A collaborative “Provenance Project”, funded by the EU, finished its latest phase at the end of November 2006. The purpose of the project was to define an open architecture for the storage and interchange of information describing the provenance of data. Provenance is concerned with the ability to determine the sequence of events and activities that resulted in a particular decision or change of state of information. Effectively, it is a formalised approach to the implementation of traceability, which ha…
OpinionWire Articles - published 04/01/2007 - Rob Hailstone
Described by India’s IT cheerleaders, Nasscom, as the third wave of outsourcing, remote infrastructure management is causing shock waves throughout the infrastructure services market. Remote infrastructure management pioneer, HCL, now claims that 80% to 85% of the management phase of infrastructure services deals can be delivered offshore, allowing it to offer prices that onshore providers, already on wafer thin margins, cannot hope to compete with.
TECHwatch Articles - published 02/01/2007 - Datamonitor Analysts
Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo! have agreed to work together on SiteMaps, the webmaster search engine optimisation specification developed by Google. In a rare show of solidarity, the three fiercely competitive Web portals announced SiteMaps.org, a page where the latest version of the specification, and instructions for adhering to it, can be found.
TECHwatch Articles - published 01/12/2006 - Datamonitor Analysts
Several weeks after announcing its next-generation, integrated ALM offering, Serena Software Inc. announced plans to acquire the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) technology that was an obvious missing piece.
TECHwatch Articles - published 01/11/2006 - Datamonitor Analysts
The next full release of RightNow Technologies’ on-demand application suite is scheduled for December, when the emphasis will be on providing tools to help organisations to increase their knowledge of customers, and act on that knowledge by making use of it at every point of customer interaction.
TECHwatch Articles - published 01/10/2006 - Datamonitor Analysts
InstaColl, a privately held company headquartered in Bangalore, India, is offering users of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint an innovative, real-time document collaboration facility on the back of Skype. While this might not be newsworthy in its own right, it serves to illustrate the way in which disruptive technologies can introduce new ideas and business models.
OpinionWire Articles - published 07/09/2006 - Richard Edwards
Australia has had a patchy record in developing high-end IT skills. There has been little co-ordination between the industry and various governments, and it seems Australia has had a new initiative almost annually to improve matters. Most have failed.
TECHwatch Articles - published 01/09/2006 - Graeme Philipson
The concept of cashless transactions appeals to consumers and suppliers alike. It reduces the overheads of handling cash, cuts down on the risk of theft, and the inconvenience of having to find the right amount of change for a vending or car park machine. Cashless electronic payments not only reduce these overheads and inconveniences, they also automatically keep electronic records of cash transactions from the moment that monetary value is loaded onto a card. However, there are a few things that every o…
OpinionWire Articles - published 31/08/2006 - Sarah Burnett
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