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PowerPivot Raises the Bar on Row Limitations
Microsoft’s PowerPivot add-in for its forthcoming Excel 2010 spreadsheet enables users to work with much larger sets of data than is possible with Excel alone. Read my full review at eweek.com.
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Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite Gives Developers Jump on Apps
Adobe’s LiveCycle Enterprise Suite enables organizations to build applications through Adobe client technologies. Read my full review at eweek.com.
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REVIEW: Diskeeper 2010 Keeps Disk Defrags to a Minimum
Not only does Diskeeper’s software attempt to prevent fragmentation from ever occurring, but it cuts power consumption and unnecessary I/O operations. Read my full review at eweek.com.
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OpenOffice.org 3.2 Offers Modest Update, Better Startup Speed
Version 3.2 of the open-source OpenOffice.org productivity suite delivers a handful of file format compatibility enhancements alongside feature tweaks for the suite’s Calc spreadsheet application and continued gains in startup speed for the suite as a whole. Read my full review at eweek.com.
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Wine Is a Long Shot at Solving the Windows-Apps-on-Linux Problem
The open-source Wine project is less a solution and more a workaround when it comes to the issue of running Windows applications on Linux. Read my full review at eweek.com.
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REVIEW: Jitterbit 3.0 Effectively Links Disparate Apps, Data Sources
Jitterbit is a data integration suite that organizations can use to link up disparate applications and data sources that may not be capable of communicating with each other on their own. In eWEEK Labs’ tests, Jitterbit 3.0 was easy to set up and use, and allows for a certain amount of self-service among data-savvy users.…
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Another Look at Wine for Running Windows Apps
Given enough ISV support, Wine needn’t be be a poor cross-platform solution for running Windows apps on Linux. Read my full review at eweek.com.
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OpenGoo vs. Google Apps: Host It Your Way
This week I’ve been testing out OpenGoo, an open source online office project that’s meant to provide a more open alternative to Google Apps. Specifically, the code that comprises OpenGoo is freely accessible, and, as a plain old LAMP application, OpenGoo gets to leave the confines of its makers’ firewall and live in your data…
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Don’t Wait for Google to Upgrade Your Gmail Security
Brian Prince is reporting today that Google is considering enforcing SSL encryption by default for its Google Apps users. It’s a good idea–as eWEEK Labs’ own Andrew Garcia discussed recently, your on-the-go applications can have an awful lot to say about you. In fact, enforcing HTTPS encryption for Google Apps by default is such a…
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Desktop Linux: I’m Here for the Apps
The best and the worst attributes of Linux as a desktop operating system involve acquiring and maintaining software applications. For me, the positives outweigh the negatives, making Linux the best desktop operating system option I’ve encountered, and the one I choose at work and at home. If Linux is to pile up more desktop adherents,…
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