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A new start with Quark

A new start with Quark

Adrian Bridgwater provides an overview of his thoughts on QuarkXPress 7 and makes mention of some of its major features.

Quality: The Missing Link in Software Development

  Title:  Quality: The Missing Link in Software Development   By Andy Seager, Director of Solutions Marketing, Borland EMEA   I find it incredible that in this day and age software development continues to be more art than science

A new era for enterprise databases: Has the end of the trade-off between cost and capability finally arrived?

The persistently high rate of data growth is having a direct impact on the database market. According to IDC the relational database management system (RDBMS) software market grew 14.3 percent last year to $16.5 billion -- not bad for what many considered to be a mature, slow-growing market.

Palm Selects Wind River as its Preferred Linux Platform Provider for the Palm Foleo Mobile Companion

Palm Selects Wind River as its Preferred Linux Platform Provider for the Palm Foleo Mobile Companion

Wind River Systems has announced that Palm has selected Wind River® Platform for Consumer Devices, Linux Edition as its open standard Linux platform for future Palm® Foleo™ software releases.

FileMaker Pro: Little Guy Mixing It with the Big Fellows

FileMaker Pro: Little Guy Mixing It with the Big Fellows

Databases are about records, right? Newly released FileMaker Pro 9 could very well have broken the record for the time span between half-point releases: some 18 months. Some may say the wait was worth it, others may be left pondering.

IBM RSDC: Are you staying Rational?

IBM RSDC: Are you staying Rational?

I have to confess that when I received my invitation to attend the 10th anniversary IBM Rational Software Development Conference from June 1 0th to the 14th in Orlando, I was expecting a potentially jaded experience this being the fourth year in a row that I have covered the event. Let me explain. The previous years’ ‘taglines’ have safely hovered around the same theme: software runs the world, better software equals better business, software in concert etc...

Passwords - friend or foe?

Passwords - friend or foe?

Passwords have been used for centuries but, according to some, their days are numbered. Bill Gates, for example, believes that arming everyone with yet more complex technology will make electronic transactions safer. While this may be true for those prepared or able to use such technology, there’s a lot more that communications networks can do to take the strain and keep things simple, argues Richard Baker, BT’s chief identity architect.

Second life, second identity?

Second life, second identity?

Information is precious and personal information is perhaps the most valuable information we have. Companies and organisations which collect consumer and customer data use this information to analyse and measure specific behavior and align their sales techniques to personal needs. Holger Wandt from Human Inference explains all.

Informed Decision-Making Equals Effective ICT

Informed Decision-Making Equals Effective ICT

The secret to affordable, productive IT is informed decision-making, says Joanna Sedley-Burke, Business Development Director at IT services company, Sovereign Business Integration plc.

Inside Intel: Parallel or perish..!

Inside Intel: Parallel or perish..!

Portuguese programming prowess was much in evidence as Lisbon was the venue for the 2007 annual Intel EMEA software development conference. Adrian Bridgwater attended to learn more about the company’s vision for the next generation of computing.