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Survey: Facebook, Twitter Listed as Top Enterprise Collaboration Tools
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 20, 2013
Enterprise users may not understand the difference between true enterprise collaboration platforms and consumer social networking services.
Tags: software, Twitter, microsoft sharepoint, ibm connections, Salesforce Chatter, Facebook, enterprise social networking, survey
HP: We Didn't Try to Sell Autonomy to SAP
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 14, 2013
The PC maker is disputing media reports that it tried to sell off the troubled Autonomy software group.
Tags: HP, SAP, software, Autonomy
Yammer Revenue Climbs 259%
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 10, 2013
Microsoft is very pleased with its enterprise social networking acquisition.
Tags: Microsoft, Yammer, Office, revenue, enterprise social networking, software
SAP Announces HANA Enterprise Cloud
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 08, 2013
The world's third largest software vendor will offer an SaaS version of its in-memory database.
Tags: In-memory database, SAP, cloud computing, HANA, software, enterprise applications
Dell Buys Enterprise Cloud Vendor Enstratius
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 06, 2013
The PC maker is boosting its cloud computing management capabilities.
Tags: cloud management, Dell, cloud computing, software, merger and acquistion activity, Enterprise
Ubuntu Software
By Matt Hartley | Article Published May 06, 2013
These are some of the most useful applications available for Ubuntu Linux.
Tags: open source, applications, software, Linux, Ubuntu
Microsoft Profits Climb 19% on Strong Software Sales
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 19, 2013
Revenue fell short of expectations.
Tags: earnings, Microsoft, revenue, Windows, quarterly financials, software
Intel to Buy API Management Vendor Mashery
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 18, 2013
The chipmaker is moving deeper into the software business.
Tags: Mashery, API, Intel, software, merger and acquistion activity
Ubuntu Software Center Explored
By Matt Hartley | Article Published April 15, 2013
Find out where the Ubuntu Software Center came from, how it works and what alternatives are available.
Tags: software, Ubuntu, Linux, Canonical, open source, applications
Office 365 Accounts for 25% of Microsoft Office Sales, Says Analyst
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 03, 2013
The new cloud-based version of the software hasn't led to an increase in sales.
Tags: software, Office 365, cloud computing, Microsoft Office
Oracle Buys Mobile Network Software Maker Tekelec
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 26, 2013
The purchase could bring Oracle into more competition with Cisco.
Tags: mobile network, merger and acquistion activity, software, Oracle
Oracle Shares Drop after Poor Earnings Report
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 21, 2013
The company's software licensing revenue fell 2 percent.
Tags: Oracle, quarterly financials, earnings, revenue, cloud comouting, hardware, software
Apple Hires Adobe's CTO
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 20, 2013
The hiring is an unusual choice given Apple's disdain for Adobe's Flash technology.
Tags: CTO, software, Apple, Flash, Adobe
Feds Investigate Microsoft Bribery Allegations
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 20, 2013
The Justice Department and the SEC are looking into a whistleblower report.
Tags: China, software, SEC, U.S., Microsoft, Justice Department
Oracle Buys Cloud Software Maker Nimbula
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 14, 2013
Nimbula was founded by a former Amazon Web Services vice president.
Tags: cloud computing, Amazon Web Services, Oracle, merger and acquisition, software, OpenStack
Gartner: CRM, Cloud Computing Will Drive Enterprise IT Spending
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 06, 2013
The firm anticipates a rise in global spending related to both on-premise and cloud-based applications.
Tags: applications, CRM, SaaS, software, Gartner, cloud computing
Microsoft Reverses Course on Office 2013 Licensing
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 06, 2013
The company may also be reducing prices for Windows 8 licenses.
Tags: licensing, Windows 8, software, Office 2013, Microsoft
Salesforce.com Q4 Earnings Beat Expectations
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 01, 2013
Quarterly revenue climbed 32 percent.
Tags: software, quarterly financials, marketing, revenue, Salesforce, earnings, SaaS
Microsoft Updates Office 365
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 27, 2013
The software giant is rolling out a host of new options for its cloud-based office productivity suite.
Tags: cloud computing, software, Microsoft, SMB, Office productivity, Office 365, SaaS, Enterprise
Intel Launches Its Own Hadoop Distribution
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 26, 2013
The chip maker wants to get into the big data game.
Tags: open source, Hadoop, analytics, Intel, big data, software
Survey: Majority of ERP Project Experience Budget Overruns and Schedule Delays
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 21, 2013
Those polled say ERP software deployments take too long, cost too much and don't deliver on their promises.
Tags: software, budget, schedule, ERP, survey, enterprise resource planning
Dell Profit Drops, But Beats Expectations
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 20, 2013
The big question is how the PC maker's latest financial report will affect the bid to take the company private.
Tags: PC sales, Dell, earnings, software, quarterly financials, services, sales
Defense Contractor Software Uses Social Media to Track People's Movements
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 11, 2013
A video from Raytheon shows how governments could use its "RIOT" software for intelligence gathering.
Tags: software, social media, analytics, government, defense
Ubuntu: What They're Doing Right and Wrong
By Matt Hartley | Article Published February 04, 2013
The Linux distribution does a great job with peripheral detection, community, easy backup, the Software Center and more.
Tags: software, Ubuntu, malware, Wi-Fi, Linux, USB, community, peripherals, open source, backup
Amazon Buys Text-to-Speech Software Vendor IVONA
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 24, 2013
Does the purchase signal an intention to challenge Apple's Siri?
Tags: merger and acquistion activity, Amazon, Kindle, Siri, software, voice
Head-to-Head Desktop Comparison: Ubuntu 12.10 vs. OS X Mountain Lion
By Matt Hartley | Article Published January 21, 2013
See how the two operating systems compare from a casual user's perspective with regards to installation, software and hardware.
Tags: hardware, operating system, software, Linux, open source, Ubuntu, OS X Mountain Lion, desktop
SAP Reports Strong Software Sales, But Profits Disappoint
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 15, 2013
The company's stock slid following the report.
Tags: software, profits, Cloud, earnings, quarterly financials, Enterprise, HANA, SAP
How to Overcome Common Ubuntu Hassles
By Matt Hartley | Article Published January 14, 2013
These suggestions can make it easier to choose your hardware, find the software you need, extend the battery life for your laptop, and more.
Tags: Linux, software, Ubuntu, open source, battery, hardware
Top Trends at CES 2013
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 10, 2013
In addition to the new gadgets on display, this year's show demonstrated the growing importance of apps, crowdfunding and the consumerization of IT.
Tags: CES, Consumer Electronics Show, CrowdFunding, consumerization of IT, apps, tablets, software
Justice Department Investigating Alleged Fraud at Autonomy
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 28, 2012
HP says it discovered accounting improprieties at the software company it purchased last year.
Tags: software, HP, merger and acquistion activity, Autonomy, fraud, Justice Department
Google Apps Challenges Microsoft Office
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 26, 2012
Google's goal is to capture 90 percent of Microsoft's Office business.
Tags: software, Google Apps, Microsoft Office, Enterprise, Cloud, Office productivity
Red Hat Beats Revenue Estimates, Acquires ManageIQ
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 21, 2012
Revenue rose 18 percent, but profits fell 9 percent.
Tags: merger and acquistion activity, Red Hat, quarterly financials, Virtualization Management, open source, software, Cloud
Oracle Financials Beat Analyst Predictions
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 19, 2012
CEO Larry Ellison said Sun is now profitable.
Tags: software, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, earnings, quarterly financials, hardware, Larry Ellison, cloud computing
Oracle Unveils Big Data Appliance
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 18, 2012
The X3-2 includes Hadoop and Cloudera Manager software.
Tags: Hadoop, appliance, hardware, Cloudera, Oracle, software, big data
Adobe Earnings Beat Expectations
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 14, 2012
The transition to the subscription-based Creative Cloud has been good for the software company.
Tags: quarterly financials, Adobe, subscription, Cloud, earnings, licensing, software
Cisco to Buy Cariden Technologies for $141 Million
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published November 29, 2012
Cariden makes software for telecommunications planning, design and traffic management.
Tags: software, Cisco, telecommunications, merger and acquistion activity, networks
Proprietary Software for Ubuntu--What Will It Mean?
By Matt Hartley | Article Published November 21, 2012
Ubuntu-only versions of proprietary software could lead to a divide within the Linux community.
Tags: Proprietary, Valve Software, Steam, Ubuntu, Linux, software, Canonical, Skype, open source
HP Takes $8.8 Billion Charge Related to Alleged Fraud at Autonomy
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published November 20, 2012
HP says it discovered accounting irregularities at the software firm it acquired in 2011.
Tags: software, Autonomy, fraud, quarterly financials, HP
Cisco to Buy Cloupia for $125 Million
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published November 15, 2012
The startup sells automation tools for data center and cloud infrastructure management.
Tags: cloud computing, data center management, software, Cisco, infrastructure management, merger and acquistion activity, automation
Manufacturer Sues IBM over ERP Software
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published November 12, 2012
Avantor Performance Materials says its experience with IBM was a 'disaster.'
Tags: IBM, lawsuit, software, SAP, ERP
Why Apple Products Will Now Stop Failing
By Mike Elgan | Article Published October 31, 2012
Apple CEO Tim Cook cleaned house this week, and transformed the company in the process.
Tags: Apple, iPad, iPhone, software
3,000 HP IT Staffers Will Go to Work for GM
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 19, 2012
The automaker will hire the IT workers as part of a massive "in-sourcing" plan.
Tags: software, IT staffer, HP
Microsoft's Quarterly Earnings Decline Ahead of Windows 8 Launch
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 19, 2012
The software maker's financial report offers a mix of good news and bad.
Tags: quarterly financials, Microsoft, earnings, software, report, Windows 8
Gartner: Big Data Spending to Reach $28 Billion This Year
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 18, 2012
In 2013, Big Data could be a $34 billion industry.
Tags: big data, spending, software, Gartner, Enterprise
Red Hat Revenue Increases 14.7%; Profit Decreases 12.4%
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published September 25, 2012
Higher operating costs and currency pressure affected the open source software firm.
Tags: report, open source, Red Hat, revenue, software
IBM to Buy Social-Business Company Kenexa for $1.3 Billion
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 27, 2012
Kenexa makes enterprise HR software.
Tags: IBM, HR, merger and acquistion activity, social networking, analytics, software, recruiting
SAP Agrees to Pay Oracle $306 Million in TomorrowNow Case
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 03, 2012
One of the tech industry's longest-running lawsuits is finally coming to a close.
Tags: Oracle, settlement, SAP, lawsuit, software, TomorrowNow
Survey: Outside the Office, Workers Turn to the Tablet Over the PC
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 31, 2012
Smartphones are the device of choice at business meetings and coffee shops.
Tags: Enterprise, survey, smartphone, tablets, software
Apple to Buy Fingerprint Sensor Maker AuthenTec for $356 Million
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 27, 2012
AuthenTec currently licenses its technology to Samsung, one of Apple's chief competitors.
Tags: Samsung, merger and acquistion activity, near-field communication, Apple, security, software
VMware to Buy Nicira Network Software for $1.26 Billion
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 24, 2012
Nicira makes networking monitoring and management software.
Tags: server, VMware, software, virtualization, merger and acquistion activity, networking
IBM Q2 2012 Profit Up 6% Despite Revenue Decline
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 19, 2012
Revenue for most of the company's software and service offerings was flat or down.
Tags: earnings, software, services, hardware, revenue, IBM
Novell Antitrust Suit Against Microsoft Sputters to a Close
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 17, 2012
The judge has dismissed the case, but Novell vows to appeal.
Tags: Novell, antitrust, Microsoft, lawsuit, software
Microsoft Shifts Main Office Product to the Cloud
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 17, 2012
From now on, Microsoft plans to focus its development efforts on Office 365.
Tags: Office, software, Microsoft, Cloud, Office 365
Dell Acquires Quest Software for $2.4 Billion
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published July 02, 2012
Dell adds Quest's security, management and data backup solutions to its growing portfolio of software assets.
Tags: software, Quest Software, Dell, SaaS
Microsoft Confirms $1.2 Billion Yammer Buy
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 26, 2012
The social software will become part of the Microsoft Office division.
Tags: software, Microsoft, enterprise social media, merger and acquistion activity, Yammer
Enterprise Apps Worth $120 Billion This Year, Says Gartner
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 21, 2012
ERP, office productivity, business intelligence and CRM apps will lead the way.
Tags: software, spending, enteprise, applications
Samsung CEO Calls for Software Improvements
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 18, 2012
Will the Korean smartphone maker abandon Android?
Tags: Samsung, bada, smartphone, software, Android
Dell Made Rival $2.15 Billion Bid for Quest: Sources
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 15, 2012
Sources say the PC maker is trying to outbid Insight Venture Partners for Quest Software.
Tags: merger and acquistion activity, Quest, networks, Dell, software
Cisco Ends Investment in Cius Tablet in Face of BYOD, Cloud
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 25, 2012
The networking vendor is cancelling future development of its two-year-old tablet.
Tags: software, tablet, Cisco, collaboration, Cius
Microsoft's Upgrade Avalanche a Challenge for IT Pros
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 25, 2012
The software maker is in the middle of upgrading many of its most popular applications for enterprise users.
Tags: Microsoft, upgrade, IT, software, enterprise applications
Hadoop Software Market to Hit $812.8 Million in 2016, Says IDC
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 07, 2012
Software related to Hadoop and MapReduce topped $77 million in revenue last year.
Tags: big data, mapreduce, software, Hadoop, open source, analytics
IBM Launches New Mobile Foundation Portfolio
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 01, 2012
The new mobile platform includes application development, integration, security and management software.
Tags: IBM, services, Enterprise, software, cloud computing, mobile
Oracle to Issue 88 Security Patches on Tuesday
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published April 13, 2012
The huge release addresses vulnerabilities in many of the company's enterprise software products.
Tags: software, Oracle, security, Enterprise, vulnerability
Proprietary Software for Linux: A Good Idea?
By Matt Hartley | Article Published April 12, 2012
Many Linux users shun proprietary software written for Linux. Yet some of these apps are hard to replace.
Tags: open source, software, Linux
Emerging Software Tools Help Boost IT Spending Projections
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published April 09, 2012
Forrester says U.S. IT spending will climb more than 7 percent for the next two years.
Tags: IT salaries, IT jobs, IT spending, software, hardware, cloud computing
Tech Comics: "Software Code Review"
By Oliver Widder | Article Published April 06, 2012
Some software developers find ingenious ways to deflect blame for coding problems.
Tags: software
Dell Buys Application Modernization Firm Clerity
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published April 03, 2012
The PC maker continues to snap up software companies.
Tags: Dell, software, merger and acquistion activity
Oracle Beats Street Projections in Q3 Earnings
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published March 21, 2012
Strong software sales led to an 18 percent increase in net income.
Tags: hardware, software, earnings, Oracle
Microsoft Inches Closer to Delivering Cloud-Based ERP
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published March 19, 2012
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 and GP 2013 will run on its Azure cloud before the end of the year.
Tags: ERP, cloud computing, Microsoft, software
Carrier IQ Explains Itself
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published December 13, 2011
The company accused of creating software that spies on smartphone users tells its side of the story.
Tags: smartphone, software, carrier iQ
Tech Comics: "Star Trek's New USS Enterprise"
By Oliver Widder | Article Published September 09, 2011
What if today's software enhancements were incorporated into Star Trek's USS Enterprise?
Tags: software
50 Must-Have Open Source Apps for Your Home Office
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published June 21, 2011
Open source apps for most every home office task, most of which function on Windows.
Tags: home office, open source, software, Windows, Linux
9 IT Technologies that Drive Product Development
By Larry Marion | Article Published March 16, 2011
A survey of managers finds that companies working to improve their product development need these IT tools.
Tags: IT infrastructure, IT, IT managers, Enterprise IT, software
Who Will Move You to the Cloud?
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published March 09, 2011
With the sheer number of cloud platforms and vendors all but promising confusion, some companies could use a ‘cloud advisor’.
Tags: PaaS, cloud computing, Enterprise IT, SaaS, software
Senate Passes Landmark Patent Reform Bill
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published March 09, 2011
Upper chamber clears comprehensive reform effort by a wide margin, aiming to curb litigation and streamline the U.S. PTO. Measure now heads to the House, where a draft bill is in the works.
Tags: open source, Senate, intellectual property, Patent Reform, software