Picking the right CMS tool may require IT, marketing unity
When it comes time to pick a new enterprise Webcontent management system (CMS), many organizations leave the shopping project up to the ITdepartment. But this can become a problem when a marketing department is expected to take over thenewCMS tool and fly with it, according to experts. The IT department…
Quest Software: Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Migration Leader?
Quest Software is making a bold statement, claiming to be the leading provider of Microsoft Office 365 and Hosted Exchange cloud migration services. Quest Software points to Coca-Cola Bottling Co. as a recent Office 365 migration customer (InfraScience offered consulting expertise on the engagement). Plus, Quest has launched Quest OnDemand Quest Software…
OpenText extends lead in mobile enterprise solutions with Exceed onDemand for iPad
OpenText Corporation, the pre-eminent provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software, today announced that it has expanded its industry-leading enterprise portfolio of mobility solutions with the introduction of Exceed onDemand for Apple iPad tablets. The latest addition to the Exceed onDemand family of managed application access solutions provides iPad users…
How we tested next-generation firewalls
We tested next generation firewalls by looking at seven separate areas that we felt would be important to network managers trying to deploy these products in enterprise networks. We evaluated the basic firewall functionality of each product by examining the features for building security policy, VPNs, applying NAT and QoS,…
Next-gen firewalls: Off to a good start
When we tested four next-gen firewalls strictly on performance, we found that the products could forward packets at impressive rates, but throughput dropped when advanced security features were turned on. We now dive deep into application identification and control – the defining features of next-gen firewalls – to find out…
Is it ever acceptable to make a Java Applet part of an enterprise wide rollout?
Would you ever make a Java Applet part of an enterprise wide rollout? I certainly wouldn’t. As far as I’m concerned, Java Applets don’t have any place in a modern enterprise design. Any functionality you need from an Applet can be achieved by intelligently applying JavaScript and leveraging existing JavaScript…
Social Business Part II: 5 Reasons It’s Different Now
Social business is about to enter a new phase, according to SAP’s Sameer Patel. I agree. Patel has been a commentator and consultant on social but he recently crossed the divide and joined SAP. He’s there to help grow a social stack for the software giant’s customers. To date, social…
Google Defeats Microsoft in Epic Battle for Government Contract
Google beat Microsoft in securing a contract from the U.S. Department of the Interior, which originally chose Microsoft to provide e-mail and collaboration software for over 90,000 employees. Google has been on a roll as of late. The state of Colorado picked Apps over Microsoft Office 365 earlier this year. A…
Polycom sets up unified communications and video collaboration solution centre …
Polycom, Inc, the global leader in open standards based unified communications (UC), on Friday said that it has established a new solutions centre and office in New Zealand, located in Auckland’s Central Business District. According to the 2011 Frost & Sullivan NZ Unified Communications market report, New Zealand’s unified communications Andre…
Middleware market swells as IT becomes distributed
The application infrastructure and middleware market grew by 10% in 2011, Gartner finds but Progress Software fails to capture the rising tide The application infrastructure and middleware (AIM) market grew by 10% to reach $19.3 billion in 2011, according to the latest figures from analyst company Gartner. IBM retained its position as the market share…