Enterprise Software
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China biz software sector to be Asia's largest
News Country's enterprise software market is projected to expand at annual growth rate of 18 percent to reach US$9.4 billion in 2012, new study reports.
Tags: Business applications, IT budgeting, Security, SCM, China, software-as-a-service, supply chain, enterprise software, software project, IT budgeting
Oracle puts 'social' in corporate CRM
News Riding on popularity of social networking sites, Oracle unveils customer relationship management tools that incorporate Web 2.0 and "social" functions.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Web 2.0, Software, Application, Customer Relationship Management Application, CRM, Philippines, Tool, Sales, social networking
SAP shares free-fall on third quarter warning
News Shares plunge 17.6 percent in intra-day trading after the enterprise software behemoth warns its third quarter revenues will come in short of analysts projections.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Business applications, SAP AG, Stock, Wall Street, software, financial, Oracle Corp., revenue, blog
Oracle to buy GoldenGate Software
News Company acquiring provider of real-time data integration software for an undisclosed amount. GoldenGate tech will help customers pull timely data from different sources.
Tags: Business applications, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., data integration, business continuity, San Francisco, financial, Oracle Corp., enterprise software, Thomson Reuters Corp.
Gartner: Enterprise-software sales to drop in Europe
News Enterprise software sales in Europe are predicted to fall by 5.6 percent this year, slipping from US$81.2 billion to US$76.7 billion.
Tags: Business applications, Virtualization, digital content, Europe, Gartner Inc., Sales, software, software-as-a-service, revenue, enterprise software
Salesforce.com posts 43 percent revenue jump
News Online customer relationship management software maker reports revenue reached US$276 million, fueled by growth in the company's subscription and support business.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Business applications, Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Marc Benioff, CRM, Wall Street, News.com, applications company, revenue
Forrester: Vendors showing more price flexibility
News Software vendors have been obliged to be more accommodating on pricing with their customers as a result of the economic crisis, finds new study.
Tags: Business applications, Protocols and platforms, Software licensing, Customer support, Forrester Research Inc., SAP AG, software company, KPI, network, strategy
Microsoft to announce Azure business plan next month
News Software maker, which has been testing its cloud-based OS, plans to use its partner conference to offer details on how it will get paid for hosting cloud-based applications.
Tags: Operating systems, Cloud computing, Business applications, IBM Corp., Conference, Google Inc., Sales, operating system, Cloud computing, financial
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News Mobile company lays out business plans for Blackberry with "prosumers" in its sight.
Tags: Business plans, Mobile, BlackBerry, Customer resource management (CRM), RIM BlackBerry, SAP AG, Small And Medium Enterprise, Research In Motion Ltd., phone, CIO
Oracle to acquire Skywire Software
News Software company sees its latest purchase of a market application specialist as a way to expand its customer base in the "strategic industry" of insurance management.
Tags: Software, Business applications, Skywire Software, software company, insurance, agent, financial, Oracle Corp., insurance application, enterprise software
Oracle sees solid growth for its fourth quarter
News Enterprise software maker reports revenue of US$7.24 billion, boosted by a strong performance in software licensing.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Business applications, Compensation, software license, software company, software, BEA Systems Inc., net income, Oracle Corp., revenue
Google Mini gets a feature boost
News The search appliance has had file system access control, source biasing and date biasing added, as well as support for six more languages.
Tags: Web services, Web sites, Google Mini, Search Appliance, Google Inc., File System, Access Control, Server, product manager, Search Result
Oracle closes BEA Systems merger
News Enterprise software giant wraps up US$6.7B acquisition of BEA, ending contentious effort to acquire former rival.
Tags: Merger integration teams, software company, Stock, Environment, antitrust, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., enterprise software, merger, president
Oracle names new chief financial officer
News Oracle names Jeffrey Epstein as its new chief financial officer, marking its fourth CFO since long-time bean counter Jeff Henley retired four years ago.
Tags: Business applications, Databases, Executive recruiting, CFO, Database, co-president, audit, Oracle Corp., applications company, blog
SAP chief: Big software isn't going away
News Web-based business software sold by companies like Salesforce.com will likely augment, not replace, complex enterprise systems, SAP CEO Henning Kagermann says.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Web 2.0, SAP AG, Security, Marc Benioff, Google Inc., business software, Wall Street Journal, strategy
