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90 percent of CIOs lack mainframe visibility
Global survey finds IT ‘firefighting’ mainframe problems.
BySyncsort launches Ironcluster big data integration
Aimed at Amazon Elastic Map Reduce projects
BySpectra Logic offers cheap-as-chips tape storage
Ideal for long-term archival
BySyncsort buys UK-based Circle Computer Group
Highlights mainframe to Big Data trend
ByFormer Staffware chief takes over at eg solutions
AIM-listed firm under new leadership
ByPerforce takes collaboration to the cloud
Launches free tool for team workers
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Spaghetti junction: why integration is Big Data’s next frontier
The hype around Big Data is huge, but now the focus is moving beyond analytics. Jason Stamper reports.
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DFS revamps online experience as tablet customers soar
Used multiple providers to cater to new buying habits
ByCharity tackles unemployment using analytics
Swish analytics technology hoped to help those at risk of unemployment before they even leave school.
ByIBM and Monitise team up on mobile banking
Helping Visa Europe bring mobile banking to the masses via the cloud
ByNHS Trust gives a big thumbs up to BigHand
Dictation technology hoped to bring cost savings
ByFS outsourcer Options adds additional protection
Selects Varonis to secure clients' audit trails
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Pure Storage gets ‘biggest funding round ever’
That'll do nicely
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Review: the Prestigio Multiphone 5430
Prestigi-who? Budget smartphone maker may finally get noticed
BySplunk revs VMware analytics tool
Claimed to offer proactive monitoring of virtualised environs
ByHP Autonomy launches hybrid cloud collaboration
External file sharing but with added security
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Q&A: Crossing the mainframe-to-big-data chasm
Little-known firm, Syncsort, hoping to ride crest of big wave.
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Q&A: The next big thing?
CBR talks to Jedidiah Yueh, founder and CEO of Delphix, which claims to be able to make on-demand copies…
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Allied Telesis expands switch family
New range supports IPv6, Power over Ethernet
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Tibco revs Enterprise Message Service
Version 8.0 supports the latest Java Message Service standard
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AvePoint makes a point with Compliance Guardian
Mitigates risk and protects sensitive data
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MongoDB secured with a little help from Red Hat
Partnership pays off
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HP wins cloud deal Down Under
Orion Health picks HP's infrastructure as a service
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Q&A: Why Ingres rebranded as Actian
Back in September 2011 the former open source transactional database firm, Ingres, changed its name to Actian and set…
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Scoop: Infor hits the acquisition trail
Third-largest ERP vendor ready to spend more cash
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Exclusive: Recommind to pull in social media
Will put social in its information management and governance platform.
ByHost Europe Group changes hands
Privately-held hosting firm bought by different private equity group
ByAccellion revs mobile management
Hoping to capitalise on the BYOD trend
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British heatwave ‘making people have affairs’: research
Already-married dating site says the stats are conclusive
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Informatica looks for an embedded Vibe
Hopes new 'virtual data machine' will win over ISVs
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Have your say: Are flexi workers just skivers?
Remote and flexible working is on the rise, but is it really good for business?
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Actian launches Big Data integration, analytics
Makes most of ParAccel, Pervasive and Versant acquisitions
ByAlliant Energy selects ClickSoftware’s workforce management
Aimed at keeping workers connected to each other and the back office
ByClickSoftware sees revenues grow 12%
Cloud and on-premise workforce management firm reports first quarter
ByGive me shelter: why Dell needs some time alone
Jason Stamper reports on Michael Dell and a private equity firm's plan to take Dell private.
ByDeals roundup: February 2013
Jason Stamper summarises the most recent technology results and deals announcements.
ByViolin Memory beats EMC in flash array deal
Finsphere says flash storage reduced cost per IOP by nine times
ByQ&A: How secure is the modern business?
Jason Stamper talks to the Director of the IBM Institute for Advanced Security Europe, Martin Borrett, about the latest…
ByMichael Dell takes Dell private
$24.4bn leveraged buyout with Silver Lake Partners the largest since financial crisis began
ByHMRC hails record number of online tax returns
And a record number make the deadline, too
ByCompuware ‘future-proofs’ mainframe development
Unveils Workbench innovations to help Big Iron code development, maintenance
ByCompuware rejects $2.3bn buyout offer
Says it'll cut costs and boost shareholder value its own way
ByBusinesses saw 14% Olympics revenue boost
Survey by BT finds most large enterprises benefited, and continue to benefit.
ByHP regains top slot in worldwide PC market
Lenovo flying, Dell not fairing so well
ByWindows 8 PC vendors have been lacklustre: Gartner
Analyst firm says vendors missed the potential excitement of touch
BySourcefire adds cybersecurity Incident Response Services
Says they address 'advanced' malware threats
BySAP Business Suite on HANA: expert reaction
Ovum analysts and SAP User Group UK Vice Chair comment on SAP's claims of analytics speed record
ByASUS touts ultra-fast gaming monitor
Claims world-first refresh rate that can even give you a "competitive edge".
ByCloud firm Host Analytics bags $17m funding
Claims it could be the next salesforce.com or SuccessFactors
ByNorse chooses MidlandHR for HR, payroll
Facilities management firm goes with iTrent, consolidates 33 systems.
ByKaseya comments on IDC’s Big Data survey
IDC says Big Data market outstripping IT as a whole by sevenfold.
ByAlmost half of SMBs worried about energy usage
46% cite energy use as 'major concern'.
ByKroll Ontrack revs file deletion smarts
Data eraser for the enterprise gets a makeover
ByVirtustream claims cloud data encryption first
All thanks to deal with Vormetric
ByRed Hat revs Enterprise Linux
Launches RHEL 5.9.
ByLiverpool Heart and Chest Trust sorts records with Hyland
Foundation Trust says new content management system will sit alongside electronic patient records system.
ByPegasystems wins Zurich Insurance deal
To streamline commercial underwriting in Switzerland
ByBull signs Liverpool Uni alliance
For high performance computing (HPC) cluster
BySamsung launches touch-screen monitor for Windows 8
Two new products join monitor line-up
ByToshiba wins race to TransferJet compliance
New communications standard to hit mass production in March.
ByLenovo and EMC formalise joint venture
Targeting NAS market
ByIT spending will rise 4.2% in 2013: Gartner
Raises its overall projection, but lowers estimate for devices including tablets
ByBull UK & Ireland strengthens management team
New sales and services directors as firm aims for 'Bull 3.0'
ByBritish Claranet buys French Typhon for £3.4m
Third acquisition in six months for managed services provider
ByResearch finds fault with mainframe outsourcers
71% frustrated by hidden deal costs
ByQ&A: The reinvention of Hitachi Data Systems UK
Stephen Ball was appointed head of HDS in the UK and Ireland in June 2011, having formerly been at…
ByWhiptail claims flash storage array win
New Infinity will offer up to 360TB of all-flash storage
ByRed Hat launches Platform as a Service
Can be deployed on-premise, in the cloud or both
ByClaranet buys Star for £55m
Claims buy creates Europe's largest mid-tier hosting provider
ByHP accuses Autonomy of cooking the books
Autonomy management accused of inflating revenues prior to acquisition by HP, HP takes $8.8bn charge
ByProject Watch: Runtastic gets ‘apptastic’
Cloud-hosted mobile sports data application provider, Runtastic, has turned to Compuware to improve its application monitoring and management. Jason…
ByQ&A: What chess can teach us about BPM and CRM
Jason Stamper interviews Alan Trefler, the founder and CEO of business process management and customer relationship management firm Pegasystems
ByWe were holding serve, not attacking: Q&A with Jay Bhatt, Progress Software CEO
Jason Stamper sits down with the president and CEO of Progress Software, Jay Bhatt, who recently announced a major…
By20,000 students and staff given better IT quality
University of Surrey speeds problem resolution with flash new software
ByVMware buys Nicira for $1.3bn
Server and desktop virtualisation maven adds network virtualisation to portfolio
ByOlympic Countdown: Game on
BT is the official communications services partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Jason Stamper talks to…
ByOlympic Countdown: Game theory
BT is the official communications services partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Jason Stamper talks to…
ByHDS CEO Jack Domme: less flash, more cache
Jason Stamper sits down with Jack Domme, CEO of high-end data storage provider Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)
ByOracle, Ellison and Hurd – the dream team?
Oracle's stock soared when the firm made former HP CEO, Mark Hurd, its new president. But can he realistically…
ByNetApp revs storage smarts to make IT “immortal”
New version of OnTap operating system said to enhance agility
ByInfor president: ION is winning
Infor pres says pace is critical to taking competition to Oracle, SAP
ByQ&A: Quest Software – what’s the fuss about?
IT management player Quest Software might be about to be bought by Dell, though as we went to press…
ByScoop: Plymouth City Council saves big by losing 800 desktops
Desktop consolidation leads to flexibility, cost savings as Council moves to Windows 7
ByCIMtrek, OrangeScape speed Lotus Notes to cloud migrations
Not exactly what IBM wants to hear...
ByCortado adds mobile device management to cloud desktops
Mobile devices well catered for in latest version, supports firms' BYOD plans
ByOpen source Opsview polishes IT monitoring lens
V4 gets data visualisation, dashboarding for on-premise and cloud; Opsview Pro targets SMBs
ByGoogle results lead to split
Firms splits stock to keep founders in driving seat
ByIBM launches a honking great cloud in a box, kinda
New PureSystems architecture combines server, storage, software and networking
ByTibco snaps up LogLogic
Machine data analysis for the enterprise and cloud
ByIBM claims it’s stealing middleware clients from Oracle/Sun
Says latest Gartner report backs up claim
ByOnApp will rain on storage vendors’ parade this summer
Plucky firm plans SAN assault
ByNHS Northamptonshire gets a grip on service levels with new tool
Adopts Civica's Service Level Agreement Manager, or SLAM
BySplunk dumps Flash in effort to boost ubiquity
New version of machine data analytics from former Hyperion CEO's firm is faster, too
ByBritish firm preps for VDI, VoIP with WAN appliances
Whiting & Partners looks to virtualisation appliances to accelerate voice and data networks
ByInfor reports 17% annual organic licence growth
Enterprise apps firm says it saw 16% organic licence growth in most recent quarter as it takes the fight…
ByVMware takes View to Kindle Fire, Mac and Linux
New clients for the desktop virtualisation tech add to iPad, Android support
ByIs Android smashing the iPhone for Facebook fans?
The Facebook Android app now has 58.8m daily active users. Is Android starting to take the smartphone crown?
ByApple to set up R&D centre in Israel: rumour
It would be its first R&D facility outside its headquarters in Cupertino, California
By7% of US households exclusively use wireless internet
6.05m US households will depend on a wireless or mobile platform for accessing the Internet by end of this…
ByEmerging countries even more addicted to Internet: report
Internet has had a more pronounced impact on consumers in emerging economies than in developed markets
ByBalfour Beatty WorkPlace turns to 1E to cut waste, CO2
The company can now do something about the 41% of its PCs which are left on out of normal…
ByCunningham Lindsey handles Xmas calls in the cloud
Helpline’s staff can switch on their laptop and begin serving customers in seconds
ByOnApp storage will go head-to-head with Amazon
Cloud firm will have SAN technology in production as early as January, helping its hosting customers compete with Amazon…
ByRussian store widget start-up Ecwid raises VC funding
Firm plans US, UK offices, channel sales model
ByScoble sets out his top predictions for 2012
Famed futurologist @Scobleizer calls out three biggest trends shaping tech
By74 percent of CIOs say ‘consumerisation’ driving unrealistic expectations
Survey finds growing divide between business and IT
BySugarCRM readies Android app
Support for DB2, system speed-ups and calendaring improvements also on the cards
ByScoop: Progress Software preps Monitor Process
Infrastructure CTO says Monitor Process will 'take people out of the shadows'
ByProgress Software adds business rules management with Corticon buy
BRMS added to existing Savvion BPM technology
ByRentokil to manage 66,000 staff via the cloud with Workday
Aims for single version of the truth with SaaS HR system
ByHackers claim RIM PlayBook crack
Trio claim successful 'jail break' of beleaguered tablet
ByOpen source firm Talend launches v5 integration platform
Supports shift to cloud and big data, company claims
ByOracle, SAP, Infor: Three’s a crowd
Former Oracle president and US Marines captain Charles Phillips has taken the reins at the third-largest enterprise applications company,…
ByHP lifts the lid on first Autonomy integration: IDOL 10
New platform for 'human information' era plus three Autonomy appliances
ByIT teaching in schools needs reform: Government
Video games and special effects industries need better teaching to thrive
ByProgress Software CTO to join Government Foresight Committee
Dr. John Bates to help with 'Future of Computer Trading' project
ByMicro Focus launches mainframe app migration smarts
Low risk alternative to rewriting PL/I is to 'lift and shift' to Linux, Unix or Windows
ByProgress Software appoints new CEO from Autodesk
Jay Bhatt joins after Rick Reidy's two-year transformation plan
ByGovernment-backed R&D scheme hands out £6m in grants
Businesses taking part will match the investment
ByCompanies can’t find mainframe skills for love nor money: survey
Study finds skills shortage means rising costs and risk
ByMercedes F1 team gets near-unfair advantage with Autonomy
Schumacher, Rosberg team get exclusive use of Autonomy's video analysis
ByAdobe aborts work on Flash for mobile devices
Apple didn't allow Flash in the browser on iPhones and iPads, so what's the point?
ByAngry Birds-style games will see market double to $53bn
The global digital games market will more than double over the next five years: analysts
ByUpdated: Splunk chief says machine data is ‘next frontier’
Former Hyperion CEO Godfrey Sullivan says log analytics is the next generation of BI, but is he right?
ByCompuware claims app performance management features bonanza
Fresh from its dynaTrace acquisition, Gomez Fall Release is bursting with new smarts
ByBuilding the case for security investment: a cryptographer’s Q&A
Jason Stamper talks to Dr. Taher Elgamal, a world-renowned cryptographer, chief security officer at Axway and the 'father' of…
ByRunning Android on your iPad is ‘like pointing a gun at your own head’
Security experts warn that running apps on the iPad in an Android virtual machine is a 'grave danger', and…
ByWorld-renowned cryptographer admits ‘the bad guys are winning’
Dr. Taher Elgamal, the father of SSL, says security industry is losing the battle and must win the war.…
ByUK ‘on edge of a cliff’ due to dodgy software
UK lags US, India, France and Italy in measuring code security and quality: major research findings. But what are…
ByCharles ‘Chuck’ Phillips: ‘Steve Jobs had an impact not even he anticipated’
Infor chief says Jobs' approach is influence on enterprise app dev as well as the 'consumerisation of IT'
ByQ&A: How OnApp shook up CDN market, plans storage assault
Jason Stamper talks to Ditlev Bredahl, founder and CEO of OnApp, a UK-based start-up working in the cloud hosting…
ByQ&A: The cloud integration conundrum
Jason Stamper talks to Juan Carlos Soto, SVP and GM, cloud and B2B data integration at Informatica.
ByAdobe gets Flash video onto Apple iOS gadgets, but not the full monty
Flash-based video to run on Apple devices, but no full Flash Player yet
ByOnApp plans storage market assault
Cloud and CDN firm to take on EMC, IBM, HP et al with new kind of storage area network
ByiGate on brink of ditching Patni brand after 33 year history
Merger of services firms to see Patni abandoned?
ByGhost of Borland hangs over Embarcadero FireMonkey launch
Firm says new platform helps firms with apps for Windows, Mac or iOS
ByBrocade adapts pricing, switches for cloud era
Subscription-based acquisition option among new announcements
ByServer virtualisation continues apace: survey
34 percent have virtualised 75 to 100% of workloads
ByDrupal 8 to be about mobility, tablets, usability
More than just bug fixes going into next rev of popular open source CMS
ByConverged storage: Come together
Can data centres reap the benefits of virtualisation or move towards private cloud computing with ageing storage environments? Jason…
By‘We’re pushing the accelerator to the floor’: Q&A with Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy
Jason Stamper talks to Michael Saylor, chairman, president and CEO of MicroStrategy, the BI firm he co-founded in 1989…
ByAre you ready for Solvency II? A Q&A
Jason Stamper speaks to Colin Rickard, DataFlux business development director, Europe, about the pending Solvency II regulations impacting insurance…
BySymantec readies ‘Pinnacle’ private cloud availability
Builds on Veritas technology for cloud era
ByMicroStrategy readies social network assault
At least three new apps on their way this summer
ByAdobe: Apple “clearly has to catch up” with Flash
Adobe again asks when Apple will support Flash on its "closed" mobile devices
ByIxxus hooks Alfresco into Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn
New module offers central repository for social content
ByOpenText: BPM integration “is a big job”
Will integrate only where it makes sense
ByFight breaks out between security lab and ‘malware’ firm
Is Zugo malware? GFI Software insists it is
ByFirst Metastorm, now Global 360 bought by OpenText
Canadian firm snaps up another BPM vendor
By‘It’s absolutely fundamental technology’: Q&A with Autonomy
Autonomy has taken the wraps off one of the most exciting British innovations since its own meaning-based computing breakthrough:…
ByHappy birthday, Big Blue
IBM celebrated its centennial recently. To mark the occasion Jason Stamper spoke to the company's UK and Ireland chief…
ByKognitio promises real-time virtual OLAP analysis
UK firm integrates with Excel, Cognos, BusinessObjects
ByCompuware’s Bob Paul: First in line
After almost 40 years at its helm, Compuware CEO and founder Peter Karmanos has handed over control at last.…
ByTalend claims unified integration in the cloud
Open source firm says it can integrate with hybrid bits too
ByCompuware president outlines Covisint spin-off, cloud plans
Bob Paul says Covisint could be spun out as early as next year
ByWinning: Q&A with Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat CEO
Red Hat's CEO Jim Whitehurst is on track to see the company pass the billion-dollar annual revenue marker. Jason…
ByOMG rejects “disappointing” BPMN adoption claims
Standards group says BPMN by no means D.O.A
ByPegasystems says BPMN 2.0 is “too hard for business”
BPM maven says new standard obscures business intent with technical details
ByBPM vendors respond to “disappointing” standards adoption claim
Some claim to support BPMN 2.0 today; OMG declines to comment
ByProgress spies RPM adoption from its Control Tower
New version of Responsive Process Management suite unveiled
ByTalend adds data quality to ESB after Sopera buy
Free open source download, commercial versions add bells and whistles
ByUpdated: Sophos buys security appliance firm Astaro
Adds perimeter security to its endpoint protection
ByBritish firm TestPlant pioneers robotic test tool: a Q&A
Firm wins US patent for GUI testing, sees 104 per cent sales growth in 2010
ByCloud firm Savvis bought for $2.5bn: exclusive interview
US telco buys Savvis hot on heels of Qwest merger
ByReality Check
With security still regularly making the headlines for the wrong reasons, Jason Stamper talks to the founder and CEO…
By‘Abstract, integrate, deliver’: Q&A with Angel Viña, Denodo
Jason Stamper talks to Angel Viña, founder and CEO of data virtualisation firm Denodo, about the company's unusual approach…
ByHow Medco transformed its $65bn business: a Q&A
BPM part of its transition to 'Medco 2.0', firm achieves 30% productivity boost as it transitions into an Agile…
ByBPEL engine on Red Hat’s shopping list
Firm likely to bolster middleware portfolio
ByRed Hat edges towards BI acquisition
Firm looks to ramp M&As as it nears $1bn revenue mark
ByMeltwater bolsters social network marketing with JitterJam buy
Firms claim to turn conversations into relationships
ByHP will build, buy and partner to enter middleware market
HP chief Leo Apotheker says "we will be in this business"
ByApotheker says HP needs to get ideas from lab to market faster
Innovation vital but timing also key, says HP chief Leo Apotheker
ByUC4 says cloud is infiltrating the enterprise, like it or not
Firm says staff are using cloud behind IT's back
ByCompuware ready to spin out Covisint “next year”
Source says magic number is $80m trailing revenue
ByHippy chic
As CEO of Symantec, John Thompson helped grow the firm from $600m to $6bn in 10 years. Jason Stamper…
ByThe iPad 2: lipstick on a pig
Apple's new subscriptions policy takes the lustre off launch, Jason Stamper argues.
By“We see SaaS as the future”: Q&A with Neil Hollister CEO of CRYPTOCard
Jason Stamper talks to authentication and managed security vendor CRYPTOCard about the latest trends including 'passwords as a service'
By“Email remains the centre of business communication”: Q&A with Peter Bauer, Mimecast founder and CEO
Jason Stamper talks to Mimecast about business email management and security, and how to minimise email security risks
ByActuate revs Scorecard Exchange, claims open source BI success
What's its secret sauce?
ByWhy it’s time for Steve Jobs to go for good
Apple CEO should take more than just sick leave
BySage takes wraps off SaaS for small biz with Sage One
New accounting software for teeny tiny businesses
ByLogica announces exclusive Microsoft cloud partnership, SOCA deal
IT services firm starts the New Year in style
ByBritish Computer Society CEO awarded MBE
Takes gong in Queen's New Year's Honours List
ByThe 5 best last-minute Christmas gift ideas
Don't panic: there's still time to impress, a bit
BySoftware could finally get some security, reliability metrics
Consortium for IT Software Quality comes closer to standard
ByMicro Focus, Info Builders Focus brand confusion confirmed
"I can personally vouch for this misunderstanding": expert
ByCitrix Online takes out competitor with acquisition of Netviewer
There goes the SaaS support and meetings neighbourhood
ByOpen source integration player Talend outlines 2011 roadmap
Lays out plans for acquired Sopera service bus
ByOpen source BI: New kids on the block
Open source business intelligence is going mainstream. Jason Stamper talks to some of the movers and shakers who are…
ByPegasystems revs cloud BPM
Adds dynamic case management, 24x7 services, and a supporting quote from Gartner
ByDell acquires Compellent; a Compellent CEO Q&A
Dell has agreed to acquire storage virtualisation player Compellent for $960m. But will it upset its EMC apple-cart?
ByBrocade celebrates CERN network win at UK Conference
Brocade MLXe Core Routers to help CERN scientific research handle 15 million gigabytes per year
By71% of UK orgs suffered data breach in last 12 months: survey
But can they reasonably do anything about the risks? Possible fines of up to £500,000 should certainly focus the…
ByOpen source BI firms refute SAS CEO’s criticism
Vendors line up to defend open source business model. But what's their evidence?
ByInformation Builders considers legal action against Micro Focus
Exclusive: Concern over brand conflict with Information Builders' Focus and WebFOCUS
BySAS: It’s a family affair
Business intelligence firm SAS Institute is the largest private software firm in the world. Jason Stamper talks to founder…
ByIndustry players unite to bring transparency to cloud
Industry group hopes for vendor self-certification
ByExclusive: IBM won’t join Compuware’s cloud Community – yet
Big Blue says it supports standards where there is a "level playing field"
BySMBs lag behind FTSE 100 on flexible working practices: survey
Only 14% allow staff to work flexibly or from home
ByIntegration player Talend on hunt for more acquisitions
Looks to bulk out open source data integration and quality portfolio. So who are possible candidates?
ByTalend acquires open source Sopera, raises $34m funding
Adds ESB to its open source data integration and quality platform, keeps eye out for additional acquisitions
ByMeltwater measures social media Buzz, but can it measure sentiment?
CEO aims for $100m social media monitoring biz
ByExclusive: open source BI firm Jaspersoft preps ‘Ruby’ release, adds iPad support
Major upgrade expected within 45 days
ByProgress, Tibco argue SAS CEO under-estimates value of CEP
Real-time business insight becoming more critical: CEP pivotal?
ByCompuware launches CloudSleuth Community, but look who’s absent
It may be early days, but several cloud providers are notable for their absence. So who's in and who's…
ByPTC takes the wraps off Project Lightning with new Creo suite
But deliverables not expected until mid-2011
ByPentaho fires back across SAS’ bows over “limited” open source appeal
Accuses SAS CEO of "denying a market reality"
BySAS CEO says CEP, open source and cloud have “limited” appeal
Argues these 'hot' areas face limited use cases or customer demand
ByClouds align with development as CollabNet snaps up Codesion
Worlds of open source dev and cloud come together, but why?
BySungard outlines cloud plans: a CEO Q&A
CBR recently had the scoop on Sungard's public cloud plans. Here Sungard Availability Services CEO Andrew Stern puts the…
ByCompuware promises soup-to-nuts app management
What's the science behind new appliance?
ByPentaho brings BI, integration to Hadoop
New offerings for the open source data platform
ByWhy cloud is no panacea
Jason Stamper offers a pragmatic view of some of the challenges with cloud computing today, from performance and management…
ByCA buys Hyperformix for virtual, cloud management
Attention moves from hypervisor to virtual management
ByFrom BPM to RPM, Progress Software style
Jason Stamper talks to Progress Software's CEO Rick Reidy about green shoots of recovery, the acquisition of Savvion and…
ByMobility, social media rise up Open Text’s agenda
Focus turns to productivity, social media and even battery life
ByExclusive: Sungard to launch public cloud services
New, "safer" public cloud for enterprise use within 12 months, but what will set Sungard apart from its cloud…
ByIBM snaps up analytics appliance maker Netezza
$1.7bn cash paid for $250m business
ByCloud performance issues costing firms €600,000 a year: survey
Performance issues slowing cloud adoption, but why?
ByTrillium Software revs data quality suite
Sees some improvement in data quality understanding
ByHP takes Hurd to court to block him joining Oracle
HP files civil suit in California Superior Court
ByBritish entrepreneur promises Lotus Notes to cloud migration
CIMtrek will migrate more apps to the cloud on demand
ByBigFix aims to manage iPads, BlackBerrys and more
Firm acquired by IBM seeks to broaden its footprint beyond the data centre
ByUC4 promises virtual, cloud management with a twist
Promises new levels of control in virtual and cloud environments thanks to event processing
ByDell snaps up 3Par for cloudy storage
'Multi-tenant' storage claimed to be ideal for private clouds
BySaudi BlackBerry gateway ‘unworkable’: telecoms security expert
Expert says you can't put genie back in the bottle
ByHP CEO resigns under a sexual harassment cloud
Mark Hurd leaves HP in turmoil after allegations of improper behaviour and expenses falsifications
ByExclusive: WatchGuard hunting security acquisitions
Application-aware and intrusion prevention technologies top of wish-list
ByNetworking: Convergence of the fittest
Exploding data volumes are putting corporate networks and data centres under immense strain: so can they cope? Jason Stamper…
ByProgress revs trusty OpenEdge 4GL for SaaS
Imminent OpenEdge 11 release gets multi-tenancy for Software as a Service devs
ByPEER 1 offers hosted Microsoft Exchange to UK SMBs
Hassle-free Exchange in the cloud?
ByQ&A: Why IBM spent $225m on Guardium
IBM announced late last year that it was buying US-headquartered and Israel-born database security start-up Guardium for $225m. Jason…
ByBT says ubiquitous broadband needs public finance
Business case 'doesn't stack up'
ByGraduate employment crisis – what crisis?
There are plenty of exciting opportunities for fresh graduates - as long as you know where to look for…
ByQ&A with John Thompson, Virtual Instruments CEO
While CEO of Symantec, John Thompson took the firm from $600m to $6bn. CBR asks him why his next…
ByExclusive CBR/Riverbed vodcast: WAN Optimisation
An exclusive vodcast from CBR and Riverbed looking at WAN optimisation, available for you to view online or download…
ByTwo exclusive CBR podcasts: enterprise web and email vulnerabilities
Two exclusive new podcasts from CBR on the latest vulnerabilities in web and email security, streamed to your desktop…
ByNever say never
With a new CEO, a new name and a revised strategy, the former Computer Associates has its head in…
ByStart-up promises app automation for virtual worlds
Nolio, a start-up that says it does application service management that helps companies automate data centre processes in the…
ByWhy IBM is buying Sterling Commerce for $1.4bn
IBM announced it will pay $1.4bn in cash to buy B2B integration and e-commerce software player Sterling Commerce from…
ByAnalysis: How John Chen saved Sybase from oblivion
In the late nineties it looked like Sybase had had its day, having lost the database wars and seen…
ByTipping point
Since founding Tibco in 1985, Vivek Ranadive has torn up the rule-book on integration technology time and again. So…
ByPentaho gears up for cloud, on-premise migrations
Commercial open source business intelligence vendor Pentaho is gearing up to make a much stronger push in the area…
ByQ&A: Global 360 CEO on the BPM landscape
Jason Stamper talks to David Mitchell, CEO of business process management firm Global 360. How has he returned the…
ByAn intelligent move
Novell’s latest CEO has got the company back on an even keel, but can his bold new strategy help…
ByProgress buys BPM player Savvion for $49m
Closely follows IBM's Lombardi buy
ByEMC to big four in systems management: we’re coming for you
What can EMC Ionix bring to the party?
BySurvey identifies top IT priorities for 2010
What are they and why?
ByThe Techies of the Noughties
CBR’s editorial team here unveils its choice of the 20 Most Influential Technologists of the Decade. Jason Stamper picks…
BySourcefire may target data leakage prevention in 2010
Open source firm has even thought of names
ByCBR announces shortlist for Technologist of the Decade
Have your say on who should take top honours
ByMaster of complexity
Sohaib Abassi is CEO of the largest independent data integration firm on the planet: Informatica. The firm has just…
ByStill trendy after all these years?
Jason Stamper asks Trend Micro’s co-founder and CEO, Eva Chen, what she believes are the new frontiers in enterprise…
ByAppian revs web-based BPM suite
On-premise or cloud-based BPM on offer
ByIf at first you don’t succeed…
British business software house Sage Group may have 5.8 million customers using its software, but can it adapt to…
ByAutonomy shakes up database market with IDOL SPE
Technology allows databases to see shades of grey
ByExclusive: BMC research uncovers thrivers, survivors and hiders
Recessionary attitude shaping business approaches to IT investment
ByLabour MP backtracks after CBR report
Official press release edited after the fact
ByCA brings management to Amazon EC2
Brings cloud under greater management control
ByFab four join forces for BI in the cloud
Partnership promises integrated stack
ByClearpace looks to memory, cloud for long-term archival
Can technology offer 98% cost reduction?
BySuccessFactors sends SaaS message to the cloud
Salesforce.com may be the poster child of the software as a service (SaaS) world, but US-based on-demand performance and…
ByState of the Nation
In the first in a series of regular surveys, CBR questioned almost 300 people within the IT end user…
ByChanging Lanes
Progress Software’s technologies are used by 60,000 organisations in 140 countries, but still it doesn’t quite capitalise on its…
ByCloud computing adopters fear becoming “guinea pigs”: Atos UK CEO
Most customers not ready for new paradigm
ByCBR Vodcast: Beyond Virtualisation to Cloud Computing
In this exclusive two-part vodcast, CBR editor Jason Stamper talks to Nick Drabble, Dynamic Infrastructure Leader in IBM's Software…
ByCordys revs Business Operations Platform
Business process management firm Cordys has launched a new version of its Business Operations Platform, BOP-4.
BySoftware AG swoops for IDS Scheer
Adds rich modelling to webMethods BPM
ByCBR desktop virtualisation podcast: IBM’s Virtual Client expert
In this podcast, CBR editor Jason Stamper talks to Chris De Vere, IBM x86 Modular Systems, about the rise…
ByTrillium announces data governance services
Help at hand for data quality
ByCloudy skies?
Jason Stamper looks beyond the ‘cloud computing’ hype to ask what it really is, and just as crucially, what…
ByOpen source, and over here
Could the Government’s action plan for open source in the UK give the model renewed impetus? Jason Stamper investigates.
ByLondon 2012 IT: No Second Chances
15,000 athletes, 22,000 journalists, 70,000 volunteers and 94 Olympic venues. 3,500 technology specialists, 8,000 computers, a fixed deadline and…
ByOracle snaps up Virtual Iron
Adds virtualisation management to the mix
ByLombardi revs BPM Suite
What are the key developments?
ByBT sees 80% error reduction with business process guidance
Payback "within a year"
ByCordys targets Google Apps users
Workflow in the cloud, but how?
ByTwo thirds of businesses say social networking is security risk
What's the real cause for concern?
ByThe Process Factory can mash cloud apps, today
$50 per user per year for your own cloud?
ByiPlayer gizmo slashes inbound email by 75%
Massive savings for BBC from automatic service
ByUK firm saves £75,000 with virtualisation, expects ROI in 3 years
How do the savings break down?
ByBT targets small businesses with £30 broadband package
What's included?
ByCordys, Powel team for smart grid metering
Partnership promises better control for energy sector
ByJaspersoft catches up in open source business intelligence
But can it compete with the BI big guns?
ByCentral Station: the rise of the CMDB
Interest in the configuration management database (CMDB) is helping to drive a wave of interest in business service management,…
ByFather of Java warns of ‘culture clash’ if IBM buys Sun
James Gosling, Sun Microsystems vice president, said in an exclusive interview with Computer Business Review (CBR) that there would,…
ByThe Business of Service Management
Systems management is now being tied to customer service experience metrics and service level agreements to create a new…
ByNovell SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 to land next week
Novell's much-anticipated SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES) 11 is looking like being launched on March 24th, CBR has learned.
ByProgress gears up to get Actional on SOA
Actional 8.0 to be launched “within days”
ByInformatica buys Applimation for $40m
What does Applimation bring to the table?
ByKnives Out
Lawson’s CEO Harry Debes has predicted the imminent demise of Software as a Service. Prescience, or just sour grapes?…
ByCordys blows the roof off with Enterprise Cloud system
Platform as a Service for enterprise apps
ByHell freezes over as Tibco launches hardware
Says it reached limits of software approach
ByTibco gets into hardware: first take
Messaging appliance said to cut latency in half
ByTrillium, Cordys partner up: first take
Marriage of BPM with data quality
ByInformatica not slowing despite economy
How did the integration firm grow revenue 9%?
ByExtreme Networks feels the pinch
Revene down 5%, profit down 39%
BySAP survives ’08 with a little help from Business Objects
Cost cuts will see it shed 3,000 staff
ByNHS IT project “in doubt” says watchdog
The multi-billion NHS medical records IT project today came in for strong and widespread criticism about its cost, reliability…
ByPublic sector risks authentication compliance
Need to meet a 31st March deadline
ByGoogle warns on botnet operators
Spam traffic increased by 25% in 2008
ByAdobe streams video with Scene7
Video in a Flash for Web marketeers
By‘Green storage’ spec gets airing
Storage kit to get energy, environmental ratings
ByNew colocation service from UK’s Zen Internet
IT in the cloud?
ByInterwoven acquisition ‘won’t unsettle’ Autonomy OEMs: CEO
Does Autonomy's latest buy create conflict of interest?
ByBusiness failing on poor sales pipeline forecasts
Inadequate software support could make cash management challenging: report
ByIBM model supplies greener, cheaper logistics
How to optimise the supply-chain network?
ByAutonomy buys Interwoven for $775m
Autonomy CEO explains bold move to CBR
ByVasco smartens card reader
USB-based device offers secure network connection
ByShort contract outsourcing up 12%
Industry earns $90 billion in 2008
ByProvisioning projects do pay: analysts
Compliance issues raise demand
ByBish, bash, bosh: Autonomy breaks $500m barrier
British firm flying high in information management announces Q4, FY'08
ByCompliance-friendly Fortinet box stops data siphons
Supports up to 60 database instances
ByMalware caused ‘biggest ever’ data breach
Heartland says hackers probably stole track data from transactions
ByThe Change We Need?
The US is a power-house of IT innovation. But what will be Obama’s impact on science and technology, and…
BySybase buys payment firm for m-commerce push
Paybox has pioneered mass-market mobile payment services
ByTakeover blocks Blackberry encryption
RIM’s $53 million offer to Certicom considered under-valued
ByNokia to switch on personal security services
Safe-2-Go to be launched on S60 platform
ByRedmond readying cloud mobile data services
Likely to announce three new services in February
ByBull to power down data centre costs
Will distribute Cassatt software on its servers
ByService desk agents need agent-based tools
IT shops stand accused of doing too little too late when it comes to stopping application failures from triggering…
ByUK targeted in tech M&A deals
A third of all technology mergers and acquisitions last year involved a UK company, a report released today by…
ByVirtual cloud threats left exposed
Will hackers turn their attention skywards?
ByTools vital before trimming workforce
Optimisation is the key, survey finds
ByNuance talks up IBM and M&A deals
But is an IBM takeover on the cards?
ByResearchers punt peer-to-peer zero-day security
The software gathers data about anomalous behaviour
ByBiometric Euro passports ready to launch
Passports will include fingerprints and photographs
BySymantec to launch Google apps rival?
GoEverywhere is likely to offer free instant messaging, word processing and spreadsheets
BySonicWall brings UTM to the masses
SonicWall Inc is to bring unified threat management within reach of the smallest of businesses with an appliance that…
ByComputacenter to centre on servers and service
Cans PC sales operation
ByNew head for security watchdog
Former BBC man tipped for job
ByTech sales fall 3% after seven year run
Expected to recover in 2010
ByStartup secures cloud compute assets
IMOD to provide a simple interface to cloud computing
BySymantec studies more-with-less data centres
Managers facing a tough year
ByAladdin in $160m takeover deal
Private equity firm snaps up security vendor
ByRetailer safety net for PCI compliance
SafeNet makes cardholder data storage less complex
BySecurity spending up for 30% of businesses
A fight against rising cybercrime
ByTrend eases endpoint security fix
BigFix platform to be implemented in the first quarter
ByBanks falling behind on data security
Half of the PwC survey respondents admit that their privacy strategy is not linked with compliance plans
ByEuro ruling on no-call websites
Telephone contact a must for customer communication
ByYoggie has invisible cloak for web browsers
Surf safely and securely
ByFujitsu makes telepresence call to AT&T
Wants to reduce costs and boost green issues
ByRaritan powers energy saving targets
Could better understanding mean cost reduction?
BySpooks warn on cyber warfare
FBI says cyber criminals becoming more sophisticated
BySun heads to the clouds with Q-layer buy
But is there substance behind the cloud hype?
BySteria takes Capita Life offshore
To provide offshore IT application development and support services
ByBanks turn up two-factor security
MasterCard, HSBC jump on the bandwagon
ByFlex IT key to 09 survival
It’s all about finding the right balance
BySecurity takes 12% IT ops budget slice
Businesses of all sizes will plough between 10% and 12% of their IT operations budget into security this year,…
ByIBM makes notes on Mac users
Macworld gets taste of Lotus Notes 8.5
ByCA buys new identity
Orchestria develops data loss prevention systems
ByAmazon S3 offers data access billing
The user and not the owner pays for the data
ByData losses set to soar
Last year stands as the worst for reported data loss incidents, and researchers with KPMG have warned that the…
BySatyam takeover mooted
At least five Indian IT companies are reportedly in the frame
ByNo sign of let up in work stress: survey
Job fears still causing panic
ByLenovo adds Wii-like PC ‘mousing’
Beginning of the end for the mouse?
ByIt Ain’t Over
British-born Autonomy won the enterprise search wars, and in doing so became an international success story. In an exclusive…
ByAlive with History
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, IBM’s Hursley development lab outside Winchester has a rich and colourful history of…
ByWhitbread cuts costs 16% with e-auctions
Could e-sourcing do the same for your company?
BySlope of Enlightenment
There are signs that business process management (BPM) has reached a new level of maturity, with version 2.0 of…
ByPatni names CEO, confirms M&A policy
Will dip into cash reserves for acquisitions
ByGoogle tests multi-lingual search appliance
Google Inc has developed a Cross-Language Search feature for its Google Enterprise Search Appliance that should let businesses with…
ByXing cashes in on news network
European business contacts directory and social networking operator XING has acquired New York based socialmedian for a total of…
ByJacada wins 02 customer operations deal
Telcoms provider standardises customer operations platform
ByTech VC seed money scarce in 2009
Semiconductor, digital media and wireless communications sectors to be the worst hit
BySAP and FSC speed SMB apps
The package will include SAP’s ERP system
ByEconomy will not slow Green IT, study shows
Reducing energy costs has become important for organisations
ByCynapspro adds ITIL-based USB control
External data devices security can be managed as part of core service management operation
ByRecession to strengthen SaaS appeal
Research shows more companies considering SaaS as an alternative to traditional IT infrastructure
ByWLAN security company caught by Trapeze
Trapeze has been working with Newbury Networks on a product integration strategy
ByLockheed does smart security deal
Intercede to supply ID system
ByThreat activity drives mobile security to $900m
Security products from Asia Pacific are in demand
ByCorrection: Fidelity Tech Services unit sale
Our report yesterday incorrectly suggested that Fidelity was considering the sale of its BPO service unit in India.
ByRisky traders to be benchmarked at big banks
System to improve transparency for banks and their auditors
ByFidelity puts Indian tech services unit up for sale
The buyer may win a multi-year outsourcing contract from Fidelity
ByWipro takes SaaS line with Green tool
Hara provides customisable score cards to monitor emission intensities
ByBlackBerry maker RIM buys ‘pushcast’ app
Pushcast retains the content pushed out
ByLenovo eyes PC rivals to spur growth
Fujitsu-Siemens? Positivo? A N Other?
ByBusiness Objects does on-demand BI
Users can bring together SAP and non-SAP data
ByHP pushes interest free software deal
The offer covers information management software and BTO products
ByThumbs up to fingerprints
Study shows consumers prefer finger biometrics
ByAmazon cloud service builds over Europe
How will the move address compliance issues of service adopters?
ByPhishing site data shows jump in crimeware
Number of crimeware-spreading URLs increase by 258%
ByCordys aims smart metering at utilities
Regulatory, productivity requirements demand new technology
ByVodafone buys sat-nav phone software
Plans to develop location-aware products and services with Wayfinder
BySMB appeal in SaaS-based capacity planning offering
The SaaS service from Neptuny can be accessed through a web interface
ByMicro Focus buys market rival in $10m deal
UK software house Micro Focus International has made another all-cash acquisition to bulk up its portfolio of "lift and…
ByNovell tackles physical, virtual management
Builds on its PlateSpin acquisition
ByKVM virtualisation in Red Hat Linux next year
New era for Linux virtualisation
ByCould vending machines ease retail crisis?
Research finds Brits ready to ‘vend spend’
ByTwo thirds of techies spurn social networking
Could you do a better job of job hunting?
ByHas the downturn hit the IT industry?
How are technology firms fairing as the crisis of confidence in the financial sector begins to ripple through the…
ByCompuware 2.0: still crazy after all these years?
Celebrating its 35th anniversary last year, Compuware has a new tagline: “We make IT rock around the world.” But…
ByIs the Enterprise Ready for Cloud Computing?
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the IT waters, yet another beast emerges from…
ByTCS buys Citigroup’s services arm for $505m: Updated
Citigroup has sold its India-based Citigroup Global Services arm to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for $505m in cash.
ByCitigroup sells services arm to Tata for $505m
Citigroup has sold its India-based Citigroup Global Services arm to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for $505m in cash.
ByNHS Trust turns to wireless to improve patient care
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust has deployed an Alcatel-Lucent Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to form the core…
ByHackney Homes uses event technology for digital votes
Hackney Homes, a non profit organisation managing council homes in the London borough of Hackney, recently employed LiveInteractive’s audience…
ByCompanies ineffective at managing ‘persistent data’
A new survey claims to show that companies are not effectively managing their ‘persistent data’ – the non-changing static…
ByUK company chiefs migrate north
An annual survey of UK company directors has found that an increasing number of company directors are choosing to…
ByBA signs multi-million pound outsourcing deal
British Airways has signed a multi million pound outsourcing deal with NIIT Technologies, for the support and testing of…
BySybase “prepared for cloud computing”
Sybase CEO John Chen said in an interview with CBR that the information management and mobility firm is already…
ByAccuRev revs configuration management tool
Software change and configuration management (SCCM) vendor AccuRev released version 4.7 of its eponymous AccuRev platform, with multi-server support…
ByMySQL CEO says Sun acquisition is already paying off
The CEO of open source database firm MySQL, which was recently acquired by Sun for $1bn, said in a…
BySun completes MySQL acquisition
Sun Microsystems has completed its $1bn acquisition of open source database player MySQL, and simultaneously announced that the acquired…
ByMicrosoft launches its 2008 server arsenal
Claiming it is the biggest enterprise-focused launch ever, Microsoft yesterday launched Windows Server 2008 (formerly code-named Longhorn), Visual Studio…
ByWhen .Com Doesn’t Spell .Profit
If evidence were needed that calling yourself a .Com company doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re going to become The…
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