July 2, 2009

Cloud control systems tame the ether

3tera, Enomaly, Kaavo, and RightScale take myriad and mixed approaches to managing virtual servers in the sky

June 30, 2009

Why is Microsoft Office so hard to kill?

Apart from the popularity of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, Office happens to be the world's most successful rapid application development platform

June 30, 2009

The many faces of OpenOffice

Variants from IBM, Novell, Sun, and elsewhere tout a variety of advantages over the OpenOffice.org core

June 30, 2009

First look: Microsoft Office 2010

An early Community Technology Preview reveals the obligatory Windows 7 flash, a more smoothly integrated Outlook, easy macro-like automation, and the blissful end to nested-menu tedium

June 30, 2009

Office-compatibility torture test

SoftMaker Office shines and OpenOffice.org falters in InfoWorld's Office-fidelity face-off

June 30, 2009

The better Office alternative: SoftMaker Office bests OpenOffice.org

SoftMaker Office 2008 shows superior compatibility with Microsoft Office formats, while OpenOffice.org 3.1 falls flat

June 25, 2009

Bending the back office: Open source CRM and ERP

SugarCRM, Openbravo, and Compiere tap the power of open source development to make customization easy, but the line between community and commercial is quickly crossed

June 23, 2009

Can you manage an iPhone like a BlackBerry?

Apple's iPhone 3.0 OS and iPhone Configuration Utility 2.0 extend the iPhone's enterprise-class management and security features. The InfoWorld Test Center sees how far they really go

June 22, 2009

First look: iPhone 3G S is evolution in action

The iPhone 3G S is less revolutionary than its predecessors, but is still moving in the right direction

June 18, 2009

First look: iPhone OS 3.0 is better for business, but IT won't be satisfied

My iPod Touch slowed to a crawl, making the many useful new iPhone update features hard to use -- at first

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