Vendors continue to free up some proprietary wares
At the Open Source Business Conference held last week in San Francisco, some big-name commercial vendors continued the trend of contributing formerly closed code into the open source community.
Stories by Ann Bednarz
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IBM picks up B-to-B specialist Viacore
IBM Wednesday announced its acquisition of Viacore for an undisclosed amount. Viacore provides software and services for linking supply chain partners that want to swap information about product capacity, inventory, delivery and forecasting.
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IBM acquires Bowstreet
IBM Tuesday announced it bought portal software maker Bowstreet for an undisclosed amount.
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SAP digs in as Oracle revs up
It's become a two-horse race between SAP and Oracle as the two dominant enterprise application vendors vie for greater share of customers' IT budgets. SAP holds a commanding lead over Oracle in terms of market share, but the latter is increasing its efforts to narrow the gap.
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Cisco, IBM link speech products
IBM and Cisco have announced plans to link some of their voice products to make it easier for organisations to develop and deploy self-service speech applications. The two vendors have been working to integrate IBM's WebSphere Voice Server and Cisco's Customer Voice Portal and expect to deliver a combined offering by midyear.
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Big vendors vie for RFID dollars
With a blitz of new radio frequency identification (RFID) products ready to ship, major platform vendors continue to bolster their efforts to make sure the wireless tracking technology is ready for corporate users to deploy.
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Microsoft beefs up SQL Server database
Microsoft has shared details about the business intelligence features it is adding to the forthcoming SQL Server 2005 database, code-named Yukon. New data integration, analysis and reporting tools are intended to help companies glean information from transactional systems without requiring third-party analytics software.
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IBM adds to compliance arsenal
IBM on Friday announced software aimed at helping companies comply with Basel II, the international banking accord.
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IBM builds up software war chest
IBM started off the year by announcing three acquisitions in a span of five weeks. Industry watchers expect it to use the technology and expertise gained to deliver software with more comprehensive vertical industry focus, along with services designed to appeal to a range of companies, including small and midsize businesses.
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Software helps users connect six degrees of separation
Conventional wisdom dictates it's not what you know, but who you know that matters. In the world of identity resolution software, that adage is particularly relevant.
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IBM buys BI specialist
IBM on Friday announced it acquired privately-held Systems Research & Development, for an undisclosed amount, to fill out its business intelligence middleware portfolio.
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ScanSoft stages three acquisitions
Speech recognition vendor ScanSoft this week announced plans to pay up to US$98 million to buy three vendors in an effort to strengthen its product portfolio in three key areas: directory assistance, wireless applications and enterprise speech applications.
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IBM bolsters its mainframe platform
IBM is working to make the mainframe - with its reputation for resilience and security - a key element not only in companies' legacy environments but also in their future IT blueprints.
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IBM champions identity management
IBM has introduced services aimed at helping companies build and maintain systems for securing both physical premises and virtual information repositories.
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IBM differs in acquisition strategy
Like cyclist Lance Armstrong in the Pyrenees Mountains, IBM's acquisitions strategists have picked up the pace. Just last month the company added application-monitoring software from Cyanea Systems and business intelligence development tools from Alphablox to its nearly $15 billion software division.
