SoftwareWill Microsoft deliver Windows 7 next year?
Recent hints suggest Microsoft might release the next version of its operating system, Windows 7, earlier than the expected 2010 date, suggesting that the company may also want to cut its losses on Vista.
SoftwareThe New Face Of R&D
The talk at IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft Research is all about "open innovation." Is that a feel-good catchphrase or the R&D strategy of the future?
SoftwareIT vendors in India target sharp growth in software sales
India's Nasscom trade group released a study forecasting that annual software sales by vendors based in that country will grow to as much as $12 billion by 2015.
SoftwareMicrosoft System Center gets cross-platform support
Microsoft has released beta technologies that enable its System Center software to manage servers running operating systems other than Windows.
SoftwareThe new employee connection: Social networking behind the firewall
Corporate social networking is more than an electronic water cooler. Companies may start with the idea of helping employees get to know one another better, but with easier and faster connections among people, cross-division collaboration suddenly happens more naturally, leading to greater innovation.
SoftwareIs Google your next data center?
Lower costs, snap upgrades and other benefits of cloud computing are leading IT organizations to increasingly outsource traditional IT infrastructure activities like storage and server management to managed services providers. How will this alter the makeup of the IT department of the future? Computerworld looks ahead.
SoftwareSoftware That Saves Lives
An innovative use of QlikView BI software for medical purposes earned QlikTech International and a project undertaken by Dr. Daniel Stalhammar at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, a victory in the Business & Related Services category in the Computerworld Honors Program.
SoftwareA Windows Vista® FAQ
(Source: Dell) Corporate customers are deploying Windows Vista now, and Dell Services wants to help you understand the features of the new OS and how to plan your Windows Vista deployment.
SoftwareSQL Server 2008's future 'cloudy' as Microsoft releases new database
Microsoft began making SQL Server 2008 available to users, slightly later than planned but still within the three-year development window that the company set for itself.
SoftwareNew Google tool aims to provide more insight into online searches
Google is offering a new tool, called Insights for Search, that is designed to help marketing and advertising users better analyze Internet search patterns and trends.