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Reblogged from GigaOM: Enterprise software giant SAP(s sap) is buying Ariba in a $4.3 billion move that will give it control of what is probably the world’s largest online-marketplace for goods and services. Businesses around the world use Ariba’s e-commerce … Continue reading →

Reblogged from GigaOM: Virtualization kingpin VMware(s vmw) keeps working its plan to become a bona fide application development powerhouse. The company’s acquisition of Springsource and its Java framework three years ago was just the beginning. VMware’s Springsource-based vFabric Suite 5.1, announced Tuesday, adds … Continue reading →

Reblogged from GigaOM: Amazon(s amzn) CTO Werner Vogels had some words of wisdom Thursday for IT customers: “You should keep your providers on their toes every day. If we’re not delivering the right services you should walk away.” No one … Continue reading →

Reblogged from GigaOM: For years, Oracle(s orcl) wowed Wall Street with its fat margins on software licenses and maintenance. The fact was, many large companies depended on Oracle relational databases and paid what it took to keep them running. They … Continue reading →

Reblogged from GigaOM: News flash: SAP(s sap) is a database company. At least that’s its story and it’s sticking to it. SAP has long been the enterprise software company, the leader in enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other mission-critical applications … Continue reading →

Reblogged from GigaOM: Citrix(s ctsx) stunned its OpenStack partners with news on Tuesday that it is setting up CloudStack as an Apache-based rival to the OpenStack cloud platform. There’s been a lot of jawing and some bad feelings on both sides: … Continue reading →

Reblogged from GigaOM: A new list of cloud computing trends shows just how nervous the growing use of cloud services makes IT departments. It’s easy to see why. IT staffs used to hold the keys to the kingdom — controlling … Continue reading →

Reblogged from GigaOM: Dell’s (s dell) decision to buy Wyse Technologies for its thin client and desktop virtualization smarts shows how much the power equation has shifted from PCs to cloud computing and other services in recent years. It also … Continue reading →

Reblogged from GigaOM: While saving money is a common reason cited for moving IT to the cloud, it is really not the overriding driver at all for most companies, according to new research. What’s more important than cost savings for … Continue reading →

Reblogged from GigaOM: When it comes to moving massive files between storage clouds, performance depends — quite a bit — on which clouds you use, according to new research. For its  report Bulk Data Migration in the Cloud, Nasuni repeatedly transferred 12 TB … Continue reading →