Following its own tested and highly successful formula in CRM and other online software, Salesforce this week is rolling out ChatterExchange, a new marketplace for third-party developers to build, share and sell applications for the on-demand software provider’s Chatter collaboration…
Desperate to demonstrate it can deliver a worthwhile cloud-based application platform to keep pace with Google, Oracle, Cisco and Microsoft, SAP is rolling out StreamWork, an on-demand collaborative decision-making suite that lets users create and share documents, wikis and applications…
IBM wants to personalize the customer call center process with the debut of a new service that aims to match a customer with the service representative who has the most knowledge of the particular service issue or product the customer…
Business process management (BPM) software developer Pegasystems made a strategic move to broaden its product offerings with the proposed acquisition of Chordiant Software, a developer of customer relationship management (CRM) applications, for $161.5 million, company officials said. Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA)…
CA on Wednesday announced that it will acquire Nimsoft, a privately held developer of IT performance and availability monitoring software, for $350 million in cash. Redwood City, Calif.-based Nimsoft’s Unified Monitoring architecture helps enterprise customers deploy and monitor public and…
SAP CEO Leo Apotheker resigned unexpectedly from his post this weekend, after the company said Apotheker and its supervisory board had reached a “mutual agreement” to not extend his contract. Apotheker, whose tenure atop the business software giant lasted just…
Shares of on-demand software provider NetSuite plunged more than 15 percent Friday as investors sold off the stock even though it posted fourth-quarter sales and earnings that were in line with analysts’ consensus estimates. NetSuite (NYSE: N) shares fell below…
Salesforce.com shareholders received an unexpected gift Monday after Silicon Valley Watcher, a tech industry blog, reported the on-demand business applications vendor recently approached merger-crazy Oracle about a possible union. The posting was then picked up by a variety blogs and…
IBM and SAP on Monday announced plans to release a jointly developed application that allows employees to access SAP’s Business Suite applications through their Lotus Notes desktop client. Code-named Atlantic, the software will let users tap into SAP’s applications for…
NetSuite on Tuesday raised the price range for its highly anticipated initial public offering from between $13 a share and $16 a share to between $16 a share and $19 a share, according to a filing with the Securities and…