And if people do use the BIOS to change configurations or diagnose a problem, there's often not much help and few similarities between different PCs. We even have a concept of the afterlife, so if your OS freezes you can go in and look at the state...
However, our propensity for creating more and more information carried on growing and we then started to hear about other kinds of document management from a raft of vendors - product data management (PDM - Axiom, Exertus), product lifecycle...
IBM is positioning the machine against EMC's CX 200 model, saying its product offers 40 per cent better performance at a lower cost, in some configurations. The new product will range in price from $63,000 to $150,000 (about £40,000 to £96,000) for...
Novell's Britton says: "We are looking at how to detach the applications from the machine and link them to the individual. The ISO 19770-1 standard was ratified in May and includes guidance on how to develop a software inventory, assess suppliers...
Desktop virtualisation, allowing multiple OSes and software versions to run in different windows on the same PC, can increase productivity for software developers and testers by allowing them to create or test applications for multiple software...
Oracle announced plans to buy Agile Software in a $495m cash deal, giving the software giant a foothold in the product lifecycle management (PLM) business. Bruce Richardson, an analyst with AMR Research, said: "Oracle has virtually zero in the PLM...