SOFTWARE NEWS SUMMARY
SandHill.com's review of the week in software news.
- Keys to the Kingdom
Google and Microsoft disappoint; plus, San Francisco is hijacked, security moves to the cloud, hi-tech moves to upstate New York, SOA governance moves to open source, and more software news of the week.
Week ending July 18, 2008 - Up, Up, and Away
Microsoft’s cloud use goes up, SaaS moves up to open source, SAP is up at the #1 spot, VMware’s business goes away, and more software news of the week.
Week ending July 11, 2008 - More Software News Summaries >>
Top Stories
Software business news from around the Web.
- Pentagon's IT Unit Seeks to Adopt Cloud Computing (NYTimes)
- On-Demand Computing: A Brutal Slog (BusinessWeek)
- Warning: Google is Becoming Microsoft's Evil Twin (InfoWorld)
- Barclays to Offshore 1,800 UK IT Jobs (ZDNet)
- EC Levels New Antitrust Charges Against Intel (ComputerWorld)
- Evaluating Software as a Service (PCWorld)
- Forrester: Europe Leads in Open-source Adoption (News.com)
- SF IT System Lockout Continues (eWEEK)
- Microsoft 4Q Profit Jumps 42 Percent (YahooFinance)
- Google's Q2 Profit Up 35% to $1.25B, But Falls Short of Analysts' Estimates (BizJournals)
- More Software News >>
Open Source
- Forrester: Europe Leads in Open-source Adoption (News.com)
- Microsoft Opens Live Mesh (YahooNews)
- On-Demand Computing: A Brutal Slog (BusinessWeek)
- Evaluating Software as a Service (PCWorld)
- SMB Channel Partners Betting on Managed Services and Software as a Service (MarketWatch)
- More News About SaaS/On Demand>>
- Seven SOA Experts Explain How to ‘just do it’ (ZDNet)
- SOA Failures Traced to People, Process Issues (CIO)
- JC, IBM Integrate 'Green' Software (WHIR)
- Intel Invests in Thin-film Solar Maker (EETimes)
- Five Web 2.0 App Dev Lessons for Enterprise IT (ComputerWorld)
- Canada Lags a Llittle on CRM Growth (itbusiness.ca)
- Pentagon's IT Unit Seeks to Adopt Cloud Computing (NYTimes)
- EMC Links Cloud Storage, Hard Drives (InternetNews)
- SF IT System Lockout Continues (eWEEK)
- Gartner Predicts Great Things for Security-as-a-Service (ITWeek)
- EC Levels New Antitrust Charges Against Intel (ComputerWorld)
- Blizzard Wins Big Legal Victory Upholding Software License Rules (InformationWeek)
- Barclays to Offshore 1,800 UK IT Jobs (ZDNet)
- CIO News View: Outsourcing’s Win-Win Formula For Success (CIO)
- Yahoo Letter: Icahn is Only Looking Out For The Short-term (News.com)
- Report: Microsoft in Talks for a Deal With AOL (PCWorld)
- Microsoft Bolsters Data Management With Zoomix Purchase (InformationWeek)
- More News About Mergers & Acquisitions>>
- OpenSpan Secures $13 Million of C-Round Funding (BusinessWire)
- Corefino Secures $13.6 Million for Outsourced Accounting Solution (BusinessWire)
- The Demise of the IPO (BusinessWeek)
- Eyeblaster Registers for IPO (CNNMoney)
- Microsoft 4Q Profit Jumps 42 Percent (YahooFinance)
- Google's Q2 Profit Up 35% to $1.25B, But Falls Short of Analysts' Estimates (BizJournals)
- Tech Stocks Slump Along With Broad Market (MarketWatch)
- What's Hurting Tech Stocks? (BusinessWeek)
