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Larry Barrett

Larry Barrett is a freelance journalist and blogger who has covered the information technology and business sectors for more than 15 years. Most recently, he served as the online news editor for 1105 Media's Office Technology Group and as the online managing editor for SourceMedia's Investment Advisory Group publications Financial Planning, On Wall Street, and Bank Investment Consultant. He was also a senior writer and editor at Ziff Davis Media's Baseline Magazine, winner of the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award, and ZDNet. In addition, he's served as a senior writer and editor at prominent technology and business websites including CNET, InternetNews.com, Multichannel News, and the San Jose Business Journal.

SAP’s On-Demand Strategy Draws Tepid Reviews

A day removed from the debut of its first software-as-a-service (SaaS) (define) offering, Business By Design, SAP on Thursday got...

Trilog Extends SaaS Tentacles To Project Management

Count Trilog Group among the first of what's sure to be a deluge of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) (define) providers emerging from...

IT Departments Giving Vista The Cold Shoulder

At the end of an already slow summer buying season, a majority of companies are still not ready to...

Storage Industry Upbeat – For Now

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Executives from seven of the disk-drive industry's most prominent manufacturers looked into their crystal balls Wednesday at...

Software Tops VC Spending List

Call it the VMware effect. Venture capitalists looking for the next big score invested more than $1.5 billion in...

Intel Targets ‘The Next Mainstream’

Intel CEO Paul Otellini gave investors, developers and its competitors plenty to digest during his keynote address at the...

Salesforce.com Takes Wraps Off Force.com

SAN FRANCISCO—Saleforce.com CEO Marc Benioff kicked off the Dreamforce 2007 conference Monday by unveiling the particulars of Force.com, the...

May the Force Be With You and You and You

Salesforce.com previewed a major new service initiative it plans to announce at its Dreamforce 2007 conference next week. Force.com...

Dell Challenges Virtualization ‘Myths’

Dell built its business and, until recently, its reputation by keeping things simple. The strategy worked for years with its...

Palm Abandons Foleo, Will Take $10 Million Charge

And so that's that. Palm on Thursday unceremoniously concluded the brief and uninspiring Foleo era when CEO Ed Colligan announced...