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SAP community portal launch date still unclear due to bugs
Serious technical problems that have delayed the rollout of an upgrade to SAP's community portal are persisting, to the point where the company...
Engineer's wife 'ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs
The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in...
Systems management, cloud services likely in Dell's software acquisition plans
Dell's formation of a new software group, which was announced Thursday, could be the forerunner to a string of acquisitions by the vendor, with...
H-1B workers are better paid, more educated, study finds
H-1B workers are better educated than U.S. born workers and earn more, according to a new study by an independent research group.
SaaS, APTs and Asymmetric Risk Take Spotlight at Security Threats 2012
What's your stance on SaaS? Is your perimeter as secure as you think? How can the insurance calculus on asymmetric risk illuminate your...
SAP-SuccessFactors deal delayed as US regulators conduct investigation
SAP's US$3.4 billion purchase of cloud software vendor SuccessFactors has been delayed indefinitely while a U.S. regulatory body investigates the...
Alfresco 4.0 heads for the cloud
In anticipation of offering its open-source content management software as a service, Alfresco has upgraded its namesake product to work with...
U.S. firms should disclose offshore hiring, says lawmaker
A newly filed U.S. House bill would require U.S. public companies to disclose how many employees they have in the U.S. and overseas.
Prison sentences in Pirate Bay trial made final as Supreme Court refuses hearing
The Swedish Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from the founders of The Pirate Bay against prison sentences and fines imposed by the Swedish Court...
Salesforce.com yields to pressure over analytics pricing
Salesforce.com will include some new analytics capabilities at no additional cost with the Enterprise and Unlimited editions of its CRM (customer...
Infor revamps support services, heightens competition against SAP, Oracle
Infor has rebranded and revamped its software support offerings in a bid to cement its profile as a potential alternative to rivals like SAP and...
Salesforce.com launches Desk.com help-desk service
Salesforce.com on Tuesday unveiled a new SaaS (software as a service) help-desk application called Desk.com that can reach end users through social...
IT Outsourcing Deal Size Data Shows Decade-Long Decline
An analysis of last year's outsourcing activity reveals the continuation of a decade-long decline in deal size. While the numbers of mega-deals...
Microsoft partner: Office 365 app dev model to change, expand
External developers will be able to build much more sophisticated applications and tools for Office 365 once Microsoft releases the next upgrade of...
Salesforce.com customers say new analytics should be included in core fees
Salesforce.com customers are sounding off about the fact that an upcoming Analytics Edition of the CRM (customer relationship management) software...
What We're Reading From the Feb. 1, 2012, Issue of CIO Magazine
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Tibco adds geolocation to its Tibbr social platform
Tibco has added geolocation technology to its Tibbr enterprise social-networking platform, in a move that will allow companies to use physical spaces...
Obama attacks offshoring, seeks visa reform
President Barack Obama Tuesday attacked offshoring, urged businesses to bring jobs back to the U.S., and renewed his appeal for visa reforms to keep...
Yahoo continued to struggle with online ad sales in Q4
Yahoo struggled selling both display and search advertising in the fourth quarter, as its revenue and net income both dropped year-on-year.
Internet Archive's Brewster Kahle gets SIIA recognition
The creator of the Internet Archive is being awarded for his work and foresight by the Software and Information Industry Association, the association...
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