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'Big' 5 iPhone business apps
News Amongst the throngs of iPhone tools available, five major enterprise vendors have emerged with mobile versions of their existing software products.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile platforms/communications, Security, App, Database, phone, business intelligence, software, Apple iPhone, desktop
IT sharpens Interpharma's edge
Insight Aligning IT to the business strategy has helped Asia's largest pharmaceutical distributor differentiate itself in the industry, says Interpharma's regional CIO John Dickson.
Tags: IT Management, Business Strategies & Functions, IT outsourcing, ROI/TCO, Asset/resource/knowledge management, Infrastructure/architecture management, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Business applications
S'pore supply chain firm delivers on innovation
Insight Business intelligence tools need reinvention and a slower economy could be the best time to try new things, says YCH Group's CIO James Loo.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Business applications, Leadership, RFID, Database, Innovation, SCM, CIO, business intelligence
SAP plans to acquire Business Objects
News SAP announces it plans to acquire Business Objects in a cash deal valued at slightly more than US$6.8 billion.
Tags: Acquisitions
Maturing technologies to lead APAC ICT in 2010
News Tech such as cloud computing set to mature and be deployed more robustly next year, during which all Asia-Pacific markets will observe IT growth, predicts IDC.
Tags: Green IT, Asset/resource/knowledge management, IT outsourcing, Standards, Web 2.0, IT Governance, M2M, Technology, India, Information Technology
Teradata: Fending off rivals with focus on data warehousing
Techguide Teradata has been increasingly mentioned by the likes of Oracle and Hewlett-Packard so much so you have to wonder what all the hubbub is about.
Tags: Data Management, Data centers, Databases, Medicare, Wells Fargo & Co., data mining, entertainment, data warehouse, Teradata, Data centers
Pervasive exits open-source Postgre SQL business
Techguide Pervasive Software decides to curtail its initiative to offer commercial support for the open-source database.
S'pore firms investing more on innovative tools
News CIOs in the country will increase investments on Web 2.0 technologies and emerging business management tools this year, according to IDC survey.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Business development/management, International Data Corp., Tool, Singapore, CIO, business intelligence, business management
APAC govt IT spend cautious, but growing
News Public sector IT spending in the region will grow this year, but is expected to be cautious due to greater scrutiny and need for accountability, finds new report.
Tags: Green IT, Web 2.0, Government, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Information And Communication Technology, Japan, compliance, public sector, business intelligence
S'pore banks get help in lending decisions
News Country's consumer credit bureau taps on business intelligence tools to enable financial institution members to perform timely creditworthiness checks online.
Tags: Data mining & analysis, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Banking, Commercial lending, Bureau, Risk Management, Business Objects, Financial Company, Singapore, credit history
Hard times boost demand for intelligence
News Tough economic environment sees slower growth but more pervasive use of business intelligence in companies as workers seek timely, accurate information, says IDC.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Knowledge management, IT Budget, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Tool, Australia, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), business intelligence
UK CIOs look to more efficiency, flexibility
News IT experts in the United Kingdom say greater efficiency and flexibility need to be on chief information officers' New Year resolutions, in light of a tough 2009.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Leadership, Outsourcing, CRM, Business, Back-office, CIO, payment
Proof of Concept evaluations
Insight Not many people would think it wise to buy a car without taking it for a test-drive. But this is exactly what you’re doing if you purchase enterprise software without completing a Proof of Concept (POC).
Gain intelligence from 'unstructured' data
Insight Companies are beginning to realize the value they can gleam from data gathered via e-mail, telephone conversations and the like, says an industry veteran.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Data mining & analysis
Software: No longer business as usual
Insight Microsoft's interest in ad-supported software is the latest indication of the industry's woes.
Tags: Business applications, Business development/management, Internet advertising
