Microsoft's most significant update to Windows Azure takes the cloud platform to a different level. Rather than focus on Windows applications and bridging the gap between in-house and cloud-based IT, Microsoft is now offering Azure as ...
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The global software market grew 4.7 percent in the first half of this year to US$167 billion, with CRM (customer relationship management), virtualisation and collaboration coming in as the fastest-growing segments, according to figures ...
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SAP and a financial analyst are at loggerheads over a recent report by the analyst, claiming that a handful of customers had received substantial discounts on their software maintenance renewals. “We recently spent time talking with ...
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With SaaS (software-as-a-service) having become a preferred deployment model for new software purchases, customers should be entitled to a clear-cut set of rights and expectations from vendors, a new report from analyst firm Constellation ...
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Epicor has acquired ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendor Solarsoft Business Systems from investment firm Marin Equity Partners in a bid to increase its presence in a number of vertical industries, the companies announced ...
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Oracle redeemed itself this week when it pledged to resume porting its software to HP’s Itanium-based servers, but it should never have pulled that support from a critical platform as it did in March 2011, according to users and ...
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Vertu Constellation Blue Vertu, the leading manufacturer of luxury mobile phones, handmade in the UK, and the Italian design company Italia Independent celebrated the launch of the new collection designed with Lapo Elkann, style icon ...
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Latest Vertu’s Constellation Black Neon is based on the same Vertu’ features: opulent hand-made exteriors, modern and masculine design, and an worldwide 24-hour Concierge service access. Add the 32GB of memory, 8- megapixel ...
The Dalmore Constellation Collection brings together, for the first time, the complete spectrum of vintages created in our iconic Highland distillery between the years 1964 and 1992. The 21 single cask whiskies that make up this collection ...
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An experimental GPS receiver, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), has successfully achieved a GPS position fix at 23,300 km altitude – the first position fix above the GPS constellation on a civilian satellite. The ...
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Speech by the Chairman of the Autonomous Region Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), situated in the northern border area of China, possesses unique regional advantage and consummate infrastructure. With abundant resources it enjoys ...
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e2v sensor returns high-res satellite images 08 Oct 2012 a NAOMIa camera on board SPOT-6 satellite launched last month is based around a high-performance CCD chip. NAOMI camera SPOT-6,the new Earth observation satellite launched in ...
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Glaston Corporation and Constellation Software Inc., acting through its wholly owned subsidiary Friedman Corporation, have today signed a definite and binding agreement for the sale of 100% of the shares in Albat+Wirsam Software GmbH ...
Siemens has entered into an agreement to acquire Invensys Rail, the rail automation business of Invensys for approximately EUR 2.2 billion. At the same time, the company plans to divest its baggage handling, postal and parcel sorting ...
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Microsoft has revealed to many of its partners a price increase that will see user client access licences (CALs) rising by 15 per cent. From December 1 2012, Microsoft will increase the price of user CALs, which allow an individual user ...
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