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California's $500M state pension software system wracked by backlogs

An expensive and long-troubled software program for California's pension system that went live last year has stumbled out of the gate, with some areas of service dealing with significant backlogs, according to a report released by officials at the California Public Employees' Retirement System.

Citrix buys Podio for social collaboration, project management software

Citrix said Wednesday it has acquired Podio, maker of a cloud-based software platform for project management and collaboration. Terms were not disclosed.

How to Avoid the Perils of Virtualization and Cloud Stall

Virtualization and cloud computing offer the promise of cost savings, efficiency and flexibility, but organizations must plan their transitions carefully or risk finding themselves stuck with a bundle of sunk costs and no path forward.

Watchdog agency report shows beleaguered state of US military software projects

Public-sector ERP (enterprise resource planning) software projects historically have experienced some of the industry's most dramatic cost overruns and delays, a fact that a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office brings into sharp relief.

10 hard truths for software developers

On most days, programming is a rewarding experience, with no problem too challenging to solve. Perseverance, intuition, the right tool -- they all come together seamlessly to produce elegant, beautiful code.

What IT managers say to get the CIO's OK

When data center and facility managers meet with the CIO about new equipment, the conversations are rarely easy. The equipment they seek is often expensive, in the six- or seven-figure range, and justifying the expense can be challenging.

FinancialForce.com rolls out enhanced accounting, services applications

FinancialForce.com announced a string of enhancements to its cloud-based applications for accounting and professional services automation on Wednesday, heating up its rivalry with the likes of NetSuite and its OpenAir division.

Microsoft Visual Studio 11 embraces DevOps

Sensing the growing interest in DevOps, Microsoft will incorporate a number of new tools in its next edition of Visual Studio that will allow developers to work more closely with operations personnel.

Auditor: Big Aussie SAP project behind schedule, over budget

A major SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project being conducted by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities has hit a rocky patch, with projected costs for the first phase ballooning from A$153 million (US$157 million) to A$210 million (US$215 million), according to a new report by the Australian state's auditor.

Intacct goes for ERP trifecta with Salesforce.com, Clarizen

Intacct is hoping to build on its stake in the cloud ERP (enterprise resource planning) market via a three-way integration with Salesforce.com's CRM (customer relationship management) application and project management software from Clarizen.

Customer sues Epicor after ERP software project attempt ends in 'big mess'

A would-be Epicor customer is taking the ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor to court over a "big mess" of a software project that it says ended up battering its bottom line instead of improving operations.

Salesforce.com launches Do project management app

Salesforce.com's reach is about to get wider both in terms of functionality and target audience with the arrival of Do, a project management application announced in public beta on Tuesday.

Air Force mulls changes as major ERP system project stumbles

The U.S. Air Force is close to making decisions on the future of a sprawling Oracle ERP project that is supposed to remake the military branch's worldwide supply chain, according to a recently released document.

IT tier-level support, chargebacks, called wasteful

With their budgets seeing little increase, IT managers are being urged by Gartner Inc. to re-examine many of their long-followed IT practices and then, quite simply, kill them.

Customer, Lawson Software, hosting provider in legal dustup over ERP project

Health-care business services provider MedSynergies has sued Lawson Software and hosting company Velocity Technology Solutions over a rash of alleged problems with an ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) application project, but Lawson and Velocity say MedSynergies is just trying to get out of a contract it inherited through an acquisition.

It's not the coding that's hard, it's the people

The path to better projects may be for software developers to become better people. The source of all project dysfunction is usually the project manager, an organizational psychologist said at a recent conference on agile development.

IBM jumps into cloud, customers tiptoe behind

IBM unveiled some new cloud services to some of its large users that have so far been slow to embrace the technology for a variety of reasons.

When agile came in, cubicles went out

Progressive Medical Inc. began a move to agile methodology more than a year ago and realized an almost immediate improvement in development time.

Cisco to stay out of the services business

Cisco Systems plans to collaborate rather than compete with IT services providers.

CIOs plot their response to tech's unstoppable forces

CIOs at Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders conference share their responses to the IT trends, including mobile communications, ubiquitous computing and the cloud.