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Article | 4/09/2010 School uses anti-bullying app after suicide

A school district in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is hoping a specialized software application will help stop tragedies like the one that befell Phoeb...

Article | 2/09/2010 Salesforce.com rolls out contact-data service

Salesforce.com rolled out a new service on Wednesday that integrates business-contact information with its own CRM (customer relationship management) ...

Article | 2/09/2010 Oracle giving student coders free access to JavaOne

Oracle is hoping to entice a younger generation of Java programmers into its fold by offering students complimentary admission to the upcoming JavaOne...

Article | 30/08/2010 HP ups 3PAR bid to $30 per share, tops Dell's latest

The bidding war for storage vendor 3PAR continued to escalate Friday, with Hewlett-Packard submitting a new offer of US$30 per share, or $2 billion. T...

Article | 27/08/2010 Rumored SAP-Red Hat merger seen as a long shot

Rumors swirled once again this week regarding a possible takeover of Red Hat, this time by SAP, but a number of industry observers said Thursday that ...

Article | 26/08/2010 Gosling: Oracle could still live up to 2007 Java pledge

There is still a way for Oracle to calm down people concerned about the fate of the Java programming language under the vendor's stewardship, accordin...

Article | 25/08/2010 County will rip and replace ailing SAP system

Officials in Marin County, California, decided on Tuesday to replace the county's ailing SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) system, an option that...

Article | 20/08/2010 SAP execs outline plans for Sybase

SAP executives today outlined the company's strategy for the recently acquired Sybase, which includes the creation of a mobile platform that can run o...

Article | 21/08/2010 Unclear future for Oracle's Beehive after initial buzz

Oracle gave its Beehive collaboration platform a splashy debut during OpenWorld 2008, featuring it in a keynote by co-President Charles Phillips.

Article | 20/08/2010 SAP, Sybase lay out tech road maps

SAP and Sybase officials gathered in Boston on Thursday to reveal how they plan to bring together their respective technologies in the areas of mobili...

Article | 18/08/2010 Fusion Apps questions Oracle should answer

Oracle appears set to deliver more information than ever before about its long-awaited Fusion Applications at the OpenWorld conference in September, w...

Article | 17/08/2010 Dell buying 3PAR for $1.15 billion

Dell on Monday announced it has agreed to acquire virtualized storage provider 3PAR for about US$1.15 billion, a move that will boost its capabilities...

Article | 16/08/2010 IBM buying Unica for $480 million

IBM said Friday it intends to purchase marketing software maker Unica for roughly US$480 million, in a move that will boost Big Blue's capabilities fo...

Article | 12/08/2010 Forrester: Open-source BI has pros and cons

A new Forrester Research report finds that while a number of open-source BI (business intelligence) offerings are providing many of the capabilities e...

Article | 11/08/2010 IBM buys document capture vendor Datacap

IBM made the latest in its long run of acquisitions on Tuesday, announcing the purchase of document capture software vendor Datacap. Terms of the deal...