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Site offers open-source clearinghouse

News Swik aims to aid software developers by featuring the latest collaboration and syndication tools.

Thursday, July 07 2005 09:51 AM

Tags: Software engineering/development, Programming languages, Open source

IBM unleashes tools to make data 'capital asset'

News IT giant unveils new suite of information management software and services, alongside plans to beef up its Asia-Pacific partner network.

Thursday, September 04 2008 03:31 PM

Tags: Content management, Data mining & analysis, Data warehousing/business intelligence, IBM Corp., Information, Tool, Business Process, business intelligence, software, marketing

Oracle eyes industry-based structure, new pricing

News Through acquisitions, the software heavyweight will organize its sales around specific industries and price software on "business metrics."

Monday, July 25 2005 11:58 AM

Tags: Business applications, Business development/management, Acquisitions

Polese opens up on open-source plans

News Industry vet Kim Polese reveals details of start-up SpikeSource's bid to provide support for open-source software on corporate networks.

Wednesday, January 05 2005 09:49 AM

Tags: Business applications, Open source

Microsoft stakes application future on integration

News The software giant's ability to integrate its ERP and CRM applications with its other software products will be crucial to its performance.

Monday, October 31 2005 11:25 AM

Tags: Software integration, Business applications, Customer resource management (CRM), Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Microsoft pretties Office for business apps

News Microsoft plans to release software geared to help third parties integrate Outlook, other Office components.

Tuesday, June 13 2006 09:16 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Software integration, Business applications

Eclipse bulks up, reaches out

News Salesforce.com and SugarCRM plan to join the open-source foundation as it expands beyond programming.

Monday, March 20 2006 03:14 PM

Tags: Software engineering/development, Open source

Microsoft offers early peek at designer tools

News As it pushes into graphics market, Microsoft releases a pre-beta version of Sparkle, now called Expression Interactive Designer.

Wednesday, January 25 2006 10:18 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web servers

Oracle tweaks software pricing

News The company confirms that it is changing pricing methods for its Oracle 11i line of business applications. Customers could end up saving a bundle on license fees, according to Oracle.

Wednesday, January 30 2002 12:29 PM

SAP to debut hosted CRM service

News SAP is expected to debut on Thursday a hosted CRM software service, as it steps into an increasingly crowded field.

Wednesday, February 01 2006 11:53 AM

Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Sales force automation

Oracle secures identity management

News Oracle's database and application server management products will improve management of access privileges.

Friday, October 17 2003 09:15 AM

NetSuite unveils new tax engine, Asian language support

News New features will rope in global financial reporting standards in native languages.

Wednesday, November 02 2005 12:59 PM

Tags: Business applications, Customer resource management (CRM), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), SMB

Oracle: AP growth hard to maintain

News Software giant's Asia-Pacific third-quarter revenue growth will be "a little bit challenging" to maintain, says senior company executive.

Friday, March 30 2007 07:15 PM

Tags: Business applications, Financial statements

SAP, Siebel rivalry heats up

News SAP will spotlight new customer relationship management products as part of its effort to surpass Siebel Systems as the No. 1 vendor by next year.

Thursday, May 23 2002 10:55 AM