Anne Chen

A technology RFP, or request for proposal, is one of the most common documents an IT manager will create. The quality of vendor responses, however, has everything to do with the quality of the RFP itself. eWEEK Labs recently spoke with members of the Corporate Partner Advisory Board—senior IT professionals who represent eWEEK readers—to determine […]

As IT managers contend with performance issues, management issues and space constraints, an increasing number are considering blade servers for their data centers. There are several factors IT managers should consider when developing a request for proposal for blade servers. For example, a blade deployment or expansion will depend on the quality of the management […]

Microsoft Office Live, a set of Web-based services aimed at small businesses, is a compelling offering for organizations that lack the IT expertise, time or money to manage an e-mail server, Web site or collaboration platform. eWEEK Labs got an early look at the first Office Live beta, which became available Feb. 15. Access to […]

Medical device manufacturer FoxHollow Technologies has seen its revenue increase fiftyfold and a significant jump in its employee base since 2003. Its storage needs have likewise ballooned, and the company turned to iSCSI to accommodate that growth. Tom Miller, director of IT at FoxHollow, in Redwood City, Calif., considered both Fibre Channel and iSCSI when […]

PHOENIX—Hoping to challenge Googles dominance in the search market, startups are responding with search technologies tailored to find relevant results across a range of data types. At the Demo conference being held here this week, companies launched products ranging from a search engine that phonetically looks through audio and video to technology that relies on […]

PHOENIX—After kicking things off with a robotic dinosaur and car computing solutions, the Demo conference got down to business by bringing a range of enterprise solutions to the stage the afternoon of Feb. 7. Persystent Technologies debuted Persystent Enterprise, a support tool that automatically repairs desktops. Combining policies with self-repair technologies, Persystent Enterprise is intended […]

PHOENIX—Chris Shipley, executive producer of the Demo conference, opened the show with a challenge to over 700 attendees and 68 presenting companies to bring simplicity back to computing. “Unless we commit ourselves to a better experience, Im afraid many people will just sit out the market,” she said. “This is the challenge I put forth […]

From a hosted RSS solution for media companies to an appliance that tracks data logs for regulatory compliance, IT managers can expect a range of new technologies and products aimed at the enterprise to be introduced this week at the Demo conference in Phoenix. Products being launched at the semiannual conference will focus on optimizing […]

WordPerfect Office X3—the latest version of Corels productivity suite—comes packed with new features that make it a stronger competitor than ever to Microsofts dominant Office. Click here to read the full review of WordPerfect Office X3. 2 WordPerfect Office X3—the latest version of Corels productivity suite—comes packed with new features that make it a stronger […]

One of the biggest issues IT managers face when considering an alternative to Microsofts Office productivity suite is file format compatibility. With 99 percent of the business world running Microsoft Office, IT managers need to ensure that their users can create documents that business partners, suppliers and customers can open and view without problems. While […]