Industry News

Cisco completes acquisition of newScale

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Cisco, best known for its network products and services, has completed its acquisition of newScale Inc.,

Telegraph Media Group Moves Further into The Cloud

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The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has announced its selection of FinancialForce.com a cloud based accounting service to use to automate some of its departmental financial processes. Our View: There are several interesting points about this: TMG was an early adopter … Continued

SAP's Vishal Sikka on SaaS

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“One of the most interesting aspects of last week’s unexpected and momentous executive reshuffle at SAP was the promotion of CTO Vishal Sikka to join the company’s powerful Executive Board. Coupled with the promotion of product development chief Jim Hagemann … Continued

Industry book reviews, by the BCS

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Business Analysis D. Paul and D. Yeates “Business Analysis provides workable skills and techniques, underpinned with academic theory. It is a practical introductory guide for anyone involved with any aspect of business analysis or improving the effectiveness of IT and … Continued

SAP Loses its Chief

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SAP has announced that its recently appointed CEO Mr Apotheker is to step down. This move has been described as a response to all sorts of ailments within the company. Issues written about in the press include: delays in launching … Continued

Version 3.2 of OpenOffice.org has just been launched

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Version 3.2 of OpenOffice.org, the free and open-source rival to Microsoft Office, has just been launched. The new version features improved startup time, improved importing and support for password-protected and Microsoft Office 2007 files and a number of enhancements to … Continued