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Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory Read more »

Microsoft safe from Google in apps: Gartner

Microsoft shouldn't be worried about Google's move into the enterprise applications space — but Microsoft is shaping up to be more of a challenger to Google's online ads business, according to Gartner. Read more »

Will Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo backfire?

Microsoft's US$44.6bn bid to buy Yahoo could backfire if not executed properly, according to analysts -- but the phenomenal price may be worth paying to fend off the challenge from Google. Read more »

Schmidt: Enterprise shouldn't fear Google cloud

Google CEO Eric Schmidt reckons the company's cloud computing model is mature and secure enough for the enterprise -- but without support staff, analysts say business users won't touch Google. Read more »

Ballmer: High-end Windows, Office coming

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told analysts on Thursday that Microsoft is planning new, higher-priced versions of both Windows and Office in the coming years as part of its effort to grow sales. Read more »

Eight strategies for delivering business intelligence on the Web

These strategies will help companies ensure they are distributing the kind of high-quality, actionable BI necessary to make real-time business decisions. Read more »

Dreamforce: Benioff preaches cloud computing gospel, Facebook

After a decade as the chief evangelist in the wilderness of software as a service, which has morphed into cloud computing, Salesforce.com founder and CEO Marc Benioff is having a more challenging time coming up with groundbreaking industry disruptions. Read more »

Microsoft to launch 'Windows Cloud' this month

Microsoft will launch an operating system for the 'cloud' in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London on Wednesday. Read more »

Google's releases sticky solution for Web sites

Google's hosted search service for business users has been extended worldwide for the first time, promising to make Web sites stickier by improving the ability for viewers to navigate the site. Read more »

Ballmer: Microsoft can never be a one-trick pony

While some critics may chide Microsoft for losing focus over its desire to play in many markets, from desktop software to game consoles to mobile devices, the company's top guy says it's a necessary move to stay relevant in the market. Read more »

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Does J2EE live up to expectations?

J2EE may be a dominant force in software architecture, but does it live up to the hype? If not, where does it fall short? Read more »

Linux hassle-free and enterprise-ready

Linux has come a long way with regard to ease of installation and use. In an interview, Robin Miller, author of Point & Click Linux, and chapter author Joe Barr, discuss Linux in the enterprise. Read more »

Taking on Twitter with open source software

One service that seemed to come out of nowhere and get instant buy-in from influential digerati around the Web was Identica, an open source microblogging alternative from Montreal resident Evan Prodromou, who in 2003 had co-founded Wikitravel. Read more »

Google vs. Microsoft

At the 2008 Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Summit, David Mitchell Smith, vice president and Gartner fellow gave a presentation titled "Google vs. Microsoft", discussing the seeming battle between the two companies. Read more »

Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates

The world's richest man on web apps, ultramobile PCs, dirt cheap PCs and the 'G' word. Read more »

What the open source industry stands for

I read Iain Ferguson's "Linux: Time to take the next step" piece recently and thought he had captured the zeitgeist of the Linux industry market well: if we were still in 1998. Read more »

Flex: The new face of design and development

Far more than just a toy for graphic-savvy developers, Adobe's Flex is one of the best Rich Internet Application tools around. Read more »

Sun stirs to unify Java

Sun Microsystems plans to build ties between the different flavours of Java in an effort to present the programming technology as more unified. Read more »

Testing times

Testing software is a difficult but necessary part of developing quality software. Find out why cutting corners could cost your organisation more than its reputation. Read more »

Customers' trust is vital in site marketing efforts

Customer/visitor identification is just one part of the online business equationââ,¬"it's just as important to understand which customers return to your site, and why. Read more »

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