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Microsoft to offer hosted security for Exchange

Microsoft will begin offering its first hosted security service under the Forefront brand on Thursday, dubbed Forefront Online Security for Exchange and designed to help keep malware and spam out of email inboxes. Read more »

LCA '09: Sysadmins after the cloud

The uptake of cloud computing was rendering many traditional systems administrator functions obsolete, tech author and Google sysadmin Tom Limoncelli told attendees at Linux.conf.au (LCA) in Hobart this week. Read more »

Microsoft readies revamped database, security software

Microsoft says it's set to release near-final versions of its key database server and other business-oriented software. Read more »

Oracle Database 11g on Linux released

Oracle has announced the availability of its Oracle Database 11g on the Linux platform and new capabilities for its Enterprise Edition offering. Read more »

IBM to buy tools company Telelogic

IBM will spend US$745 million to buy software-development tools company Telelogic, Big Blue said on Monday. Read more »

Borland opens R&D lab in Singapore

Borland Software today announced the opening of a global "centre of excellence" to showcase and support the development of its application lifecycle management (ALM) tools. Read more »

Borland creates new company for tools business

Borland announced overnight they have not sold its developer tools group Read more »

Microsoft's free anti-spyware hits market

Windows Defender is a direct challenge to products from security vendors and notches up Microsoft's competitive push. Read more »

TransGrid to outsource for the third time

NSW electricity wholesaler TransGrid has gone back to the market with its entire information technology services requirements as existing contracts wind down in October. Read more »

HP: Linux adoption a long-term process

In a presentation at the Sydney Linux World Conference and Expo yesterday, Hewlett Packard's Linux vice-president, Martin Fink, said businesses deploying Linux should be driven by long-term planning rather than "doing it because they can". Read more »

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Microsoft details plans for Visual Studio and .NET

In the wake of the recent PDC and TechEd developer events, Microsoft has decided to put some of its key executives out on the road to explain the innovations that Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 have in store. Read more »

Building Microsoft code inside the tornado

Q&A -- Vice president S 'Soma' Somasegar shares his views on how interoperability and open source will help Microsoft. 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 »

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 »

Application Lifecycle Management Overview

If you have a group of programmers, their managers and your customers, each with their own way of tracking where a project is up to and whether milestones have been met -- chances are you need software to enforce efficient processes and reporting. This is where application lifecycle management (ALM) products fill their niche. Read more »

Case Study: Powerlan and Application Lifecycle Management

For a company that makes software for a living, having suitable application lifecycle management tools is essential to ensuring a quality outcome for clients. Read more »

Six barriers to open source adoption

The benefits of open source software are well known--lower TCO, more choice, and increasing quality and functionality of the code. Several barriers must be overcome before Linux and other open source projects are broadly accepted across enterprises, but they aren't insurmountable. Read more »

Determine needs now to avoid problems later

User requirements form the building blocks for IT projects. Use these best practices to help identify user needs early in the project lifecycle. Read more »

Web services for non-developers

BEA WebLogic Workshop streamlines the development of Web services with a drag-and-drop graphic interface, and allows non-Java developers to easily build Java-based Web services. Read more »

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Visio is a waste of time: Holocentric CEO

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

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Oracle's Agile PLM gains popularity

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- I recently spoke to Oracle about their Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, an integrated tool for managing information about a product throughout its lifecycle. Read more »

CodeGear Q&A

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- CodeGear is the new name for Borland's developer tools business. Builder AU spoke to CodeGear about the handover and direction of the developer tools business under the new banner. Read more »

The break-up of Borland

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- This week I caught up with David Intersomone, VP of developer relations worldwide, and Malcolm Groves, regional product director for Asia Pacific, from Borland's Developer Tools Group to talk about the immediate and planned future of the group once this division is sold by Borland. Read more »

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