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Commentary: IBM, Yahoo looking to leapfrog Google
December 14, 2006
Google has had an unbreakable grip on entry-level enterprise search for some time now. That's about to change.
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Commentary: IBM's on-demand strategy goes beyond IT
November 14, 2003
One year on, the vision's much clearer, and 320,000 employees are energized to win the business transformation and data center deals that ensure Big Blue's future.
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Commentary: IBM should sell PC unit
December 7, 2004
Passing the PC business to a buyer would fit the company's goal of escaping tight margins and focusing on fatter profits.
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Commentary: Tough road for new HP chief
March 31, 2005
Forrester analysts say the to-do list for the incoming CEO starts with a big question: Is HP better together?
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Commentary: Keeping HP customers happy
February 10, 2005
news.commentary With Fiorina gone, customers should stay the course--for now. But the next CEO still must prove that bigger is better.
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Commentary: Getting to the bottom of grid
May 24, 2004
Firms are confused about what "grid" computing means, but that hasn't stopped them from rolling it out, Forrester says.
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Commentary: In the middle with RFID
June 1, 2004
Companies considering middleware for radio frequency identification systems should look for flexible architectures that can start small and grow with their needs.
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Commentary: Clear thinking on content management
December 17, 2003
IBM's purchase of Green Pasture is another sign of a consolidating market. Here's how buyers should evaluate rapidly evolving strategies and capabilities.
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Commentary: Novell gives Linux enterprise muscle
November 10, 2003
Novell's acquisition of SuSE Linux is a good deal for firms and governments that are looking for an open-source alternative to Unix and Windows.
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Commentary: HP gets organic
December 9, 2003
In a consolidating IT industry, Hewlett-Packard is charting a path toward the Adaptive Enterprise, its name for a new set of IT and business capabilities that has captured the industry's attention.
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Commentary: Gates' planned exit changes everything
June 16, 2006
Microsoft's new leadership must quickly find a way to prevent the legacy weight of Windows and Office dragging down the fledgling Live platform.
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Commentary: Storage buyers gain integration
October 15, 2003
EMC's acquisition of Documentum means that customers will get an integrated content management and storage system that enforces business policies all the way down to the disc.
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Commentary: Dances with penguins
August 4, 2003
Financial services firms should stop playing the wallflower, get on the dance floor--and enjoy the benefits of Unix reliability at Intel prices.
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Commentary: The business end of SP2
August 9, 2004
For enterprises, mass deployment of the Windows XP service pack isn't a practical reality. Companies should treat SP2 as a full-fledged operating system upgrade.
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Commentary: Hop on the bus?
July 9, 2004
An enterprise service bus can help companies meet basic integration requirements, but there are limits to what a commercial ESB product can do without custom-developed extensions.
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Commentary: Waking up to NetWeaver
March 18, 2004
Forrester experts say SAP customers should consider NetWeaver for their next portal-centric or business intelligence projects--and ease into the rest of the NetWeaver stack.
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Commentary: Three challenges for RFID
March 10, 2004
Retailers' mandates for adoption of radio frequency identification technology mean that suppliers have their work cut out for them.
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Commentary: Internet calling verges on mainstream
November 18, 2003
VoIP is racing toward mainstream acceptance, steered by attractive price points, cost savings and significant improvements in voice quality and reliability, according to Forrester Research.
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Commentary: Sunny days for Solaris?
November 15, 2004
Solaris 10, Sun's long-awaited upgrade, looks to be the best vintage since version 2.6, offering solid value to customers.
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