========================================================= ----- eWEEK.com UTILITY COMPUTING UPDATE ------ ========================================================= November 1, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Home Systems Free 2-Day Shipping with select new Dell Home systems online. Offer ends 11/3. Click for details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146052-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: IBM Cries Foul Over WebSphere Usability Study 2. News: Hosted CRM Choices Emerge 3. Analysis: Business IT: Rent or Buy? 4. Analysis: Licensing Plan Makes Microsoft a Utility Player 5. Analysis: Unsubscribe Me Visit eWEEK.com's Utility Computing Topic Center http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146055-1 ========================================================= Utility Computing Update ========================================================= 1. News: IBM Cries Foul Over WebSphere Usability Study As IT managers and developers work to deploy enterprise applications and Web services, IBM and Microsoft are sniping over platform supremacy studies. Check the ruckus started by a report commissioned by Microsoft. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146058-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Hosted CRM Choices Emerge A fresh crop of hosted subscription CRM services are seeking to fill a gap in a market left open by licensed software applications that are often expensive and difficult to implement and maintain. Read more about this growing market. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146061-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Analysis: Business IT: Rent or Buy? Does developing and maintaining your own applications really make sense? Explore the alternatives. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146064-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Analysis: Licensing Plan Makes Microsoft a Utility Player A decision to continue charging for server software based on CPUs and not cores will make Microsoft server software a much more attractive alternative to utility computing providers. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146067-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Analysis: Unsubscribe Me Software vendors should offer subscription- and utility- based licenses only when those pricing models make sense for the buyer. This eWEEK reporter is skeptical that they will eventually replace perpetual licenses. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146070-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146073-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146076-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146079-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=80&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146082-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146085-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1320-15-65-20859-146088-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
