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Oracle buying Taleo for $US1.9 billion in direct hit at SAP

Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move to acquire SuccessFactors, a close competitor of Taleo, for US$3.4 billion in a deal that has yet to close.

By Chris Kanaracus | 10 February, 2012 00:28

Tags: Taleo, SuccessFactors, software, sap, oracle, mergers and acquisitions, Internet-based applications and services, internet, HR, cloud computing, business issues, applications

Salesforce.com shakes up Standard support plan features

Salesforce.com has made a series of changes to its support services that include the removal of certain features from the Standard tier, but which the company says overall will provide a better experience for customers.

By Chris Kanaracus | 09 February, 2012 08:37

Tags: software, services, salesforce.com, it strategy, it management, Internet-based applications and services, internet, George Hu, customer relationship management, cloud computing, CIO role, applications

Oracle stakes claim in R with Advanced Analytics launch

Oracle is hoping to carve out a prominent place in the world of R, the open-source statistical modeling language with roots in academia but an increasingly high profile in enterprise IT shops. It announced a new Advanced Analytics product on Wednesday that ties R to its database and family of software-hardware appliances.

By Chris Kanaracus | 09 February, 2012 00:03

Tags: software, servers, SAS Institute, oracle, open source, Kobielus, James, IBM, hardware systems, greenplum, EMC, data mining, business intelligence, applications

SAP unveils HANA in-memory database offerings for SMBs

SAP on Tuesday announced the first products based on its HANA in-memory database aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, including a new Edge edition of the software as well as HANA-powered analytics for the Business One ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite.

By Chris Kanaracus | 08 February, 2012 03:47

Tags: software, sap

Appeals court denies Google bid to keep email out of Oracle trial

Google has failed in its latest attempt to keep a potentially damaging email out of the lawsuit Oracle filed against it over alleged Java intellectual-property violations in the Android mobile OS.

By Chris Kanaracus | 07 February, 2012 07:10

Tags: software, oracle, open source, Mobile OSes, mobile, legal, Languages and standards, intellectual property, Google, Civil lawsuits, application development

SAP community portal launch date still unclear due to bugs

Serious technical problems that have delayed the rollout of an upgrade to SAP's community portal are persisting, to the point where the company is no longer specifying a launch date.

By Chris Kanaracus | 07 February, 2012 03:45

Tags: software, sap, Portals, oracle, it strategy, it management, Internet-based applications and services, internet, cloud computing, CIO role, careers, applications

Microsoft to roll out wave of native mobile apps for its CRM software

Microsoft is gearing up to release a phalanx of native mobile applications for its CRM software, with clients aimed at BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, iOS, and Android 2.2 and higher devices, the company announced Monday.

By Chris Kanaracus | 07 February, 2012 01:08

Tags: software, salesforce.com, mobile, Microsoft, customer relationship management, applications

Systems management, cloud services likely in Dell's software acquisition plans

Dell's formation of a new software group, which was announced Thursday, could be the forerunner to a string of acquisitions by the vendor, with some observers predicting a focus on systems management and cloud services provisioning.

By Chris Kanaracus | 04 February, 2012 06:08

Tags: system management, software, salesforce.com, oracle, mobile, mergers and acquisitions, Internet-based applications and services, internet, hewlett-packard, dell, cloud computing, CA Technologies, business issues, bmc, applications

SAP-SuccessFactors deal delayed as US regulators conduct investigation

SAP's US$3.4 billion purchase of cloud software vendor SuccessFactors has been delayed indefinitely while a U.S. regulatory body investigates the deal, an SAP spokesman confirmed Wednesday.

By Chris Kanaracus | 03 February, 2012 02:12

Tags: SuccessFactors, software, sap, mergers and acquisitions, Internet-based applications and services, internet, cloud computing, business issues, applications

SEC investigating past JDA's past fiscal years, stock falls

JDA Software's stock is taking a hit after the supply-chain application vendor said Tuesday that it experienced a loss in the fourth quarter and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is requesting information about past fiscal years.

By Chris Kanaracus | 02 February, 2012 04:13

Tags: supply chain management, software, SEC Filings, mergers and acquisitions, JDA Software, i2, financial results, business issues, applications

Salesforce.com yields to pressure over analytics pricing

Salesforce.com will include some new analytics capabilities at no additional cost with the Enterprise and Unlimited editions of its CRM (customer relationship management) software, following complaints from customers who argued that the features should have been used to fill long-standing gaps in the products' core functionality, not sold separately.

By Chris Kanaracus | 01 February, 2012 12:26

Tags: software, salesforce.com, it management, Internet-based applications and services, internet, customer relationship management, cloud computing, business intelligence, applications

Oracle outlines plans for RightNow integration

Oracle executives on Tuesday gave a more detailed picture of their plans to integrate technologies gained through October's US$1.5 billion acquisition of RightNow, maker of cloud-based software for customer service through the Web, social networks and contact centers.

By Chris Kanaracus | 01 February, 2012 08:06

Tags: software, oracle

IBM buys Worklight for mobile software platform

IBM on Tuesday announced plans to buy Worklight, a move that will give it a range of cross-platform mobile application development technologies. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter, were not disclosed.

By Chris Kanaracus | 01 February, 2012 01:50

Tags: WorkLight, sybase, software, sap, mobile, mergers and acquisitions, IBM, business issues, applications, application development

Infor revamps support services, heightens competition against SAP, Oracle

Infor has rebranded and revamped its software support offerings in a bid to cement its profile as a potential alternative to rivals like SAP and Oracle.

By Chris Kanaracus | 01 February, 2012 00:25

Tags: software, services, sap, oracle, it strategy, it management, Infor, enterprise resource planning, Application services, applications

Salesforce.com launches Desk.com help-desk service

Salesforce.com on Tuesday unveiled a new SaaS (software as a service) help-desk application called Desk.com that can reach end users through social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

By Chris Kanaracus | 31 January, 2012 16:09

Tags: Zendesk, software, salesforce.com, Internet-based applications and services, internet, customer relationship management, cloud computing, Assistly, applications

 
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