Data/Document Management
- ASR Launches Accountability Framework for Higher Ed
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2/22/2008
Education consulting firm ASR Analytics has debuted a new suite of services focused on the reporting and analysis of accountability data in colleges and universities. The new Accountability Framework for Higher Education (AFHE) is designed to provide a "sustainable reporting foundation for decision making" using BI methodologies.
- Microsoft Takes Bold Steps Toward Open APIs and Publishing Tech Specs
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2/21/2008
In a major shift in its business model, Microsoft Thursday said it is placing a significant emphasis on standardization and interoperability, saying it will share its APIs and release extensive documentation of its protocols. The company is also promising not to sue open source developers who use Microsoft's patented protocols for non-commercial implementations.
- Texas University Adopts SaaS for Admissions Management
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2/21/2008
Concordia University Texas is working with Intelliworks' Orion software service to manage its admissions programs. Concordia said it plans to use the solution to manage online event registration and prospect inquiries, track interactions with prospective students, and create targeted e-mail marketing campaigns.
- UAE University Streamlines Document Processing with ImageNow
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2/20/2008
The American University in Dubai has deployed ImageNow, an enterprise document management program from Perceptive Software, to streamline its business processes.
- Microsoft Releases 'Feature Complete' SQL Server 2008 CTP
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2/20/2008
A fully baked beta release of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 is now available for testing. Microsoft released the "feature-complete" community technology preview (CTP) of the new SQL Server Tuesday, Feb. 19.
- eCopy Launches Document Management Tools for Education
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2/15/2008
Software developer eCopy this week debuted a new line of document imaging and management solutions targeted toward education. The line includes three suites designed to automate document workflows, reduce paper waste, and integrate with systems common in colleges, universities, and K-12 schools, including popular multifunction printers and network scanners.
- Print Management Automates 'Greening' of IT at Saint Mary's
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2/14/2008
Rarely do bad habits change just because somebody has brought your attention to them. Most of the time, change requires some form of vigilance, whether self-imposed or provided by others--or even better, by automation. In the case of Saint Mary's College, a women's college in Notre Dame, IN, the bad habit was paper waste.
- Denodo Enhances Data Mashup Platform
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2/14/2008
Denodo Technologies this week released the latest version of its flagship platform to create enterprise "data mashups." The Palo Alto, CA-based enterprise software maker is billing the release as "the industry's only unified data integration platform."
- Sun To Acquire Virtualization Developer
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2/13/2008
Sun Microsystems yesterday announced plans to purchase German software developer innotek, the maker of VirtualBox, a set of open source x86 virtualization tools for home and enterprise users. The announcement comes less than a month after the signing of Sun's $1 billion definitive agreement to acquire open source database developer MySQL. Terms of this latest deal have not been disclosed.
- DataDirect Offers MySQL XQuery Product
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2/11/2008
DataDirect issued an announcement last week that it has updated its DataDirect XQuery solution, which now supports XQuery functionality in the open source MySQL Enterprise Server relational database management system (RDBMS). XQuery is a W3C recommendation for an engine that can be used to query XML stores and XML data in RDBMSes.
- IBM Brings Cognos into the Fold
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2/11/2008
Having sealed the deal on the largest acquisition in its history, IBM has moved to show that it has already taken the reigns of Cognos, the No. 2 supplier of business intelligence and performance management software.
- SugarCRM Solaris Installer To Come
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2/8/2008
SugarCRM Inc. plans to make it easier to install its Sugar Community Edition customer relationship management (CRM) solution on Solaris operating systems.
- FileMaker Server 9v3 Adds Leopard Support
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2/7/2008
FileMaker this week released updates to its FileMaker Server and FileMaker Server Advanced database software, bringing them up to speed with their desktop counterparts. The new v3 releases include Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard support, along with numerous fixes for both Mac OS X and Windows.
- How Network Management Speeds Research at Baylor College of Medicine
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2/7/2008
Although the research environment in which he works is highly complex, systems administrator Justin King has an uncomplicated goal for his infrastructure: "To simplify it as much as possible from an end user standpoint." King works as the sole IT person for the Human Neuroimaging Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine in the Department of Neuroscience in Houston, TX. This private medical school is one of the few places on earth where scientists can have access to more than a single functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scanner simultaneously for their research.
- CSU Bolsters Continuity Plan with Infrastructure Management Software
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2/7/2008
The California State University system this week said it's deployed Planet IRM enterprise software on 10 of its 23 campuses as part of an effort to bolster its business continuity efforts in a "massive system-wide upgrade of its network infrastructure."
- JumpBox Brings PmWiki to Virtual Environments
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2/7/2008
JumpBox this week released JumpBox for PmWiki, a bundled software tool that combines support for virtual computing environments with open-source wiki functionality.
- Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1 Released to Manufacturing
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2/4/2008
Microsoft today announced that two of its most important products of the last half-decade are complete and ready to be shipped. Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 were released to manufacturing (RTM), marking a dual milestone in the history of both products. It also means that Windows 2008 will be officially shipping by the "Global Launch Wave" of enterprise products on Feb. 27. Others include Visual Studio 2008, released last year, and SQL Server 2008, which was recently pushed back to Q3.
- VMLogix Supports Citrix XenServer
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2/4/2008
Microsoft isn't the only company courting virtualization and app delivery infrastructure vendor Citrix Systems. VMLogix is joining forces with the Fort Lauderdale, FL-based company to make its virtual lab automation solutions available on Citrix's newly acquired XenServer.
- Sybase Has 'Record' Year
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2/1/2008
Once left for dead, Sybase Inc. has shored up its key tools and mobile businesses, while it remains a factor in a database market dominated by Oracle, IBM and Microsoft.
- Site Executive 4 Expands Platform Support
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1/29/2008
Content management system developer Systems Alliance Tuesday launched a new version of its flagship Web CMS SiteExecutive. The latest release, version 4, includes expanded support for mobile devices for content delivery and multiple platforms for content authoring and also adds new optimization features.
- IBM Opens Jazz Dev Community
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1/28/2008
IBM announced last week that it would open up its Jazz.net development platform to developers. Jazz.net is an open commercial software development community that helps to create global collaboration solutions based on IBM Rational technology. Jazz was originally open only to IBM staff, academics and customers. Now, any registered Jazz contributor can influence projects using the open standards, Eclipse-based Jazz platform.
- VMware Manages the Release Lifecycle
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1/28/2008
Virtualization pioneer VMware has released the public beta of its new deployment management product, VMware Stage Manager. The application is based on the company's flagship virtualization platform, VMware Infrastructure 3.
- IBM Buys AptSoft To Boost BPM-SOA Line
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1/25/2008
IBM announced Tuesday the acquisition of Burlington, MA-based AptSoft Corp., a privately held business event processing software provider. The acquisition enhances IBM's current business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) solutions, according to Ed Lynch, product manager and transition executive for IBM's business integration portfolio.
- Microsoft Earnings Show Strong Enterprise Software Business
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1/25/2008
While Microsoft's record revenues of $16.4 billion and earnings of $4.7 billion for the second quarter put the spotlight on strong sales of Vista and Office, Redmond's latest financial report also showed steady growth in its server and tools business.
- Microsoft: SQL Server 2008 Will Be Late
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1/25/2008
Despite public confidence that SQL Server 2008 would ship by the end of June, Microsoft today indicated it probably is more likely to arrive toward the end of the year.
