acquisitions
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment They have accumulated piles of cash so you would think top Indian outsourcing firms such as Infosys Technologies and Wipro Ltd would go hunting for sizeable acquisitions in the current market. So outsourcing firms have... [06 Nov 2009]
UK software industry - alive and kicking
News Two UK software companies - Sage and Autonomy - are now listed in the FTSE100 and, together with others such as Misys and MicroFocus, have been making acquisitions overseas. The UK software industry is alive and kicking... [23 Oct 2009]
Panostaja Oyj Provides a Competitive Edge for Subsidiaries With Effective Reporting System
White Paper Panostaja Oyj wanted to obtain a scalable and reliable financial reporting system to meet the needs of the quickly growing business, which had doubled in annual revenue and number of business areas due to mergers and... [02 Oct 2009]
NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. Standardizes Data Across Multiple Sales Channels With Hosted Solution
White Paper NEC Unified Solutions wanted to unify sales, forecast, and pipeline data to gain a single view across various sales channels, including direct sales and resellers across North America and standardize sales processes and consolidate... [02 Oct 2009]
Kodak Graphic Communications Group Accelerates Lead-to-Cash Cycle With Integrated Customer View
White Paper The challenge was to replace numerous disparate contact information management systems originally resulting from six acquisitions with an integrated solution for sales force automation and Customer Relationship... [02 Oct 2009]
Centralization of IP Communications
White Paper Mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs are standard events for large enterprises. Converged data and communication networks are a reality in most large and extra-large enterprises. How can one make the most of these resources? [02 Oct 2009]
Galam Ltd. Streamlines Manufacturing Processes and Improves Business Intelligence Reporting
White Paper Galam Ltd.wanted to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that can manage the company's rapid growth, support mergers and acquisitions, and streamline international expansion and eliminate manual data... [01 Oct 2009]
Corix Soaks in Enhanced IT Productivity and Performance With Dynamics NAV
White Paper Corix has grown in part via acquisitions which resulted in a patchwork of disparate IT systems that was proving costly to maintain. The Corix Group of Companies specializes in providing products and utility solutions for... [01 Oct 2009]
ProQuest Streamlines Subscription Renewals With Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
White Paper ProQuest wanted to manage a complex global order and billing system servicing approximately 60,000 contracts per year, including multiyear subscription models and contracts for numerous services brought together via... [30 Sep 2009]
How to avoid getting burned when outsourcing
News This drove down revenues from existing BPO deals within the financial services sector and saw the number of FS customers reduced following subsequent mergers and acquisitions. Want to avoid getting burned when signing a... [30 Sep 2009]
Why BI is Ripe - NOW! - for Businesses of Any Size: Exploring the Vast Potential of BI and EPM
White Paper Oracle, through acquisitions and its own software development, has turned its attention to the mid-market with a coordinated approach that is powerful, innovative and - most important - highly attuned to the needs and... [24 Sep 2009]
SAS Drives Savings and Revenues for 1-800-Flowers.com
White Paper 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has grown its family of gift brands to more than 14 through a combination of internal development and strategic acquisitions in the past nine years. The challenge for 1-800-FLOWERS.COM was that it... [19 Sep 2009]
Management Magnified: Strategies for Revenue Growth in an Economic Downturn
White Paper Mergers and acquisitions - another avenue to growth - also fell, as funds dried up and companies became reluctant to borrow. At first glance, the global economic crisis, which began in the US financial sector, does not... [16 Sep 2009]
US ramps up probe into Microsoft-Yahoo! search deal
News But the deal - years in the making - could have arrived at a time when the DOJ is more in interested mergers and acquisitions than under past administrations. The long road toward Microsoft and Yahoo! [14 Sep 2009]
Cloud vendor shakeup on the horizon
Comment It will be interesting to see how VMWare plans to incorporate the SpringSource and Hyperic assets into its portfolio, and what (if any) other complementary acquisitions they will make. The cloud applications space is on... [01 Sep 2009]