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  • Red Hat shares rise on Q1 earnings gain

    Posted June 22, 2011 - 6:19 pm

    Enterprise open-source software and services market leader Red Hat on Wednesday reported a 42 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profits.

  • SAP shares soar on strong fourth-quarter revenues

    Posted January 13, 2011 - 7:21 pm

    Shares of Germany-based SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) soared Thursday after the company released preliminary fourth-quarter results showing a 27 percent increase in revenue from software and software-related services.

  • Tibco shares rise on strong Q4 sales, profit

    Posted December 21, 2010 - 7:27 pm

    Shares of Tibco Software (NASDAQ: TIBX) jumped more than 8 percent in after-hours trading Tuesday following news of record quarterly revenues and strong profits.

  • Private-equity group Attachmate buys Novell for $2.2 billion

    Posted November 22, 2010 - 12:25 pm

    Private-equity group Attachmate Corp. will purchase enterprise infrastructure software vendor Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) for $2.2 billion, or $6.10 per share.

  • Former Oracle co-president lands top job at software firm

    Posted October 25, 2010 - 4:18 pm

    Former Oracle Corp. co-President Charles Phillips will be the new chief executive of Infor, a privately held maker of business software for mid-sized companies.

  • Fix the way you buy enterprise software

    Posted October 4, 2010 - 12:30 pm

    The first thing you have to do when evaluating enterprise software is to think like a customer, says Jeff Papows, author of "GLITCH: The Hidden Impact of Faulty Software". While many of the immediate goals for software are to address critical business issues in your organization, you need to keep your eye on the larger goal of growing your customer base, advises Papows.

  • IBM bolsters business analytics unit with purchase of OpenPages

    Posted September 15, 2010 - 11:27 am

    Aiming to expand its business analytics capabilities to support compliance and risk management processes, IBM today announced it is purchasing Waltham, MA-based software vendor OpenPages. Terms of the deal for the privately held company were not disclosed. Naturally, the acquisition is contingent upon regulatory approval.

  • Judging TCO of Enterprise Software Upgrades

    Posted July 1, 2010 - 9:00 pm

    To upgrade, or not to upgrade your company's core enterprise applications? That is the vexing decision that haunts companies, CIOs and budget planners everywhere.

  • Microsoft SharePoint Bible: Your Complete Guide

    Posted March 30, 2010 - 11:38 am

    You may not need all the features SharePoint 2010 has to offer, but advances in areas such as social media, offline access and better CRM and ERP integration make it worth a look.

  • Inside the CIO's 'Big Four' Application Priorities

    Posted March 30, 2010 - 11:35 am

    ERP, CRM, BI and supply chain are among the most core applications to enterprises. Where are CIOs paying the most attention? CIO magazine's new "Technology Priorities" survey shows where companies are in their application evolutions.

  • 4 ways enterprise software is becoming social

    Posted March 30, 2010 - 10:00 am

    Social networking features such as discussion forums, chat, file sharing and status updates are seeping into more enterprise applications. Whether it is a fad, a trend, or a time-sucking annoyance isn't really important: it is here to stay.

  • Image gallery: 4 ways enterprise software is becoming social

    Posted March 30, 2010 - 10:00 am

    Social networking features such as discussion forums, chat, file sharing and status updates are seeping into more enterprise applications. Whether it is a fad, a trend, or a time-sucking annoyance isn't really important: it is here to stay.

  • Wall Street Beat: Enterprise software sales look strong

    Posted March 25, 2010 - 7:48 pm

    Though earnings season won't start in earnest until next month, financial reports and earnings forecasts from companies as varied as Adobe, Red Hat, Oracle and Qualcomm this week indicate that sales across a range of technology products are recovering from the Great Recession.

  • 5 Reasons Businesses Still Hate Enterprise Software

    Posted March 4, 2010 - 3:20 pm

    Houston, we have a problem: Businesses have major issues with the enterprise software they're paying millions of dollars to implement and support, according to new Forrester data. The solution? More software!

  • CRM Tips: Delete the Delete Privilege

    Posted February 10, 2010 - 9:49 pm

    CRM systems are designed to be user friendly, not imposing undue security in the interest of usability and fast adoption. CRM users are business people who aren't likely to put up with sound arguments about the need for data hygiene. After a few months of disappearing data and incomplete reports, they're more likely to listen...but not at the beginning.

  • Enterprise software to be flat in 2009

    Posted April 5, 2009 - 1:08 pm

    According to a Gartner report, worldwide enterprise software revenues will be flat in 2009. The research organization had previously pegged growth at 6.6 percent, but recently revised its projection.

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