IBM has launched LotusLive iNotes, an on-demand e-mail, calendaring and contact management system meant to compete with the likes of Gmail and Microsoft Exchange, the company said Friday. Pricing starts at US$3 per user per month, undercutting Google Apps Premier Edition, which costs $50 per user...
Xerox's bid for IT and business process service provider Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) comes on the heels of Dell's announcement that it will purchase Perot Systems. Outsourcing industry analysts predict even more consolidation in the IT services market as other tech equipment makers and telecom...
Two Wisconsin companies raised nearly $4.5 million of angel funding in the third quarter, according to the Wisconsin Angel Network. DuBay Ingredients LLC, a Stratford company with a technology for producing ethanol from whey, raised $4.25 million from LA Investment Capital. Read full article>>...
The qualities of a good leader transcend industry, organization and circumstance. In IT, CIOs and other executives have been under increasing pressure to inspire their people, do more with less and deliver results efficiently. Do you know what it takes to embrace the qualities of a...
Accenture's name has been bandied about this week as one of several potential IT-services takeover targets in the wake of the recentDell ( Dell)-Perot and Xerox (NYSE: XRX)-ACS deals. But while the inclusion of Accenture in these roundups of the usual suspects is predictable, it's...
The Society for Information Management (SIM) surveyed CIOs and IT executive leaders about their top priorities for 2010, based on a list of 20 IT and business concerns. See full slideshow>>...
Obsessed with Facebook? You're not alone. The hours you spend logging on to update your status, post photos, and make comments on friends' walls is not simply a "phase" you're going through which will end sometime soon. It's a ongoing trend affecting everyone these days...
CA recently polled 100 technology executives at companies that use IBM System z mainframes. They reported that their loyalty to mainframe technology stems from its ability to meet requirements for reliability, resilience, security, management, and compliance. Click here to view slideshow>> ...
Salesforce.com and CODA (via its parent Unit 4 Agresso) are hooking up to create FinancialForce.com. While financial details of the arrangement were not revealed, Salesforce.com is a minority stakeholder in the new company. From the blurbs:The CODA 2go team and products have transferred to FinancialForce.com,...
A four-year federal grant award of $1.2 million will assure that high school students will continue learning at the Regional Center for Math and Science on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus. The continuation grant, awarded recently through the Department of Education’s Federal TRIO Programs, will...