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Article | 10/05/2013 SAP expands reach of app store, looks to improve reviews
You know you're not in iTunes anymore when the app you're eyeing has a US$1,050 price tag, but SAP is nonetheless expanding its online shopping experi...
Article | 6/05/2013 BMC set to go private in $US6.9 billion deal
BMC has agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium headed by Bain Capital and Golden Capital, in a deal worth about $US6.9 billion.
Article | 3/05/2013 SAP launches free online training for HANA, other new technologies
SAP is hoping to sow more seeds of interest in its newest technologies, including the HANA in-memory database, through a new online training program a...
Article | 1/05/2013 Half of companies will require BYOD by 2017, Gartner says
About half of the world's companies will enact BYOD (bring your own device) programs by 2017 and will no longer provide computing devices to employees...
Article | 30/04/2013 Oracle lands $100 million ERP project covering 34 colleges
Oracle has won a US$100 million ERP project that will replace legacy systems at 34 colleges in Washington state, in a deal that highlights the continu...
Article | 29/04/2013 Epilogue to von Simson book on strategy puts the spotlight on innovation
After Ernest von Simson's book, "The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry," was published three years ago, he watched ...
Article | 29/04/2013 SAP launches ride-sharing app TwoGo
SAP has expanded its foray into corporate sustainability with the release of a carpooling application called TwoGo.
Article | 24/04/2013 North Carolina auditor: 84 state-run IT projects well over budget, schedule
Scores of IT projects being conducted by North Carolina's government are racking up higher-than-expected costs and going far beyond their planned sche...
Article | 16/04/2013 American Airlines back online after computer glitch
American Airlines restored access to its reservation system on Tuesday afternoon after a four-hour long outage that grounded its flights across the U....
Article | 2/04/2013 Military IT projects wracked with delays, increased costs, GAO finds
A U.S. government watchdog agency has found that nearly half of 14 large ongoing military IT projects are over budget and more than half are behind sc...
Article | 2/04/2013 Do's and don'ts for using Android in business
While it's important to remember that the use of Google Android software in the enterprise is still a comparatively young phenomenon, there are a few ...
Article | 28/03/2013 Gartner: Global IT spending to rise 4.1 percent to $3.8 trillion in 2013
Worldwide spending on IT products and services will grow 4.1 percent this year to roughly US$3.8 trillion, according to new forecast figures released ...
Article | 20/03/2013 FAQ: Inside Microsoft's cloud ERP strategy
Microsoft has announced some key details of how it will introduce Dynamics ERP (enterprise resource planning) software products to the cloud computing...
Article | 13/03/2013 IDC: Big Data hype still here, but maturity beckons
Few tech industry buzzwords have gotten as vigorous a workout as "Big Data," but while the hype remains plentiful, it is starting to give way to real-...
Article | 8/03/2013 Schools test 'app store' for learning through Gates-funded project
Some school administrators are testing a bold idea to integrate the multitude of systems that are used to store student data, giving teachers a single...