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Sun releases Solaris-based desktop software
News Sun Microsystems has quietly released a version of its Java Desktop System software based on Solaris, a new step in the company's plan to try to transfer some of Linux's glory to its own operating system.
[October 14, 2004, 9:05]
Connecting Enterprise Data to the Desktop: IT Software Maker Helps Companies Capitalize on Business Intelligence
White Papers Although there are many business intelligence solutions available, Managing Director of iT-Workplace, says that his company decided to focus on creating a solution that would serve the largest market of customers seeking access to their business...
[September 5, 2007, 1:00]
New software key to IBM desktop future
News Although analysts and pundits have called for IBM to exit the PC market in past years, Big Blue has charted a course to revive its position in the market by developing software designed to substantially reduce the costs of managing desktops.
[November 20, 2002, 8:07]
IBM challenges Microsoft's Office
News IBM on Monday is expected to announce new software intended to take on Microsoft in the market for desktop business applications. Microsoft controls more than 90 percent of the desktop software market.
[May 10, 2004, 8:40]
IBM bundles up Workplace
News IBM stepped up its assault on the desktop software market with the introduction of new bundles of its Workplace software that are designed for medium-size businesses and for specific industries. IBM's Workplace initiative is the company's plan to...
[November 10, 2004, 8:08]
Microsoft puts CRM on the desktop
News Microsoft plans to move further into the customer relationship management software market with a new desktop tool slated to ship later this year. That's Microsoft's primary focus with Office, which commands more than 90 percent of the desktop...
[February 25, 2003, 8:37]
Adobe's Linux challenge
News Adobe's chief executive is taking his company more deeply into the slow-growth enterprise software market. And he's -- so far -- managed to stay friends with Microsoft while simultaneously trouncing the world's largest software maker in the...
[February 23, 2005, 12:50]
Desktop Linux backer gets new chief
News Xandros, inheritor of the software from Corel's ill-fated foray into the desktop Linux market, has named a new chief executive and plans to release a new version of its product in late November. Linux for the desktop has been a difficult market to...
[October 30, 2003, 9:45]
PC makers ready to throw out the Windows
News But if they take off, they could begin to erode Microsoft's dominance of the desktop.Major PC makers are taking a variety of approaches to the emerging market. Major personal-computer makers are quietly working on a wave of products that won't use...
[October 28, 1999, 13:20]
Novell deepens Linux commitment
News Network software maker Novell continued its move into the Linux market with the release on Tuesday of its first Linux-based desktop services package. Novell has jumped headlong into the growing market for Linux over the last several months, buying...
[December 16, 2003, 15:40]
Adobe looks towards Linux
News Adobe wants to hire a director of Linux market development to "identify and evaluate strategies for Adobe in the Linux and open-source desktop market" and to identify projects that "will help improve Linux as a desktop environment.
[November 3, 2004, 13:43]
Microsoft desktop search nears completion
News Microsoft on Monday plans to release a final version of its desktop-search software, as it tries to enhance its presence in the burgeoning market staked out by rivals Yahoo and Google. Microsoft is vying for new credibility in the multibillion...
[May 16, 2005, 9:40]
AJAX: Ready to take on the old guard?
News With that, backers are hoping it can open a crack in the dominance of desktop software like Microsoft's Office, the undisputed market leader. Microsoft has long controlled more than 90 percent of the desktop software market, and the company's...
[October 3, 2005, 16:55]
Red Hat launches desktop Linux
News Red Hat initially won't tackle the entire desktop software market, aiming instead for corporations whose employees need only basic computing features such as word processing and Web access. But the desktop market will be a tough nut to crack...
[May 4, 2004, 13:35]
Big Blue desktops gain speed
News Delivering on a promise to become more competitive in the PC market, IBM refreshed its NetVista desktop PC line with faster processors and launched new management software on Wednesday. By helping customers to reduce costs, IBM can market its PCs...
[November 21, 2002, 8:55]
HP to support Mandrake Linux on the desktop
News France's MandrakeSoft has teamed up with Hewlett-Packard in the open source camp's latest foray into the desktop PC market. This alliance is a testament to HP's strong commitment in Linux market," said Eric Rueda, software marketing manager of HP...
[January 30, 2002, 17:04]
The Year Ahead: Will we see Linux on the desktop?
News And where it comes to breaking into the Microsoft-controlled desktop market, good technology isn't the only requirement, Linux gurus admit. For the past few years, Linux has been riding a wave of hype that originated in the middle of the dot-com...
[December 30, 2001, 6:31]
Gartner sees boom for virtualisation in slump
News The nascent hosted virtual desktop (HVD) software market in EMEA, which stood at around €12m in 2008, will treble by the end of 2009, Gartner said. The EMEA market for virtualisation software is likely to be very robust in 2009, with the market for...
[April 9, 2009, 12:35]
Get your red-hot Linux apps
News And while most companies are targeting the Linux server market with their wares, Chilliware is plunging headlong into the unchartered Linux desktop space. Besides its own version of Linux aimed at the desktop market, the company also is fielding...
[October 20, 2000, 14:09]
Sun rises on Japanese desktops
News In a blog posting, Sun president Jonathan Schwartz said the Japanese ministry's interest in JDS validates Sun's strategy to pursue the desktop market. Schwartz said Sun's target market for JDS is for PCs that are generally restricted to a few...
[November 11, 2004, 10:07]
