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DoJ joins whistleblower in Oracle fraud suit

The US Department of Justice has joined a whistleblower suit that accuses Oracle of defrauding the US government by not keeping government discounts pegged to commercial discounts Read more

30 July, 2010 by Jack Clark
Exploiting Cloud Computing to Meet the Changing Needs of Business

Exploiting Cloud Computing to Meet the Changing Needs of Business

...Service brings the flexibility of pay-as-one-go pricing to the business software market. Reducing the entry cost allows a greater number of businesses... Read more

1 July, 2010

Software's economic contribution hugely undervalued

The Office of National Statistics has revised its figures on the size of the UK software business, and as many expected the revision is up, up, up Read more

14 February, 2006 by Colin Barker

Business Objects buys rival

...at $820m (£517m), the latest in a series of buyouts reshaping the business-software market. Business Objects, a French maker of software that finds patterns... Read more

21 July, 2003 by Alorie Gilbert

NetSuite, Zoho see rising uptake of hosted apps

...companies' online suites is thought to be putting pressure on the traditional business-software market and model Read more

6 August, 2008 by Rafe Needleman

Duopoly 'would mean price rises' - economist

...PeopleSoft that a takeover would mean Oracle and SAP domination of the business-software market Read more

21 June, 2004 by Alorie Gilbert

Justice Dept: Removing PeopleSoft would mean duopoly

A PeopleSoft customer has testified that without the company, the business software market would be 'much less vibrant Read more

10 June, 2004 by Alorie Gilbert

BEA at the crossroads

...its plan this week to gain market share in the multibillion-dollar business software market Read more

3 March, 2003 by Martin LaMonica

IBM hopes to eclipse software rivals

Competition in the business software market is fierce, and IBM is launching a three-pronged drive... Read more

10 June, 2002 by Wylie Wong

Making sense of SAP-Microsoft talks

...base. But what was in it for SAP, the leader in the business software market, with over $8bn in sales? The company hasn't fully... Read more

7 July, 2004 by Mike Ricciuti

Microsoft CRM moves under the microscope

...growth. And CRM is one of the few growth areas in the business software market. Research firm Meta Group expects the market for CRM software... Read more

17 April, 2002 by Ben Heskett

Company profile: Oracle - its technology, strategy and acquisitions

...plenty more. The technology Oracle is one of the giants of the business software market where its 11g database tech, one of the most widely... Read more

22 March, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

SAP revenue slips in third quarter

...said its first-quarter results showed the company making gains in the business software market around the world, and that it was growing faster than... Read more

28 October, 2009 by David Binning

Larry takes a pay cut

...pressure to show restraint and acknowledge the tough economic conditions facing the business software market. Oracle’s chief executive and founder Larry Ellison has agreed... Read more

24 August, 2009

Web 2.0-style mashups to invade business

...Google and Yahoo in the consumer space will soon be invading the business software market as well. The work done by these companies in terms... Read more

14 September, 2006 by Steve Ranger

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