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The rise and rise of Infor
Comment David Lister Royal Bank of Scotland Ask most industry people to name a success story and they might well mention Salesforce.com. But they would be overlooking the far more impressive achievements of Infor, argues Bob... [06 Aug 2008]
ViewWise Supports Audit Trail for Manufacturing Companies
White Paper When David Smith, Vice President of Taycar Enterprises Inc.recognized his company's need for a Document Management solution, the circumstances were unique. Executives come to the realization that their companies need an... [05 Aug 2008]
LiMo adds browser-based UI kit to arsenal
News The mobile Linux company Movial officially joined the LiMo Foundation on Monday, bringing with it its toolkit for creating browser-based user interfaces. Movial was one of the companies involved in the LiPS Forum, a group that was... [05 Aug 2008]
IT chiefs brace for recession
News David Lister Royal Bank of Scotland The prospect of the UK heading into a full blown recession is forcing some IT chiefs to reassess their tech strategy and investment. For the second time in a row, the silicon.com CIO... [04 Aug 2008]
Yahoo!'s board gets shareholder backing
News David Yu Betfair Yahoo! s board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO, receiving 85 per cent of the vote in his favour. [04 Aug 2008]
Infosys launches radical retail tech services
News David Yu Betfair Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan is an unassuming man, who doesn't use his position to be imposing. It's less important for him to be the company's controller than to look like he is. Perhaps it comes... [01 Aug 2008]
Inbox: Vista, Bletchley Park and Cuil
Comment David Fletcher, UK The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. Microsoft has been beating the Vista drum again. And Vista versus XP (and... [31 Jul 2008]
Google to invest in start-ups?
News Google senior VP David Drummond is expected to lead the effort, according to people who were briefed on the discussions. Google is revisiting efforts to create a venture capital arm, according to a report on The Wall... [31 Jul 2008]
Start-ups try to cut slice of Google pie
News Clickable CEO David Kidder said that part of the growth plan in the next year will be to create a single "Clickable" interface for other types of web advertising, including social media and display ads. [30 Jul 2008]
BT's Ribbit buy to take on Android?
News BT has bought internet-telephony company Ribbit, in a move that will bring the communications giant up against competitors ranging from Skype to Google's Android platform. In the deal, announced on Tuesday, BT has agreed to pay $105m in... [30 Jul 2008]
The McCue Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment David Lister Chief Architect, Royal Bank of Scotland After a rollercoaster ride at telco NTL Phil Pavitt was contemplating a more relaxing semi-retirement that involved spending more time at his house in France, flying... [29 Jul 2008]
BT embraces open source for business
News BT has joined FossBazaar, an enterprise open-source community and workgroup of the Linux Foundation. The communications and IT giant has already been a member of the Linux Foundation since 2005. According to a statement this week, BT... [25 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. Speaking at a Westminster e-Forum on data... [22 Jul 2008]
Microsoft and Time Warner making plans?
News Microsoft is in discussions with Time Warner over how to combine Microsoft and AOL's online groups, The Wall Street Journal has claimed. A Thursday article in the newspaper claimed there had been a meeting between the two companies in... [18 Jul 2008]
Video: Best Practices for Server Migration
White Paper It features the advice of world-class IT leaders, such as David Love, COO of Ortiva Wireless; Kat Lind, Chief Systems Engineer of Solitaire Interglobal; and Brad Day, VP of the Forrester Research Group. [17 Jul 2008]
