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	SAP buying e-commerce vendor Ariba for $4.3 billion SAP is buying cloud-based e-commerce vendor Ariba for US$4.3 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qumu Understand The Importance Of Dedicated Storage For Video Learn how to deliver live video streaming, embed video excerpts on any page, link videos to other relevant content and add video to employee social communications - all within SharePoint. Read now! In this Issue Upcoming Salesforce.com release adds real-time chat Corel VideoStudio Pro X5: CPU Optimization and HTML 5 Output Oracle buys social relationship management company Vitrue SAP president claims 1bn Euros worth of in-memory business in the pipeline Wolfram unveils system modeling tool Microsoft beats data-sorting record with new approach Avaya lays out roadmap for unified software management EMC acquires Syncplicity for cloud file management WHITE PAPER: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > Upcoming Salesforce.com release adds real-time chat Salesforce.com, which has placed ample emphasis on its Chatter social networking application, will actually begin providing real-time chat functionality as part of an imminent upgrade to its family of cloud-based software, according to a company document. Read More Corel VideoStudio Pro X5: CPU Optimization and HTML 5 Output This package is the first video editor with Sandy Bridge and Fusion CPU optimizations--and the first with HTML 5 output Read More Oracle buys social relationship management company Vitrue Taking a step into the social media marketing industry, Oracle is purchasing Vitrue, the two companies announced Wednesday. Read More SAP president claims 1bn Euros worth of in-memory business in the pipeline Robert Enslin said that interest in SAP's HANA is particularly strong in China and Japan Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Good Technology Maximize Mobile Choices for Employees Is a tidal wave of consumer mobile devices flooding your workplace? You're not alone. Most IT professionals are under pressure from mobile professionals, who have a strong preference for Bring Your Own Device or BYOD. Rather than fight the growing tide, smart IT is looking for ways to give employees greater mobility, while minimizing risk and cost. Click to continue Wolfram unveils system modeling tool Expanding beyond its scientific and engineering number-crunching software, Mathematica maker Wolfram Research released a desktop application for full-scale system modeling and simulation. Read More Microsoft beats data-sorting record with new approach Besting a record set by Yahoo in 2009, the research arm of Microsoft have deployed a new technique for quickly sorting large amounts of data, called Flat Datacenter Storage (FDS). Read More Avaya lays out roadmap for unified software management As Avaya continues its transition from a hardware company into a communications and collaboration software provider, it is going through some growing pains, including a shakeup of executives and uncertainty around a potential initial public offering that's been rumored for months. Read More EMC acquires Syncplicity for cloud file management EMC has acquired Syncplicity, an enterprise file-management service provider, for an undisclosed sum. Read More
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