New Software AG boss outlines channel plans
Scott Camarotti takes on the role of vice-president and general manager for the business process management vendor’s Canadian operations
SAP Business ByDesign attracts Sage, Infor partners
Newest version of on-demand enterprise resource planning offering has functionality that caters to service industries
A RIM takeover would be bad news for Canada
The industry is abuzz that Research In Motion is ripe for a takeover after layoffs and a stock plunge, and one analyst fears whoever pursues the BlackBerry maker won’t have its long-term interests in mind
The domino effect of IT failure
A North American business suffers from an average of 12 hours of IT system downtime and a drop in staff productivity to 60 per cent
SAP recruiting Canadian Business ByDesign partners
An analyst says the business software vendor is still deciding how best to take new technologies and applications to market
IBM Lotus chief to rebrand company image
Exclusive Q&A with the Canadian-born general manager of Lotus software Alistair Rennie
IBM gets social with Lotus
At Lotusphere 2011, with the help of actor Kevin Spacey, Big Blue announces a Web version of Lotus Symphony and the Social Business Toolkit
Business targeted by more e-mail attacks in 2010, says Symantec
One of the most potentially damaging threats to corporations shows no signs of relenting, according to Symantec’s MessageLabs Intelligence 2010 security report
Canada not doing enough to boost IT startups
Government needs a new venture capital model in which the feds plays a bigger role
SAP’s in-memory database is ready for the data centre
SAP has made available its in-memory analytic database, as well as the first app built atop it
Microsoft takes Toronto’s i4i to the U.S. Supreme Court
The latest chapter in the Microsoft Corp. versus i4i Inc. patent infringement case court drama has the U.S. Supreme Court agreeing to hear Microsoft’s appeal that, if successful, will have the two companies battling it out over the validity of i4i’s patent
With IDS Scheer, Software AG heads to the cloud
The business process management vendor will add features like cloud, mobile and social collaboration to its platform
Microsoft’s IE9 beta leverages GPU, HTML5
Microsoft unveiled its newest browser in beta Wednesday, promising a visually-compelling and faster experience that prioritizes the Web site over the browser
Salesforce.com opens fire on Oracle at Toronto event
The software-as-a-service company also took jabs at Microsoft and SAP during the Toronto stop of its Cloudforce Tour
01 Communique sues Dell, LogMeIn for patent infringement
01 Communique seeks past and future damages for willful infringement of its patent issued in 2005