Chris Kanaracus - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 11/03/2013 Oracle, Montclair State University settle lawsuit over PeopleSoft software project

A nearly two-year-long, ugly legal battle between Oracle and Montclair State University over a troubled PeopleSoft ERP (enterprise resource planning) ...

Article | 11/03/2013 Infor says its push into middleware is clicking

Infor, the software industry's third-largest ERP (enterprise resource planning) application vendor after SAP and Oracle, has been building out its own...

Article | 8/03/2013 Amazon Web Services option gives easier entry to SAP's HANA

SAP's HANA in-memory database has become the centerpiece of the software vendor's technology strategy, both for high-speed analytics and in support of...

Article | 7/03/2013 Finishing massive SAP project in current form may not be 'feasible,' study says

It may not be "feasible" to complete a gigantic SAP software project meant to unify California's many public employee payroll systems, according to a ...

Article | 7/03/2013 SAP buying Camilion for insurance software

SAP is expanding its array of software products for the insurance industry with the acquisition of Camilion. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Article | 7/03/2013 Oracle goes after Salesforce.com with Social Relationship Management

Oracle first announced its Social Relationship Management product family several months ago at OpenWorld, but has now taken steps to actually integrat...

Article | 5/03/2013 Gartner: CRM software top priority for IT spending in 2013-14

CRM (customer relationship management) software will be the top priority for additional spending on enterprise applications around the world this year...

Article | 5/03/2013 Oracle adds virtualsation, faster performance to Database Appliance for SMBs

Oracle has rolled out version X3-2 of its Database Appliance for small and medium-sized businesses that it says delivers up to twice the speed and mor...

Article | 28/02/2013 Internal document suggests SAP's goal of simplifying licensing will be a tall order

SAP customers have made it no secret they believe the vendor's software licensing and pricing is far too complex, and a top company leader recently ma...

Article | 27/02/2013 Oracle CEO Larry Ellison buys Hawaiian airline

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has added a local airline to his Hawaiian holdings, following his purchase last year of Lanai, one of the state's islands.

Article | 26/02/2013 Salesforce.com retools marketing message around 'customer companies'

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has laid out a new strategic and thematic direction for his company, saying that its goal will now be to help clients ...

Article | 26/02/2013 5 Things IT Pros Need to Know About SaaS Governance

Software as a service is here to stay. So CIOs need the tools to manage their sprawling portfolios of SaaS applications with the same rigor they use f...

Article | 26/02/2013 MicroStrategy sells off contact center software division

BI (business intelligence) vendor MicroStrategy is getting out of the contact center software business, having sold off its Angel subsidiary to Genesy...

Article | 26/02/2013 Startup Colabo gives marketers self-service analytics

A startup called Colabo has developed a set of analytics tools that it says marketers can use to research trends, brand awareness and other subjects w...

Article | 26/02/2013 Salesforce.com delivers mobile customer service apps

Salesforce.com is planning to add a series of mobile applications to its Service Cloud line of customer service software, in a response to the rampant...