Oracle CEO, Larry Ellison, announced the Oracle Exadata X3 Database In-Memory Machine, the latest generation of its Oracle Database Machines, …
Epicor acquires specialised midmarket ERP vendor Solarsoft
Epicor has acquired ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendor Solarsoft Business Systems from investment firm Marin Equity Partners in a …
Oracle sues ex-partner CedarCrestone
Oracle has sued former partner CedarCrestone on grounds it has been providing third-party support for Oracle’s software in an illegal …
Microsoft buys Yammer
Microsoft has agreed to acquire Yammer, a maker of cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software, for US$1.2 billion in cash, …
Taking off
After state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines was approved by the Saudi cabinet in 2007 to convert its strategic units into companies …
Ellison: Oracle will deliver world's 'most comprehensive cloud'
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison declared the company is ready to offer “the most comprehensive cloud on the planet Earth,” during …
SuccessFactors offers free version of Jam software in hit against Salesforce.com
SAP’s SuccessFactors subsidiary is rolling out a version of its Jam social collaboration platform at no charge to all users, …
Wi-Fi, small cells could disrupt mobile
The rise of mixed mobile networks of Wi-Fi, small cells and traditional base stations, a major theme of last week’s …
They offer a name plate, we offer a solution: Infor VP
Oracle and SAP are “looking over their shoulder” as Infor gains ground on them in the Middle East enterprise software …
CIO=supply chain manager
A few years back, only a large company could afford sophisticated back-office and front-office automation. Whether it was SAP, Siebel, …
IBM buys Emportis for supply software
IBM has signed a deal to buy supply and contract management software vendor Emptoris in another bid to fill out …
Google Apps has more in the pipeline: VP
Google plans to announce in the coming month or so several customer wins for Google Apps that exceed 100,000 users, …
Big battles in 2012: IDC
Researchers at IDC, say some big battles will be brewing in 2012 in the cloud, mobile and Big Data arenas. …
Tablet industry to grow by 289% by the end of 2011: survey
According to a recent research conducted by Morgan Stanley, 68% of respondents regularly used their tablets to browse the internet. …
Oracle buys InQuira to boost Fusion CRM
Oracle is buying knowledge management vendor InQuira in order to improve the capabilities of its Fusion and Siebel CRM (customer …
BPOS users must wait for Office365 :Microsoft
Office 365 is now officially out, but customers of the suite’s previous version, called BPOS, will have to wait at …
Itqan’s second wave
Growing competition and increasing regional demand for its services are making it bullish to cross over When Feras Al-Jabi, General …
Haves vs. have-nots
A handful of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software companies have exited the great recession, regained their footing and posted respectable …
Application strategy in a cloud world
Look at where technology is going, or where it’s dragging us, and you see two unstoppable forces that, if mismanaged, …
Molding the Future
In the world of enterprise software, there are but a handful of “rock star” analysts who cover the industry well, …