Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-06-15
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past two weeks. Acquisitions, lawsuits, IT failures, Oracle’s cloud announcements (yawn!), some humor, and and Larry joins the twitterverse @larryellison (but still just one tweet!). Yammer Agrees to Sell Itself to Microsoft Business-software company Yammer Inc. agreed to sell itself to Microsoft Corp. for $1.2 billion, [...]
The Windows 8/Metro Challenge: Good for the Enterprise, Not So Good for Apple and Google
Microsoft’s TechEd conference this week showcased more than just Windows 8 and its amazingly well-designed Metro touch-based user interface. It also heralded what may prove to be a tectonic shift in the strategic position of Microsoft in the enterprise. And with that shift may come an equal, and opposite, shift in the fortunes of Google [...]
News Analysis: IFS Acquires Metrix To Boost Mobility And Service Management
Mobility and Scheduling Play A Key Role In IFS Service Management Strategy On May 23rd, IFS acquired Metrix, a service management and mobility vendor headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin. IFS adds 90 customers with Metrix. Key highlights of the acquisition include: Expansion into new markets. Metrix Service Management provides a field service management and depot repair [...]
Friday Rant: Will Oracle Go Shopping? Post Ariba/SAP Acquisition Strategy… (Part 2)
A couple Fridays ago, after SAP announced they were acquiring Ariba, we attempted to wax eloquent about potential moves that Oracle might take in response — if they do anything at all. To this last point, it’s important to realize in any corporate development situation that the internal M&A team’s job is often focused as much on saying “no” as finding a way to say “yes.”
