Business intelligence (BI) software can provide a wealth of information, though it’s not always easy to build reports and dashboards to make sense of the data. The new Pentaho BI Suite Enterprise Edition 3.8 release aims to help, with new…
After three years of development, the open source Drupal 7 content management system debuted earlier this year. Drupal developers aren’t resting on their laurels and are now beginning to plan for Drupal 8. Speaking at that annual DrupalCon conference this…
Novell is enhancing its partnership with SAP with an expanded Linux offering for SAP applications. Josh Dorfman, director of alliance marketing at Novell, told InternetNews.com that the new version of SLES for SAP Applications is based on SLES 11. “Most…
The open source Ruby language is getting a big enterprise boost today with the proposed acquisition of Ruby cloud vendor Heroku by Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) for $212 million in cash. The deal is set to close in Salesforce.com’s fiscal fourth…
Helping enterprises take action based on enterprise data sources is the focus of a new solution from SAP called StreamWork Enterprise Edition. With StreamWork Enterprise edition, SAP (NYSE: SAP) is delivering a collaborative decision-making (CDM) solution that is available in…
LAS VEGAS — For many enterprises, SAP’s (NYSE: SAP) software is mission-critical. But according to Mariano Nunez Di Croce, a security researcher from Argentinean research vendor Onapsis, SAP software is at risk even when users properly follow all of the…
After four months of beta availability and testing, SugarCRM today officially announced the general availability of its Sugar 6 CRM customer relationship management platform. Sugar 6 includes an open source community edition as well as commercially licensed professional and enterprise…
After five years, Sugar’s open source CRM platform remains alive and well, this week debuting a new version that touts a sharper look and new enhancements. The new Sugar 6 release includes a revamped user interface and other tweaks that…
Despite concerns about a potentially weak 2008 for software companies, there’s one sector of the business that continues to draw startups and acquisitions at a brisk pace: business intelligence software. “Business intelligence is no longer a back-office, nice-to-have application,” said…
The multi-billion-dollar market for CRM software is hotly contested by closed source vendors like SAP, Oracle and Salesforce.com among others, all of whom spend tens of millions of dollars marketing their wares. Can open source compete? John Roberts, CEO of…