Oracle is continuing its aggressive push into server virtualization with the launch of a template-building tool for developing pre-packaged, software-installed VMs. Analysts weigh in on what to watch out for before getting your feet wet with pre-configured VMs
At VMworld in San Francisco Cisco announced the integration of its Frame Data Center with VMware Virtual Infrastructure. The intent is for customers to make better use data centre resources and ensure improved business continuity and security.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could just type in a word search to grab hold of last year's quarterly report, rather than having to scroll through a series of tiny folders on your computer screen? Hyperion Solutions Corp., the Santa Clara, Calif., a business intelligence software maker, thinks so too.
Chief technology officer at NCR Corp., Mark Grossi is also a leading evangelist for "self-service banking at the touch of a fingerprint." It's a technology he and his team have honed and perfected at NCR's Advanced Concepts Lab in Dundee, Scotland. On Tuesday, Grossi demoed the technology in Toronto, focusing on the "chief benefits" of fingerprint biometrics: simplicity, security, and swiftness. IT World Canada's online editor Joaquim P. Menezes reports
IBM Global Services on Wednesday plans to launch a hosted service for customer relationship management, with an offering intended to help enterprises get a CRM application up and running faster than an in-house deployment.
IBM Global Services on Wednesday plans to launch a hosted service for customer relationship management, with an offering intended to help enterprises get a CRM application up and running faster than an in-house deployment.