The Elastic Cloud X2-2 is the cloud middleware expressly designed for Oracle's SPARC Exalogic, which is the company's new hardware platform for cloud systems. Its sister product, Exadata, is the SPARC database server. Oracle isn't shy about claiming that they're both...
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Dec 13, 2010
Nothing like a nice liquidity event to spark venture capitalist interest. Last week, on-demand-software giant Salesforce.com (CRM) acquired a software startup called Heroku for $212 million in cash. The startup, which provides a sandbox for software developers to...
Dec 8, 2010
Salesforce.com is hoping to grow the use of its enterprise social networking services by adopting a Facebook-like model that lets anyone in a company invite their colleagues to collaborate on projects at no additional charge. Salesforce.com, whose core business is...
Dec 6, 2010
DREAMFORCE 2010 - Aria Systems, Inc. (http://www.AriaSystems.com), the leading provider of cloud billing and subscription management solutions, today announced its next phase of integration with Salesforce CRM. The new enhancements provide even tighter integration...
Dec 6, 2010
Now that Software AG has integrated the process design technology acquired from IDS Scheer, customers can next expect the German business process management vendor to enable the platform for the cloud, mobility and social collaboration. Software AG will offer its ARIS...
Dec 1, 2010
SOURCE: Marketwire iQuote Xpress, a worldwide provider of sales proposal, e-catalog, product configuration and reporting software, today announced it will be a bronze sponsor of salesforce.com's Dreamforce conference. The event will be held December 6-9, 2010 at the...
Dec 1, 2010
SOURCE:Â Red Hat Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that it has acquired Makara, a developer of deployment and management solutions for applications in the cloud. Makara's technologies will accelerate the development...
Nov 23, 2010
PC giant Hewlett Packard (HPQ) is probably going to sign a mega customer relationship management (CRM) deal with Salesforce.com for about 35,000 to 40,000 seats, a move that might end up replacing Oracle Siebel as its CRM provider. "HPQ is completely shutting down...
Nov 22, 2010
Amazon Web Services (AWS) now allows users of its cloud computing platform to take advantage of the extra power graphics processing units (GPUs) can give. The company hopes the move will attract high-performance computing applications to its service. AWS has added a...
Nov 19, 2010
Shares of Salesforce.com soared nearly 16% Friday morning to $134 as investors rushed to buy into the company after it reported record quarterly revenue that was up 30% in the third quarter. The company impressed the Street with its booking and billings numbers, the...
