CA unhappy with its storage business
While software vendor CA is pretty happy with the financial performance of three-quarters of its business, its storage management operations are not up to par, according to executives.
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CA 'pleased' with mixed Q3 results
Software vendor CA, which has seen its share of financial troubles, saw some cause for cautious optimism Thursday with third-quarter results that show its business in a turn-around, the vendor believes.
Oracle apps launch, short on glitz, long on reassurance
Oracle's launch of new releases of its five application families was a surprisingly sober affair, designed to restate the vendor's May 2006 pledge to continue to enhance all of the software products.
Adobe looks to have full PDF spec become ISO standard
Adobe Systems is taking the first step towards having its entire Portable Document Format (PDF) specification recognised as a global standard by the International organisation for Standardisation (ISO).
Open-source BI player gets internationalized
Open-source business intelligence software vendor JasperSoft is set to unveil the final piece in its BI suite, JasperETL, after signing its first full-blown original equipment manufacturer (OEM) deal with French vendor Talend. At the same time, the U.S. company will commit to complete internationalization of its entire BI suite.
HP, SAP further cement ties around SOA
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is offering more services supporting application vendor SAP AG's SOA (service-oriented architecture) approach to IT as part of the companies' increasingly close relationship.
Softek buy a key piece of IBM's services strategy
IBM's plan to acquire data mobility specialist Softek Storage Solutions marks another step along the way in transforming IBM's services business, according to company executives.
IBM to hand printing division over to Ricoh
IBM plans to eventually offload its enterprise printing systems division to Japanese printer and copier vendor Ricoh. The two companies announced Thursday that they're forming a joint venture company based on the IBM unit which will gradually become a fully-owned Ricoh subsidiary.
SAAS vendors welcome SAP to hosted midmarket party
SAP's revelation that it plans to launch a hosted suite of midmarket applications has drawn a collective whoop of delight from rival on-demand applications vendors Salesforce.com and NetSuite that see the move as further validation for the software-as-a-service (SAAS) business model.
HP shines spotlight on storage, server software
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is adding a new business unit within its Enterprise Storage and Server (ESS) organization as a way to highlight its IT management, automation and virtualization software.
LOTUSPHERE - IBM stresses collaboration integration
As IBM unveils new collaboration tools and some revamps of existing software, the company emphasised tight integration between its offerings and hooks into rival products from Microsoft.
OSDL, Free Standards Group to merge
The two main evangelizers of the Linux operating system, Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group (FSG) are merging to form the Linux Foundation.
HP continues to put software house in order
In the midst of a companywide restructuring effort, HP has taken the next step in an ongoing reorganisation of its software operation. The vendor has established a new unit to bring together its business intelligence (BI) and information management expertise, which is currently spread out across the company.
Salesforce.com encourages imitators
Salesforce.com positioned the latest version of its on-demand software, which includes its Apex platform, as providing the necessary tools for other companies to emulate its success in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market.
IBM takes community approach to SOA
IBM has announced the first two in a planned series of eight centres around the world designed to help build up local expertise in the service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach to IT development.