NetSuite's CRM switchers are sign of maturing market
News As NetSuite wins a raft of customers from rival Salesforce.com, analysts suggest that switching is a positive sign for all on-demand businesses
Pay rates for interim IT bosses rocket
News IT departments are bringing in increasing numbers of freelance IT chiefs to keep project costs under control, at the expense of permanent jobs
Microsoft's security meeting causes unease
Feature For 10 years, Microsoft has held annual meetings with top antivirus companies; but now the software giant is a rival, some attendees are questioning the meeting's purpose
Architecture and morality
Leader IBM is orchestrating a new licensing plan for multicore chips and beyond, but its manoeuvres risk leaving users in the dark
Reshaping Microsoft for the future
Q&A Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating officer, discusses what he's learned in his role so far and how the company is adapting to a changing industry
ntl:Telewest planning four-in-one package
News The newly merged company plans to deliver its riposte to recent 'triple-play' offers by bundling TV, broadband, fixed-line and mobile services — but will anyone understand a deal that spans...
AMD's graphic move
Comment The purchase of ATI by AMD will come to be seen as the single action that set the shape of the PC chip market to 2010 and beyond — and it has little to do with graphics chips
IBM's Power5+ chip boosts top-end Unix servers
News The processor increases performance of the company's high-end servers, during a period of rapid change in the server market
Avaya replaces chief executive
News The maker of corporate phone gear has named a new chief, as it struggles with disappointing earnings and cost control
Symantec stays on trail of Vista bugs
News Researchers have unearthed a vulnerability to privilege-escalation attacks in an early version of the Windows XP successor
IBM plans revamp of server pricing
News A radical change in the company's server software pricing will see charges based on 'processor value units' rather than actual processors



