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HP's Hurd, IBM's Palmisano Agree: Cloud Is Lousy Name
Nov 5, 2009
Posted by Bob Evans
Sure, Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd and IBM CEO Sam Palmisano spit nails at each other over most things, but on this they agree: while cloud computing has tremendous potential as a technological approach, the term itself is a lousy name. We're with you, guys, but please: whatever the new name is, no more three-letter acronyms, okay?

Is Microsoft Bing Fake Search?
Nov 4, 2009
Posted by Bob Evans
Discussing Microsoft's new price cuts for cloud apps, my colleague Mary Hayes Weier reported Microsoft VP Ron Markezich said he's seen no evidence that Zoho or others offering "fake Office capabilities" can match Microsoft Office. Counterpunching, Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu asks if that means Bing is fake search"?

IBM Taps SAP For Global Single-Instance Project
Nov 3, 2009
Posted by Bob Evans
IBM is consolidating its extensive global collection of individual SAP applications and versions into a single global instance that will deliver greater resilience and flexibility to IBM's operations in 170 countries around the world, revealed IBM CIO Pat Toole in an interview yesterday.

IBM Says Business Analytics Will Outpace ERP Plus CRM
Nov 1, 2009
Posted by Bob Evans
Vowing to continue acquiring vendors of analytics and BI software, the head of IBM's business analytics group said he believes "information-driven transformation" will become bigger and more important than the ERP and CRM categories combined.

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