Enterprise Applications

Economic Pressure Makes Retailers Look to Off-the-Shelf Software to Speed Application Delivery

Retailers love to think that their ways of doing business are unique. But a Retail Systems Research report notes that all retailers -- from Wal-Mart to midsize players -- see packaged and SaaS applications as viable alternatives to in-house developme

Seven Open-Source Mac Apps You Need Right Now

"Free business Macintosh applications" is not a contradiction in terms. Here are several open-source enterprise Mac OS X applications that you can put right to work.

Why Social Computing Aids Knowledge Management

Social networking tools promise to help companies harness the knowledge inside the heads of their employees and put it to work for the business.n

SAP Skills Shortage Costs SAP’s Customers, Partners and, Ultimately, SAP AG

ERP, NetWeaver and BI skills development are a priority for SAP as the spread of its software outpaces the supply of people to implement it. SAP now reaches out to prospective IT workers and offers online courses in multiple languages to attract new

Lockheed Martin Shows Off Internal Social Software Platform

The aerospace giant used SharePoint and has deployed it to a small test group. Lockheed plans to go enterprise wide once the social software tools mature more during the next year.

Use Your Citysense: Free BlackBerry App Finds Busiest Bars, Hotspots

Microsoft’s CardSpace Attacked by Researchers

Research shows Microsoft's CardSpace is vulnerable.

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Enterprise 2.0 Faceoff: Microsoft Lags Behind IBM in Social Software

Inside Oracle’s Plans to Conquer the SMB Applications Market

Oracle's Accelerate program for small and medium-sized organizations relies on Oracle partners and industry-specific application sets. And the key, says Oracle's Tony Kender, is faster, easier and cheaper implementations for smaller organi