The founder, Fred Luddy, and a group of programmers just wanted to build something that was much easier to use than traditional IT software.
The solutions that are reinventing the way businesses share and collaborate are not coming from Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, or any of the other big IT software vendors.
Because most of the cyber threats today are coming through IT software products (such as applications and operating platforms) and consumer information technology services, such as social media sites, email, and web sites.
The agencies will be analyzing savings opportunities across the government, in areas such as desktops and laptops, IT software, janitorial and sanitation supplies, office furniture, building maintenance and operations services, and other professional and technical services.
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Ms Mann concludes that if IT software sees falls in prices, thanks to globalisation, similar to those that IT hardware has seen, then the second wave of productivity gains notably in the service sector could be greater than the first, which was based mainly on manufacturing.
Even in a recession, IT managers have to buy and maintain security and compliance software, and IT management software like IBM's Tivoli suite could be seen as replacing more expensive hardware alternatives.
When the Supreme Court first invalidated a software patent in 1972, it specifically invited Congress to clarify whether it intended software to be patentable.
While SAP reported a 17% increase in software sales in its quarter ended June 30, it saw software sales fall 9% in Europe, Middle East and Africa, due in part to "cash conscious" customers.
As for new functionality, there's a spot for NFC connectivity, but we can't test it as no software supports it yet (not even Activision megahit series Skylanders).
It's software, it's infrastructures, platforms all sold as a service.
Because it is software-based and delivered over the Internet, scaling it to reach tens of thousands of additional students, teachers and parents is a relatively simple matter.
He called it The Game of Work, now we wrap it in some software and call it gamification.
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The company also vows another move into more profitable businesses like IT services and software, which it says will be successful this time because ThinkPad gives penetration into big accounts.
Two months ago, all I knew about WordPress was that it was software bloggers used.
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Without clarity across systems, how can IT manage software licenses or respond to vendor audits?
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It sells software licenses and subscriptions via "the cloud, " which refers broadly to Internet delivery.
It makes software for health-care providers to manage electronic patient records and administrative functions.
It writes software that allows companies to link with customers, partners and employees.
It develops software that can extract useful information from "unstructured" sources such as phone-calls, emails or video.
On June 15, it announced software that lets state, local and federal employees access government databases from their phones.
It provides software to the students so they can do three-dimensional modeling.
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"You get the vision, then you test it with software, " Borakove said.
Then the ABA, sit down and drawn up every form ever used, copyright it, put it on software, get the intranet nd servers running.
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Apple held its own developers' conference earlier this month where it showcased software features for its mobile phones and computers that put Google squarely in its cross hairs.
But it is software that makes the hardware a reality.
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In a case going back more than a decade, the firm admitted it sold software that was used in the development and testing of the new Z-10 helicopter for China's army.
But by the late 1990s the PC revolution very nearly killed it: it took a great deal of corporate restructuring to make it the services and software house it is today.
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In his new role, Pagano will lead all of ESPN's core technical functions and operations including distribution, transmission, engineering, IT, software development, technology innovation and strategic technology forecasting across all areas of the company.
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It is a hybrid because it uses software algorithms to combine two separate requirements: one is to ensure that the grid is capable of operating continuously, while the second is the ability to deal discretely with any system changes on the grid.
They will also study for a level 4 diploma in IT, software, web and telecommunications professional competence, and will be expected to work predominantly at GCHQ, the electronic communications agency - although some will go on to work for MI5, the security service, or MI6 intelligence agency.
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