If you have ever been involved in configuring, installing and maintaining enterprise software, I don't have to tell you that it's time-consuming and complex. The cumbersome process of installing and ...

According to computer scientist Alan Kay, "The best way to predict the future is to create it." The concept of software as a service (SaaS) traces back to the 1960s, with time-sharing systems. Fast ...

Though a lot has been written about the benefits of server virtualization, this article will address the impact that virtualization technology has on process controllers, I/O systems and process field ...

A debugger can help track down problems in an application. Setting a breakpoint and stepping through code can help developers understand how an application is really working and see where problems may ...

If money was no object, then arguably the major nations of the world that always invest heavily in supercomputing would have already put an exascale class system into the field. But money always ...

Chiplets are a key topic in the semiconductor industry today, as they offer the potential to greatly increase the performance and flexibility of chips. The current focus is primarily on implementation ...

Next up on the applications scene – enterprise software that can be bought, deployed and managed as easily as a typical network appliance. What if your next ERP or CRM package was as easy to implement ...

Free operating systems based on the Linux operating system kernel invented and published by Linus Torvalds are now a serious alternative to Windows, not least due to the wide range of open source ...