SugarCRM Delivers 'Landmark' Release
by Alex Woodie

It's been an eventful few years for SugarCRM, the company behind the development of the open source customer relationship management application. From its beginning as a project on Sourceforge three years ago to its current state as a quickly growing, venture-funded Silicon Valley corporation, the company is accustomed to moving fast. Now SugarCRM is delivering version 5.0 of its eponymous package, a landmark release that company officials hope propels them onto the larger enterprise software stage. READ MORE >

Automating Database Encryption Expands Linoma's Portfolio
by Dan Burger

Everyone seems to completely comprehend the importance of data encryption. The loss of sensitive data, whether it pertains to customers, employees, or trade secrets, can put a lot of folks in a world of hurt. So why, then, are so few organizations doing it? Probably the biggest obstacle has been the difficult and time-consuming encryption implementation process. Linoma Software hopes to lower that hurdle with the introduction of its new product called Crypto Complete. READ MORE >

Services a Priority at ASNA after Merger with BluePhoenix
by Dan Burger

When mainframe application modernization/migration software vendor BluePhoenix Solutions decided to expand to the IBM OS/400 and i5/OS market, it found a willing partner in ASNA, a company with more than 25 years in the midrange. For BluePhoenix, which announced the completion of the ASNA merger August 17, it gains RPG-to.NET technology, a trusted brand, an experienced workforce, and a base of customers from which it can work. The upside for ASNA is much deeper pockets with which to build the services side of its business. READ MORE >

The Data Quality Inflection Point
by Alex Woodie

Got data quality issues? If you're like many businesses that have struggled with the exponential growth of data over the last few years, you have a fair share of bad data hiding across your servers. But that shouldn't relegate you to living in the gray world of questionable data, argues Arvind Parthasarathi, a senior director of solutions at data management tool vendor Informatica. In fact, we find ourselves currently at an inflection point that allows us to take control and turn the data quality problem around, Parthasarathi explains in this Q&A. READ MORE >