RGB Spectrum's new MultiPoint Control Room Management System (MCMS) is for managing control rooms and operation centers, including network operations centers (NOCs), traffic operation centers (TOCs), security operation centers (SOCs) and emergency operation centers (EOCs).

MCMS offers HD resolution at full frame rates and KVM functionality with resource arbitration. Providing a single control interface for each operator, allowing applications running on different computers to be easily accessed and displayed. In an SOC, for example, the Read more...

Dell purchases IT management software developer Quest for approximately $2.4 billion as it continues shifting from simple PC maker to enterprise software provider. 

California-based Quest sells systems management, data protection, security and workspace management tools, as well as Windows Server management solutions. It was founded in 1987 and serves over 10000 customers worldwide. 

Dell is gradually but surely turning itself into a complete software vendor-- Quest joins SonicWall (network security, data protection), AppAssure (cloud service security), Read more...

Windows 8 marks the end of an era and the beginning of a new one, Gartner says-- closing the WinNT era and kicking off one where the new WinRT (Windows Runtime) dominates.

In other words, the king is dead... long live the king?

Not that Win32 will go away too soon, mind. A combination of the WinRT programming model, a new UI and legacy WinNT support should allow users to continue running Win32 programs alongside WinRT apps for at least the next 10 years.

Gartner says "Windows 8 is the start of Microsoft's effort to respond to market demands and competitors, as it provides a common interface and programming API set from phones to servers. It is also the beginning of the end of Win32 applications on the desktop." While Microsoft will continue supporting Win32, it also encourages developers to start writing WinRT applications.

Gartner reports WW 2012 enterprise software spending will total $120.4 billion-- a 4.5% Y-o-Y increase with "only limited signs of improvement in the near term."

"The full impact of economic uncertainty on enterprise software markets may not be readily assessable until end H1 2012," Gartner continues. 

The analyst says 2012 software spending will focus on industry-specific applications, upgrades to mission-critical software, integration and securing of established systems and infrastructure, and the replacement (or extension) of existing applications w Read more...