Az Apache Software Foundation szerint az Oracle túlzott ellenőrzést gyakorol a Java felett. Az alapítvány csütörtökön jelentette be, hogy kivonul a Java SE/EE végrehajtó bizottságából.

BMC Software announced Friday it has purchased GridApp Systems, maker of software tools for database provisioning, patching and management in physical and cloud deployments. Terms were not disclosed.

Az Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), a középvállalati szereplők és a világ 1000 legnagyobb vállalata számára kialakított üzleti szoftver megoldások vezető szolgáltatója, a mai napon bejelentette az Epicor Retail Enterprise Selling Google Adaptert, amelynek segítségével a kiskereskedők meg tudják mutatni a fogyasztók számára, hogy a Google Termékkeresőben talált termék raktáron van-e náluk valamelyik közeli üzletükben.

Some of the developers behind Google Wave have submitted their software to the Apache Software Foundation for inclusion.

The former CEO of networking software company Comverse Technology has agreed to forfeit US$46 million to help cover shareholder lawsuits against the company he founded.

Speaking publicly for the first time since he was appointed CEO of Hewlett-Packard in late September, Leo Apotheker on Monday said that HP will focus more on software and that he still has some learning to do about the company.

Misys is buying fellow financial services software vendor Sophis for ?435 million (US$595 million), creating a company with products for both buy-side and sell-side purposes, the company announced Friday. The deal is expected to close before the end of February.

Az Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), a középpiaci szereplők és a világ 1000 legnagyobb vállalata számára kialakított vállalati szoftveres megoldások vezető szolgáltatója, a mai napon közzétette a 2010. szeptember 30-án lezárult harmadik negyedévre vonatkozó pénzügyi eredményeit.

Motorola's mobile phone subsidiary has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft alleging the world's largest software maker has infringed 16 of its patents in PC, mobile and server software, as well as Xbox products.

Former Oracle President Charles Phillips testified in court Thursday that he would have been "terrified" to learn SAP had gained access to Oracle's software and that SAP would have had to pay "at least 3 or 4 billion dollars" to license it.

Cloud Sherpas, a provider of services and software for Google Apps, has closed a funding round worth US$1.6 million and will use the money in part to develop vertical-market applications for the cloud-hosted collaboration and communication suite.

November 30. és december 2. között a katalán főváros ad otthont a HP Software Universe 2010 konferenciának. (x)

Oracle has updated its lawsuit against Google to allege that parts of its Android mobile phone software "directly copied" Oracle's Java code.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Tuesday vowed to prove that new Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker was in on a scheme to steal large amounts of Oracle software, when Apotheker was CEO of software maker SAP.

As Ray Ozzie prepares to leave Microsoft, he's offering a new five-year plan for the company that eschews the current PC-centric world, just as he made his mark five years ago issuing a call to arms away from software products toward cloud computing.

IBM said Monday that third-quarter net income rose 12 percent to US$3.6 billion, buoyed by strong performance in Brazil, Russia, India and China as well as solid sales of analytics software and services.

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect and the executive responsible for pushing the company into the cloud, plans to step down, Microsoft said on Monday.

A kis- és középvállalati IT megoldásokat forgalmazó GFI Software ma bejelentette, hogy két disztribútor forgalmazza Magyarországon a VIPRE termékcsaládot. A Biztributor Kft. a GFI telepített, SaaS alapú termékeit és a VIPRE vállalati verzióját forgalmazza, míg a Yellow Cube marad a VIPRE specialistája, a VIPRE Antivirus egyéni verzióját és a vállalatok számára készült VIPRE Enterprise termékcsaládot is árusítja.

Microsoft filed patent infringement complaints against Motorola and its Android phones in the International Trade Commission and U.S. federal court Friday, indicating that the software giant may hope to use its strong patent position as one way to set its mobile software apart from the competition.

Microsoft has made another case for upgrading to Windows 7: The company has released the latest version of its free downloadable collection of software and enhancements for the consumer editions of Windows