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To Beta or not to Beta?
Software beta testing could be dying out, or at least mutating into something unrecognisable.
The business case for Sat Nav: Part 1
There is more to satellite navigation technology than route planning for consumers. The latest crop of standalone devices and software for PDAs...
Corporate investment the price of Linux's freedom
It may be open source, but Linux has frequently required corporate support, including from the proprietary software market.
HP's Michel Feaster: Why automation is needed
Automation is where hardware and software meet in the enterprise, says HP - and you can remove major IT headaches by making it easier to deal with...
CA's CTO Al Nugent: "Enterprise IT is like a lasagne"
On the eve of the closing day of CA’s annual user conference, its chief technologist talks about the strategic and technological direction of the...
Do smartphones need security software?
As smartphones become more widely used and more advanced, they’re also becoming more prone to malware attacks. How at risk is your smartphone?
There's more to IP than taming pirates
Inside the Enterprise: Content and software piracy attracts the most publicity, but a new campaign aims to bolster intellectual property's role in...
A question of piracy
Can software piracy help boost sales, or should vendors give up the battle and set their products free?
A brief history of Linux and the cosmos
<i>IT PRO</i> looks at how free and open source software is helping academics, researchers and scientists gain a better understanding of space and...
The politics of the command line
Free software has lead to communities of diverse individuals forming to fight for a common cause.
The need to know: Documentation in Linux
Documenting the development of open source software is key to keeping it easy to use, but some disagree on its necessity.
SOA explained
Businesses with monolithic software applications can become rigid and inflexible. SOAs can help make them supple again
How to get more out of your old PCs
Don't want to invest in expensive new hardware? Here's a guide on how to carry on using your old PCs but continue to enjoy the latest software.
When system patches collide
Software patching has never been more complex or difficult. Here are a few tips to help you get it right.
Microsoft's quest for shared-source approval
With two outstanding shared-source applications awaiting approval by the Open Source Initiative, we look at the implications for the open source...
Debian and the grass roots of Linux
Debian GNU/Linux was the first project to be deliberately modelled on the principles of distributed software development, and provides the core...
Strip mining of open source
Strip mining of open source can be interpreted as the appropriation of free software code for proprietary gain with no intention of feeding code...
The Met Office gets to grips with weather software and data
Case Study: The Met Office is one of the world's leading providers of weather information services. It needed a way to bring new software products...
Tera Scale Lab: Where hardware meets software
During a recent visit to Santa Clara in California, IT PRO took a look round Intel’s Tera Scale project, where the company researches the...
Software licensing: Does going to the cloud always make sense?
It's taken as given that the cloud computing model is the cheaper option, but that's not always the case. Indeed, software licences can be very...
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