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Article | 18/03/2011 SAP plans cloud version of HANA
SAP plans to offer a version of its HANA (High-Performance Analytic Appliance) software that will allow customers to upload data to the vendor's own c...
Article | 17/03/2011 Infor hiring spree stresses product innovation
Infor is hoping to shed perceptions that it hasn't emphasized product innovation throughout the long string of acquisitions that made it one of the wo...
Article | 15/03/2011 Infor's offer for Lawson could spark bidding war
Infor's roughly US$1.8 billion offer for Lawson Software will likely be far from the only salvo in a bidding war for the ERP (enterprise resource plan...
Article | 12/03/2011 Infor makes unsolicited $1.84B bid for ERP vendor Lawson
Lawson Software received an unsolicited buy out offer of US$11.25 per share, or around $1.84 billion, from rival ERP (enterprise resource planning) so...
Article | 8/03/2011 Customer sues Infor after ERP license audit
A New York manufacturer is suing ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor Infor following a dispute over whether it should have to pay nearly US$150,...
Article | 2/03/2011 How SaaS will impact six key software categories
As more sourcing executives consider incorporating SaaS solutions into their overall technology vendor landscape, the potential to significantly disru...
Article | 1/03/2011 NetSuite, Informatica team up on two-tier ERP
NetSuite and Informatica announced a partnership on Tuesday that seeks to exploit the concept of "two-tier ERP" (enterprise resource planning) deploym...
Article | 9/02/2011 Oracle PeopleSoft payroll problems still peeve police
Problems with an Oracle PeopleSoft ERP (enterprise resource planning) system that have resulted in faulty paychecks going out to police officers in Fo...
Article | 7/02/2011 SAP's Business ByDesign gets software development kit
SAP on Monday announced the 2.6 release of its SaaS (software-as-a-service) suite Business ByDesign, which contains a highly anticipated SDK (software...
Article | 2/02/2011 SAP, Microsoft try again with Duet Enterprise
SAP and Microsoft announced Tuesday what some observers see as a reboot of Duet, the strategy first formed by the companies in 2005 to tie SAP's ERP (...
Article | 28/01/2011 Oracle: PeopleSoft still going gangbusters
Oracle has added more than 350 PeopleSoft customers in the past year, even as it prepares to launch the <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/applicatio...
Article | 26/01/2011 TomorrowNow litigation drags SAP Q4 profits down
SAP saw revenue rise 27 percent in the fourth quarter but profits dropped by more than a third due to increased provisions linked to litigation with O...
Article | 13/01/2011 SAP buying security software, other assets from SECUDE
SAP is acquiring software and related assets from its partner SECUDE in order to provide improved security for its customer base, the company said Wed...
Article | 13/01/2011 ERP investments to slow in 2011
The number of companies planning to invest in their ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems will drop slightly this year, according to a Forrester ...
Article | 12/01/2011 Oracle lawsuit not slowing support provider's momentum
Oracle's lawsuit against Rimini Street is not slowing the smaller company's momentum, as it logged its best-ever performance in the fourth quarter, ac...