Closing…closed, Infor buys Predictix
What difference a few days can make. Last week Charles Philips, CEO answered an analyst question about completing the acquisition of Predictix after a brief whispered consult. He said “Well it’s...
Open Mainframe Project continues to grow
Last year, IBM and the Linux Foundation launched the Open Mainframe Project designed to widen the appeal of Linux on the mainframe. The announcement made sense as IBM was just launching...
Xero Banks on water
Xero has recently announced enhancements to the business network that the cloud based accounting software has been pioneering. One in New Zealand sees the connection of Watercare allowing customers to view and...
Xero users get Power-BI big data boost
At Xerocon London 2016, Gary Turner, UK Managing Director, Xero announced an integration with Microsoft that would allow Xero users to take advantage of PowerBI. The announcement made on stage was...
Salesforce opens data centre doors down under
Salesforce has finally opened the doors of a data centre in Australia. This is not one of Salesforce’s own data centres as they are using AWS Sydney Region. The announcement comes...
Salesforce to light up Sydney region soon
Salesforce has announced it will open up a Sydney region before the end of 2017. The announcement came at the Salesforce World Tour in Sydney. It is the growth of customers...
Accenture on Oracle
At OpenWorld this year Enterprise Times sat down with Phill Wallace, managing director at Accenture to talk about Oracle. Wallace heads up the Oracle practice at Accenture for the UK and...
OMG 2020 vision with NetSuite in Japan
Oh My Glasses (OMG) was founded in 2012 with an ecommerce platform that enables Japanese to purchase glasses on line for the first time. They have since grown successfully and deployed...
Xero enhances retail capabilities with Vend
The Xero strapline of “beautiful accounting software” is starting to feel like an understatement. One of the strengths of Xero is its app marketplace that enables small business to take an...
Customers want security guarantees
The software industry has always refused to take responsibility for its own products. Attempt to ask for a fit for purpose statement and software vendors laugh. They have always hidden behind...
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SonicWall admits to attack on SMA software
Firewall and network security vendor SonicWall has issued a set of security advisories since Friday. It has warned: "SonicWall identified a coordinated attack on...
Less is more as Reputation.com becomes Reputation
Reputation.com, the leader in reputation experience management, has rebranded to Reputation. It has simplified its logo at the same time whilst retaining a nod...
Charles Brett’s Blockchain Catch-up for Week 3
This is a Charles Brett's start-of-the-week Enterprise Times ‘blockchain catch-up’ for Week 3. Necessarily it is idiosyncratic and selective.
It is not intended to be...
Namogoo launches intent-based promotions solution
Namogoo, a provider of digital journey continuity platform, has launched an Intent-Based Promotions solution. The solution helps retailers of all sizes with automated incentives...
Ohme moves to make EV charging as cheap as possible
Ohme has launched the Ohme App, a free smart charging app for electric vehicles (EV). The app contains many of the features currently only...
Aprika adds some magic to Resource Management
Aprika has unveiled the latest update to Mission Control, its PSA solution built on the Salesforce platform. Version 1.56 includes an updated Resource Management...
EUR272.5m in GDPR fines imposed by European regulators
EUR272.5 million of fines have been imposed for a wide range of infringements of EU’s data protection (GDPR) laws. This is the equivalent of...
Can your CIO keep up with digital transformation?
The latest Global CIO report (registration required) from Dynatrace has highlighted the challenges of digital transformation. It discovered that as the speed of digital...
Citrix buys Wrike – a brilliant strategic move or mad gamble?
Citrix has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wrike for $2.25 billion in cash. This is 16x the $140 million unaudited SaaS ARR...
BiiLabs introduces blockchain-based payments for supporting digital currencies
BiiLabs is a Taiwan-based startup. Using blockchain technologies it has developed BlaPay. This is a solution for merchants wishing to lower transaction fees, aggregate...
SAP publishes new reports and unveils replenishment solution for retailers
January has been a busy month for SAP. The company unveiled a new report about the changing shopping behaviour of Baby Boomer and Generation...
Cloverleaf continues to prove its worth
Infor Cloverleaf continues to solve the interoperability challenges across the world in healthcare. Prevent Senior, a major Brazilian healthcare company has selected Infor Cloverleaf....
NTT offers early warning system to SolarWinds clients
NTT has built an early warning sensor to detect attacks related to the recent SolarWinds. It is being offered free-of-charge for 30-days to qualified...
Shopify survey the costs of starting a US business
The Research undertaken by Shopify indicates the average US small business owner spends $40,000 in their first year of business. In October, Shopify surveyed...
