Applications

The growing reliance on business analytics at the enterprise level to improve strategic operational decision making and increase corporate competitive advantage is driving what IDC estimates to be a $20 billion market for business analytics development tools and packaged intelligence applications. O...

In a demonstration of its efforts to bridge the chasm between Web-based applications and client, or native, applications, Google announced changes to its Google Earth 3-D mapping software as well as Google Gears Wednesday at its annual I/O software developer's conference in San Francisco. For webmas...

Adobe's next generation of Creative Suite graphic design, Web development and video editing applications are edging closer to official release. The company's Adobe Labs site has posted publicly available betas of Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth. Dreamweaver is Adobe's application for Web desig...

IBM has released additional Lotus software for Research In Motion's popular BlackBerry platform, taking the set of applications further beyond the realm of simple e-mail and into the wild world of Web 2.0 social networking applications. Yes, that's social networking for the enterprise. While IBM alr...

For all those Outlook users who have ever thought there has to be a better way to organize and search e-mail content, Xobni, a startup out of San Francisco, has launched its attempt at a solution. A free add-on, Xobni -- "in-box" spelled backwards -- is designed to help users of Microsoft's Outlook ...

Skype released a beta version of its mobile Voice over Internet Protocol application that can be downloaded to a variety of phones. The application, which the company says is still unstable, will allow people to set up group chats, see when contacts are online, make SkypeIn and SkypeOut calls and ta...

Mike Meehan at SearchSOA.com has done some homework on the use of Web Oriented Architecture, and the IT folks in the field are fed up. Enough with the labels, they seem to be saying. And they raise excellent points. I for one am by no means wed to the "WOA" nomenclature. Several other industry analy...

As consumer-focused word processing and spreadsheet applications become less expensive and more available from non-Microsoft sources like Google and Apple, Microsoft is working to ensure that it too has lower-priced, higher-value "essential software" solutions for consumers. The Redmond, Wash., soft...

IBM has introduced a mashup portfolio designed to help line of business users create applications for specific situations. The driver behind development of the portfolio is the recognition that there is a huge amount of value in unstructured data and content that doesn't always fall neatly under the...

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Archer Launches Exchange for Enterprise Apps

Archer Technologies on Tuesday launched the Archer Exchange, a virtual marketplace for on-demand application development wherein companies that have developed applications in-house can put them up on the exchange for sale to other corporations. The company made the announcement at the RSA Security C...

Google announced Monday it plans to take its Google Docs word processing application into unchartered territory -- offline. "We've taken another small step toward making Web applications accessible anywhere and everywhere. We're rolling out a way for you to edit documents in Google Docs even without...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what does it cost to edit the picture with Photoshop? As of right now, the only cost is Internet access with a modern Web browser. Adobe Systems has launched an online photo editing tool that's free to anyone who wants to edit, store, sort and show off their d...

Don't open that Word file attached to your e-mail; it might contain malware. And don't click on that e-mail or Web site links from strangers. Heck, don't even open Word e-mail attachments from trusted sources unless you're expecting them. Attackers are embedding malware in Word documents that causes...

Microsoft has licensed Adobe's Flash Lite and Reader software for users of its mobile phone technology. "People want vibrant Web experiences and access to entertainment and information anywhere, anytime," said John O'Rourke, general manager of Microsoft's mobile communications unit. "Bringing Flash ...

The word "footprint" has gained a lot of currency of late, particularly when talking about carbon consumption and emissions, but also within the IT world. Seen in its original and primary form, a footprint contains lots of information about the identity and nature of the beast that made it. Looking ...

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