Free Enterprise CRM and Groupware Software to Watch

October 9th, 2009 CentOS Enterprise Linux 5 is built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code. Other than logo and name changes CentOS Enterprise Linux 5 is compatible with the equivalent Red Hat version.

August 2nd, 2005 Debugging guidelines for NetBeans and Sun Java Studio Enterprise. Debugging Tips for Applications Built With Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7 Debugging Java Software using NetBeans 3.6

April 12th, 2006 Java Studio Enterprise provides a complete solution for architecting and implementing large-scale enterprise applications in Java EE. Sun plans to open source major elements of the Sun Java Studio Enterprise as a project on NetBeans.org - NetBeans Enterprise Pack.

June 21st, 2006 "Magnolia 3.0 is a commercial open-source Enterprise Content Management System that integrates web content management (CMS) and document management (DMS) through one web-based, AJAX-powered user interface. It is used around the world to maintain web sites, intranets and extranets by companies, governments and NGO's of any size." In my experience it is very user friendly and I recommend it.

March 3rd, 2008 To join "Free" Software Foundation which preaches that all software should be free you are forced to pay at least 120$ per year. My simple question for FSF & Richard Stallman is: Why should we pay to join "Free" software foundation? When software (which requires human labor which costs money) should be free, as they preach, then why not services (which also costs human labor and money to provide)? I tried to join Free Software Foundation by setting my membership to 0$ per year but was denied.

July 22nd, 2005 Enterprise buyers understand that their CRM software vendor selection decision has long-term consequences. However, vendor alternatives are becoming fewer, and buyers are not fully satisfied with the level of support from leading CRM software providers in working collaboratively to achieve long-term business objectives.

September 24th, 2005 I used to work for Extensity Inc., now part of GEAC. Extensity Expense Report Software was the key product of Extensity.

April 1st, 2009 I am sure if you are associated with software developments or serious enterprise workships, you must have heard of XP or extreme programming. The core idea of XP is Agile programming that is fast and flexible and Iterative development.

January 29th, 2007 Now you can easily convert your .NET applications to Java / J2EE and run it on Linux or other Java enabled platforms directly from your Visual Studio .NET IDE. You can use your Visual Studio .NET IDE to build server applications that can run natively on J2EE and hence on Linux and other Java enabled platforms, with the help of Visual MainWin for J2EE from Mainsoft.

August 30th, 2006 Oracle has continued its push into business intelligence analytics by releasing PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management 9. The release adds broader enterprise planning and compliance management capabilities, as well as more features specific to higher-education institutions, including a Campus Solutions Warehouse module.

April 29th, 2008 I am preparing for attending JavaOne. I will cover JavaOne 2008 live on this blog and on twitter.

December 15th, 2007 BEA SmartConnect 3.0 aims to reduce total cost of ownership and time-to-market for ERP applications by allowing rapid development of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) based applications. BEA SmartConnect 3.0 consists of complete connectivity solution designed to allow service-enabling enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications to quickly build new service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based applications.

October 5th, 2009 CDC to acquire business intelligence providerATLANTA — Business software developer CDC Software Corp. said Monday it has agreed to an all-cash purchase of a provider of business intelligence solutions for manufacturing intended to help expand its presence in the food and beverage, consumer packaged goods and automotive markets.

January 10th, 2006 It was fun to watch Java software companies posting videos of their product demonstration on the web. Watching them however made me realize couple of important issues.

May 13th, 2009 You get what you don't pay for in life. So if you want to skim on security software, you'll lose out on customer support, which can save you when badware gets stubborn.