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Oracle Buys RightNow for $1.5B
Oracle announced that it has agreed to acquire Bozeman, Mont.-based cloud services firm RightNow Technologies for $1.5 billion in a deal that should close sometime at the end of this year or early 2012 and which likely positions Oracle to better pit itself head-to-head against Salesforce.com. The acquisition is a huge win for the education-heavy…
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Oracle Releases NoSQL Database
Oracle announced a key offering in the company’s portfolio of "big data" technology, the NoSQL database, which is available for download via the Oracle Technology Network. The NoSQL database enables customers to manage large amounts of data with dynamic schemas such as Web log data, sensor and smart meter data, data gathered for personalization and…
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Google Apps L.A. Deployment Delayed by Security Requirements
Google’s complete (NASDAQ:GOOG) implementation of its Google Apps cloud collaboration software for Los Angeles has been delayed due to additional security requirements from the city’s police department. When Google scored the Los Angeles contract to provide its Gmail and other applications for Los Angeles’ 30,000 municipal employees in December 2009, it marked a watershed win.…
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HP Offers Business Services for Mobile Devices
Hewlett-Packard is creating a suite of services aimed at helping enterprises extend their businesses applications to employees and customers who are using mobile devices. The HP Mobile Applications Services, announced Oct. 24, are designed to enable workers and consumers to access applications, data and businesses processes through any device and from any location. HP, like…
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Zenith Infotech Default Heads to Bombay High Court
Zenith Infotech’s bondholders, QVT Financial, have sued and will take the cloud company to a Bombay court on Wednesday, just a few weeks after Zenith Infotech defaulted on repayment of its bonds. Moneycontrol.com reports the case will be heard in Bombay High Court on Oct. 26 and has been filed against Zenith Infotech, its promoters,…
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Google Docs Presentations Offers Real-Time Collaboration
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Oct. 18 upgraded its Google Docs presentations capabilities, adding real-time collaboration capabilities and more than 50 other new features to better compete with Microsoft Office Web Apps and other tools. Docs presentations won’t be mistaken for Google Wave, the failed collaboration platform that leveraged XMPP to run in real time. However, the online…