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IBM Sets the Stage for the Next Era of Computing

May 16, 2012 No Comments

IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a major step forward in a new, simpler era of computing with the introduction of a new category of “expert integrated systems.” This new family is the first with built-in expertise based on IBM’s decades of experience running IT operations for tens of thousands of clients in 170 countries.

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SAP Further Extends Real-Time Data Platform With “Big Data” Capabilities

May 16, 2012 No Comments

SAP today announced advanced support and integration with Hadoop environments including an expanded “big data” partner council and customer showcases.

SAP Broadens Analytics Reach With New Stake in Data Discovery and Visualization Market

May 16, 2012 No Comments

New SAP® Visual Intelligence Software Frees Up Demands on IT, Gives Business Users Extreme Ease-of-Use and Powerful Data Visualization to Find Answers in Existing Information Investments

IBM Helps Greece Television Network Tame Big Data with LTO Tape Storage

May 15, 2012 No Comments

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that AlphaTV, a leading television network in Greece, has overhauled its storage infrastructure with IBM high performance, high capacity tape solutions for greater efficiencies, faster access to video and the ability to store more video in dramatically less space.

BP LOGIX PROCESS DIRECTOR CHOSEN BY SYNACOR TO AUTOMATE AND ACCELERATE NEW HIRE AND CHANGE CONTROL PROCESSES

May 15, 2012 No Comments

BP Logix, developer of BPM software that accelerates time-to-value, today announced that Synacor has selected its flagship product, Process Director, to streamline the company’s new hire and change control processes. As a result of a significant increase in revenue and staff, Synacor identified the need to address many key, time-critical processes, transitioning from manual processes to automated, electronic processes

BP Logix Receives Information Technology Industry’s 2012 Award for Best Technology Implementation

May 15, 2012 No Comments

BP Logix, developer of BPM software that accelerates time-to-value, today announced that Network Products Guide has named the company a winner in the 7th Annual 2012 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards. The category in which BP Logix achieved the recognition was the “Best Technology Deployment.” The featured customer for this deployment is the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and its CIO, John Harris.

Yahoo launches big data analytics tool for online advertisers

May 15, 2012 No Comments

Yahoo today launched a new tool for online advertisers designed to take advantage of the company’s extensive experience with big data analytics.

Talend Announces New Release of Enterprise Open Source Integration Platform

May 15, 2012 No Comments

Company enhances Talend’s next-generation integration solution to deliver big data tooling, unified ESB and BPM and enterprise-grade functions for mission-critical projects

XMPro Named Business Process Management Cool Vendor by Leading Analyst Firm

May 14, 2012 No Comments

XMPro, a leading Australian provider of Business Process Management solutions, has been selected by Gartner as a Cool Vendors (see footnote) in Business Process Management (BPM).

OpenText Recognized as a Leader in Digital Asset Management

May 14, 2012 No Comments

OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC) today announced that analyst firm Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) has named OpenText a Leader in its report The Forrester Wave : Digital Asset Management For Customer Experience, Q2 2012, authored by Stephen Powers and Anjali Yakkundi with Dave West and Shannon Coyne

CIBER Delivers Fast Implementation of Customer Information Systems for Utilities with Launch of Customer Service Suite Built on SAP® Solutions

May 14, 2012 No Comments

CIBER, in partnership with SAP, has chalked up impressive numbers over the years. The CIBER team focused on SAP® solutions has completed more than 100 implementations of SAP Business All-in-One solutions, served more than 2,000 satisfied clients, and currently supports more than 600 engagements involving SAP solutions.

Social Media Users Expect Rapid Live Help, According to Consumer Report from Oracle

May 14, 2012 No Comments

New Tools Provide Decision Makers with Rapid Access to Real-Time, Business Critical Information and Actionable Insight to Grow Their Businesses

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Hospitals in Russia’s Regions Turn to IBM to Transform Healthcare

May 11, 2012 No Comments

: IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced that several hospitals and clinics from Russia’s rapidly evolving regions outside of Moscow and St Petersburg are partnering with IBM to modernize infrastructure and improve patient care.

Red Hat Unveils Enterprise Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Roadmap and Strategy

May 9, 2012 No Comments

Red Hat outlines strategy for open hybrid enterprise PaaS with OpenShift

Using IBM Analytics, Santam Saves $2.4 Million in Fraudulent Claims

May 9, 2012 No Comments

IBM announced that Santam, South Africa’s leading short term insurance company, has saved $2.4 million on fraudulent claims in the first four months of using IBM business analytics software.

IBM Study Reveals Critical Shift in the Role of Chief Information Security Executives Globally

May 9, 2012 No Comments

Analysis of 130+ interviews presents a new class of security chiefs; CISO role follows the evolution of CIO and CFO with more strategic organizational responsibilities

Oracle Financial Services Introduces Oracle Financial Services Currency Transaction Reporting

May 9, 2012 No Comments

New Release of Oracle WebCenter Sites Enables Organizations to Transform Online Experiences, Increasing Customer Acquisition, Brand Loyalty and Business Success

MarketsandMarkets: Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Market Worth $3.14 Billion in 2017

May 8, 2012 No Comments

The report “Data Center Infrastructure Management Market: Investments, Geographical Analysis and Worldwide Forecasts (2012 – 2017)” defines and segments the global Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) market with analysis and forecasting of the global revenues.

IBM to Acquire Tealeaf Technology, Inc. to Help Marketers Deliver Exceptional Digital Experience for Smarter Commerce

May 8, 2012 No Comments

IBM) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Tealeaf Technology, Inc., a leading provider of customer experience analytics software that helps organizations to gain intelligence and react more swiftly to consumer trends in today’s digitally transformed marketplace.

Fujitsu Launches Support Software for Big Data

May 8, 2012 No Comments

Information and communication technology specialist Fujitsu announced the development of software offerings that help customers utilize big data, which consist of two product families: a line of parallel distributed processing and complex event processing products, standard technologies in big data applications, and a line of products to employ big data in a range of uses.

Jyske Bank selects Progress Software for FX Aggregation

May 7, 2012 No Comments

Progress Software announced that Jyske Bank, one of Denmark’s largest independent banks, has deployed the Progress® Apama® FX Aggregation Solution Accelerator product to support its foreign exchange trading desk

West Texas A&M Selects Unicon for Open Source Portal Upgrade and Mobile Solution

May 7, 2012 No Comments

Unicon, Inc., a leading IT consulting services provider specializing in open source for the education market, announced today that it has been selected by West Texas A&M University to perform a portal upgrade and to deliver a mobile framework.

Gartner Says Communications Service Providers Must Adopt Multidevice Data Plans to Take Advantage of Expanding Cellular Connectivity

May 7, 2012 No Comments

As the number of devices with cellular modems increases, consumers and small businesses in the U.S. will demand matching multidevice data rate plans, according to Gartner, Inc. Multidevice rate plans will be a key driving factor in the expansion of U.S. data revenue from $81.4 billion in 2011 to $151.9 billion in 2016

Gartner Says Only 50 Percent of Fortune 1000 Organizations Will Get a Worthwhile Return From Their Social CRM Initiatives by the End of 2012

May 7, 2012 No Comments

Although the adoption of social applications by sales, marketing and customer service departments continues to grow rapidly, Gartner, Inc. said that, by the end of 2012, only 50 percent of Fortune 1000 companies will receive a worthwhile return on investment (ROI) from their social customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives.

VMware Aims to Get IT Eye-to-Eye With BYOD

May 4, 2012 No Comments

VMware’s new View 5.1 includes functions used to manage personal devices on corporate systems as well as enhance storage and administration capabilities. VMware’s latest end-user computing portfolio is built around VMware Vsphere, the company’s cloud infrastructure platform.

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Groupon Now! Hits Major Milestone

May 2, 2012 No Comments

Groupon announced today that their Groupon Now! service has sold 1.5 million vouchers. Groupon Now! deals sold proportionally faster than the original Groupon deals, which took 15 months to reach the same milestone.

Oracle’s Mark Hurd Delivers Strategy to Drive IT Simplification and Emphasizes Oracle’s Business Analytics Strategy at Oracle OpenWorld Tokyo 2012

May 2, 2012 No Comments

Today, Oracle President Mark Hurd addressed the Oracle OpenWorld Tokyo audience, speaking about the explosion of data and the critical business need to simplify IT. With 65 percent of the world’s enterprise data stored in Oracle databases, the need for real-time business analytics ranks among the most important business challenges for C-level executives. Oracle Senior Vice President of Analytics and Performance Management Products, Balaji Yelamanchili, outlined how organizations can leverage a comprehensive business analytics strategy to harness exploding data volumes and get intelligence into the hands of decision-makers faster and more efficiently. As the leader in Business Analytics, Oracle enables customers to plan, forecast, and monitor business performance faster and with more precision.

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Google, FCC Showdown Spotlights Technology Law Lag

May 2, 2012 No Comments

Google apparently wants to get all the Street View dirt out in the open at once in the hope of putting the incident to bed instead of being needled by slowly emerging details. That would explain why it released the FCC’s full report of its investigation into its unsavory data-collection ways. Although there’s a decided stink around the company’s handling of privacy in this case, apparently it did nothing illegal, and that’s what Google wants to underscore.

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Gamification Expert Gabe Zichermann to Speak at CamelOne

May 1, 2012 No Comments

useSource Corp., experts in open source integration and messaging, announced that Gabe Zichermann, CEO of Gamification Co, author and chair of the Gamification Summit, will present to the general session at CamelOne 2012 – the only event designed for enterprise users of open source integration and messaging technologies.

IBM Introduces New Foundation for Mobile Computing

April 30, 2012 No Comments

IBM (NYSE:IBM) today unveiled its first ever Mobile Foundation, a comprehensive portfolio of software and services designed to help organizations capitalize on the proliferation of mobile environments — including laptops, smartphones and tablets. (#IBMmobile)

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