“Loneliness in older adults has been described as ‘your world dying before you do'”
The IBM Institute of Business Value (IBV) has published a fascinating report:: "Loneliness and the aging population - how businesses and governments can address a looming crisis". It is recommended reading, irrespective...
Oracle shareholders hit them with suit for NetSuite deal
According to Law360 (subscription required), Oracle was hit by a suit in the Delaware Chancery Court on Monday. It accuses founder Larry Ellison of deliberately overpaying for NetSuite. The NetSuite deal saw...
SAP boosts Africa Code Week – so can you
SAP has announced that it is to support Africa Code Week as part of SuccessConnect in London. SAP will donate one euro for every tweet that includes both #SConnect17 and #AfricaCodeWeek...
Aubrey Blanche talks diversity
Organisations are keen to show off their equality programmes at the moment. But how good are those programmes and how easy is it to create something that is really meeting expectations?...
Talking social philanthropy with Jessica Hyman
Like many new technologies companies, Atlassian has its own programme for giving back to the community. At the Atlassian Summit Europe in Barcelona, Enterprise Times caught up with Pledge 1% evangelist,...
Clouds crash latest telco, Verizon’s, dreams
This week Verizon announced it was selling its cloud and managed hosting businesses to IBM. This was soft-soaped with the usual bland words: “(this is a) unique cooperation between two tech...
Brocade reveals skills issues for IT
A survey by storage networking vendor Brocade has revealed that IT teams will struggle due to skills shortages over the next 12 months. For many organisations this is nothing new. They...
FinancialForce hits 40% growth but is it enough?
FinancialForce has declared another year of record growth. It saw revenues for its Financial Management solution grow by 40% and the addition of several well known organisations. Those wins included government...
Coinsilium raises cash for blockchain
Coinsilium Group Limited has announced it has successfully raised £118,000 from issuing new shares. A large part of the money is to be used to invest in a blockchain-based management system for digital...
Is enterprise mobility delivering ROI?
The IBM Institute of Business Value (IBV) has published its latest report on Enterprise Mobility. The demand for mobile apps continues to grow and enterprises are investing large amounts of money in...