Chris Kanaracus

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MicroStrategy ‘gateway’ links Facebook to enterprise apps

The business intelligence vendor unveiled a new cloud-based service that allows the exchange of data between Facebook and enterprise applications, with a focus on performance and availability

SAP’s Sybase adds scalability to IQ analytic database

The German company announced the latest version of its IQ columnar database Sybase IQ 15.3 with a massively parallel processing architecture that should let thousands of users be served

SAP co-CEO contracts get extended to 2017

The Germany company

SAP Business One gets new hosted, subscription model

Partners of the German enterprise resource planning software vendor will be able to rent Business One licenses on a monthly basis and, in turn, offer customers subscription pricing

Oracle buys Pillar Data Systems

The move adds SAN storage capabilities to Oracle's lineup. Oracle will go up against the likes of EMC's Clariion products with the Pillar technology

Oracle aims ‘Exastack’ program at ISVs

The software giant is hoping to convince independent software vendors to certify and run their products on its high-end Exadata and Exalogic appliances through a program called Exastack, the company announced Tuesday

Oracle posts Fusion applications pricing

Oracle has posted an initial price list for its long-awaited Fusion Applications, and the news is mixed. This also suggests the apps may be soon available

IBM’s Netezza rolls out large-scale analytic appliance

The High Capacity Appliance will go up against the likes of Oracle's Exadata with its ability to analyze up to 10 petabytes of data in minutes. Target customers are banks and telecoms and other organizations that are amassing ever-increasing amounts of data

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