Middleware vendor Thought says Oracle is knowingly infringing on a number of its patents

During a recent panel discussion at the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) conference in Anaheim, Calif, leading CISOs agreed big changes are afoot in their organizations -- and resistance is futile.

Storage products vendors, Seagate Technology, has announced that it recorded revenue of approximately $US3.7 billion with a gross margin of 28.4 per cent, net income of $US582 million, and diluted earnings per share of $US1.42 on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis for its first fiscal quarter of 2013, which ended on September 28.

Refuses to bend on high profit, even for less-expensive Mini, says IHS iSuppli after pegging 'bill of materials' at under $200

Networking vendor, Brocade, is buying California-based Vyatta as part of its research and development (R&D) investments in Ethernet fabrics and software-defined networking (SDN). Vyatta is an SDN operating system vendor whose solution is relevant for multiple applications in network virtualisation, SDN, and private/public Cloud computing platforms.

Offer pro-active apps or face relegation to low growth, low margin business

The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Monday completed the deployment of a 20-petaflop supercomputer called Titan, which the lab hopes will give the U.S. an edge over China and Japan in the race to build the world's fastest computers.

IBM has hit a milestone in its quest to come up with a successor to silicon computer chips.

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom could violate the terms of his bail, or face new criminal charges, if he launches a new file-sharing and storage service as planned, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing this week.

Analysts have predicted a trend towards moving IT from on-premise to off-premise, new cloud applications and an increase in spending on cloud services next year.

Nokia has dropped off the list of the top five smartphone vendors in the third quarter, facing stiff competition from Samsung and Apple globally, and from high-growth vendors like Huawei in China, where Nokia was the dominant player as recently as the third quarter of 2011, research firm IDC said Thursday.

Amazon.com made a net loss in the third quarter, its first loss in nine years, even as revenue increased by 27% year on year.

A home improvement retail chain can use an app running on an iPad to help design a customer's home, check inventory for the products, give a cost estimate to the customer, and take orders.

Advanced Micro Devices hopes to brush off a slow start to compete against ARM and Intel in the Windows 8 tablet market through new customer announcements and future chips.

SAP on Wednesday reported double-digit revenue growth in the third quarter, benefiting from a strong performance in the Americas and growth in the Asia-Pacific and Japan region, and high demand for its new technologies like HANA across all regions.

Facebook, which had been in the doghouse with Wall Street since it went public, wowed investors with its third-quarter report on Tuesday, in particular with its improvements and early results in the crucial mobile market.

Google CEO Larry Page tried to put a positive spin on his company's poor third-quarter financial results, which were released prematurely Thursday and triggered a panicked stock sell-off before trading was abruptly halted.

Sony said Friday that its current round of job cuts will include workers in its struggling TV business and at its headquarters in Tokyo, and it will close a mobile phone and lens factory in central Japan.

Nokia continues to struggle as its third-quarter smartphone unit sales dropped by 63 percent compared to last year, while some warn that expectations for the arrival of its first phones based on Windows Phone 8 should not be too high.

Information about sales, profits and margins for specific Apple products should be made public, the judge hearing the company's lawsuit against Samsung Electronics ruled on Wednesday, though a higher court's decision could keep the data from ever being revealed.