Startup culture stirring at Microsoft
Guy Shahine works at a multibillion-dollar company that has dominated the software industry for decades and has nearly 98,000 employees worldwide. Yet, he insists, he also works at a startup. Shahine, in Microsoft’s Online Services Division, believes a just-launched project his Bing Advertising team is working on linking customers’ credit cards…
Red Hat takes OpenShift to 1.2
Red Hat has goosed its locally deployable platform cloud to version 1.2, bringing a host of improvements. The upgrades to OpenShift Enterprise were announced on Wednesday, and see the company broaden the range of modifications possible for its application containers which Red Hat rather charmingly calls "cartridges". Customers can now add…
Intelligence Community seeks unified communications
A recent request for information highlights the Intelligence Community’s ongoing effort to enhance the way its 17 agencies share technology, information and resources. The RFI, posted on July 8, seeks to build the Desktop Environment (DTE) aspect of the Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise (IC ITE), a strategy created by the The…
Ideaca Has Been Named One of the Top 100 Private Companies in British …
Ideaca, a Canadian IT consulting firm, has been named one of the Top Private Companies in British Columbia by Business in Vancouver Magazine. TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 10, 2013– Ideaca, a Canadian technology consulting firm, has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Private Companies in British Columbia by Business Business…
YouSendIt rebrands as Hightail, looks beyond file sharing to rival …
YouSendIt today announced a turning point in its existence a rebrand of the company that it hopes will emphasize its transformation into a business that aids in not only passing of files, but collaboration, and sharing. Starting today, YouSendIt is now being known as Hightail. The renaming of the company…
ServiceNow Powers Up Colorado Springs Utilities to Transform Service Delivery
Automation and Consolidation of IT Operations Enables Public Utility to Meet Audit and Compliance Requirements SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 08, 2013– ServiceNow(R) (NYSE: NOW), the enterprise IT cloud company, today announced that Colorado Springs Utilities has implemented ServiceNow software-as-a-service to transform the quality of their IT services, provide better end-user…
Ideaca Opens New IT Support Centre in Kitchener, Ontario
Canadian IT consulting firm, Ideaca, brings opportunities to local businesses, IT professionals and students with new IT Support Centre in Ontario’s Waterloo Region. TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 09, 2013– Ideaca, a Canadian IT consulting firm, is pleased to announce the opening of their new Kitchener Application Support Centre serving the Waterloo…
Michelin to Use TraceParts 3D Enterprise Content Management
Michelin has been using TraceParts 2D and 3D component content since 1995. To prevent designers from getting mired in electronic and printed catalogues offered by manufacturers, the Michelin Parts Library (MPL) was already limited to components that had been approved and codified by the Michelin methods department. The approved components MPL…
InsideSales.com Appoints Mick Hollison as Chief Marketing Officer
Before joining Microsoft, Hollison spent 13 years with IBM in a variety of executive roles including director of worldwide sales for both WebSphere and Lotus Software. &quot;Mick&#039;s unique blend of marketing, sales and product experience makes him the ideal&nbsp;…<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130610-903753.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">Keep reading…</a></p>
Microsoft to upgrade weekly
SEATTLE Microsoft Corp., which for decades has refreshed its popular Office corporate software about once every three years, says it will switch to weekly updates. Its a radical shift as Microsoft overhauls its Internet programs, seeking to stay in sync with the fast-changing technology industry. For much of Microsofts 38-year…