Monthly Archives: December 2007
The ERP Big Picture
What does the old technology concept of enterprise resource planning (ERP) have to teach us about the new interest in green information technology? A...
Dell Making Big Headway in Storage Disk Market
Dell has struggled to find growth recently in its core PC business, but it appears to have found ample room and opportunity in disk...
Intel Launches Managed Services Portal
Intel is helping to give the European managed service market a kick start by launching software based around a Web portal aimed at helping...
FireScope Opens BSM Online Marketplace
Business service management startup FireScope will launch a new online marketplace on Dec. 10 that pulls together products and resources aimed at helping IT...
HP Targets Enterprise Printing Sector
Hewlett-Packard is aggressively targeting the enterprise printer sector by launching a new channel program that gives VARs incentives to attack the market.The vendor said...
Seagate Acquires E-Discovery Vendor MetaLincs
Disk drive maker Seagate Technology announced Dec. 6 that it will acquire 4-year-old, privately held e-discovery software provider MetaLincs. Financial terms were not disclosed.MetaLincs'...
AMD Phenom, Barcelona Chips Hit by Lock-up Bug
Advanced Micro Devices has confirmed a bug that can cause its new Phenom and existing Barcelona processors to lock up.
Specifically, AMD has found a...
NetSuite Plans Google-Style Auction IPO
NetSuite's IPO dreams are coming to fruition—with a twist.NetSuite plans to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange Dec. 21 under the symbol...
SAP Builds New Business User Apps Product Group
BOSTON—SAP is developing business user applications—a term coined in the 48 hours after head of development Shai Agassi resigned in March—as a fourth product...
Lawmakers Call for Tougher Infringement Penalties
The same bipartisan group that pushed patent reform through the U.S. House calling for reduced infringement awards introduced legislation Dec. 5 to increase criminal...