Enterprise IT

Oracle's recent acquisition of RightNow raises a question: Can multiple cloud companies be merged together to form a tightly coupled suite of solutions like those which were promised but never delivered during the client-server era? On the face of things, it would appear that merging cloud companies...

As an observer of the IT and Internet industries for several decades, I watch with great amusement as new buzzwords surface for old concepts. Not too long ago, the term "cloud computing" appeared on the scene. The technology concept behind cloud computing has been around for more than 50 years, and ...

Last week, Calxeda launched its ARM-based "EnergyCore" Server on a Chip, which the company said consumes as little as 1.5 watts -- the first server CPU to achieve this milestone. This makes EnergyCore ideal for workloads such as Web serving, Big Data applications, scalable analytics such as Apache ...

For most of the short history of computing, people have been forced to adapt to the way computers work, rather than the other way around; however, that trend is starting to change in a big way. The rise of cloud computing, social networking and mobile connectivity has put individuals and their needs...

HP has made up its mind: New CEO Meg Whitman announced Thursday the PC business is sticking around, at least in the short term. The company had been pondering whether to continue selling personal computers. Earlier this year, under the leadership of then-CEO Leo Apotheker, HP said strategic options ...

Microsoft beat sales estimates Thursday when it announced record-setting revenue levels in its fiscal first quarter, thanks in part to strong sales in the cloud-based business operations, which overcame slow growth in the PC and mobile markets. The software giant posted net income of $5.74 billion a...

The U.S. Department of Labor and Facebook are collaborating on an initiative that they hope will link more unemployed people with potential employers -- a job search page on Facebook. The page also highlights available training programs and educational opportunities. Facebook intends to drive traffi...

Dropbox has completed a $250 million Series B financing -- a windfall for a company whose fundraising up until now has netted $7.2 million. The financing was led by Index Ventures. Dropbox plans to use its new riches to accelerate its growth, make acquisitions, pursue partnerships and otherwise grow...

The Novell v. Microsoft antitrust lawsuit entered its trial phase in the Utah U.S. District Court this week, with jury selection taking place on Monday. The case, which Novell originally filed in 2004, has traveled a long and winding road. Novell won the right to go forward with the trial in May 201...

Google appears to be working on an online music store that will compete with the established offerings of Apple and Amazon. How competitive this online store will be is unclear, at least based on what is currently reported about its status. Google reportedly has held talks with Universal Music Group...

As of Friday, Skype, the popular video and voice service, is a division of Microsoft. The $8.5 billion acquisition was announced in May, and the U.S. Justice Department quickly cleared the sale. Antitrust regulators in the European Union signed off earlier this month, although Microsoft acknowledged...

When people think of traditional channel companies in the tech industry, a wide array of distributors, systems integrators, or value-added resellers usually comes to mind. These players have an important role in the cloud, but a new form of cloud-enabled channel is also beginning to emerge. The trad...

Ejected from Oracle's Open World. An impromptu gathering at a nearby restaurant. Fulsome explanations from PR flacks and tweets galore. The relations between Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Salesforce.com chief Marc Benioff went from wary and grudging mutual admiration, to red hot rhetoric. How red hot...

Recent corporate shake-ups at Yahoo and anonymous insider reports to various media outlets added fuel to the fiery rumors that Microsoft is eyeing an acquisition of the search engine. Though Microsoft reportedly denied assertions that it was looking into buying Yahoo, the search engine's stock value...

Oracle announced at its OpenWorld conference on Monday that it's ramping up its move into big data analytics. An Oracle big data appliance was one of the announcements made at OpenWorld 2011 by Thomas Kurian, Oracle executive VP of product development. Big data also featured prominently in a Monday ...