This week, soldiers across the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) took part in a special project to visit Holocaust survivors across the country. "Flower to the Survivor" was born three years ago in 2005 as an initiative of the IDF Education Corp and the Museum of the Ghetto Fighters and promised that 1,000 Holocaust survivors across the country […]
Dangers of Compliance
Many years ago I started work in the publications department of an old-established City institution. I was a lowly editorial assistant, and I fetched coffee and accompanied photographers and did a lot of filing, in the basement of a beautiful building, but in an environment where I never saw natural light, and everything was either […]
New “Open Solutions Alliance” Formed by Leading Vendors to Drive Adoption of Open Source Busines
Fast-growing demand for affordable open source business solutions drives industry response to improve interoperability and lower integration costs OPEN SOLUTIONS SUMMIT, NEW YORK, February 14, 2007 — Ten leading companies today announced the formation of the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), a nonprofit, vendor-neutral consortium dedicated to driving adoption of comprehensive open source business solutions. […]
Liferay-CIGNEX Form Open Source Services Partnership
Leading Open Source Consulting Firm Offers Integrated ECM/Portal Solutions as Preferred Partner LOS ANGELES and SANTA CLARA, CA – FEBRUARY 8, 2007 – Liferay, provider of the world’s leading enterprise-class, open source portal and content management system announced a new partnership with CIGNEX Technologies, a top ten open source consulting firm […]
Adaptive Planning Releases Version 3.5 of Business Performance Management Suite
Latest Release of Budgeting, Forecasting, and Reporting Software Further Improves Ease of Use and Enhances Reporting and Analysis MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – February 7, 2007 – Adaptive Planning, the leader in collaborative business performance management (BPM) solutions, today announced Adaptive Planning 3.5, the latest release of its award-winning software. This release marks […]
Vetoing Violent Video in EU
EU Banning Violent Video Games After watching the video game "Manhunt" EU politicians agreed: Games like this must be banned. Germany the current EU president initiated the debate after several recent violent attacks in Germany committed by youths who played video games. The first example was in April 2002 when former Erfurt school pupil […]