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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 »

Google Web storage coming soon?

Google's much-rumored online storage service should be available in a few months, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal that cites unnamed sources. Read more »

Salesforce.com wants customers to use the force

Salesforce.com is trying to persuade its customers to use its hosting platform, called force.com, to serve up their online applications, but even the company's leaders admit that most people still view it simply as a hosted CRM platform. Will its rebranding and development strategies help it to turn the corner? Read more »

IBM teams with software makers on grid

Hoping to broaden the appeal of grid computing, IBM and a handful of software makers said Wednesday that they have retooled their business applications to be grid-ready. Read more »

IBM doubles down on software services

IBM is in discussions with its partners to create a prepackaged set of hosted applications, a move that could ultimately create an online analogue to traditional packaged applications and spur market adoption of software services. Read more »

Why CIOs aren't nuts for Chrome

Google's recently launched web browser, Chrome, will have to overcome a number of major obstacles before it can break the business ubiquity of Internet Explorer and counter the rise of Firefox. Read more »

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Is whitelisting the new blacklisting?

The IT security industry has come to a frank realisation that the current approach to preventing malware is simply not working. Is whitelisting, which is the reverse of our current approach, the answer? Read more »

Mac usage skyrockets in 2007

The use of Apple Macs rose over half a percentage point as 2007 drew to a close, according to statistics released this week. Read more »

Flaws found in open source codes

A project funded by the US Department of Homeland Security has praised improvements in open source security, while outlining some common errors. Read more »

Ballmer Q&A: Feeling the heat at Microsoft

For a man who just got fined more than a billion dollars for antitrust violations, Steve Ballmer is feeling plenty of competitive heat. Read more »

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Features (192)

Case study: Software selection mistakes

In this case study, we look at how a software choice went awry, leading to an expensive headache instead of a much-wanted solution. Read more »

Analyse your managed .NET code with FxCop

Check your .NET code for bugs and compare it against Microsoft's design guidelines via the freely available FxCop. Learn more about this code analysis tool. Read more »

How financial analysis can impact project initiation

There's one common goal for all properly identified projects: to provide value to the organisation. Find out why a financial analysis is a must for every project. Read more »

Handle log file analysis with AWStats

Site monitoring tools can be pricey, but not AWStats: It's free. This article introduces the AWStats log analysis tool and examines its pros and cons. Read more »

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Holocentric CEO: "Visio is a waste of time"

We sat down with Holocentric CEO John Forrest recently to discuss how process modeling and lifecycle management should be approached. Read more »

RIFE with possibilities

Developing a web-based application is never a small undertaking. At the very best it's a lot of work just to develop the code that does whatever it is your application is supposed to do but before you even get to the point of writing your application's code, you have to decide what you going to write it in. Read more »

Migrating Legacy Applications

Builder AU technical editor, David McAmis, takes a closer look at the steps you need to take to successfully migrate legacy applications. Read more »

Designing software for distant shores, Part 1

In the first part of a two part series, Angus Kidman examines the technical challenges of building applications for the international market. Read more »

Build next-generation applications

Reduce time to market and meet the requirements of Web-aware applications by adopting one or both of the new virtual machine standards. Read more »

Driving towards in-car software

Developing applications to run inside cars is a fascinating and potentially lucrative market for developers. But what systems are actually running under the hood, and what hurdles do you have to overcome to build for them? Read more »

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Blog (8)

Opera's MAMA offers search to web developers

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- Opera has created a new search engine letting web developers discover how web pages are structured. Read more »

Flash vs. Silverlight

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- In this week's Roundup we take a look at the latest versions of Flash and Silverlight, Windows 7 and what's new in the world of open source. Read more »

Google's new foray into image search

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google is developing visual crawling software that can be used for facial recognition and scene analysis. In addition images can be matched with display ads and utilise geotagging information for various applications. Read more »

The Downside of RAD

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- Rapid Application Development is all the hype lately, with claims of being able to churn out functional applications in under two weeks. One popular technique is to lock end-users and developers in a conference room for 10 days and build the application on the fly. Read more »

Enterprise Architecture has failed in a big way

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Most EA initiatives failed. My guess is that more than 90% never really resulted in anything useful. Read more »

Rational community gets rolling

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- IBM's Rational Software Developer Conference kicked off it's festivities in Orlando, Florida with lights, camera and plenty of action this morning. Read more »

5 reasons restricting hacking is not like gun control

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- Let's get it out of the way: Guns don't kill people, people with guns kill people. People with hacking tools can steal your personal data, shut down your system and deface your web site -- but is that any reason to ban them? Read more »

Service Pack or Market Attack?

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- I will give it to Microsoft. When they want to capture a particular market, they go hard or not at all. And with SQL Server 2005, they have their sights set firmly on the Business Intelligence market. And their strategy makes sense—they are moving to become the "one stop shop" for database servers, data management tools, reporting and analysis, eliminating the need to spend more money on third-party tools. Read more »

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