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SAP to acquire Business Objects for $7bn
SAP announced Sunday afternoon it plans to acquire Business Objects in a cash deal valued at slightly more than US$6.8 billion. Read more »
Business Objects patent case gets go-ahead
The software maker's case against MicroStrategy for alleged infringement of a 2001 patent has been given the green light by an American federal appeals court. Read more »
Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?
A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory Read more »
Eclipse updates its Business Intelligence tools
Multi-user reports and drag-and-drop support broaden appeal of Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools. Read more »
IBM spiffs up its dashboard
IBM is developing software designed to give office workers a window into corporate strategy, from the CEO on down the organisation chart. Read more »
'Complexity' delays free Sydney wireless network
The NSW Government's plans to deliver a free wireless network trial for Sydney will be delayed due to complexities in sourcing a suitable network provider. Read more »
Top 10 reasons why online businesses fail
Most pundits accept that the high fatality rate amongst online businesses is a direct result of corporate ignorance on the part of the business owners. ZDNet Australia details the most common mistakes. Read more »
Eight strategies for delivering business intelligence on the Web
These strategies will help companies ensure they are distributing the kind of high-quality, actionable BI necessary to make real-time business decisions. Read more »
BEA Systems acquires Fuego
BEA Systems announced on Wednesday that it bought business process management software maker Fuego for US$87.5 million in cash. Read more »
A software comeback?
Do IBM's strong software sales point to brighter days in the enterprise software business? Yes--but only in some select areas, said analysts. Read more »
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Online business statistics: Hits or misses?
In this exclusive special report, ZDNet Australia takes a look at one of the most valuable tools in the online business manager's arsenal - Web site statistics. Read more »
Five common errors in requirements analysis (and how to avoid them)
In the traditional waterfall model of software development, the first phase of requirements analysis is also the most important one. Read more »
Holocentric CEO: "Visio is a waste of time"
We sat down with Holocentric CEO John Forrest recently to discuss how process modeling and lifecycle management should be approached. Read more »
Security and open source software: An analysis.
This article from Australian technology commentator Con Zymaris examines the security threat of open source software. Read more »
Case study: Software selection mistakes
In this case study, we look at how a software choice went awry, leading to an expensive headache instead of a much-wanted solution. Read more »
Designing software for distant shores, Part 1
In the first part of a two part series, Angus Kidman examines the technical challenges of building applications for the international market. Read more »
Tactical data access and analysis should be your BI design drivers
The implementation of a business information data warehouse can have a profound impact on an enterprise's decision making processes. A BI warehouse transforms data into a tactical tool, increasing efficiency and enabling better decisions. Read more »
Kickstarting your startup
We caught up with Mike Canon-Brookes, founder and CEO of Atlassian Software Systems while at Web Directions South and asked him if he had any advice for software developers thinking of starting their own software company. Read more »
Business plans tool kit
Good financial planning and oversight start with a business plan. But not every client has the budget for heavy-duty commercial programs for plan development. Here's a free software tool to quickly put business plans together. Read more »
Select, prioritise projects with a business case
Every company needs to compare projects and determine hierarchy. A business case document provides this level of information and is quicker and much easier to prepare than a formal project definition. Read more »
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StartupCamp Melbourne: The review
-- StartupCamp Melbourne looks to have produced just as interesting ideas as the Sydney event which immediately preceded it, but the Victorian start-ups appear to have stumbled during execution. Sydney 1, Melbourne 0. Read more »
MyPerfect.com.au has potential
-- Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »
Enterprise Architecture has failed in a big way
-- Most EA initiatives failed. My guess is that more than 90% never really resulted in anything useful. Read more »
The Downside of RAD
-- Rapid Application Development is all the hype lately, with claims of being able to churn out functional applications in under two weeks. One popular technique is to lock end-users and developers in a conference room for 10 days and build the application on the fly. Read more »
Rational community gets rolling
-- IBM's Rational Software Developer Conference kicked off it's festivities in Orlando, Florida with lights, camera and plenty of action this morning. Read more »
Service Pack or Market Attack?
-- I will give it to Microsoft. When they want to capture a particular market, they go hard or not at all. And with SQL Server 2005, they have their sights set firmly on the Business Intelligence market. And their strategy makes sense—they are moving to become the "one stop shop" for database servers, data management tools, reporting and analysis, eliminating the need to spend more money on third-party tools. Read more »
5 reasons restricting hacking is not like gun control
-- Let's get it out of the way: Guns don't kill people, people with guns kill people. People with hacking tools can steal your personal data, shut down your system and deface your web site -- but is that any reason to ban them? Read more »
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