Evaluations of new technologies

As the year winds down, evaluations of new technologies are making news. Here’s a look at the latest buzz in the industry.

Users who have moved to Windows 7 gave the new operating system a big thumbs up in a just-released survey, although people upgrading from XP were less enthusiastic than those migrating from Vista. Read more…

Evans Data has released the results of a new study that indicates that software developers view Google as the company most capable of executing in a public cloud setting, and they view IBM as best for the private cloud. Read more…

SAP's joint project with user groups to demonstrate the value for money of its Enterprise Support program is still on track, the company said Friday, despite the resignation of the two user group members leading the project. Read more…

A Harvard Medical School study that looked at some of the nation's "most wired" hospital facilities found that computerization of those facilities hasn't saved them any money or improved administrative efficiency. Read more…