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EDS embraces newest Siebel applications

Siebel Systems will announce Monday that the first company to complete installation of its latest customer relationship management system is IT services giant Electronic Data Systems. Read more »

BEA take coding out of application development

BEA Systems this week is expected to launch a new product line that the back-end software maker hopes will expand the company's audience and perk up sales. Read more »

Yahoo announces social networking app for iPhone

Yahoo on Wednesday released a preview version of a free new iPhone application called oneConnect that can centralise communications and social-networking activity. Read more »

Dumb laptops the answer for absent-minded users?

As more laptops -- along with all their sensitive data -- get lost and stolen each year, companies are seeking new ways of securing their corporate data. Read more »

Westpac turns to Web 2.0 free for all

Westpac has bucked the trend on policing Internet use in the workplace -- allowing staff to access Facebook from work, building a Web 2.0-like portal in-house and a Westpac-branded site on Second Life. Read more »

Desktop virtualisation opens new doors for users

When Apple released Parallels Desktop in June 2006, it showed most users for the first time what they could achieve with desktop virtualisation. Read more »

Windows-friendly desktop Linux launches

The latest version of Xandros desktop Linux has arrived, continuing the operating system's mission to welcome Windows users--a mission that's led some in the Linux community to dismiss it as "Linux with training wheels." Read more »

New file system has long road to Windows

Microsoft's long-awaited new Windows file system is still a work in progress. Read more »

File-swapping gets supercharged

Students set up a new peer-to-peer hub on Internet 2, a university network that offers researchers and students a way to communicate at blazing speeds. Read more »

SOA heeds industry's call

Experts say the time has come for services-oriented-architecture design approaches, which revamp business processes and could change the economics of delivering software. Read more »

Features (30)

Strengthen your app defences

These tips will help you secure your network against attacks that exploit application vulnerabilities. Read more »

What does a DBA do all day?

Data integrity is a DBA's number one responsibility, but do you know what else they do all day? Read more »

XML data validation with XPath and XSL

When collecting user information using XML, you can test data and catch parse errors using a combination of XSLT if, choose, and when elements. Find out how. Read more »

Automate data transfers with SQL Server and VB.NET

The transfer of data from one format to another is a common programming chore. Programmers can simplify the process by using SQL Server via Data Transformation Services (DTS), which is tightly integrated in the Microsoft product line. Read more »

Do you need an application server?

If you're big on technology trends, you may be considering which application server to put in place. But the first question you should ask is whether you truly need one. Read more »

What's new in SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2008 will be released in 2nd quarter of 2008. SQL Server 2008 will also be part of a joint launch with Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 on February 27, 2008. Read more »

ASP.NET, MVC design pattern

In this article Builder.com looks at a simple pattern for developing .NET Web applications. Read more »

Case Study: Switching places from Lotus to .NET

For almost a decade, Sydney-based software developer Just OnePlace (J1P) had been a loyal devotee of the IBM/Lotus platform. But following the strategic review that commenced two years ago the company made a strategic switch to the rival Microsoft .NET camp. Read more »

Remaking my server environment: blade servers, virtualisation, terminal computing

My staff and I will be making some relatively significant changes to the computing environment at Westminster College. I thought I'd use this post to describe what we're doing and why and maybe give you some ideas about your own workings. Read more »

XML for Web services?

XML is a hot topic these days, but what can XML really do for your company, and should you deploy it? Here are some pros and cons of deploying XML solutions. Read more »

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