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What do Joomla!, Drupal, and WordPress Have In Common?
08.18.2008

Kas Thomas

Big Blue recently released its IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics report, and it contains more than a few eyebrow-raisers. For example, Web-application-based security vulnerabilities have begun to outnumber reports involving conventional viruses and trojans... What really got my attention, though, is the new Top Ten list of vendors with the most vulnerability disclosures...

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Sandy Kemsley

Business Objects Summit Q&A
08.13.2008
At the conclusion of Business Object's Influencer Summit yesterday, Jonathan Becher hosted a wrap-up Q&A with Doug Merritt, Marge Breya and Sanjay Poonen. Rather than attributing quotes to each executive, I've consolidated the responses on five topics:

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Business Objects Says 'Look Beyond BI'
08.13.2008

Cindi Howson

"It's a case where 1+1=3." Speaking at the first-ever Business Objects Influencer Summit in Boston this week, this is how Sanjay Poonen, SVP and GM of Performance Optimization Applications, explained a recent increase in BI revenues at the company since it became a unit of SAP... A key message was not to think of Business Objects as only a BI vendor, but rather, as a vendor that provides everything to help companies link strategy to execution.

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Sandy Kemsley

Business Objects Keynote: BI Meets Process
08.13.2008
I was in rainy Boston yesterday at the Business Objects Influencer Summit... The event included a very process-oriented message (which explains why I'm here): using business intelligence to drive process efficiency, improve insight to close the gap between strategy and execution, and add flexibility to create new business processes that align operations to strategy.

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EVENTS
• Web 2.0 Expo New York
New York September 16-19, 2008

• BPM Institute SOA/Business Architecture Conference
San Francisco September 9-10, 2008

• BPM Institute SOA/Business Architecture Conference
New York November 5-6, 2008

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RESOURCE LINKS

CRM
Netsuite CRM software provides a true 360 degree view of customers.

Call Center Software
Call Center Software for Improved Management and Service by Cisco

ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS INSIGHT

Rich Internet Apps the Microsoft Way
August 18, 2008
by Nelson King
Evaluating Silverlight 2, Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Studio 2, it's no surprise that Microsoft shines in programming and comes up short on creative tools. As the wave of RIA and Web 2.0 rides on, the choice between the Adobe and Microsoft camps might be one of the bigger bets an enterprise IT shop can make.

Report Warns Of Data Warehouse 'Bottleneck' In Real-Time Analytics
August 18, 2008
by Antone Gonsalves
In a report entitled "Really Urgent Analytics: The Sweet Spot for Real-Time Data Warehousing," Forrester advises intelligence and knowledge management professionals to familiarize themselves with the various approaches for adapting a data warehouse to meet real-time requirements, and, if necessary, consider bypassing the data warehouse altogether.

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ENTERPRISE APPS NEWS & ANALYSIS

Salesforce.com To Acquire InStranet For $31.5 Million
The purchase of a customer-service technology software provider is the largest acquisition to date for the software-as-a-service vendor.

Microsoft Drops Virtualization Fees For SQL Server 2008, Other Apps
The fee-elimination program applies to 41 Microsoft server applications, including certain editions of SQL Server 2008, Exchange Server 2007, Dynamics CRM 4.0, and SharePoint Server 2007.

IBM Upgrades Master Data Management and Data Quality Products
Product Information Management and Information Server enhancements aimed at getting data right, matching names, standardizing terms and doing business around the globe.

Jaspersoft Releases iReport For NetBeans
iReport is being offered as a plug-in for the integrated development environment, which is used to build Java desktop applications.

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WHITE PAPERS

•HP Polyserve Software - SQL Server Solution

•HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server: A highly available, flexible, simple approach to SQL Server consolidation

•Solving the Password Management Paradox: Defining the Problem and Reviewing the Four Best-Known Solutions

•Digital Manufacturing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Environments

•Dynamics SL 7.0 White Paper

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IN FOCUS

ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS TOPICS

The Enteprise Applications channel offers thought leadership from experts including Bruce Silver, Nelson King, Kas Thomas and Shawn Shell. You'll also find news coverage, trend analysis, Q&A interviews and case studies on the following topics:

Composite Applications and SOA

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Enterprise Application Development

Enterprise Application Integration

Enterprise Resource Planning

Mobile Applications

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Supply Chain Management

Enterprise Apps REVIEWS

• Rich Internet Apps the Microsoft Way

• Put to the Test: Best Smartphone Platforms For Business

• Put to the Test: Google Search Appliance Version 5