TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Enterprise 2.2 has a number of enhancements for building communities around commercial brands found in gaming, sports and entertainment. -- read full article
NewsFactor - Before you even begin to look at engaging seriously in lots of networking effort, it is useful to look at your own temperament or disposition. This is the individual's internal desire to network and to find value and enjoyment from the whole process of building relationships. -- read full article
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - The major storage manufacturers have struggled to put together viable strategies for data reduction. -- read full article
InfoWorld - ObjectWave is offering a rich Internet application platform called Swan, which makes it easier to link AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) interfaces to back-end server code. -- read full article
Reuters - Internet social networking and
self-help travel websites are drastically changing the holiday
planning landscape, the founder of the world's largest online
travel advisory service said on Thursday.
NewsFactor - Cable company Comcast is becoming more sociable with Wednesday's announcement that it will buy social-networking site Plaxo. Terms were not disclosed, although there are reports that the price could be up to $175 million, based on performance targets over the next few years. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - New WebSphere and Lotus Connections software for the smartphone allow users to build Web sites as well as messaging and calendaring applications. -- read full article
InfoWorld - VersionOne launched an agile project management platform for small teams of developers this week and is sprucing up its enterprise-level product next week. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Oracle plans to make AdminServer's software a core component of its existing insurance-related products, such as Oracle Billing, Siebel Claims, and Siebel Customer Relationship Management for Insurance. -- read full article
Reuters - IBM said on Wednesday it has started
selling software that lets customers access its Cognos business
intelligence software via BlackBerry mobile devices.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - HP has been trying to grow its IT services business for years, without a lot of success. Will the acquisition of EDS let it better compete with IBM for big contracts? -- read full article