If SAS Institute CEO Jim Goodnight is feeling pressured by IBM's recent US$1.2 billion purchase of rival predictive analytics vendor …
IBM boosts earnings estimate, but revenue drops
Citing improved profit margins and a stabilizing IT spending environment, IBM revised its 2009 earnings estimates upward, even as the …
IBM plans big hardware upgrade next year
IBM disclosed the plans at a time when server sales among all vendors have taken a bruising during the economic …
'Sun technologies will live on'
Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison both took the stage at the Oracle OpenWorld 2009 conference …
Hackers exploit this year's fourth PDF zero-day
For the fourth time this year, Adobe has admitted that hackers used malicious PDF documents to break into Windows PCs. …
Hackers exploit this year's fourth PDF zero-day
For the fourth time this year, Adobe has admitted that hackers used malicious PDF documents to break into Windows PCs. …
Cisco releases pricing for rack servers
Cisco this week disclosed pricing for the rack-mount servers of its Unified Computing System for data centers. Cisco announced the …
SAP, HP to deepen ties around BI
SAP and its long-time partner Hewlett-Packard will announce plans next week to more closely link their technologies for BI (business …
Report: Brocade puts itself up for sale
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. has hung a "for sale" sign on its door, according to a report today in The …
Report: Brocade puts itself up for sale
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. has hung a “for sale” sign on its door, according to a report today in The …
Adobe puts LiveCycle in the cloud
Adobe Systems is preparing an update to its document-based workflow system, LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, that can be hosted in the …
Top Microsoft execs outline 2010 challenges
Microsoft's server and tools business in the coming year will focus on gaining ground in the high-end database and server …
SAP offers 'free' CRM for ERP buyers
SAP said this week that midsize companies that purchase the Business All-in-One suite or SAP ERP will also receive its …
Stepping into the cloud
Raqmiyat is the leading IT business arm of the Al Ghurair group, one of the well known and diversified Business …
Block data leaks at the endpoint
It almost goes without saying that the greatest threat to the security of an enterprise network often comes from within. …
Blue Coat expands visibility with new PacketShaper release
Blue Coat Systems has expanded its PacketShaper appliance with a major version that can now dig deeper into the network, …
Sun leads way as server sales
Oracle Corp.'s pending acquisition has put Sun Microsystems Inc. into a limbo that appears to be devouring its server business. …
Cisco UCS, Nexus 1000 virtual switches power VMworld labs but suffer glitches
A year after introducing the Nexus 1000 virtual switch, Cisco is using that switch and its unified computing system servers …
Parallels retools, renames Windows/Linux virtualization app
Parallels Inc. released a new version of its Windows/Linux desktop virtualization software, saying it should be able to run some …
Cloud computing vendors trying to woo partners
One of the early promises of software-as-a-service and cloud computing was that it would allow start-ups to directly market their …