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• SaaS seeds ready to bloom

  By John Dix | 12 March, 2012 21:28

  One expected benefit from the shift to the cloud is the emergence of a refreshing new crop of innovative software suppliers.

• Enterprise software: Why usability matters

  By Rob Stummer | 15 November, 2011 11:10

  The world is more interconnected and intelligent than ever and most companies operate in a global market place. Best practices and operational excellence from a single innovative company, instantly affect the market for another company on the other side of the globe. As business gets more complex, the IT applications and systems that support it need to do the exact opposite -- become simpler and easier to use.

• HP to unveil dashboard tool

  By Matt Hamblen | 06 December, 2005 09:00

  Hewlett-Packard is set to unveil OpenView Dashboard, which is expected to include the ability to quickly create views of complex systems to monitor the health of business services.

• $18m online project scraps Computer Associates' suite

  By Laura Mason | 22 November, 1999 12:01

  Computer Associates' network management suite has been dumped midway through an $18 million online transaction project for the Victorian government.

• HP looks to promote OpenView apps

  By Paul Krill | 09 December, 2002 08:14

  Hewlett-Packard on Monday will formally announce it is joining the Microsoft Visual Studio .Net Integration program, which, when coupled with the company's Java support, is intended to promote multiplatform development of OpenView management applications.

• HP OpenView finds strength in numbers

  By Jeff Caruso | 07 February, 2000 12:01

  In an effort to give IT managers a more complete view of their enterprise networks, Hewlett-Packard Co. this week will combine its operations and performance management tools, and add new automated functions into the mix.

• The long and windy road to Oracle's fusion applications

  By Thomas Wailgum | 06 January, 2011 04:17

  Most high-tech vendor roadmaps, if customers can get their hands on one, are usually paved with good intentions.

• Enterprise apps find a space on consumer devices

  By Joab Jackson | 31 December, 2010 09:54

  Enterprise software vendors are finding new opportunities to serve customers on iPads, iPhone and other consumer devices

• SAP's co-CEOs: Are two heads better than one?

  By Thomas Wailgum | 24 November, 2010 04:48

  For most people in the United States and several million others around the globe, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, was a day to sit back on the couch and enjoy another Super Bowl Sunday chock full of overeating and morning-to-night football coverage.

• The App Store effect on BI applications and IT

  By Thomas Wailgum | 02 November, 2010 05:27

  Of the many consequential effects of the "App Store" phenomenon, there is one staring down IT departments today: Not only does your average consumer now expect application selection, purchase and delivery to be pretty darn seamless, so too does your smartphone-toting knowledge worker and line-of-business manager.

• ERP Sticker Shock: Maintenance, Upgrades, Customizations

  By Thomas Wailgum | 24 September, 2010 04:57

  "ERP financials" usually refers to the software package that businesses use to manage their general ledger, invoices, purchase orders and the like: Nothing that's terribly exciting, yet those applications are crucial to running any going concern.

• APAC security software revenue to grow 17.8 per cent this year: Gartner

  By Lisa Banks | 18 August, 2010 10:27

  The software security market is preparing for a boom as demand for Malware protection increases.

• Other enterprise e-mail cloud options

  By John Brandon | 29 April, 2010 04:40

  Microsoft and Google aren't the only cloud e-mail providers setting their sights on the enterprise. Here's a look at some others.

• Recession not all bad for enterprise software users

  By Chris Kanaracus | 14 December, 2009 08:00

  The global recession took a major toll on enterprise software vendors and their customers in 2009, leading to flagging license sales and tight IT budgets. But the economy also prompted a series of policy changes and concessions from vendors that could make users' lives easier in the long run, especially if they become broader trends.