Opinion

SugarCon keynotes

SugarCRM's annual gathering of developers features a great lineup of speakers.

Microsoft kicks off 20-part virtualization webcast series

Interested in learning about Microsoft's virtualization technologies? Check out this series of webcasts from a team of Microsoft IT Pro Evangelists

Basic oversights create high-tech havoc

In this tech tale, overlooked details cause headaches for an unrelated business

How to survive your outsourcer’s downfall

Due diligence and up-front preventative investments are key to ensuring a smooth transition away from a scuttling — or scandalized — outsource provider

A project manager trapped between his manager and his manager’s manager

When two managers with influence disagree on a project's direction, the project manager has to become creative to avoid becoming the nut in the nutcracker.

Hold those robo calls

The founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry offers tips on how to stop those unwanted calls

Windows 7: Get it before something else goes wrong

Last week's public beta launch of Windows 7 was yet another embarrassment for Microsoft. But Cringely isn't surprised.

Windows 7 beta in a Virtual PC, II

Martin upgraded Virtual PC 2007 to SP1, and gave the Windows 7 beta the 1024 MB of RAM it needs. Now the VM Additions install, but the sound drivers won't. It's still better than last week.

Adobe follows WaveMaker’s footsteps into the cloud

Adobe joins the growing list of vendors that host their products on Amazon EC2 in an attempt to reduce the barriers to adoption

The desktop divide and the new business network

The Linux desktop, Microsoft's weakening stranglehold on business computing, Apple, and the future.

Hyper-V gets live migration and more with R2 update

Microsoft's Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 beta comes with a host of new features and updates, including live migration and support for failover clustering

With the Palm Pre, is Palm back in the game?

The Palm Pre won't ship for months, but it may be the closest thing to an iPhone with a keyboard yet

Lessons learned for the whole ‘SOA is dead’ thing

The value from SOA will actually increase tremendously once we get beyond the hype and the misinformation out there, and David Linthicum vows to continue asking the unpopular questions.

New iPhone app fills in some gaps

Good news for iPhone owners: With Soonr, the silver lining is in the cloud.

Windows 7 in a Virtual PC

Martin installed the Windows 7 public beta in a Virtual PC. All was well until he installed the VM Additions.

Facebook: When you care enough to show the very breast

Facebook's ban on nursing pix is blowing up in its face — more proof that Net censorship invariably leads to trouble. Cringe has more.

Consolidating DB servers

Some good advice for consolidating DB servers.

If only Microsoft had some bits to rent

Microsoft.com is all but down at the moment.

When Enterprise meets FOSS

Looking to cash in on open source contributions? Not so fast, buddy

Samsung boasts green attributes of new 100GB SSD

SS805 delivers higher speed and lower power consumption than 15K hard drives, company says

Can Rubinstein reboot Palm?

Where Gateway and MPC collide

Which Gateway computers are affected by MPC's closure?

A touchscreen in the enterprise?!!!

HP announces the first all-in-one touch-enabled desktop system for the enterprise

Could the ‘death’ of SOA bring it back to life?

The jig is up.

Slim down your software

A new Forrester report says to forget the "enterprise" and shoot for a leaner, meaner software development process.

Apple without Jobs: Can it succeed?

The charismatic CEO may well leave in 2009. But with or without Jobs, Apple will remain a major force in the technology industry.

The inexact science of carbon neutrality

Still in its early stages, carbon neutrality is a challenging and questionable achievement

Do you know how your Service Desk is doing?

The Service Desk has more influence over the enterprise's perception of IT than any other part of the organization. Make sure it's working the way you want it to work.

Satyam fraud is a black eye for Indian outsourcing

A massive fraud was revealed at Satyam Computer Services today. Where was the oversight? Where were the controls?

Simon Phipps on the cost savings of open source

Simon agrees that cost reduction can't be the primary value proposition of open source

Sun expands cloud computing with Q-Layer acquisition

Sun scoops up Q-Layer for its cloud computing management and orchestration technology to help create the agile datacenter.

Handsets I can’t wait to get my hands on

Fingers are twitching in anticipation of new smartphone releases from RIM, HTC, Motorola, and more

Apple kills DRM dead — finally

Digital rights management is finally pushing up daisies — at least for music. But did Steve Jobs pay too high a price? Cringe has the skinny.

Office 2007 faces competition where it may count the most: pricing

Facing a string of low- and no-cost competitors to Office, Microsoft may need to make a few changes to hold on to the enterprise market.

Notes from the netbook revolution

They're cheaper, greener, and capable enough for everyday business work — if you can get XP Pro on them

Apple won’t be missed at Macworld Expo

Here's to future Macworld Expos featuring keynote speakers who don't have to walk eggshells to avoid alienating Apple

Do counter-offers ever make sense?

At best they're a short-term fix, and the damage they do usually outweighs any benefit.

Let’s keep the good ones

Advice on playing the tech support game from those who have hung in — and won

Bob Muglia and open source at Microsoft

Microsoft veteran gets promoted to the exclusive "president" level. Did his open source experience play a role?

Parallels updates Desktop 4.0 for Mac

Parallels updates its Mac desktop virtualization software to improve DirectX support and adds experimental support for upcoming Microsoft and Apple operating systems.

Open source and the total cost of ownership dilemma

What if Gartner's prediction that 50 percent of IT projects using open source will not have a lower TCO than those using closed source products?

Motorola builds phone from recycled water bottles

The Moto W233 Renew is also "carbon neutral," according to the company

Beware of security best practices

Don't blindly follow best practices

Open source trends

What are the hot trends in open source for the new year?

Burton Group: SOA is dead; long live services

Although the word "SOA" is dead, the requirement for service-oriented architecture is stronger than ever.

I swear I can count!

The embarrassing case of the missing network card

Rethink your business strategy

Perfect your products before you succumb to the "expand or die" philosophy of business in uncertain times

Virtualization a go for Windows 7; Firms rate VMware’s stock

Microsoft Windows 7 sounds like a powerful and exciting operating system upgrade from either XP or Vista. And even better, it sounds like Microsoft may have its ducks in a row with the Windows 7 licensing agreement — allowing virtualization. And we&

The difference a year makes

A look at how the typical stance of open source proponents has shifted during 2008 vs. 2006/2007

Size versus features

Does the size of your database regulate the features?