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Microsoft acquires software tool

February 23, 2005 Microsoft buys ERP Complete, a program designed to accelerate the installation of its Axapta business software. TAGS: ERP, Microsoft Axapta, business software, Microsoft Corp.

Virsa to debut compliance tech

May 16, 2005 Compliance product will automatically notify companies of policy violations as they occur. TAGS: compliance, business software company, ERP, business software, SAP AG, software company, conference

SAP flaw may expose information

July 26, 2005 A flaw in a component of SAP's business software could allow unintended access to information on the server running the software. TAGS: SAP AG, SAP R/3, flaw, business software, server, security

Nsite launching free online ERP tools

June 24, 2005 Provider of hosted business software is offering a free set of online human resources applications via its Web site. TAGS: ERP, Human Resources, small and medium business, business software

Microsoft gets its Groove on

March 10, 2005 Software giant nabs Ray Ozzie's "virtual office" company. Also: Gates extols virtues of patience. TAGS: Groove Networks Inc., Ray Ozzie, business software, Bill Gates, founder, office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, IM

SAP to tap Hungarian talent

February 24, 2005 Germany-based business software maker is opening a new research and development facility in Budapest. TAGS: SAP AG, supply chain, business software company, R&D, SCM, business software, talent, Germany, software company

Microsoft unit key to new strategy

March 28, 2006 Vista may be late, but Microsoft's business software division is on schedule and ready to tackle services. TAGS: business software, ERP, shift, CRM, conference, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

This week in Oracle

September 24, 2005 Business software maker plans to buy G-log, marking its 10th acquisition announcement in nine months. TAGS: Oracle Corp., business software company, Larry Ellison, acquisition, Siebel Systems Inc., business software, software company

ByDesign, SAP introduces on-demand business

September 19, 2007 Enterprise software giant's midmarket-focused service to compete with those of Salesforce.com, NetSuite and Oracle. TAGS: SAP AG, on-demand business, on-demand, Henning Kagermann, NetSuite Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., business software, Oracle Corp., software company

PeopleSoft co-founder plans software return

January 23, 2006 Dave Duffield says he's proud of the job he did to try to save the company. Now he's focused on his next big thing. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Bruce Richardson, Workday, business software, Oracle Corp., business software company, co-founder, Human Resources, AMR Research, California, software company, conference

Gates' new mantra: Interoperability

February 4, 2005 In a statement posted to the Web, Bill Gates touts Microsoft's own tools, extols the virtues of XML and knocks open-source. Video: Gates makes play for Portable Media Center TAGS: Bill Gates, interoperability, business software, XML, open source, open-source software, chairman, Microsoft Office, goal, information technology, Microsoft Corp.

Unisys, Oracle team on business software

December 3, 2004 Firms are expanding a joint engineering program to boost the performance of Oracle's software running on Windows. TAGS: Unisys Corp., Unisys ES7000, Oracle Corp., business software, RISC, Intel Itanium, Intel Xeon, database, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, server, Microsoft Corp., Intel, Microsoft Windows

Palm unveils 'friendly' Treo 680

October 12, 2006 It has its brethren's business software skills, but the new model is clearly aimed at the consumer market. Photos: Treo 680 TAGS: Palm Treo, business software, Palm Inc., handset, battery

Microsoft business unit head to depart

September 12, 2006 Doug Burgum, chairman of the company's business solutions unit, will be succeeded by Satya Nadella, a Microsoft veteran. TAGS: Satya Nadella, Great Plains Software, business software, Microsoft BizTalk Server, chairman, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

Siebel replaces chief executive

April 13, 2005 Company chooses a former Webvan chief to replace Michael Lawrie, who had been CEO for less than a year. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Webvan, business software, shareholder, CEO, investor, IBM Corp.

WebEx acquires maker of business tools

August 1, 2005 Top Web conferencing firm merges with Intranets.com, a maker of online business tools for document sharing, group scheduling and more. TAGS: Intranets.com Inc., WebEx Communications Inc., Web conferencing, business software, on-demand, acquisition

This week in business software

March 11, 2005 Microsoft unveils the first fruits of its labor to enmesh its collection of incompatible business management programs. TAGS: business management, RFID, business software, ERP, business application, Bill Gates, Microsoft SQL Server, conference, Microsoft Corp.

Patched Oracle database still at risk, bughunter says

April 26, 2006 Latest updates don't sew up a hole exploited by attack code out on the Web, a security researcher has warned. TAGS: David Litchfield, Oracle Corp., Oracle Application Server 10g, DBMS, business software company, researcher, Oracle Database, business software, flaw, software company, database, security

SAP eyes midmarket for growth

April 6, 2006 The company expects midsize businesses will make up 40 percent to 45 percent of its total software sales by 2010. TAGS: SAP AG, Henning Kagermann, Leo Apotheker, business software