Data/Document Management

Missouri College Streamlines Document Management

4/1/2008

Missouri's College of the Ozarks has chosen a new document management solution from Perceptive Software to help it transition from paper and manual processes to an electronic document repository. The school, located in Point Lookout, MO, will be implementing Perceptive's ImageNow in its financial aid and admission offices. Read More

SAS Opens Up SAS OnDemand for Academics

3/18/2008

SAS has broadened the availability of SAS OnDemand for Academics, a service that allows faculty and students to integrate advanced data analysis in their teaching and learning activities. Users register for the service, download a SAS software application via the Web, and then perform processing by connecting to a hosted server at SAS. Read More

VMware Supports BEA's Effort To Virtualize Java Apps

3/10/2008

At last week's VMworld, BEA and VMware announced their partnership on a project to allow BEA's Java applications to work within virtual environments created with VMware's tools. Read More

Sybase Updates Encryption Software for Windows Mobile Data

3/4/2008

One of the biggest risks enterprises face in rolling out PDAs and smart phones is data getting into the wrong hands if a device is lost or stolen. Sybase Inc.'s iAnywhere business unit today is rolling out software it said will help developers address that threat. Read More

Blackboard Opens Data Center for Delivery of Managed Services

2/27/2008

Education software company Blackboard has opened its fifth international data center. The latest one is located in Sydney, Australia, to host software services for higher education clients based in Asia Pacific time zones. The company said it currently has 520 clients that use hosted services, in sizes ranging from a few hundred end users to a million. Read More

Sun Completes MySQL Acquisition; Universities Deploy Sun Infrastructure

2/26/2008

Sun Microsystems Tuesday completed its $1 billion acquisition of MySQL AB, a decision that was announced back in mid-January. Coinciding with the completion of the acquisition, Sun also made available MySQL's complete portfolio of products through its global sales and services organization. The company also recently announced several new universities deploying its systems. Read More

UAE University Streamlines Document Processing with ImageNow

2/20/2008

The American University in Dubai has deployed ImageNow, an enterprise document management program from Perceptive Software, to streamline its business processes. Read More

Sun To Acquire Virtualization Developer

2/13/2008

Sun Microsystems yesterday announced plans to purchase German software developer innotek, the maker of VirtualBox, a set of open source x86 virtualization tools for home and enterprise users. The announcement comes less than a month after the signing of Sun's $1 billion definitive agreement to acquire open source database developer MySQL. Terms of this latest deal have not been disclosed. Read More

IBM Brings Cognos into the Fold

2/11/2008

Having sealed the deal on the largest acquisition in its history, IBM has moved to show that it has already taken the reigns of Cognos, the No. 2 supplier of business intelligence and performance management software. Read More