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SAP touts alliances, new products
News Microsoft, IBM and Siemens make the German software giant's list of new partners. Also: Previewing 100 industry-specific analysis tools.
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
Oracle on SAP's NetWeaver: Bring it on
News Fusion middleware project will provide a common basis for all Oracle applications and compete head-to-head with German rival's NetWeaver.
Tags: Business applications, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Mergers
Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open source
News Red Hat's US$350 million buy of JBoss speeds up action between open-source upstarts and entrenched software titans.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Acquisitions
Show and tell for Microsoft
News Microsoft is considering an expansion of a program that would allow companies to see the source code underlying its Office software and other applications.
Tags: Business applications
Voice apps sounding better to big firms, says IBM
News Tech improvements and potential cost savings are encouraging corporations to embed speech activation in their customer help desks and other services, according to Big Blue.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Business applications
Oracle's eye on the future
News At an analysts' event, the company discusses PeopleSoft, its planned entry into the market for collaboration software and more.
Tags: Business applications
Microsoft's road map for Longhorn tools
News Later this year, software giant will release tools to grease the skids for Longhorn, and next year will unveil new Exchange, BizTalk lines.
Tags: Longhorn, Protocols and platforms
Salesforce CEO's vision for 'business Web'
News Company unveils further details of new "on-demand" software marketplace, an effort to encourage customers to conduct more business over Web.
IBM rejects riding to PeopleSoft rescue
News IBM says it is happy to stay on the sidelines, as Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft drags on.
Analysts: Siebel, Microsoft plan .Net link
News During an earnings conference call, CEO Tom Siebel denies that the software giant is planning to take a stake in or buy the company outright.
Oracle ups the grid buzz
News The company is turning up the buzz on grid computing, as the OracleWorld customer conference gets under way in San Francisco.
Salesforce touts new integration options
News Company updates online business tools and unveils technology to let customers integrate outside programs with its on-demand services.
Tags: Software integration, Business applications
Siebel expands hosted business despite shortfall
News While Siebel's performance continues to disappoint investors, there are signs its hosted applications business is growing.
Tags: Software, Business applications, Customer resource management (CRM)
Novell brands its own open-source religion
News The open-source software maker spiffs up its desktop Linux suite and quietly readies an ID tools package.
Tags: Servers, Linux, Open source
Oracle's new plan: Make friends, don't buy them
News The software giant is now looking to make friends in an industry transformed by its own multibillion-dollar acquisition spree.
Tags: Software, Business applications, Acquisitions
