Linux News: IT Management

Network Simulation and Emulation: Try It Before You Deploy It

Thursday - July 3, 2008

Best-in-Class organizations are three times more likely to leverage solutions for network simulation and emulation than Laggards, according to data from Aberdeen Group's February benchmark report, "The Roadmap to the Next-Generation Branch Office Networks." Deployment of these solutions resulted in Best-in-Class companies being twice as likely to report improvements in their ability to accurately estimate the impact of new technology rollouts on network performance. [More...]

Eclipse Release Is Great but Doesn't Reach the Cloud

Thursday - July 3, 2008

Not all trains run on time, but the Eclipse Foundation has kept to its schedule with its annual release train, this year named "Ganymede." For the third year in a row, the Eclipse community has delivered, on the same day as in previous years, numerous software updates across a wide range of projects. [More...]

How to Keep Mid-Level Execs From Flying the Coop

Thursday - July 3, 2008

These days, I'm often asked about the health of the technology sector. Granted, some people say the economy of the San Francisco Bay Area doesn't reflect the rest of the country, but indications point to the fact that technology industries appear to be relatively unscathed by the economic downturn. [More...]

Headed for an E-Commerce Upgrade? Take the 2.0 Track

Tuesday - July 1, 2008

With the advent of new personalization technologies and the integration of user-generated content, social networking, RSS feeds, multichannel interaction and Ajax-based user interfaces, online retailers are rushing to upgrade their e-commerce sites to provide better user experiences and increase customer acquisition, retention and loyalty. [More...]

Software Firms Ally to Bridge Mac Enterprise Gap

Monday - June 30, 2008

A group of five enterprise software companies on Monday announced the creation of the Enterprise Desktop Alliance to facilitate the acceptance of Macintosh computers in organizational environments managed with Microsoft Windows. The alliance was created by Atempo, Centrify, Group Logic, LANrev and Parallels. [More...]

OS Implementations: A Guide for SMBs

Monday - June 30, 2008

Though their IT needs are fundamentally the same as larger organizations, small and medium-sized business owners may feel particularly challenged when it comes to rolling out a new operating system. The increasing complexity of IT system architectures combined with a relative shortfall of resources -- capital, IT expertise, etc. -- can make implementing a new or upgraded OS an anxiety-ridden experience. [More...]

Tooling Around With Ajax

Sunday - June 29, 2008

Social networks are peppering the Internet with Facebook-like interactive features. Ajax is fast becoming the defacto programming tool for Web developers. But by itself, Ajax is a daunting challenge that requires demanding coding skills. Ajax toolkits offer Web developers a shortcut method to build in the convenient and useful features that visitors of Web 2.0 sites have come to expect. [More...]

iPhone Swings for Big Margins and Redmond Swings for Apple Experts

Friday - June 27, 2008

Two particularly interesting topics caught the attention of the Apple-focused blogosphere this week. iSuppli released a projected tear-down cost list for the 3G iPhone, sparking interest in the new $199 price point that contract signing buyers will pay come July 11. Also, the Mac Business Unit at Microsoft, which is one of the world's largest Apple software development organizations, is apparently on a hiring frenzy. [More...]

Keeping an E-Commerce Site Cooking

Wednesday - June 25, 2008

The phone of Steve Bozzo, the chief information officer at 1-800-Flowers.com, does occasionally ring in the middle of the night. If all goes as planned, however, the site's customers never know about it. "We work hard with our partners to avoid those 4 a.m. phone calls," Bozzo told the E-Commerce Times. [More...]

Microsoft Answers XP Fans' Outcry With Support Extension

Tuesday - June 24, 2008

Microsoft announced Tuesday that while it will move forward with its plans to discontinue sales of its Windows XP operating system, it will continue to provide support for the software for another six years. Microsoft announced in 2007 that it would extend the sales period for Windows XP until June 30, 2008. [More...]

Salesforce.com, Google Get Friendlier

Tuesday - June 24, 2008

Google and Salesforce.com have rolled out a Force.com toolkit for Google Data application programming interfaces that's designed to help developers integrate Google Apps data and content with Force.com's database, logic and workflow capabilities. These open source tools and services expose Google APIs directly within Apex, making it easier to access them natively from Force.com apps. [More...]

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