Oracle Corporation and Sun Microsystems announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash.
Posted Apr 21, 2009
Melity, a provider of community enterprise software and online video portal applications, announced it was selected by Retailer Networks Inc., an e-commerce and community-building partner for independent retailers, to implement a social network application to connect with its members.
Posted Apr 17, 2009
Hoover's, Inc. announced it has added LinkedIn contact data to its subscriber site.
Posted Apr 17, 2009
Design Science, a developer of software used by educators, scientists, and publishing professionals, announced the release of MathDaisy 1.0.
Posted Apr 17, 2009
Open Text, an enterprise software company and provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM), announced the availability of its latest connectivity solution, Open Text SOCKS Client, an enterprise-grade SOCKS V4 and V5 client that assists organizations to secure their enterprise content applications over TCIP/IP networks.
Posted Apr 17, 2009
IBM announced the closing of the acquisition of Outblaze, Ltd's messaging assets.
Posted Apr 17, 2009
I was recently blogging about a conference presentation I was preparing, and, being a conscientious info pro, I was planning on tagging my blog post (and, heck, my Twitter Tweets too). And suddenly, I realized I was channeling my grad school Cataloging 101 professor: Am I going to be doing descriptive tagging or subject tagging?
Posted Apr 16, 2009
Enterprise Wiki vendor Socialtext has just closed a new round of financing, totaling approximately $4.5 million, from existing investors which participated in this round, including Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Omidyar Networks, and University Venture Fund.
Posted Apr 14, 2009
Seattle-based TalentSpring, Inc. has announced that its open funding round, in which it secured $1.6 million in investment from Second Avenue Partners and private investors, is now closed.
Posted Apr 14, 2009
The cloud seems to be manna to most analysts, investors, and vendors these days. As my colleague Alan Pelz-Sharpe writes, "It's a great term, ‘Cloud Computing,' since it conjures up visions of an invisible internet—an ether-like zone in the sky where computing power and storage is unfettered by the petty restrictions of boxes, cables, and technicians. Cloud computing sounds fluffy, it sounds cool, it sounds limitless, it sounds like the future."
Posted Apr 13, 2009
DocuLex, a document management company, and dtSearch, a provider of enterprise and developer text retrieval software, announced an email archiving extension to DocuLex's Archive Studio product line.
Posted Apr 10, 2009
Exterro, a provider of software solutions, announced that it is now participating in the Symantec Technology Enabled Program (STEP).
Posted Apr 10, 2009
BlueCielo ECM Solutions, a global software company offering Engineering Content Management (ECM) solutions, announced that it has released InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise 2008a Service Pack 1 and InnoCielo TeamWork 2008a Service Pack 1, which provide updated AutoCAD 2010 support, among other enhancements.
Posted Apr 10, 2009
LuraTech introduced a new optional module for the LuraDocument PDF Compressor that is designed to convert digital documents--such as Microsoft Office, Outlook email, and PDFs--into PDF/A format for long-term archiving.
Posted Apr 10, 2009
Gen-9, Inc. announced the release of StratoVista - Google Edition v1.0.
Posted Apr 10, 2009
Open Text, a provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM), announced that it has acquired Toronto-based Vizible Corporation, a privately held maker of digital media interface solutions delivered via a publishing platform that enables syndication and analytics.
Posted Apr 10, 2009
Socialcast, a provider of on demand social business communication software, announced it has secured $1 million in Series A venture capital funding from True Ventures.
Posted Apr 10, 2009
Has the enterprise portal been helped by or swept into oblivion by the successive waves of progress of Web 2.0 and the already-much-ballyhooed Web 3.0? Despite the phenomenal growth of collaborative web culture, the notion of a centrally managed, single point of entry to reach company applications and content persists in companies across the globe. Yet the opinions of experts in the field differ greatly on what the priorities should be today.
Posted Apr 09, 2009
Google and Microsoft have added new health partners.
Posted Apr 07, 2009
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press announced the launch of Music Online, a resource available for the study of classical, jazz, world, and American music.
Posted Apr 07, 2009
Microsoft announced that on October 31, 2009, MSN Encarta websites worldwide will be discontinued, with the exception of Encarta Japan, which will be discontinued on December 31, 2009.
Posted Apr 03, 2009
Quark announced that it has teamed with IBM Enterprise Content Management (ECM) to integrate Quark XML Author with IBM FileNet Content Manager.
Posted Apr 03, 2009
Central Desktop, a SaaS-based social technology platform, announced a Microsoft Outlook plug-in.
Posted Apr 03, 2009
Vignette Corporation announced an enhancement to its Web Experience Platform, Vignette Community Applications 7.1.
Posted Apr 03, 2009
TWiki.net, a provider of a commercial open source enterprise collaboration, social networking, and wiki application development platform, announced the general availability of TWiki Community Release 4.3, which includes new security, search, and enterprise collaboration capabilities.
Posted Apr 03, 2009