SAP acquired Sybase, a maker of database and mobile- computing software, to add products that help corporate customers run applications on mobile devices. SAP, based in Walldorf, Germany, has made only two large acquisitions in its 39-year history: Sybase and business-intelligence company Business Objects for 4.8 billion euros in 2007.

The Ronald McDonald House team will integrate its new technologies to enhance family communications. An HP TouchSmart screen will replace a hallway Read more

Microsoft is beating the cloud-computing drum at its Tech-Ed North America conference and pointing to strong examples of companies using its cloud and development platforms. Industry analysts said Microsoft has one of the better cloud stories to tell at the Atlanta meeting. The support is effective immediately, Gupta wrote in a blog post.

“[RIM] needs to craft a compelling message that makes it clear what this thing is for,” says Charles Golvin, a mobile analyst with Read more

Microsoft has taken an important step to promote sustainability and transparency among its global suppliers. If more firms showed such leadership it would hold more suppliers accountable for protecting human and workers’ rights, and reduce the legal and reputational risks that companies and their shareholders face.

For many months after the acquisition closed, the Symmetrix and CLARiiON groups “just didn’t see eye-to-eye” on many architectural and development-related issues, Read more

These are dynamic times for Indian regional development and there is tremendous market potential in these cities that we are expanding into. We are seeing increasing demand for advanced technologies as business and government leaders transform the way they work and look for ways to gain competitive advantage.

It would make sense in light of the Skype acquisition — allowing Microsoft to sell a complete mobile Skype handset solution. Analyst Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group Read more

Some of IBM’s clients in these regions include metals companies Vandana Global and Jindal Steel in Raipur as well as Kurmanchal Bank and Uttarakhand Power Corporation in Dehradun. Key to India’s regional development is the cooperative bank segment where IBM is working a number of leading players across the country such as Nawanagar Cooperative Bank, Latur Cooperative Bank and Karad Cooperative Bank.

Microsoft already supports Hyper-V environments that include Red Hat Enterprise Read more

Riverbed is often thought off as the leader in WAN optimization, and we’ve seen, with these announcements, your broader cloud strategy begin to take shape. But that’s kind of where you’ve been leading to all along, no? It doesn’t seem quite accurate to describe Riverbed as a WAN optimization company that also now has a cloud strategy, too.

Department of Education to inspire and recruit teachers, a partnership with the British Council to drive access to education around the Read more

HP today announced that the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has chosen HP Converged Infrastructure to support its operations in 15 offices around the world with improved technology performance to meet demands of operating global charity efforts.

Some of the effects include starbursts, trees, ribbons and splats. New effects will debut throughout the campaign, along with special effects created by featured generative artists, Erik Natzke, Dr. Woohoo! and Marius Watz. The Read more

HP enables customers to bring personal touches into their homes in new ways with customizable home décor, artwork and photo gifts. Many gifts are easy to create online and convenient to purchase with in-store pickup on the same day, making them a great last-minute gift option. With the new photo organizer, collecting photos for books is easier than ever.

The solution can accommodate a range of customer needs – it can handle a small number of monthly invoices attached to email as a Read more

A sizeable number of companies (74 percent) surveyed by CompTIA say the ability to help implement IT initiatives that conserve energy is a top factor when considering which IT companies to hire. This finding is in line with other data in the association’s Second Annual Green IT Insights and Opportunities study, which reveals that companies consider power management, or the potential to save on energy costs to be the prime driver of green IT initiatives.

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Such an architecture can improve a company’s overall ability to analyze drug data and can transform the way an organization markets and delivers its product. However, implementing this type of solu-tion requires a strong commitment of business and technical stakeholders.

Microsoft already supports Hyper-V environments that include Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Suse Linux Enterprise Server. It added CentOS because it’s a popular distribution for hosting providers, a market Microsoft Read more