Recently added articles from Software World:
Four approaches to advancing practical installation: methods for reading output quantity, checking input data to see if it can be reduced at source, and maintaining control of data bank storage.(OPINION)
May 01, 2009; ... We have all been reading and discussing recently the revolutionary developments which could take place in the application of computers during the decade just about to start. Most are practicable now without the need for any more innovations in hardware. As usual, however, there is a ...
The impact of disk fragmentation on servers.(SOFTWARE WORLD INTELLIGENCE)
May 01, 2009; ... Testing Server Disk Defragmentation IT professionals responsible for server hardware well understand the value that professional grade disk defragmentation software brings to their servers. Storage servers can experience high levels of disk thrashing (the constant writing and ...
Lombardi University: a comprehensive BPM talent development program.(SOFTWARE WORLD INTELLIGENCE)
May 01, 2009 ... Lombardi have recently announced the formation of Lombardi University(TM), a first-of-its-kind comprehensive BPM skills development platform. Through Lombardi University, individuals can get role-based training for developer, program manager, analyst, operations and executive careers ....
Infosecurity Europe 2009.(SOFTWARE WORLD INTELLIGENCE)
May 01, 2009 ... A selection of papers from exhibitors at Infosecurity Europe 2009, Europe's dedicated information security event. Now in its 14th year, providing an education programme, new products & services, over 300 exhibitors and over 12,000 visitors from every segment of the industry. 28th- 30th ...
Reports and surveys.(SOFTWARE WORLD DIGEST)(2009 Infosecurity Europe)(Pierre Audoin Consultants )(Conference news)
May 01, 2009 ... Infosecurity Europe Visitors Increase The 2009 Infosecurity Europe show - held at Earls Court in London last month has proven to be a recession-proof success, with visitor attendances up on the 2008 figures by 5%. According to Tamar Beck, Group Exhibition Director, ...
IT news and products.(SOFTWARE WORLD DIGEST)(Company overview)
May 01, 2009 ... Open Text Acquisition The Canadian Enterprise Content Management (ECM) vendor Open Text has announced it is to acquire Vignette Corporation one of its competitors. Under the terms of the deal Vignette shareholders will receive $8,000 in cash plus 0.1447 of an Open Text common ...
Security news and products.(SOFTWARE WORLD DIGEST)
May 01, 2009 ... Trojans dominate BitDefender's Top Ten Malware for April BitDefender's lineup of the ten most prevalent threats for April is dominated by Trojans, an on-going trend for this year. These threats, which spread by deceiving the recipient, occupy seven of the ten positions. There ...
Current hardware and software.(DATA FAIR NOTES)
May 01, 2009 ... This exciting title covering three short talks with question and answer sessions failed to live up to expectations, as the authors clearly expected, due both to the inadequate time available and the lack of response from the audience. (Indeed throughout the conference the problem of ...
Aids for program interchange.
May 01, 2009; ... The concept of program interchange has been the fundamental idea behind the creation of Software indexes such as the 10,000 strong NCC National Computer Program Index, and hire and buy schemes in the USA. It may be that the realisation of the difficulties involved, combined with the US ...
Perspective on recent software developments: a critical review of the present software situation with emphasis on contemporary programs and systems.(OPINION)
Mar 01, 2009 ... THE most obvious thought that springs from a scan of software releases in the last few months is a rather ungracious one: the absence in the U.K. of an RPG program for the Digital Equipment Co.'s range of PDP-8 and PDP-9 processors. In the U.S., Codon Corporation, Waltham, Mass., have an ...
Everyone a computer specialist: a case for the development of user orientated autocode languages using the notation and terminology of the type of application.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Why not? Well, let us look at the realism of such a statement. Present day thinking has led to the establishment of computer departments with the usual structural divisions. That is system analysis, programming and operations. This department is usually completely independent of line ...
Essential ITIL: what you need to succeed.(Organization overview)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Judging from the types of questions that come up at my talks and seminars, one of the hottest topics in IT Service Management (ITSM) today is the new ITIL[R] v3 guidance and what to make of it. People consistently ask me similar questions about ITIL, and most of these revolve ...
Software as a Service: it's about the business model, stupid. This white paper stresses an alternative view to the prevailing technology platform bias in current discussions around the development of the SaaS industry.(SOFTWARE WORLD INTELLIGENCE)(Company overview)
Mar 01, 2009 ... There seems to be a near universal consensus that Software as a Service (SaaS) is going to have a major impact on the business world in the next few years. In spite of this, virtually all of the discussion around SaaS to date has focused on technology--and that SaaS is merely a different ...
Cloud-based security services: will 2009 be the year this much hyped sector come of age: Pravin Mirchandani, CEO of network security specialists Syphan Technologies, argues that the emergence of new high-speed security technologies as we head into a recession is likely to be the catalyst for more widely available cloud-based security services.
Mar 01, 2009 ... The term Security-as-a Service was first coined by the marketing folks at McAfee in 2001 to describe their vision of an outsourced approach to the provisioning and management of the full range of anti-X technologies needed to maintain corporate security, via the Internet. From a technical ...
Infosecurity Europe 2008: a selection of papers from exhibitors at Infosecurity Europe 2008, Europe's dedicated information security event. Now in its 13th year, providing an education programme, new products & services, over 300 exhibitors and 11,700 visitors from every segment of the industry. 22nd - 24th April 2008 in the Grand Hall, Olympia. www.infosec.co.uk.(SOFTWARE WORLD INTELLIGENCE)(Company overview)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Are we heading for Internet Lockdown? Greg Day, Security Analyst, McAfee International Ltd Those with responsibility for managing appropriate use of an organisation's IT systems have a greater challenge than ever before on their hands. Years ago, employees' ...
Clearpace and DataDirect partnership.(Clearpace Software)(DataDirect Technologies )(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009 ... DataDirect Technologies and Progress Software Corporation have announced that Clearpace Software is using the DataDirect[R] OpenAccess[TM] software development kit (SDK) and runtime software components to enable standards-based data connectivity to its NParchive product from any ...
Force 10 networks launch.(IT News and Products)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Force 10 has launched a new Switch/Router which has some significant features enabling data center and IT managers to plan for and begin the move forward to tomorrow's converged network fabrics. The product follows on from their recent announcement of a new suite of advanced network ...
Optimistic outlook for European data centre sector.(IT News and Products)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Jones Lang LaSalle has published its first Data Centre Barometer research report, which focuses on the European data centre real estate market and features an independent market survey (undertaken by iXConsulting-the independent data centre consultancy). The Data Centre Barometer reflects ...
IT at heart of next industrial revolution.
Mar 01, 2009 ... In 10 years' time we will be able to put an entire year's worth of our waking experience--in digital quality--on a laptop. By 2039 that could extend to a record of our entire lives. The technology involved in organising memories to flow in a story form, but to also cross-reference, as well ...
Connected navigation service.(IT News and Products)
Mar 01, 2009 ... DeCarta have announced its real-time, twoway European connected navigation solution for next-generation personal navigation devices and smartphones. The software and service will be available to consumer brands, automotive OEMs, in-vehicle service providers, mobile network providers and ...