SpringSource (which VMware acquired last year) is buying GemStone Systems, a company that provides enterprise data management solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. GemStone’s flagship product is GemFire Enterprise, a scalable, distributed data platform that dynamically puts data where it is needed across a network to remove latency. Other GemStone products include GemFire […]
Posted on May 7th, 2010 by admin
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As the importance of IT, the Internet, SmartPhones, and email has grown, its legal status has changed with far-reaching consequences. A variety of laws and regulations have been extended to cover all business records, including email and all communications in both public and private sectors. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and other mandates requirements touch almost every facet […]
Posted on April 20th, 2010 by admin
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Rally Software, a company that provides agile project management applications to for software development, has just acquired AgileZen, a startup that creates a visual project collaboration tool that manages work using the concept of Kanban. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rally says the acquisition will strengthen the company’s position in the emerging Kanban […]
Posted on April 14th, 2010 by admin
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Traditional IT security focuses on protecting the corporate network perimeter with firewalls, VPNs, and antivirus software. While important, these first-line defenses aren’t enough. New technology and business practices spread sensitive data across multiple channels, creating new vulnerabilities. The solution is safeguarding data where it lives – in the database and on the file servers. Tweet […]
Posted on April 10th, 2010 by admin
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Under the radar startup NorthScale is publicly launching today with a new data management technology to help web-based companies, particularly startups that deal with large amounts of transactional data. For example, social gaming giant Zynga has been using NorthScale since December. Founded by leaders of the memcached open source project, NorthScale is like Cloudera for […]
Posted on March 17th, 2010 by admin
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Axosoft, the developer of project management software OnTime is releasing a new version of its product that includes an innovative new way for developers to visualize, review and manage the life cycle of backlog items. The first 10 People to use coupon code “TechCrunch” to buy Axosoft’s OnTime Hosted Solution for 1 year from the […]
Posted on March 15th, 2010 by admin
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SOA and ITSM drive success and productivity One bad customer experience can cost you that customer for life. Hospitality, travel, retail, healthcare, and financial services are especially prone to losing customers who have a negative experience. It does not take much for a customer to decide that you and your company are not worth his time, […]
Posted on March 5th, 2010 by admin
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ISO has announced that ISO 31000:2009, the new international standard for risk management, has been published. Entitled ‘ISO 31000:2009, Risk management – Principles and guidelines’, the standard provides principles, framework and a process for managing any form of risk in a transparent, systematic and credible manner within any scope or context. The standard recommends that […]
Posted on March 5th, 2010 by admin
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The key service management business questions facing CIOs and senior IT managers today are: What are the service management impacts with the ever-increasing technical complexity on margins and customer satisfaction? Where are the areas where margin-improvement opportunities exist? How can IT minimize the maintenance-contract price pressure to drive new service-revenue opportunities to the bottom line? […]
Posted on March 5th, 2010 by admin
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