IBM employees buzzing about layoff rumours
An independent Web site for IBM employees has been buzzing with rumours that the company will make significant layoffs this month.
Stories by Chris Kanaracus
Watchdog group asks Google to create personal data 'opt-out'
The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog asked on Friday that Google give users of its search engine the ability to "opt out" of leaving personal data, such as IP addresses, on Google's servers.
Forrester analysts give tips on licence negotiations
IT vendors may be growing increasingly desperate amid the global economic downturn, but customers must employ a range of tactics — not just bullying — to extract cost savings from them, a group of Forrester Research analysts said during a recent client teleconference, echoing the views of MarketShare's Jim Geisman in the previous article.
I2-JDA merger cancelled
SCM (supply chain management) software vendor i2 Technologies has scrapped its merger deal with JDA Software Group.
Fedora 10 released
The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project has released Fedora 10, which includes improvements in areas such as virtualisation management, networking, boot time and security.
New Sun tool
Sun has upgraded MySQL Enterprise, its subscription-based service for the open-source MySQL database, adding access to a query analysis tool for tracking and fixing problematic code and performance issues.
Sun reorganises, cuts up to 18% of workforce
Sun is laying off 15% to 18% of its employees as part of a restructuring plan aimed at saving US$700 million to $800 million a year, and its top software executive is leaving the company, Sun said Friday.
ERP maker Epicor to cut jobs
ERP vendor Epicor said Thursday it is cutting an unspecified number of jobs as part of a plan to save US$16 million to $20 million each year.
Microsoft zero-percent finance tackles credit crunch
Hoping to spark sales as companies put the squeeze on capital spending, Microsoft says that new customers of its Dynamics ERP and CRM applications in some parts of the world can apply for zero-percent, 36-month financing.
SAP confirms Wookey hiring, signals on-demand push
SAP has confirmed that it has hired former Oracle applications executive John Wookey, and says he will be charged with organising SAP's various on-demand offerings for large enterprises under a single strategy.
Weak economy creating IT buyer's market
The dismal economy may be hurting some software vendors' earnings reports and putting a crimp in IT budgets, but it has also created a buyer's market, according to users, consultants and industry observers.
Oracle buys Tacit IP
Oracle has bought the intellectual property of Tacit Software and hired all of its software engineers. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Survey: US tech wages fall in third quarter
Wages for U.S. tech jobs fell significantly in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, the IT staffing company Yoh Services said Thursday.
New CRM company bets on Mac
A startup called Ntractive believes so strongly in the growth of Macintosh use among businesses that it has based its CRM (customer relationship management) product on Apple technologies.
SAP invests in LinkedIn
SAP's venture capital arm has sunk an undisclosed sum of money into <a href="http://blog.linkedin.com">LinkedIn</a>, the business-oriented social-networking site.