Der Halbleiterkonzern Infineon stellt sich auf einen Gewinneinbruch im kommenden Quartal ein und hat ein Sparprogramm angekündigt. …mehr
Das Vertragsmuster liegt nun in einer neuen Version vor. Es gilt für komplexe IT-Systeme, deren Erstellung erhebliche Anpassungen erfordern. …mehr
Hitachi hat eine Speichertechnik vorgestellt, die Daten hunderte Millionen Jahre aufbewahren können soll. …mehr
Nur ein knappes Drittel der Unternehmen weltweit testet mobile Applikationen systematisch. In Deutschland liege dieser Anteil noch am höchsten, so eine aktuelle Untersuchung. …mehr
Einmal mehr ist Krisenzeit. Auch für ITK-Unternehmen. HP will sich von acht Prozent der weltweiten Belegschaft trennen. Google holzt bei der zugekauften Motorola. Alcatel-Lucent kündigt den Abbau von 5000 Stellen an. Lexmark sieht sich zum Stellenabbau gezwungen. Der taiwanische Hersteller HTC ebenfalls. Unruhige Zeiten weltweit. …mehr
Wer alles über sein Netz weiß, darf sich sicher fühlen? Von wegen: Selbst die totale Überwachung schützt nur begrenzt. Im IT-Security-Umfeld lässt sich dank immerwährender Unsicherheit deshalb gut Geld verdienen. …mehr
Beim Blick auf die diesjährige Top100-Liste der in Deutschland agierenden ITK-Unternehmen mit dem höchsten hierzulande fakturierten Umsatz fällt auf: Es war wohl das Jahr der IT-Dienstleister. …mehr
Für flexible IT-Dienstleister tun sich lukrative Märkte im Geschäft mit Vertikal- und Speziallösungen auf. …mehr
Neidisch schielen die PC-Hersteller auf ihre Kollegen aus dem Tablet-Business. Während die Anbieter der Flachmänner Verkaufsrekorde feiern, dümpelt das Geschäft mit klassischen Desktops und Notebooks vor sich hin. …mehr
Daten nicht nur zu verwalten, sondern gewinnbringend zu nutzen, ist das Ziel von immer mehr Unternehmen. Den Umgang mit Big Data finden Anwender deshalb interessanter als reine Storage-Trends. …mehr
Anbieter von Business-Intelligence-Lösungen (BI) haben Hochkonjunktur. Unternehmen, die gute Geschäfte machen wollen, sind darauf angewiesen, ihre Daten im Griff zu haben und möglichst effizient zu handhaben. Doch im Zeitalter von Big Data braucht es dafür die richtigen Werkzeuge. Das lässt die Kassen der Softwarehersteller klingeln. …mehr
Keine Frage: Cloud Computing ist nicht nur als Theoriediskussion in den IT-Zentralen angekommen. Die Wolke ist Wirklichkeit geworden in deutschen Unternehmen. Aber Cloud ist nicht gleich Cloud. …mehr
Das Interesse an Smartphones ist konstant hoch, doch davon profitieren nur wenige Anbieter. Während es Apple und Samsung bestens geht, darben Nokia und Research in Motion. …mehr
Viele Anwender sind aufwendige Softwareprojekte mit ungewissem Ausgang und komplexe Applikationslandschaften leid. Neue Paradigmen wie Cloud Computing versprechen Abhilfe. Doch es wird noch dauern, bis sich Anbieter und Anwender ganz auf das kommende Softwarezeitalter eingestellt haben. …mehr
Apple hat seinem 109 Euro teuren Steaming-Böxchen "Apple TV" per Software-Aktualisierung eine Menge neuer Funktionen spendiert. …mehr
Nachdem Apple seine YouTube-App in iOS 6 ersatzlos gestrichen hat, liefert die Webvideo-Tochter von Google nun ihre eigene. …mehr
Wie man mit Wordpress-Plug-ins automatisch in Twitter und Facebook postet. …mehr
Die Facebook-Aktie hat einen der schwärzesten Tage seit dem Börsengang im Mai hinter sich. …mehr
Der IT-Konzern IBM verstärkt sich im Trendgeschäft Big Data mit externer Kompetenz aus England. …mehr
Für alle, die jede unnötige Bewegung gerne vermeiden, bietet PhotoFast mit i-Control eine universelle Fernbedienung für iPad, iPod und Android-Systeme. …mehr
Das Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 ist kleines Tablet und großes Smartphone in einem. Steckt das 7-Zoll-Tablet die kommende Konkurrenz von Amazon und Google in die Tasche? Der Test sagt es Ihnen. …mehr
IPv6 hält Einzug. Lesen Sie hier, worauf Sie bei Routern, Switches und Betriebssystemen unbedingt achten müssen. …mehr
Wer einen nachhaltigen Eindruck hinterlassen will, muss die Dinge richtig tun, aber noch wichtiger ist es, die richtigen Dinge zu tun. Aber welche sind das? …mehr
Der Carrier ist in Sachen App Stores in einer zwiespältigen Situation: Er ist Anbieter und Anwender zugleich. Über den Business Marketplace vermarktet er Services, intern betreibt er einen eigenen Enterprise App Store. …mehr
Mit Hilfe eines Software-Asset-Managements spart die Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH (FKB) bares Geld. So lief das Einführungsprojekt. …mehr
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Premium-Inhalt. Fluance's --let's just call it the FiSDK500--is a big, serious-looking system. And it sounds good, too.
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Premium-Inhalt. One of the most interesting aspects of cloud computing is the way it changes cost allocation over the lifetime of an application. Many people understand that pay-as-you go is an attractive cost model, but fail to understand the implications that the new cost allocation model imposes on IT organizations.
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Premium-Inhalt. IBM announced on Tuesday that its president and CEO, Virginia Rometty, would become chairman starting Oct. 1.
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Premium-Inhalt. Many signs suggest that Oracle is about to introduce a next-generation version of the Exadata database machine, the first and apparently most successful of its "engineered systems" that combine Oracle software with servers, networking and storage.