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AOL Opens IM Network
By Sean Michael Kerner - Published March 6, 2006
Now you can build your own AIM client and plugins all with the blessing of AOL. [more Enterprise Applications]

Telecommuting Takes Flight at JetBlue
By Sharon Gaudin - Published March 3, 2006
JetBlue Airlines is saving money and watching employee productivity take off as the company's telecommuting program continues to grow. [more Career/Staffing]

Latest Palm Treo has Big Shoes to Fill
By Esther Shein - Published March 3, 2006
The winner of the handheld device category in Datamation's Product of the Year 2006 awards, the Palm Treo 700w is trying to live up to the wildly popular Treo 650. [more Mobile/Wireless]

Gateway, HP Settle Patent Claims
By Clint Boulton - Published March 3, 2006
Gateway will pay HP $47 million in two installments over the next year. [more Corporate News]

Thinking Outside The (Windows) Box, Part 3: Free Mail Clients
By Lisa Phifer - Published March 3, 2006
While many businesses depend on Microsoft and its various product suites, alternatives exist, some of which are not well known. Part three of this series examines free e-mail clients. [more Enterprise Applications]

Adding Smarts to Real-Time Queries
By Dan Ragle - Published March 3, 2006
EIT Toolkit: Teksouth's new offering automatically routes DB queries from your BI system for the quickest response. [more Enterprise Resource Planning]

Reuters Takes Enterprise IM Award
By Sharon Gaudin - Published March 2, 2006
Reuters Messaging 5.0, the winner in the Enterprise Instant Messaging category of the Datamation Product of the Year 2006 awards, was buoyed by its gateway to MSN and AOL IM services. [more Enterprise Applications]

Wall Street: Linux Gets a Lift from Web Services, Tech Support
By Jacqueline Emigh - Published March 2, 2006
Are Linux and open source implementations rising on Wall Street? "Yes," said participants in a financial services IT trade show held this week in New York City, who cited Web services and incremental improvements to tech support as two big drivers. Jacqueline Emigh reports. [more Open Source]

Storage Advances in Small Form Factors
By Hal Glatzer - Published March 2, 2006
Small Drives Gain Capacity with "Perpendicular" Recording [more Data Mining & Business Intelligence]

AirMagnet Takes Wireless Software Title
By Sandra Gittlen - Published March 1, 2006
AirMagnet, Inc.'s Laptop Analyzer 6.0 took top honors in the wireless software category in Datamation's Product of the Year 2006 awards. [more Mobile/Wireless]

Apple Puts Intel Inside Mac Mini
By David Needle - Published March 1, 2006
The iPod Hi-Fi speaker system rounds out product announcements. [more Corporate News]

iUpload Takes Datamation's First Blogging Win
By Drew Robb - Published February 28, 2006
The iUpload Customer Conversation System grabbed first place in the corporate blogging category of the Datamation Product of the Year 2006 awards. [more Enterprise Applications]

Open Source Java: Interview with an Apache Harmony Project Founder
Published February 28, 2006
There is a lot of open source activity currently surrounding Java, from JBoss and Geronimo (open source application servers) to MyFaces and Spring (open source web application frameworks), but Java itself is the last proprietary piece of the puzzle. If Harmony is successful, will Sun still matter? [more Open Source]

Going Toe Dipping with Office Alternatives
By Mike Houghton - Published February 28, 2006
Tips for finding the perfect cross-platform productivity suite for your business. [more Network & Systems Management]

Protest Over AOL's Pay-to-Send E-mail Plan
By Roy Mark - Published February 28, 2006
Advocacy groups from across the political spectrum to rally against AOL's plan to monetize e-mail. [more Enterprise Applications]

Start Your Own Search Engine
By Brian Livingston - Published February 28, 2006
Giant search engines get almost all the publicity these days. But the big news to come may be "personalized" search engines that offer results tailored to your needs. [more Executive Tech]

Firefox Grabs Enterprise Linux Title
By Sharon Gaudin - Published February 27, 2006
Mozilla's Firefox 1.5 blew away the competition to take the top award in the Enterprise Linux category in the Datamation Product of the Year 2006 awards. [more Open Source]

Connecting the Office
By Jamie Bsales - Published February 27, 2006
We introduce a suite of communication and collaboration tools designed for your small business customers. [more Enterprise Resource Planning]

EMC Turns a Legal Eye on Compliance
By Clint Boulton - Published February 27, 2006
Electronic discovery is the latest area of focus for EMC with a new bundle. [more Data Mining & Business Intelligence]

Protecting Macs from Attack
By John Welch - Published February 24, 2006
Datamation Columnist John Welch says the recent Apple threats are a wake-up call to Mac users. Don't panic. Taking some common-sense steps will protect you. [more Apple in the Enterprise]

OpTier's CoreFirst Captures Big Win
By Lynn Haber - Published February 24, 2006
Far outdistancing the second-place finisher, OpTier, Ltd.'s CoreFirst 1.4 took the win in the Network and Systems Management category in Datamation's Product of the Year 2006 awards. [more Network & Systems Management]

Shutdown Showdown For RIM
By Tim Scannell - Published February 24, 2006
Court will begin deliberations on the penalty phase of the RIM-NTP patent dispute, with a U.S. shutdown of Blackberry service hanging in the balance. [more Corporate News]

Patent Power Comes to Intrusion Prevention
By Eric Griffith - Published February 24, 2006
With the award of a patent on IPS to AirTight Networks this week, the counter-claims and claws are out... can lawyers be far behind? [more Security]

SpyWall Takes Top Security Honors
By Sharon Gaudin - Published February 23, 2006
Edging out its closest competitor, Trlokom, Inc.'s SpyWall took top honors in the Enterprise Security category of Datamation's Product of the Year 2006 awards. [more Security]

New DHCP For Linux?
By Sean Michael Kerner - Published February 23, 2006
Upcoming new feature in Linux kernel may enable a new DHCP client to roam across networks. [more Open Source]

IP Centrex: Low Cost Enterprise VoIP
By Jerry Hodgen - Published February 23, 2006
Is telephony at your branch offices in a sorry state? Learn how AT&T;'s Voice DNA service won this writer over. [more Network & Systems Management]

The Year of CRM, With a Twist
By Joshua Greenbaum - Published February 22, 2006
Even as activity explodes around customer relationship management, our Enterprise Advisor says the CRM acronym has become meaningless. [more Enterprise Advisor]

MacStorage Options Widen
By Drew Robb - Published February 22, 2006
AMCC develops high performance storage systems that play to the strengths of the Mac platform. [more Data Mining & Business Intelligence]

Sneak Peak at Future Tech From HP Labs
By David Needle - Published February 22, 2006
Research ranges from eBooks to interactive coffee table to the data center of the future. [more Corporate News]

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