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Vendors, not developers, to blame for poor code
News Many ZDNet UK readers seem to agree with Schneier, and put the blame for security problems squarely with the vendors selling the software. The results of a ZDNet UK online poll, which attracted more than a respondents, showed that 53 percent of...
[October 20, 2005, 17:05]
Vendors Back New EPC Protocol
White Papers Six RFID vendors calling themselves the Performance Team have lined up behind a proposal for a second-generation UHF (868 to 956 MHz) Electronic Product Code (EPC) air-interface protocol, which determines how tags and readers communicate.
[June 25, 2004, 0:00]
Vendors 'slow to fix' hyperthreading flaw
News Operating system vendors were given two months notice before a serious security flaw was made public but some have yet to resolve the issue, a security researcher has claimed. However, Linux vendors Red Hat, Novell and Mandriva as well as Microsoft...
[May 27, 2005, 9:30]
Vendors, not developers, to blame for poor code
Talkback I agree there is no economic incentive on the vendors to produce decent products which is why, in my opinion, unix and its derivatives is so much better than Windows. There are two issues here: Software engineering as a practice is not professional.
[October 21, 2005, 11:04]
Forrester: Vendors showing more price flexibility
News Software vendors are becoming more accommodating on pricing with their customers as a result of the economic crisis, according to a report from Forrester Research. The Enterprise Software Licensing And Pricing Update, Q2 2009 study, published on...
[June 4, 2009, 12:26]
Mozilla: Vendors still at mercy of bug hunters
News Vendors have a real responsibility to respond to what's reported to them," said Snyder, who previously worked at Microsoft. Responsible disclosure plays into the hands of Microsoft and other big vendors.they are trying to control the process.
[March 26, 2007, 9:19]
Vendors urged to end open-source confusion
News Confusion will reign if software vendors continue to muddy the waters about what open-source software is and how it should be used. The open-source user community is increasingly worried about how vendors are supplying and supporting the software...
[May 21, 2007, 13:36]
Vendors tackle high telepresence costs
News Faced with tough internal sales targets but stuttering revenues, the five major telepresence vendors are trying to encourage more companies to adopt the high-end videoconferencing technology. While keen to bolster these sales figures, vendors had...
[April 1, 2008, 15:20]
Linux vendors hit back at Ballmer's email
News In the aftermath of Ballmer's mail, ZDNet UK sought out a reaction from the various Linux vendors to Microsoft's allegations that the open-source OS is expensive and untrustworthy. In a 2,600-word email sent to Microsoft customers and partners on...
[October 28, 2004, 15:54]
Mac vendors colour blindsided
News When Apple recast its Macs in colourful, translucent plastics, it ushered in a new industry for fruit-flavored accessories from third-party vendors. Rawlings said Apple won't provide hardware vendors with coloured plastic samples even after the...
[July 21, 2000, 9:14]
Companies want Web 2.0 tech from bigger vendors
News Forrester Research published a report this week with a classic good news-bad news conclusion for Web 2.0 start-ups: corporate buyers want Web 2.0 technologies, but they'd rather buy from bigger vendors.
[March 23, 2007, 8:25]
Global security vendors fail malware test
News Antivirus software from three global vendors has failed a major series of malware tests, the VB100. Computer users deserve better than to see a patchy performance from their security vendors. Products from Kaspersky, Grisoft, and F-Secure all...
[June 8, 2007, 12:24]
IDC Study: Boom Time for Data Warehouse Vendors
Blog Why are these trends evidenced in today’s data market, what are the underlying corporate and user-centric themes that have fuelled demand for data warehousing and what products and services have the successful vendors out there brought to market?
[January 4, 2009, 23:35]
Analysis on Global Top 5 Handset Vendors
White Papers The Global Top 5 handset vendors announced their 2006 year-end results during January, and as usual, the row of announcements was completed by Nokia on January 25th. This white paper provides a brief analysis on the performance of leading mobile...
[September 20, 2007, 10:03]
The Real-World Advantage of Application Problem Resolution Technology for Software Vendors (ISVs): Three Case Studies
White Papers This paper presents 3 case studies that demonstrate how leading software vendors (ISVs) are improving quality and accelerating time-to-market with application problem resolution technology that helps them resolve issues faster.
[May 27, 2008, 10:16]
Software vendors forcing unfair licences on users
News Consumers are being forced to accept software licence agreements full of confusing jargon that are unfairly biased in favour of the vendors. Of 25 software packages surveyed by the National Consumer Council (NCC), 14 had no mention in their...
[February 21, 2008, 9:33]
IT vendors to profit from stricter green standards
News Technology vendors are missing out on billions of dollars by only focusing on improving energy efficiency, instead of carrying out detailed green accounting. Enterprise will spend around $595bn (£293bn) on environmental accounting services by 2015...
[March 13, 2008, 8:25]
Vendors urged to take responsibility for security
News While companies may go to great lengths to ensure their IT environments are secure, technology vendors need to do more to make sure their hardware and software is up to scratch, according to security experts.
[April 23, 2008, 12:18]
Microsoft takes swipe at Linux vendors' legal story
Talkback IP lawsuits are mounting against PROPRIETARY Vendors and NOT on open source vendors. The latest case was Kodak suing Sun Microsystems for Java IP infringements. Next to be sued is Microsoft for its use and implementation of it's own Java.
[November 5, 2004, 15:58]
It's time vendors ate their own penguin food
Talkback Including the aforementioned vendors, how does any networked company roll out what is essentially a paradigm shift? Both vendors and customers have a far greater near-term opportunity to deploy server-based applications on Linux and reap the...
[January 20, 2004, 17:00]
