SAP Benchmarking Program Begins Tracking First KPIs (PC World) PC World - SAP users have begun measuring the performance of key aspects of their ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems as part of a benchmarking process agreed to with user groups. In April, SAP agreed to delay an increase in the cost of its Enterprise Support service, and to make future increases conditional on meeting certain targets for pe...... MySpace, Web servers not liable for assaults: court (Reuters)
Red Hat Program Certifies Partners to Put Linux on Cloud (PC World) PC World - Red Hat has launched a new partner program to make sure its enterprise Linux and JBoss software are core components of a cloud-computing infrastructure, and to guarantee that Red Hat-based applications will run reliably and safely in the cloud. The Pirate Bay Promises to Share the Loot (PC World) PC World - The Pirate Bay's new owners envision the site as the model for the next generation of file-sharing, where users can earn money by legally sharing content with others. In short, The Pirate Bay wants to pay you for file-sharing. Hans Pandeya, Global Gaming Factory's Chief Executive Officer told the BBC that users would also have to pay t...... Social networking touted for software development (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Atlassian this week introduced FishEye 2, which adds social networking capabilities to source code repositories, including Subversion and CVS, and boosts agile programming projects. Chambers Unfazed at Disrupted Speech (PC World) PC World - Cisco Systems believes networking among doctors as well as among sensors in the field can help prevent pandemics, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said in a keynote address at the company's annual Cisco Live customer conference that was briefly disrupted by a protest and a technical glitch. Cisco may offer Web-based office software (Reuters)
3Com names J. Donald Sherman to board (AP) AP - Computer networking gear maker 3Com Corp. said Tuesday it has named J. Donald Sherman, the chief financial officer of Akamai Technologies Inc., to its board. IBM offers open source machine learning compiler (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - IBM is announcing on Tuesday availability of an open source machine learning compiler, which the company said intelligently optimizes applications, thus meaning shorter development times and bigger performance gains. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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Reuters - Internet servers like MySpace cannot be held liable when minors are sexually assaulted by people they first meet on a website, a California appeals court ruled in an opinion filed late on Tuesday.
Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft Corp's popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the Internet.