September 9, 2010 6:00 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
Among the features in the new version of CRM is an enhanced ability to get dashboards and other reports from with in the customer relationship management tool.
(Credit:
Microsoft)
Microsoft said on Thursday that it is ready with a public beta of the next version of its [...]
September 8, 2010 7:39 AM PDT
by Sam Diaz
Just two months after making Chatter generally available, Salesforce on Wednesday is announcing Chatter Mobile, apps for the
iPad,
iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android devices.
In this first couple of months, about a quarter of the company’s customers–20,000 of the 82,000 customers–have adopted the free Chatter tool, which [...]
September 8, 2010 6:34 AM PDT
by Lance Whitney
Tapped by Larry Ellison to become a co-president of Oracle, Mark Hurd is poised to earn a base salary of $950,000 per year.
Mark Hurd
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HP)
Hurd is also eligible for an executive bonus of $5 million next year if he meets whatever targets Oracle has set [...]
August 30, 2010 9:00 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
As VMWare prepares for this week’s annual conference, Microsoft is looking to steal both the company’s thunder and its customers.
In an advertisement in Tuesday’s USA Today, Microsoft urges VMware customers to think twice before signing a new long-term contract with the virtualization company.
“VMware is [...]
August 26, 2010 6:50 AM PDT
by Larry Dignan
Cisco Systems said Thursday that it will acquire ExtendMedia, which makes video content management systems, for an undisclosed sum.
According to the company, ExtendMedia, a privately held outfit based in Newton, Mass., will allow Cisco to deliver and monetize IP video via multiple screens.
ExtendMedia’s software [...]
August 25, 2010 11:24 AM PDT
by Lance Whitney
The PowerPoint Web App now lets you tap into Microsoft's online library of clip art.
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Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET)
Although officially only two months old, Microsoft’s Office Web Apps is already growing up a bit.
To satisfy just some of the many user requests for new features, [...]
August 13, 2010 6:06 AM PDT
by Larry Dignan
IBM said Friday it will buy Unica in a deal worth $480 million. Unica makes marketing automation software.
With the move, IBM adds another software company to its arsenal. IBM recently acquired CoreMetrics and Sterling Commerce for its analytics lineup. IBM has said it will [...]
August 12, 2010 1:18 PM PDT
by Dong Ngo
Seagate and Samsung, the two major makers of hard drives and system memory, announced Thursday that they have entered into a joint development and licensing agreement.
Under this agreement, the two companies will develop and cross-license related controller technologies for solid state drives.
This [...]
August 5, 2010 11:50 AM PDT
by Elinor Mills
(Credit:
Microsoft)
Microsoft will issue 14 security bulletins on Tuesday to plug 34 holes, including eight that are critical, in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, SQL and Silverlight, the company said on Thursday.
“This will be the most bulletins we have ever released in a month; we [...]
July 30, 2010 8:00 AM PDT
by Jonathan E. Skillings
The U.S. Department of Justice is adding its heft to a whistleblower lawsuit charging that Oracle committed fraud in conjunction with a multimillion-dollar government contract.
In a nutshell, the lawsuit argues that Oracle’s government customers–a wide array of agencies, including the State Department, the [...]