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IBM Express Suite Targets SMBs’ Compliance Issues

In a bid to help SMBs address IT security, reliance and compliance needs, IBM recently announced a new suite of Express hardware, software and services.

The Upside of Compliance: It’s Driving IT Governance

Plenty of companies are making the connection between compliance and the policies and practices that align IT with business goals. In its 2004 global status report, the IT Governance Institute reported that 76 percent of executives surveyed acknowledged having IT problems that could be resolved by implementing an IT governance framework.

The BPO Problem: Data Integration

Today, Informatica is embracing a broader definition of data integration that includes operational data integration—things like data migration and consolidation, building operational data stores, synchronization among different databases and master data management.

Acquisition to Help IBM Compete with BEA and JBOSS

IBM acquired Gluecode Software, an open-source application infrastructure company that sells software, services and support on top of the Geronimo J2EE application server from the Apache Software Foundation.

Mobile App Development Network Rolled Out

Action Engine, a mobile application platform leader, launched the Action Engine Developer Network for independent software vendors and developers to build applications for the Action Engine Mobile Application Platform.

IBM Introduces Coded Enterprise Software Patterns

IBM released the first software development patterns represented in code and integrated with tools for automating enterprise application development. Available on IBM's developerWorks Web site, the four new IBM Enterprise Patterns work with IBM's Rational Software Architect tool.

IBM Acquires Gluecode, Showing Support for Open Source

IBM acquired Gluecode Software, a privately held company which provides software and support services for open-source application infrastructure software.

IBM’s IDE for Laszlo Available

IBM’s alphaWorks updated its Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Laszlo, a technology preview of an Eclipse-based development environment for creating, editing, debugging and testing applications based on the LZX declarative mark-up language.

Apache Software Foundation Proposes Open-source Version of J2SE

The Apache Software Foundation yesterday said it is proposing to create a new project called Harmony that will lead to the development of an open-source version of Java 2, Standard Edition (J2SE) runtime platform.

IDC: U.S. IT Spending on Track; Europe Slowing

U.S. businesses are spending cautiously but steadily on technology this year, although oil prices, interest rates and currency fluctuations could slow IT spending worldwide

Hot PDA Sales Translate into Hot Java Developer Opps

RIM’s ubiquitous BlackBerry has proven so popular that the company is now the top PDA vendor worldwide, according to market research Gartner. Sales of all PDAs worldwide topped 3.4 million units in the first quarter of 2005, a 25 percent increase from the same period last year, Gartner adds.

Tacit Makes the Collaboration Connection

The thing about a knowledge management solution is, it’s tough to get hard data to demonstrate ROI. Even when you know it’s working, how do you quantify the value of technology that allows you to make the most of the experience, skill and expertise your enterprise already has?

SAP Brings Analytics to the Masses

Depending on whose statistics you believe, the number of non-technical users who use business intelligence and analytics applications is between a tenth and a third of the total of business users.

Self-Service Applications Put Business Users in the Driver’s Seat

What’s the hottest trend in BI? Several industry causes celebres come to mind–data integration, anyone?–but a very good case can be made for an emerging trend in favor of user “self-service” applications.

Sendmail and PGP Partner to Meet Compliance-driven Demand for E-mail Encryption

E-mail encryption is now one of the fastest-growing categories in the e-mail security market, concludes a recent study by Osterman Research, and it’s likely to grow by more than 100 percent over the next 12 months. One of the key drivers of this warp-speed growth spurt, the analysts found, is corporate anxiety about regulatory compliance.

Wireless Developers Use Diverse Toolset

According to a recent survey by Evans Data, wireless developers are not loyal to any particular toolset and would switch tools to mobilize more easily. Of the nearly 500 wireless developers surveyed, 56 percent would consider changing programming languages or tools to mobilize applications more easily. In addition, 78 percent of wireless developers are writing new applications from the ground up, while 58 percent are extending legacy applications.

Sendmail and PGP Partner to Meet Compliance-driven Demand for E-mail Encryption

E-mail encryption is now one of the fastest-growing categories in the e-mail security market, concludes a recent study by Osterman Research, and it’s likely to grow by more than 100 percent over the next 12 months. One of the key drivers of this warp-speed growth spurt, the analysts found, is corporate anxiety about regulatory compliance.

Bluetooth SIG and UWB Camps Agree to Collaborate

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group said on Wednesday that it will work with the developers of the wireless technology commonly known as Ultra-wideband (UWB) to make the technologies compatible.

The Oracle Applications Users Group and Quest form Fusion Council

OAUG, the Oracle apps users group, and Quest International Users Group, an association for PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards users, have formed the Fusion Council, which will provide users of Oracle's Fusion software with an educational tool and forum for learning more about the middleware and act as a bridge between users and Oracle to add in the development of Fusion.

Nortel Bolsters Office Anywhere with New Platform Offerings

Nortel enhanced its Office Anywhere mobility software, adding new platform capabilities that will offer unified communications to mobile workers.