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Case study: How Smartpath got into NEC SaaS ‘supermarket’

Case study: How Smartpath got into NEC SaaS ‘supermarket’

Local asset management ISV Smartpath is using NEC’s Applications Net to deliver its Loc8 software as a hosted offering to customers.
Ry Crozier Nov 18 2008 12:10AM Software
NEC trumps Telstra T-Suite and Microsoft Azure

NEC trumps Telstra T-Suite and Microsoft Azure

NEC Australia has beaten many of its larger rivals to the prize by launching a carrier-neutral SaaS application store for SMBs that is accessible via a single web portal.
Ry Crozier Nov 18 2008 12:05AM Software
Google to add voice search to iPhone

Google to add voice search to iPhone

Google has allegedly released its latest contribution to the iPhone App Store for approval - voice-based Google searching.
Dean Pullen Nov 17 2008 3:03PM Software
Windows 7 fronts wider growth trend for WPF

Windows 7 fronts wider growth trend for WPF

Windows 7 may be the tip of the iceberg for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) adoption in the enterprise as both Microsoft and ISV platforms start to bed it down within their applications.
Ry Crozier Nov 17 2008 3:01PM Software
CA looks to future of IT

CA looks to future of IT

At the opening day of its user event in Las Vegas, CA announced new projects focusing on emerging technology in the energy and healthcare space, aimed at reducing data centre costs by raising temperatures, and promoting "at the edge" healthcare devices.
Madeline Bennett Nov 17 2008 3:00PM Software
Microsoft downgraded Vista Capable specs to help Intel

Microsoft downgraded Vista Capable specs to help Intel

Numerous emails exchanged by Microsoft and Intel executives have revealed that Microsoft knowingly cut its 'Vista Capable' PC specifications to help Intel flog rafts of cheap kit.
Egan Orion Nov 17 2008 7:06AM Software
New deal for Microsoft CRM customers

New deal for Microsoft CRM customers

New customers wanting to pay for Microsoft's Dynamics and CRM software in monthly instalments can now do so free of interest for the first three years.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Software
Microsoft launches online store

Microsoft launches online store

Microsoft has launched an online store where customers can download the company's software, and where US residents can buy the company's hardware products.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Hardware
Q&A: Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation

Q&A: Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation

Stallman discusses his views on free versus proprietary and open source software, social networking sites and privacy issues.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Software
1000 people, police, queue up for Wrath of the Lich King launch

1000 people, police, queue up for Wrath of the Lich King launch

So many people turned up to last night’s Sydney launch of Wrath of the Lich King that the police arrived to ask organisers to turn the music down.
Kathryn Small Nov 14 2008 3:19PM Software
Microsoft unveils new server tech for SMBs

Microsoft unveils new server tech for SMBs

Microsoft unleashed its latest range of enterprise-class server technologies for medium and small businesses yesterday, claiming it would give firms a competitive boost and help cut costs.
Sylvie Barak Nov 14 2008 6:37AM Software
Google improves enterprise search offering

Google improves enterprise search offering

Google has enhanced its enterprise search offering to allow businesses to incorporate new pages into web site search results more quickly.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 14 2008 6:34AM Software
Little Big Planet release rows continue

Little Big Planet release rows continue

IF IT WAS NOT bad enough that the cutesy platform game Little Big Planet was delayed because a soundtrack might possibly offend a minority of hardline Muslims, it now seems that the Sony’s moderation has got players miffed.
Nick Farrell Nov 13 2008 2:58PM Software
‘Cavalier’ Google burning enterprise Apps bridge

‘Cavalier’ Google burning enterprise Apps bridge

Google’s strategy of sneaking its hosted applications into enterprise environments without the knowledge of IT appears to be working, but its ‘cavalier’ attitude to the enterprise way of doing things may also be its undoing, Gartner has said.
Ry Crozier Nov 13 2008 2:16PM Software
Marshal merges with 8e6

Marshal merges with 8e6

Marshal has merged with 8e6 Technologies, a US-based Web vendor, and formed a new company, Marshal8e6.
Lilia Guan Nov 13 2008 10:10AM Software
China classes Web addiction as clinical disorder

China classes Web addiction as clinical disorder

Internet addiction has been branded a clinical disorder by psychologists in China, adding fuel to the global controversy on whether or not incessant Internet use should officially be recognised as a mental disorder.
Sylvie Barak Nov 13 2008 12:23AM Software
Microsoft promises easier development cycles

Microsoft promises easier development cycles

Microsoft has pledged to help programmers using Visual Studio and .NET Framework to create applications that are more secure and privacy-enhanced, as well as to simplify everyday development tasks.
Ian Williams Nov 13 2008 12:16AM Software
Alfresco study highlights business use of open source

Alfresco study highlights business use of open source

Companies looking to implement open source enterprise content management (ECM) solutions are shunning Microsoft's Silverlight and .NET in favour of Ajax and Java, according to the latest annual survey from Alfresco.
Phil Muncaster Nov 13 2008 12:16AM Software
AIG Life forks out $10m for tech upgrade

AIG Life forks out $10m for tech upgrade

AIG Life is starting a $10 million, three-year technology upgrade to provide a completely electronic way for financial advisers to quote and issue its insurance policies, including from mobile devices.
Staff Writers Nov 12 2008 2:26PM Software
Linux boots in 2.97 seconds

Linux boots in 2.97 seconds

Software engineers at Japan's embedded Linux software vendor Lineo announced technology last week that can boot a low-power computer system within 2.97 seconds, the company claims.
Egan Orion Nov 12 2008 6:29AM Software

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