IBM yesterday announced plans to buy business intelligence software company Cognos in a US$5 billion all-cash transaction.
Oracle announced plans Tuesday to buy Agile Software in a $495 million cash deal, giving the software giant a foothold in the product lifecycle management business.
Once a rising star at SAP, Shai Agassi is leaving software in favour of a possible switch to the hot alternative-energy sector.
SAP, the German supply-chain software company, has taken advantage of the Hanover trade fair, CeBIT, to launch a raft of service-oriented architecture offerings for medium-sized companies.
Although Microsoft would like to get more companies to adopt its Dynamics software, its latest strategy is aimed at getting more people within each business to use its products.
SAP is expected to debut on Thursday a hosted CRM software service, as the business applications software giant steps into an increasingly crowded field.
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Next week customers can begin testing software that links Microsoft's e-mail and calendar programs with SAP's back-office business applications, the companies said.
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The market-leading maker of business applications is turning to smaller firms and Web services to expand its software portfolio.
If you're looking for an inexpensive phone with a nice, simple interface and a decent number of features, you won't be disappointed with the Samsung S6700T.
With webOS, Palm goes past matching its competitors and offers something more. The Pre might not be a home run, but it is an indication of good things to come.
Its excellent, sleek design doesn't cover for its sluggish performance.
Dopod's 595 lacks some of the features of its larger smartphone cousins, but should hold its own against competing mini PDA phones.
The Nokia 6111 is an attractive, small phone that boasts plenty of functionality under the hood. Pity the onboard memory wasn't larger, though.
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