HP on the right track with former Mercury portfolio, says Canadian partner
Vendor takes
The official definition provided by DAMA International, the professional organization for those in the data management profession, is: “Data Resource Management is the development and execution of architectures, policies, practices and procedures that properly manage the full data lifecycle needs of an enterprise.” DAMA International This definition is fairly broad and encompasses a number of professions which may not have direct technical contact with lower-level aspects of data management, such as relational database management.
Exploring the oil & gas sector
Using technologies such as sofware as a service, solution providers are finding markets in the oil patch to solve problems ranging from an aging workforce to consolidation of data
Autodesk’s digital prototyping push
High-end software developer says new 3-D modeling effort will not kill 2-D CAD in the markeplace
Will Office 2007 answer call?
Microsoft’s highly successful productivity suite will finally get some competition
HP buys Mercury for US$4.5B billion
Resellers believe the acquisition could pose integration issues
Borland drops IDE portfolio
Pressured by the open source community and after some dramatic worldwide staff cuts, Borland shifts gears and enters the potentially lucrative application lifecycle management market
Hummingbird to be acquired
In a bid to deal with its liquidity problems, Hummingbird Ltd. is being sold to Symphony Technology Group in a US$465 million deal.
Net Integration rolls Domino
IBM and Net Integration Technologies Inc. have formed a partnership to bring a Linux-based Lotus Domino solution to small and mid-market customers in Canada.
The doors are still open
Windows is increasing its presence in servers, but it’s a long way from becoming the sole operating system in data centres. Linux is pushing its way up, Unix refuses to be sidelined and even Apple has a play
Microsoft’s Team approach
NSERC becomes early adopter of new server
Microsoft, SAP sing a Duet
ISV says bridge is
IBI goes after everyone
ORLANDO, Fla. – Information Builders Inc. will expand its relationship with Google and create more ties with Microsoft desktop tools, the company told its annual user group conference here.
NetSuite aiming beyond CRM
Company releases Version 11 of its flagship product with AJAX support throughout the business suite
Avokia in early search for partners
A fledgling Toronto software company is tentatively canvassing the channel for interest in its new database acceleration products.
Microsoft offers hosted CRM
DALLAS – Software as a service was a hot topic at this year’s Microsoft Convergence here last month. With the announcement of CRM 3.0, Microsoft is now offering customer relationship management to third parties, which will allow them to provide hosted solutions where customers can rent CRM services through a subscription model.