By Dennis Moore on July 6, 2012
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: Dell is buying Quest Software. The “Toad” company. Oracle loses another court case, this one involving resale (in the EU) of “used” software downloaded over the Internet. This could have wide-ranging impact on all digital media, not just software. There are still a lot [...]
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By Jason Busch on August 3, 2010
In July, Nissan had to commence a three-day shutdown at four of its manufacturing plants because of a supply shortage of key chip components from Hitachi. According to EE Times, “Nissan Motor Co. announced here that it is suspending production lines at four of the company’s five domestic assembly plants for three days starting Wednesday, [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on July 11, 2010
It’s All About The Cloud At WPC10 Attendees at this year’s Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 in Washington, D.C. already expect Windows Azure development to be a key theme throughout this annual pilgrimage. Microsoft has made significant investments into the cloud. Many executives from the Redmond, WA, software giant have publicly stated that 90% [...]
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