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Whether public office is like the business executive suite

Whether the U.S. is experiencing "class warfare," and whether this perspective is relevant to a working manager's attempts to deal with corporate politics.

EnterpriseDB announces an interesting DBA offering

EnterpriseDB's Remote DBA Service addresses the market need for managing costs in a tough economy. It could also be an innovation to the open source business model.

Why metadata matters for SOA

While I think it's obvious that metadata matters for SOA, many out there are still learning

VDI remoting technology and creating virtual appliances

As virtualization, or perhaps more importantly VDI takes hold, end users will require better remoting technology in order to broadly adopt the desktop virtualization technology. So who is stepping up to the plate? And if you've been watching vir

It’s not the database, stupid!

A long-running war between the AS/400 group and Java development group caused a host of issues for users — and made sneaking around the only way to fix the problem.

Microsoft’s “Sinofsky” mistake

Why Microsoft's choice of a no-nonsense show runner for Windows 7 has failed to energize the enterprise desktop community.

High-tech tax credits are no bailout

Lapsed R&D credits have cost the U.S. $13 billion and 100,000 jobs. Are today's pols too squeamish to reinstate them?

Lipstick on a pig?

If you must buy a warranty, it pays to shop around

Migrations made simple: The beauty of Unix

On my to-do list one day last week was to migrate an aging Fedora Core 3 server to new hardware running CentOS 5.2. At first glance, it seemed to be a pretty straightforward task. If the old server had been running just a single app or service, it wo

Cloud application builder adds development suite

Platform-as-a-service vendor LongJump has enhanced its easy-to-use graphical Web-based application development environment with a Java development suite that allows complete customization.

VMware hits bumps in the road

VMware's stock rose last year from $29 to $125 but recently returned back to Earth and below its IPO price. The company hopes to regain some of that upward momentum after a successful VMworld show, where it showcased its 2009 roadmap.

The RIAA vs… well, everybody

What's the recording industry up to now? Trying to silence one of its fiercest critics. Cringely has the scoop on yet more dirty deeds by the RIAA.

Novell licenses Xenocode’s application virtualization technology

Novell's ZENworks Application Virtualization solution is powered by "Xenocoded" virtual applications, which offer fast and easy distribution and security.

Is regulation futile?

If regulation is futile because those being regulated know more than the regulators, what does that say about IT standards?

Scanning the underbelly of the Web

Financial turmoil: the elephant in the room

Martin reflects on this week's financial turmoil, its implications, and how little it was covered in the technical press

PatchSee illuminated patch cables

The PatchSee cabling solution concentrates on the frustration of finding patch cables in the mass of legacy cables without having to spend huge amounts of time tediously tracing the cable through the rat's nest. This simple solution bonds plasti

Reaping the real value of SOA

SOA really can transform business, but the demands of doing it right are high. Will cloud-based services help?

Geek Week: Palin’s email ails, Seinfeld campaign fails

Sarah Palin's email gets hacked, Jerry Seinfeld gets smacked. It's been a strange week here in Cringeville.

Data warehousing keeps on growing

Open source software and data warehousing go together like beer and pretzels

SOA architects in high demand

The real challenge is to get SOA architects who are actually SOA architects.

Canadian party includes open source software in election platform

The Green Party of Canada has included Open Source Software in its election platform. How long until a major North American party follows suit?

Six ways to cut waste with HR software

An HR software exec shares tips on how the tech can reduce paper and ink consumption, as well as mailing costs

VMware VDC-OS to bring fault tolerance to VMs

Marathon Technologies, on the other hand, already has such a fault-tolerance solution available for XenServer

VMware proposes a new kind of OS

An operating system for the virtualized datacenter could signal a sea change in software development

iPhone app development offers rich rewards

Development for iPhone 3G is fast proving to be a lucrative business, thanks to an app download rate second to none

Intel pushes the limits of free cooling to 90 degrees

Chipmaker's air-economizer experiment reveals that servers can weather relatively harsh conditions while delivering huge savings on cooling

Windows 7: Microsoft’s assault on screen real estate

The real reason why you'll never see Windows 7 on an OLPC!

Terry Childs’ attorney withdraws from the case

Terry Child's attorney has withdrawn from the case, citing a conflict of interest

Interop New York: the small business perspective

Interop is increasingly a conference and exhibition that's filled with technology for small and midsize businesses.

A future with better service?

Best Buy upgrades the typical product warranty–but is it worth it?

Purdue boasts green benefits from putting resting PCs to work

University has research work automatically sent to unused machines using open-source software called Condor

Day one of VMworld 2008 and the debut of Paul Maritz

The big virtualization show, VMworld 2008, officially kicked off yesterday with the opening keynote address coming from new VMware CEO Paul Maritz. A brief history, new concepts, future product demos and hard hitting questions were all part of the e

Ajax developers, tell your story

Enterprise Ajax? Open source Ajax libraries? What works for you?

Is Sarah Palin more popular than porn? Search me

Do search terms really indicate what Americans are thinking? It all depends on whether you believe Americans are actually thinking. Cringely has more.

Starting SOA from the business on down

National City is pretty typical of older banks attempting to modernize their infrastructure, and they are leveraging SOA to make that happen

Zend expands use of PHP for rich internet apps

Adobe support of Zend Framework announced at PHP conference

An authoritative summary of where HIPAA applies

If an aromatic employee claims a medical reason for the problem, don't worry about HIPAA, but do pay close attention to the ADA.

Next-generation mobile is all about the cloud

The cloud businesses need is a cross between RIM's BlackBerry network and Apple's MobileMe — and completely standards-based

IE will continue to win the enterprise browser wars

Until admins can easily set security group policies for browsers such as Firefox or Chrome, IE will reign supreme in the office

A cell phone for (almost) nothing

Not everyone needs a lengthy cell phone contract; check out your options — and save some money while you're at it

Could open source have helped Lehman’s technology customers?

As Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy, investment banks and brokers using its technology are in the dark about the future of their investments

SOA from the combat zone

SOA is about people, processes, and technology, but unfortunately most projects focus on the technology

Cost-effective measures are for sissies

Recently I worked for a business publisher: magazines, books, you name it. Although I wasn't the official IT person (we never seemed to be able to keep one), I was called upon with alarming frequency to solve the myriad of business system proble

Windows 7’s milestones to nowhere

Windows 7 is progressing nicely. Too bad it's doomed to failure.

Will HP/EDS prove worthy of its services billing?

HP's EDS acquisition puts it No. 2 in the services market behind IBM. Accounting for $38 billion in revenue per year, customers should demand the best

The Joe and Dave Show (Joe McKendrick)

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Growth and change at SpringSource

While revenue doubled year-on-year, did growth come from professional services or products/support? And where is Neelan heading off to?

SOA Governance Monday: More on SOA governance in the cloud

True to form, Todd Biske took me to task for my last "SOA Governance Monday" post floating the notion of SOA governance in the cloud. He entitled his response "Governance in the Clouds? No thank you." I hope I did not send Todd ru

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