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SAP last week released SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA, which marries its popular integrated applications with its high performance business analytics platform. SAP Business Suite is the largest application SAP has in terms of customers, said Ken Tsai, VP, SAP Hana product marketing at SAP. ...

When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton famously replied "because that's where the money is." Many e-commerce businesses adopt Willie's strategy by focusing their marketing efforts where all the people are. That may work for robbery, but it's a poor strategy for e-commerce. Instead, adopt an ...

Google is facing pressure from the European Union to change the way it presents its search results or face antitrust charges. The EU is concerned that Google is abusing its position as a search leader by promoting its own search services, such as its maps, weather or online shopping information, ove...

Nokia posted a banner Q4 on Thursday, fueled in large part by brisk sales of the Lumia smartphone. The news was a pleasant surprise to shareholders as the company had forecast a loss as recently as October. Of the total 86.3 million devices sold, 4.4 million units were from the Lumia line, a signifi...

B-day is looming for RIM: On Jan. 30, the BlackBerry maker will debut its new BB10 platform. Over the past several months, it has been steadily revealing information about the OS and the devices that will run it. More information about its strategy came to light at CES, where CMO Frank Boulben gave ...

All the hype about Big Data over the past year has succeeded in educating executives in organizations of all sizes across nearly every industry about the unprecedented potential to use analytics to improve operations, sales effectiveness and customer support. However, the hype has also too often mad...

Amazon on Thursday launched AutoRip, a free service that provides MP3 digital versions of music consumers purchase from the company. The service will automatically add free MP3 versions of AutoRip CDs to their Amazon Cloud Player libraries when purchased. The service requires that the consumer have ...

The FCC plans to open up a new batch of wireless spectrum to bring faster and more reliable access to public WiFi hotspots, its chairman announced Wednesday during a talk at the 2013 CES, although it will have to overcome some obstacles. The commission seeks to free up 195 Mhz of spectrum in the 5 G...

Pebble is poised to start shipping its smartwatch, company founder Eric Migicovsky announced at CES on Wednesday. The device -- a wristwatch that connects wirelessly with Android smartphones and the iPhone -- was a sensation when it was featured on Kickstarter early last year, raising more than $10 ...

Target has announced that its brick-and-mortar stores will extend the company's holiday season price-matching policy year round. It has promised to match the prices customers find on identical "qualifying" products at Amazon, as well as the e-commerce websites of Walmart, Best Buy, Toys 'R' Us, Babi...

The cloud may be the future, but it's not a bed of roses. The Amazon Cloud had a meltdown on Christmas Eve, affecting many customers who use the service. Companies that use Amazon as their cloud, their customers and workers were all affected. What should we learn from this high-profile meltdown? It ...

Dish Network has made a multifaceted offer to acquire all or part of Clearwire, potentially complicating Sprint's recent proposal to acquire the rest of the wireless network operator. Sprint, which is already Clearwire's majority stakeholder, last month announced a proposal to buy the remaining 49 p...

The next-gen e-commerce player is globally minded and logistically savvy, with an eye firmly fixed on the opportunities presented by mobile. If you think this sounds like Amazon, you're right. However, it also applies to countless other etailers and service providers positioning themselves for growt...

Amazon's stock price reached an all-time high of $268.98 per share on Monday -- a far far cry from its debut at $16 per share 16 years ago. The stock was off only slightly on Tuesday, closing at $266.38. The company's share price has been steadily climbing. Monday's spike of 4 percent followed an up...

Samsung on Tuesday predicted record earnings for the fourth quarter as its mobile device line, led by the popular Galaxy S III, continued to dominate the smartphone market. In an earnings preview, the company estimated its operating profit will jump to about $8.3 billion for the quarter -- an 88.8 p...