IDG News Service - Infor has certified some of its products for Red Hat's Linux and JBoss middleware and added support for the MySQL and MariaDB databases, as part of a new push into open-source software, the companies announced Wednesday. ...
Tags: Infor, MySQL, MariaDB databases, open-source software
IDG News Service - SAP and a financial analyst are at loggerheads over a recent report by the analyst, which said that a handful of customers had received substantial discounts on their software maintenance renewals. "We recently spent ...
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IDG News Service - Oracle has finally answered a big question hovering over its emerging family of cloud services: What do they cost? While not giving a public price for every one of its cloud products, Oracle's website now has pricing ...
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Xerox is being sued by systems integrator CedarCrestone over payments related to an Oracle PeopleSoft upgrade at insurer CIGNA. CedarCrestone is looking to recover about $1.8 million it says Xerox still owes it, according to the lawsuit, ...
Tags: Xerox, CedarCrestone, payments, Oracle PeopleSoft, Software Project Dustup
Several years ago, SAP introduced enhancement packs, which were supposed to provide an easier and less painful way to upgrade its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software. Executives extolled how customers could add new functionality ...
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The global software market grew 4.7% in the first half of this year to $167 billion, with CRM (customer relationship management), virtualization and collaboration coming in as the fastest-growing segments, according to figures released ...
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IDG News Service - Oracle has sued former partner CedarCrestone on grounds it has been providing third-party support for Oracle's software in an illegal fashion, a move that echoes previous actions Oracle took against former SAP subsidiary ...
Tags: Oracle, CedarCrestone, software, SAP
IDG News Service - ERP software vendor Deltek is being purchased by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in a $1.1 billion deal, the companies announced Monday. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Deltek's enterprise ...
Tags: ERP software, Deltek, resource planning software, Deltek's software
IDG News Service - Epicor is ready to make a bigger play in cloud-based ERP software, with its offering now available to midsized manufacturers, the company announced Monday. Initially, Epicor tested the SaaS waters with Epicor Express, ...
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IDG News Service - A large auto insurance provider has become embroiled in a court battle with Pitney Bowes, alleging that the software vendor claims a 20-year-old license agreement between the companies has been significantly ...
Tags: auto insurance, software, LPC, computer products
IDG News Service - Oracle did the right thing this week when it pledged to resume porting its software to Hewlett-Packard's Itanium-based servers, but it should never have pulled that support from a critical platform as it did in March ...
Tags: Oracle, software, Hewlett Packard, database
SAP could be close to announcing the general availability of its foray into the PaaS (platform-as-a-service) market, NetWeaver Cloud, which will go up against rival offerings from the likes of Oracle and Salesforce.com. NetWeaver Cloud ...
Tags: SAP, PaaS, NetWeaver Cloud, Oracle
Oracle touted what it called strong early adoption of its next-generation Fusion Applications on Monday, but also discussed how it will continue to support and add new features to the company's other business software lines, such as ...
Tags: Oracle, Fusion Applications, new features, business software lines
IBM, Epicor and other vendors could be eyeing a purchase of supply-chain software vendor JDA, analysts said Tuesday following a published report that the company was looking for suitors. The sale activities are “at an advanced ...
An official document containing policies and pledges for customers of Oracle's cloud services reveals that many aspects fall in line with industry standards, while others may prompt cause for worry among customers, according to analysts. ...
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