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Office workers hang on to paper

Office employees are loath to give up the vast amount of paper stored in their filing cabinets, much to the chagrin of companies that sell scanners and electronic document management systems.

CA Identity Manager integrated with Salesforce app

CA Identity Manager can now be used to automate processes, such as provisioning and de-provisioning user access, for Salesforce.com’s sales forecasting application.

Talend to open source data management suite

Talend to open source data management suite

An open source MDM (master data management) suite from Talend is now available, giving companies a lower priced option to proprietary products from the likes of Tibco, Kalido and IBM, the company announced.

IBM reveals 'Project Vulcan' at Lotusphere 2010

IBM hinted at the future of Lotus, unveiling an ambitious plan called Project Vulcan that is aimed at a wholesale integration of collaboration tools regardless of whether they run in the cloud or on corporate networks.

Microsoft plans May launch for SQL Server 2008 R2

SQL Server 2008 R2, the latest version of Microsoft's flagship database, will be generally available in May, the company said Tuesday.

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Veteran Affairs, Kaiser Permanente launch electronic health records exchange

In a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership, health-care network giant Kaiser Permanente and the US Department of Veterans Affairs today unveiled a pilot programme they've been using to share patient electronic health records over the past several months.

NAO: Government needs better bank data after £850bn bailout

NAO: Government needs better bank data after £850bn bailout

The government was ‘justified’ in bailing out the banks with £850 billion of public money, Whitehall’s financial auditor said today, but it needs better access to bank liquidity data in order to support its fast decision-making.

IBM beefs up database security with Guardium

IBM has bought database security vendor Guardium and is set to roll the company's products into the IBM Information on Demand product portfolio.

Content management interoperability standard almost ready

A proposed standard aimed at helping content management systems communicate with each other could be finalised early next year.

SAP ties call centres into back office applications

German software solutions provider SAP announced its Business Communication Management (BCM) offering, enabling firms to integrate contact centres with other back office applications and a host of other connectivity points.

Microsoft battles Oracle and SAP

Microsoft can't boast the ERP (enterprise resource planning) application revenue earned by giants SAP and Oracle, nor equal their breadth of technological capabilities, but its tight focus on small and medium sized businesses gives it an edge, according to observers and company officials.

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

Dell stresses efficiency at OpenWorld conference

The multifaceted plan for driving out IT inefficiency and boosting innovation is championed by Dell and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison

IBM inflates WebSphere product suite

A slew of products are offered in the WebSphere Version 7 upgrade, with a focus on BPM, SOA, and business strategy layers for IT

Oracle fined over benchmarking claims

Oracle fined over benchmarking claims

Oracle has been hit with a $10,000 fine for misleading potential users about the performance of its software running on Sun Microsystems server hardware.

Talend to launch open source MDM product

Open source data integration company Talend has bought Master Data Management (MDM) technology of Amalto Technologies and is set to follow its approach withdata integration products and launch a free version as well as a fuller, paid-for corporate version of the product.

Microsoft buys up technology for Dynamics

Microsoft is buying technology from four of its partners in order to bolster its Dynamics AX ERP (enterprise resource planning) product with commonly needed functions across various industries, according to a senior company executive.

Second Netflix prize is privacy threat

Winners of the Netflix Prize for boosting Netflix's movie recommendation engine barely had a chance to start spending their £600,000 prize before controversy erupted over a second contest.

HP, Informatica expand business intelligence alliance

HP and Informatica announced a portfolio of integrated BI solutions that help customers accelerate business decisions by giving them access to information, the vendor claimed.

Data collection fails to keep companies secure

Digital ID World 2009: Organisations collect as much data as possible on people to verify their trustworthiness as a potential employee or customer. Here's why the practice isn't working.

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