrhaging money and the handset arena was not doing too well either, the company began to reorganize, with mixed success ...
As in Aesop's tale of the tortoise and the hare, perhaps "slow and steady" really does win the race. Sun Microsystems certainly is hoping so. Following a disastrous quarter in which financial results fell far short of analysts' expectations, with net income of just US$12 million on revenue of $2.98 billion, the company is trying to rebound from its slump.
The Microsoft-versus-Linux skirmish has heated up discussions about how much a company should pay for servers, software and operating systems. In addition, the harsh economic climate has forced many companies to cut costs, so they are taking a long, hard look at licensing agreements, general ease of use and security -- and they are considering Linux more seriously than ever before...
Although it will be some time before broadband is available to every house and company in the United States, the adoption rate of high-speed Internet access is healthy and growing steadily ...
Students who were in college during the past four years had the opportunity to witness one of the biggest booms and worst busts in history. Their relief at being somewhat sheltered from the storm was lessened, though, by knowing they soon would have to brave the elements post-graduation ...
The ability to change prices in the blink of an eye, instantly responding to market fluctuations, seems as if it would be an attractive tactic to online retailers. However, so-called dynamic pricing has not caught on yet in the e-commerce world ...
In an effort to trim costs, U.S. companies increasingly have been shipping work overseas, especially to India, China, Eastern Europe and South America. While this practice boosts the bottom line in the accounting office, it also raises the anxiety level of U.S.-based employees ...
Background checks for IT recruits are standard, but as some companies discoverpainfully, potential black hats can still get hired. Threats from within have become all too commonplace, sometimes leaving companies to battle their own employees in order to achieve better security ...
Recently, a new value-added tax (VAT) law was enacted to level the playing field between Europe-based and U.S.-based companies in the European e-commerce market. Previously, U.S. e-commerce companies doing business in Europe had not been required to charge value-added tax, putting their European counterparts at a disadvantage ...
All hail King Harry. When Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released, Amazon.com shipped out more than a million copies, making it the largest one-day distribution of a single item in e-commerce history ...
When it comes to the Internet, China is no longer undiscovered country.Three Chinese portals are trouncing their U.S. rivals in the region, andinvestors are taking notice ...
Bringing together various applications and computer systems is certainly no picnic, but another vital integration challenge is often overlooked in the corporate dialogue: integrating the IT department with the rest of the enterprise ...
Many companies have scaled back staffing levels and instituted mandatory hiring freezes in the past few years, but these cutbacks have exacted a steep cost. In many cases, businesses now are facing skill gaps that hurt their IT departments. Even worse -- and somewhat surprisingly, considering the number of IT workers seeking jobs -- there is sometimes a shortage of qualified individuals to fill the gaps, even when money is budgeted for hiring...
Of all the words that inspire affection in a small-business owner's heart, few can compete with "free," especially in this economy, with companies trying to rein in spending as tightly as possible. Still, it is virtually impossible, even in a buyer's market, to get something for nothing when it comes to enterprise software. ...
In recent years, as the economy has made belt-tightening a mandate for many executives, farming out work to India, Russia and other foreign locales has become a relatively commonplace tactic for U.S.-based companies. CEOs like the cost savings, and IT departments appreciate the ability to hammer out a project on a 24/7 schedule ...
After a couple of dismal years, the Nasdaq has seen a sharp rally in the past few months, reaching its highest level in more than a year in an early June surge. ...
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