IBM's WebSphere application server platform is too full of proprietary technologies to allow real interoperability with other systems according to UK messaging technology firm SpiritSoft. The firm today criticised Big Blue for bundling together old...
IBM and Microsoft will have to figure out the boundaries of where the control is," said Ted Schadler, an analyst at Forrester Research. The capability Rational brings is an ability to build the applications that support the On Demand operating...
Holland believes there is huge opportunity for RFID technology beyond the retail market for the automotive and pharmaceutical industries. IBM said the package is based on non-proprietary standards and is built on its WebSphere Business Integration...
Hewlett-Packard and Linux supporters such as Red Hat were tied for fifth place with 55 per cent viewing them favourably. Oracle was number two, with 68 per cent viewing the company's technology favorably in regard to interoperability.
A survey of companies in eight European countries and the US by Forrester Consulting found that there are big budgets for identity management and access control projects. Companies are tightening up access to their IT systems in the face of hackers...
Although four out of five (81 per cent) of businesses adopt formal SLAs, these are only met 74 per cent of the time, according to research carried out by Forrester Consulting. According to Forrester, the failure of these SLAs demonstrates many...