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SAP's software sales plummet

 29 April 2009

Applications maker declines to forecast as profit shrinks by 16%

Microsoft reports plunging revenues

 24 April 2009

Microsoft has reported its first revenue drop since going public in 1986

Oracle to buy Sun for $7.4 billion

 20 April 2009

Database, apps and middleware giant steps in to save Sun after IBM ends takeover talks

Gartner spells out the gloom

 31 March 2009

This year will see global IT spending fall further than during the dot-com crash, say analysts

‘Inadequate IT systems’ implicated in nationalisation of Northern Rock

 24 March 2009

Poor systems prevented government from ‘winding down’ the beleaguered bank’s business, according to the National Audit Office

Oracle revenues up less than 2%

 19 March 2009

Slowest revenue growth for years thanks to currency devaluation, but operating margin is highest in software giant’s history

Microsoft launches online productivity suite in Europe

 02 March 2009

Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) now available for trial before full launch in April

Salesforce.com breaks $1 billion revenue barrier

 26 February 2009

Subscription model paying off for software-as-a-service pioneer but recession knocks forecast

UK software and services sector to shrink until 2011

 18 February 2009

Last year saw the first drop in the total value of the UK’s software and IT services sector since 2003, a report has found. And it’s going to get worse.

The Guardian adopts Google Apps

 12 February 2009

The Guardian Media Group has chosen Google Apps as its default office productivity suite.

Information Age Awards winners announced

 05 February 2009

The recipients of the IT-in-business accolades, as voted for by over 500 www.information-age.com readers, were revealed today

SAP to lay off 3,000

 29 January 2009

German application maker continues tech job cut spree

Microsoft to lay-off 5,000 jobs

 23 January 2009

Profit dip for software wunderkind is the surest sign so far of recession in the IT industry

Information-Age.com has been relaunched!

 09 January 2009

Information Age, the UK’s leading monthly IT-in-business title, is proud to announce the relaunch of its website, www.information-age.com

Exchange rates undermine Oracle profits

 19 December 2008

Strength of the dollar devalues software giant’s overseas earnings, triggering first profit dip in three years

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