Every so often one needs to take a reality check. In my case, it was a month in Australia with relatives and an insight into why the UK health system is a good idea and why Web 2.0... well, isn't quite all it's cracked up to be. Whatever Web...

Well, I'm at the New York Stock Exchange, where Sybase is hosting the launch of its time-series version of RAP and the security is a bit OTT (although it is pretty close to where the World Trade Centre once stood). It's a very last-century...

It's hard to believe that anyone can question the need for SAM (Software Asset Management). After all, businesses run on software these days and if you don't know what software you have, how it's configured, who's running it and where and when,...