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Cloudy skies?
Jason Stamper looks beyond the ‘cloud computing’ hype to ask what it really is, and just as crucially, what it is not.
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New opportunities emerge in the wake of Oracle's acquisition of Sun
Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems in April 2009 presents a number of opportunities for the vendor. Its post-M&A integration strategy hinges on whether Oracle retains or disposes of Sun's hardware business, although either option will yield both benefits and drawbacks. Ultimately, however, the complications of the deal may challenge Oracle's impeccable integration track record.
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Lawson may benefit from new enterprise search platform
Lawson Software recently launched an integrated enterprise search appliance, Lawson Enterprise Search. Datamonitor believes that such platforms can offer considerable benefits for enterprise resource planning users and judges LES to be a step in the right direction for the company, although the success of the product will depend on its level of differentiation from those of larger competitors.
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FIS to acquire Metavante: competitive dynamics and implications
Fidelity National Information Services announced on April 1, 2009 that it has entered an agreement to acquire Metavante Technologies. Both companies are leading providers of financial solutions and payment services to the US banking sector, and this deal will likely accelerate M&A momentum in the banking technology marketplace, bringing about major competitive dynamics implications.
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Salesforce.com announces Twitter integration for its Service Cloud
Salesforce.com has announced that Twitter will be added to its Service Cloud solution, and will offer integration with customer data to subscribers from the summer. Salesforce.com is the first to offer integration with social networking websites, but other CRM vendors are likely to closely follow the company and begin addressing demands for social networking in the near future.
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Banks must exploit synergies between anti-fraud and anti-money laundering
According to new Datamonitor research, the current economic crisis is only serving to exacerbate existing technology issues. This threatens to lead to a new wave of financial mis-statements, account manipulations or even internal fraud. Despite squeezed budgets, banks must streamline their prevention technologies, as reduced vigilance could create new openings for money launderers and fraudsters.
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Nuance acquires parts of IBM's speech technology
Leading global speech recognition player Nuance recently announced that it will be purchasing some of IBM's speech technology. While the addition of IBM's source code will enable Nuance to make improvements to its embedded and network-based speech recognition technology, the acquisition and ensuing relationship has prompted questions over Nuance's technology and IBM's motives.
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Twitter and Google as customer service tools
The current business environment consists of a struggling economy, in which customer acquisition is challenging, while consumers are increasingly sharing information on the web. These trends have created an opportunity for contact centers to utilize social networking websites to improve customer service at a low cost, by integrating Web 2.0 technologies with other communication technologies.
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PTC's slump makes it a serious acquisition target
Product lifecycle management vendor Parametric Technology Corporation's announcement of an expected drop in Q1 2009 earnings has sparked a steep decline in its share price, leading Datamonitor to believe that the vendor has become a potential acquisition target. Of the possible buyers, Infor seems particularly likely to attempt a takeover.
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Deltix: expanding beyond alpha generation with broker connectivity
Alpha generation platform vendor Deltix has extended its current offering, with the intention of becoming a one-stop-shop for hedge funds to develop quantitative strategies, back test and deploy them, then manage them in production. In response, certain retail-focused companies may also look to move into the same space, however their alpha generation capabilities are as of yet untested.
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Cloudy forecast for Salesforce.com's on-demand service initiative
Continuing its efforts to lead the charge towards cloud computing, Salesforce.com has launched an initiative to tie together disparate online communities, including social networking and partner communities, into a unified web for customer service. The resulting product's ability to gather and provide relevant data could mark a major step forward in providing support for end users.
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Alpari plans more sophistication for retail forex clients
The UK arm of Alpari, a provider of online foreign exchange market trading, has announced a slew of launches this year aimed at increasing the sophistication of its offerings. This move mirrors developments in other asset classes, but raises the question as to how Alpari's main competitors will respond.
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The Change We Need?
The US is a power-house of IT innovation. But what will be Obama’s impact on science and technology, and how did ‘Web 2.0’ help him win the election?
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AboveNet: gearing up for any-to-any metro ethernet services
AboveNet, a provider of high-bandwidth connectivity for the financial sector, is set to launch any-to-any ethernet services in the metro areas in which it operates. Ethernet is an increasingly pervasive transport for business communications, and delivering any-to-any connectivity should help strengthen its appeal and allow AboveNet to upsell the service to its existing customers.
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Re-labeling products costs retailers millions
A sudden VAT cut and record levels of pre-Christmas discounting have left retailers footing the bill for maintaining up-to-date prices on labels or at the shelf. Minimizing these costs could be the difference between whether or not a retailer goes bust in 2009, and electronic shelf labeling will enable retailers to change the prices at the shelf at zero cost.
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