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Enterprise Wikis Seen As a Way to End ‘Reply-All’ E-Mail Threads

Socialtext's president and co-founder talks about wikis as an enterprise collaboration tool and what wikis mean to companies, their IT departments, and a whole new generation of workers.n

Oracle’s Merger and Acquisition Strategy Gets Some Respect

Oracle, led by CEO Larry Ellison, has famously "bought" new software applications rather than trying to grow them from within. Now, say industry watchers, Oracle's sound strategy is paying off and Microsoft should take heed.n

Shrink Busters: How IT Is Helping Retailers Fight Theft

Losses from shrink (lost, stolen or damaged merchandise) and transaction fraud continue to haunt U.S. retailers dealing with sluggish sales. Can new tools and real-time business intelligence help IT help an industry in trouble?

Internet Explorer 8 Promises Better Standards Compliance…and a Whole Lot More

Developer release lauded as "sweet!" but puts the focus on security, interoperability and better programming features rather than the user experience.

Advances in Voice Recognition Software Win Over Doctors

Most of us still don't have a computer that talks when we listen. But the newest voice recognition software is gaining support from skeptical doctors and helping in the complex effort to make electronic medical records electronic.

Virtualization for Dummies

Analysis: Microsoft Buys into the Cloud

Another big announcement from Microsoft regarding its software-as-a-service roadmap shows just how much the software industry and Microsoft have changed.

What If Bill Gates had Become a Restaurateur Instead of Making Software?

Imagine if Bill Gates had studied food science instead of computer science. A world without the Empire That DOS Built would be a very different world...

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