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News
NASDAQ blames software for Facebook IPO glitch
21 May 2012Stock exchange's trading systems got stuck in a "loop" as social networking giant Facebook launched shares, CEO says
- Jury still to decide if Google's Java breach was 'fair use' 8 May 2012
- Software functionality not subject to copyright – EU 2 May 2012
- MPs slam £9m bill for axed eye-scan border system 11 April 2012
IT Case Studies
Camden cleans up with SOA
9 May 2012Camden Council slashed the cost of street maintenance processes with its service-oriented architecture
- Skype calls on the community for customer support
16 April 2012 - Open source banking 19 December 2011
- Putting old PCs to good use 25 July 2011
Perspectives & Trends
Middleware market swells as IT becomes distributed
1 May 2012
The application infrastructure and middleware market grew by 10% in 2011, Gartner finds – but Progress Software fails to capture the rising tide
- Apps for cars
3 January 2012 - How to migrate applications to the cloud
3 January 2012 - Agile breeds more successful software projects – poll 30 November 2011
Features
Relaying the foundation
19 December 2011
Affordable housing developer Enterprise Community Partners has embarked on a four-year IT transformation that places cloud computing at its heart
- Put to the test
12 April 2011 - The tangled web 22 March 2011
- The best of both clouds? 13 September 2010
Company Analysis
TIBCO calls time on the database age
4 May 2012
The era of the database is done with, the infrastructure software vendor claims. Make way for the event-driven enterprise
- The SME building the UK government's IT inventory 25 October 2011
- SnapLogic taps Apple tactics for SaaS integration 20 April 2011
- Platform approach helps Misys capture African innovation 23 March 2011
| Company | Period | Revenue ($m) | Rev Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourcefire Inc | 4Q08 | $25.7 | 33% |
| Borland Software Corp | 4Q08 | $39.8 | -35% |
| Unify Corp | 2Q09 | $10.8 | 21% |
| Tibco Software Inc | 3Q08 | $162.3 | 20% |
| Tibco Software Inc | 4Q08 | $185.5 | 0% |
| Software AG* | 4Q08 | $286.7 | 14% |
* Figures converted to US dollars
More Financial Results in Development & Integration| Acquirer | Target | Price ($m) |
|---|---|---|
| Aragon Consulting Group | Krugle | n/a |
| Esmertec | Purple Labs | n/a |
| Unify | CipherSoft | n/a |
| Fujitsu | Comneon's s/w dev centre | n/a |
| Micro Focus International | Relativity Technologies | $9.7m |
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Business Applications Innovation Award
BravoSolution's e-procurement tool won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Business Applications Category
Security Innovation Award
Websense took the Information Age Innovation Award for the Security category for its integrated approach to web, email and data security
Data Centre Innovation Award
Digital Realty Trust won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Data Centre category for developing a set of standard for building sustainable data centres
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