Richard Adhikari

Microsoft has announced new Business Intelligence technologies designed to help knowledge workers use business intelligence software with more smarts and analytical tools. It comes in a bundle that works with mainstay products such as SQL Server, Office applications Excel and Word, and PerformancePoint Server 2007. The BI tools are described in projects that include “Kilimanjaro,” […]

Oracle today announced it will buy Primavera, a long established leader in project management software, for an undisclosed sum. Primavera counts over 76,000 customers and some five million users worldwide. The company was established in 1983. Oracle Enterprise PPM, as the Primavera product will be called, is to be tailored to project-intensive industries such as […]

In a move to strengthen its position in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), security player Symantec has purchased online messaging and Web security provider MessageLabs for about $695 million in cash. The deal, expected to close by year-end, aims to enable Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) to improve its position in SaaS with offerings in key areas: messaging filtering and […]

UPDATED: An IT contractor’s employee performing data indexing for Shell Oil at its Houston, Tex. offices stole the social security numbers of four Shell staff and used them to file false claims for unemployment benefit. The theft was discovered Sept. 4 after the claims were filed with the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), the state government […]

Today, CA announced that it has [acquired IDFocus LLC ](http://www.ca.com/us/press/release.aspx?cid=186938)and its ACE identity management technology to strengthen its own identity management offerings. The ACE application will be rolled into CA’s Identity and Access Management suite, which CA has been strengthening for some time. In May, CA agreed to [resell Eurekify’s Enterprise Role Manager](/security/article.php/3746971), thus adding […]

As break-ins go, this one has the whiff of political dirty tricks. Someone or a group of people broke into the Independence, Mo. Victory Office of the Missouri Republican Party last week and apparently made off with a laptop belonging to regional coordinator Brian Johnson. The laptop had “a great deal of strategic information” for […]

German software provider SAP said today that its revenues for the third quarter of 2008 fell below expectations, largely due to the credit crunch spreading to global markets. The news of the drop sent shares tumbling on a day that saw the Dow Jones Industrial average dip below 10,000 for the first time in four […]

Within the space of five days, computer giants Hewlett-Packard (HP) and IBM each announced upgrades to their service-oriented architecture (SOA) product lines. HP (NYSE: HPQ) today unveiled version 3.0 of its Systinet SOA governance solution, while IBM (NYSE: IBM) on Thursday announced a slew of software and services based around business processes. The announcements come […]

IBM has launched an initiative that offers up a mix of on-premise and cloud computing applications to help its ISVs and partners offer those services to customers. The idea, IBM officials said, is to extend the company’s traditional software delivery model toward a mix of on-premise and cloud computing applications with new software, services and […]

UPDATED: Online thieves have obtained administrative login credentials for more than 200,000 Web sites and modified the code of some of these sites to attack users who visit them, a security researcher claims. Among the sites impacted is the U.S. Postal Service, though the USPS disputes the claim. In addition, Ian Amit, director of security […]

In a move widely hailed by rights groups, several members of Congress have introduced bills that will prevent Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents from arbitrarily searching and seizing electronic devices. A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy, publicized July 16th, gave customs agents that right on the grounds of national security, overturning years of […]

For the second year in a row, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a controversial bill backed by the banking industry that appears to protect credit and debit card data of Californians from being compromised. Bill AB 1656, known as the Consumer Data Protection Act, would essentially require that businesses taking card payments protect the […]