acquisition
Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment The proposed acquisition has not been looked on favourably by the regulators, however, with the EC registering concerns over its possible negative effect on competition. The Commission has yet to give its official... [19 Nov 2009]
Why Financial Reporting Valuation Matters on Private Equity Deals
White Paper Because private equity investors do not always incorporate pure GAAP financial metrics in valuing a target upon acquisition or exit, financial statement presentation may not be one of their top priorities. [13 Nov 2009]
Stop Application Fraud at the Source With Device Reputation
White Paper Device fingerprinting coupled with the device's reputation helps identify the bad guys in the acquisition channel, so one don't have to rely on other fraud detection tools that drive up the cost to decision an application. [13 Nov 2009]
Security "Point" Solutions Are Not a 4 Letter Word: Why Purpose-Built Solutions for Patch and Configuration Management Continue to Be a Good Thing
White Paper Large vendors with a healthy appetite for acquisition would have buyers of security software believe that this consolidation is a good thing; that bigger is better, that built-in is tops, and that individual... [12 Nov 2009]
OPC Security White Paper #2: OPC Exposed
White Paper Off late, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), process control and industrial manufacturing systems have increasingly relied on commercial Information Technologies (IT) such as Ethernet, Transmission Control... [11 Nov 2009]
CRM, ERP, BI, and IT Investment - Where Do You Find the Business Benefit?
White Paper They want to gain some advantage with customer retention and acquisition, to manage the sales pipeline and to have better market insight. Most companies want to use CRM applications as a way to "Supercharge" their sales... [11 Nov 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal draws official objections from EC
News The European Commission has formally objected to Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from Sun, the EC has filed a statement of objections, which says the... [10 Nov 2009]
Automated Vulnerability Detection System
White Paper But when examining vulnerability scanning as an outsourced service, one really important further factor must be taken into consideration - the credibility and expertise of the outsourcing partner with respect to vulnerability data... [09 Nov 2009]
Enterprise Document Assessment: The Path From TCO to Business Flexibility
White Paper Most enterprises have already made the transition from focusing on acquisition cost to considering Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) when evaluating a business solution. With the convergence of document management... [08 Nov 2009]
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment That number is larger than most potential acquisition targets. So why are Indian outsourcing firms acquisition-shy? There is a clear feeling that it's cheaper for firms to grow organically than to spend... [06 Nov 2009]
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online - 1888-TRASHIT! Case Study
White Paper wanted a CRM system that could capture, share, and use customer data specific to the company's operations to improve customer acquisition and retention. 1-888-TRASH-IT! Company managers evaluated five CRM systems and... [28 Oct 2009]
Coating Excellence International - Manuafacturer Gains Real-Time Production Data, Reduces Licensing Costs by 15 Percent
White Paper And by signing a Microsoft Volume Licensing Enterprise Agreement, it cut software license acquisition and management costs, set a predictable licensing cost per desktop, and gained Software Assurance benefits. [28 Oct 2009]
Microsoft is learning to share - but not soon enough?
Comment If Microsoft does go the acquisition route, integration could still take a while. Jive, an enterprise-focused social software company, has a catchy tagline: it says it's going to "liberate SharePoint content". [20 Oct 2009]
The benefits of IBM. The savings of open source.
White Paper Initially, deployment environments like JBoss® have an advantagezero initial software acquisition costs. Recently, Open Source Software has been gaining in popularity due to the ability it provides users to view and... [20 Oct 2009]
BlackBerry Storm2: RIM's second touchscreen - this time with wi-fi
News We announced recently the acquisition of Torch Mobile and whilst we're not talking about future product releases that obviously states our intent as a company to continue to invest and improve our browsing experience. [15 Oct 2009]