US Government Launches New Cyber Security Strategy Plan
Phil Muncaster UK / EMEA News Reporter , Infosecurity Magazine US government CIO Tony Scott has announced a new plan designed to bolster cybersecurity among federal civilian agencies, following a series of damaging data breaches across departments. The Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (CSIP) focuses on five objectives, Scott wrote in a blog post on Friday. These are: […]
SME Suppliers Falling Short of Security Expectations – Report
Phil Muncaster UK / EMEA News Reporter , Infosecurity Magazine Nearly 70% of procurement managers in large organizations believe SME suppliers could do more to protect sensitive client data, according to new research from KPMG. The global consulting firm polled 175 UK procurement chiefs across several sectors and found reassuringly that standards are high when […]
ALFAPEOPLE TO DOUBLE INDIAN STAFF
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. Dynamics AX VAR Alfapeople is growing its workforce substantially in India. The retail specialist recently reported it has expanded its staff in India to 25 people and expects to double that by December 2016. Alfapeople has its India headquarters and Centre of Excellence (Retail) in Gurgaon and […]
EDGEWATER RECEIVES HOSTILE BID
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. Edgewater Technology, a Dynamics and Oracle partner, has reportedly rejected a bid from Ameri Holdings, which has begun a proxy solicitation of Edgewater’s shareholders. Through Princeton, N.J.-based Ameri100, bidders are offering $8.50 share, but say Edgewater has refused to engage in discussions. Edgewater stock has a 52-week […]
ADDON AND GOLDMINE INTEGRATE
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. Financial software vendor AddonSoftware and CRM supplier GoldMine have created an integration between their applications. The link enables GoldMine’s GM+View to directly access customer account and inventory information in Addon Software. From GoldMine, a customer’s account information is accessible, as well as sales quotes, orders, account balances […]
BLACKBAUD OPENS SOFTWARE PLATFORM
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. Blackbaud has declared a sweeping new approach to how its software applications relate to the market and each other. The Charleston, S.C.-based nonprofit software vendor is implementing an open development platform, along with rolling out a consistent user interface across its applications. “Blackbaud solutions were once closed […]
Sonata to acquire Premier United States based Microsoft Dynamics Partner I.B.I.S., Inc.
Sonata Software, a global strategic IT solutions firm, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement toacquirethe supply chain software and services provider I.B.I.S., Inc. (INTERACTIVE BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.). Founded in 1989, I.B.I.S., Inc. has a strategic partnership with Microsoft for the Dynamics solution and delivers world-class supply chain solutions, including its proprietary […]
AWS profitability quadruples as revenue surges 78%
Business Cloud News Amazon Web Services’ revenue grew by 78% year over year to $2.1 billion in the third quarter of 2015 and its operating profit more than quadrupled to $521 million. Its high profits – attributed to 500 new inventions and eight price cuts – contributed to earnings which surpassed analyst expectations and created […]
Microsoft and Azul Systems say Zulu Embedded will encourage IoT in Windows
Business Cloud News Azul Systems and Microsoft are to give Java developers open source development tools, device I/O libraries and a Java runtime targeting Internet of Things (IoT) applications on Windows 10. The two vendors have created Zulu Embedded for Windows 10 IoT, which is a Java Development Kit (JDK), Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and […]
Oracle and Intel announce plans to ramp up the offensive on IBM in the cloud
Business Cloud News Intel and Oracle are to build on a previous collaboration which saw them jointly take on IBM in the cloud computing hardware market. Now they are conspiring again, this time to target Oracle’s database and software customers, in a bid to get them to ditch their IBM computer servers and buy Oracle/Intel […]