Larry Barrett

Desperate to demonstrate it can deliver a worthwhile cloud-based application platform to keep pace with Google, Oracle, Cisco and Microsoft, SAP is rolling out StreamWork, an on-demand collaborative decision-making suite that lets users create and share documents, wikis and applications online within the same software platform. StreamWork is SAP’s (NYSE: SAP) first significant cloud computing […]

Rimini Street, a third-party software support provider, is countersuing Oracle and accusing the software giant of copyright misuse, defamation, disparagement, trade libel and unfair competition under the California Business and Professions Code. Las Vegas-based Rimini Street is a rarity, a successful third-party support provider for Oracle’s Siebel, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards suites as well as […]

Oracle topped analysts’ sales and earnings estimates again in its third fiscal quarter thanks to better than expected sales of software products and immediate contributions from Sun Microsystems, which it acquired in January, For the quarter ended February 28, 2010, Oracle reported income of $1.2 billion, or $0.23 a share, including one-time charges and expenses, […]

IBM said this week that just two months after rolling out its LotusLive partner program, it now has recruited more than 200 partners to sell its cloud-based e-mail, Web conferencing and collaboration applications. Company officials said new integrated apps from the likes of Skype and Silanis have helped make the case for IBM’s cloud-based suite […]

When it comes to protecting personal information, IBM is the top dog among technology companies, according to the latest customer survey by security researcher Ponemon Institute. Among all industries, IBM (NYSE: IBM) ranks second only to American Express (NYSE: AXP) and ahead of HP (NYSE: HPQ), No. 4 overall, and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), which checked […]

Security software vendor McAfee this week launched its new Consumer Threat Alert program, a blog and e-mail subscription service dedicated to keeping consumers up to date on the latest malware and online scams circulating throughout cyberspace. The program’s initial advisory was a primer on scareware, also known as rogue software or fake antivirus software, which […]

The reshuffling of SAP’s management suite continued Thursday when the German software giant named Gerhard Oswald as its new chief operating officer, replacing Erwin Gunst who resigned due to health issues. Oswald, a nearly 30-year SAP veteran, was previously responsible for the company’s global service and support group and has served as an executive board […]

IBM plans to make several parts of its extensive software portfolio available in a cloud-computing environment as part of an effort to help professors around the world to incorporate technology into their curricula. Company officials on Wednesday said IBM worked with more than 200 academic and technology leaders to figure out the best ways to […]

Oracle on Monday added another key piece to its Fusion middleware suite, acquiring AmberPoint, a privately held maker of service-oriented architecture (SOA) management applications. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. AmberPoint, based in Oakland, Calif., develops software used by enterprise customers to diagnose and resolve issues in application performance and business transactions where […]

IBM on Thursday said it has been awarded a contract to design a secure cloud-computing infrastructure for the U.S. Air Force. The 10-month project will challenge IBM (NYSE: IBM) to introduce advanced cyber security and analytics technologies in the cloud that can support high-level defense and intelligence networks. Financial terms of the deal were not […]