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Informatica buys Siperian to fill MDM hole
Informatica has purchased master data management (MDM) vendor Siperian for about US$130 million, strengthening its hand against larger rivals such as IBM and Oracle.
Stock markets in 'data meltdown' threat
High speed electronic stock exchanges around the world face a possible data meltdown, as trading volumes grow exponentially with computers doing most of the selling and buying.
Kraft facing mammoth SAP integration as it buys Cadbury for £12bn
Kraft and Cadbury are facing up to a massive SAP integration project, after Cadbury today agreed to be bought by the US food giant for £11.9 billion.
Progress to buy BPM vendor Savvion for $49m
Progress Software announced it has purchased business process management (BPM) vendor Savvion for approximately US$49 million.
Lancashire planning £1.9bn shared services framework
Lancashire County Council is on the lookout for suppliers to provide up to £1.9 billion worth of IT services, which will be shared with its twelve borough councils, Cumbria County Council and other local bodies over a ten year period.
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Oracle to launch Fusion Apps in 2010
Oracle plans to launch its long-awaited Fusion Applications in 2010, and they will be deployable both on-premises and as SaaS, CEO Larry Ellison said during a keynote address at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.
Oracle shows off mass of products, development
An Oracle executive at OpenWorld cited the amount of products shipped, while the company also detailed developer plans
SPEC looks to set SOA benchmark
A standards body is looking to address one of the major problems with SOA, that of measuring performance.
Payment clearing house VocaLink targets database speed
VocaLink has said it is addressing its own network transaction speed and uptime, to support fast and real-time payment processing, placing some of the emphasis for speed on its Oracle database.
Insurance giant Zurich in talks on £1.5 billion IT services megadeal
Insurance giant Zurich Financial Services has entered into talks with CSC for a potential $2.4 billion (£1.5 billion) IT services deal.
London Stock Exchange platform acquisition ignites open source war of words
The London Stock Exchange’s decision to acquire Millennium IT, its next platform technology supplier, has sparked a war of words about open source versus proprietary software in high demand environments.
Barclays compliance system failures ‘the tip of industry iceberg’
Serious reporting system failures at Barclays Capital are only the tip of the iceberg in an industry riddled with IT compliance problems, according to analysts.
Morrisons’ IT overhaul pushes £20m additional saving
An Oracle-based IT overhaul at Morrisons will contribute to an additional £20 million savings by next year.
Oracle releases large security patch
Oracle has issued a large quarterly security patch, including ten security fixes for its database.
Oracle Fusion 11g vows to tackle middleware complexity
Oracle has promised businesses it is tackling the complexity of IT infrastructure, with the release of Fusion Middleware 11g.
Oracle launches Fusion Middleware 11g
Oracle has launched a major chunk of Fusion Middleware 11g, the foundation for its next-generation Fusion Applications.
Oracle to launch Fusion Middleware 11g on Wednesday
Oracle will unveil a major chunk of Fusion Middleware 11g, the foundation for its next-generation Fusion Applications, on Wednesday.
IT integration problems ‘delaying’ Citi - Morgan Stanley £9bn venture
A raft of challenges integrating the IT systems at Citigroup and Morgan Stanley will reportedly hold up the financial benefits of their brokerage venture by two years.
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g finally gets release date
Oracle will finally release its long-awaited Fusion Middleware 11g products on 1 July.
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