Editor's choice
The new line up for ECM
Four types of vendor are emerging in the ECM market – survivors, innovators, gorillas and open-source champions
News
Tech profits 'surprising', says Forrester
11 December 2008Profits across the US technology sector are surprisingly high, according to research firm Forrester
- Month in Review 10 December 2008
- Adobe cuts 600 jobs 4 December 2008
- Web 2.0 will make the recession worse – Forrester 27 October 2008
IT Case Studies
NHS Scotland navigates an ocean of medical records
10 December 2008Sheer quantity of information made the NHS Trust's search project complex
- Common pitfalls beset Advantage West Midlands' search implementation 10 December 2008
- Unifying a media empire 17 July 2008
- Scoring from outside the inbox 17 June 2008
Perspectives & Trends
Master data management shows dramatic growth
11 December 2008The prospect of a single, real-time view of the truth has led to a spiraling number of master data management projects
- Information Builders unfazed by BI feeding frenzy 15 December 2007
- Cognos falls for IBM’s brand of independence 10 December 2007
- Microsoft still booming despite its size 15 November 2007
Features
The hunt for meaning
10 December 2008The semantic web may have yet to arrive, but semantic technology is already helping businesses to make sense of their information
- Voyage of discovery 10 December 2008
- The shape of things to come 10 December 2008
- Google sans frontieres 9 October 2008
Company Analysis
BT takes drastic action to protect margins
10 December 2008UK telco's 10,000 redundancies hit the head-lines, but the real story was a margin drop in the Global Services division
- Web 2.0 adoption faces workplace challenges 19 September 2008
- KickApps eases IT into social marketing 16 September 2008
- Omniture puts web analytics in an IT-free zone 15 May 2008
| Company | Period | Revenue | Rev Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vignette Corp | 3Q08 | 41.9 | -4 |
| Teradata Corp | 3Q08 | 439 | 0 |
| Sybase Inc | 3Q08 | 284 | 11 |
| SPSS Inc | 3Q08 | 74.9 | 4 |
| Readsoft AB***** | 3Q08 | 20.6 | 1 |
| Progress Software Corp | 3Q08 | 126.6 | 4 |
| Acquirer | Target | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nuance Communications | ||
| Oracle | Tacit Software | n/a |
| Oracle | Primavera | n/a |
| SilkRoad Technology | VTN Technologies | n/a |
| Kofax | OptiInvoice Digital | A2m |
| Oracle | Rule Burst's Haley subsidiary | n/a |
Research
A service economy
Demand for IT service management software is rising fast, as vendors continue to innovate
Service response
Information Age’s latest reader research found that IT service management is proving its value – despite the shortcomings of some of the supporting tools
Quality delivery
Information Age’s latest reader research found that IT service management is proving its value – despite the shortcomings of some of the supporting tools
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