SugarCRM buys Lotus Notes tools, cozies up to IBM
SugarCRM has acquired iExtensions, which makes customer relationship management (CRM) software for IBM Lotus Notes users, in a bid to attract more enterprise customers and compete better against bigger rivals like Salesforce.com and Microsoft. The announcement was made Tuesday at the SugarCon conference in San Francisco, where SugarCRM also released a beta of the Spring Release of its CRM software. The update adds "social CRM" features and native client applications for the iPad, Blackberry and Android devices.
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AT&T hikes iPhone early upgrade prices
AT&T on Monday confirmed that it has bumped up the price of early iPhone upgrades by $50. The change was first reported last week by the Android Central blog.[ iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android? Whatever handheld you use or manage, turn to InfoWorld for the latest developments. Subscribe to InfoWorld's Mobilize newsletter today. ]
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TI buys National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion
Texas Instruments on Monday announced it has agreed to acquire semiconductor company National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion in an all-cash transaction. TI, which makes low-power chips, said it would combine its 30,000 analog products and advanced manufacturing capabilities with the offerings of National Semiconductor, which makes analog integrated circuits.
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Massive Epsilon email breach hits Citi, Chase, more
The Epsilon e-mail breach has escalated into a "massive breach," according to SecurityWeek blogger Mike Lennon.
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Android leads smartphone market but not the overall mobile race
In a mere three months, Google Android shot from second to first place among smartphone platforms, with subscriber market share jumping from 26 percent in November 2010 to 33 percent in February.
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Will Windows 8 come wrapped in a ribbon interface?
Three years have passed since Microsoft first introduced the ribbon menu interface to Office 2007, a change that was met with a mixed response from end-users. If you're a fan of the ribbon, rejoice, or if you're a loather, beware: Microsoft is contemplating giving the interface a prominent role in the next version of Windows.
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Oracle releases 11g database Express Edition beta
Oracle 11g XE (Express Edition), the free-of-charge version of Oracle's flagship database, is now in beta. XE provides an "entry-level, small-footprint RDBMS" based on 11g Release 2 code, said Oracle Technology Network director Justin Kestelyn in a blog post late Friday announcing the news.
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Developer tool lets users install Windows Phone 7 updates
Developer Chris Walsh has apparently done what software giant Microsoft has failed to accomplish: let anyone with a Windows Phone 7 device install the first two operating system updates.
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Google bids $900 million for Nortel patent portfolio
Google is bidding $900 million in cash for thousands of patents that Nortel will auction off as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, the companies said Monday. The proposed deal is what's known as a "stalking horse" asset sale agreement, where the Google offer sets the minimum bar for other bidders for the portfolio of about 6,000 patents and patent applications, which cover a broad range of telecommunications, Internet search and social networking technologies.
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Equity firm Apax Partners to buy Epicor, Activant
Private equity firm Apax Partners is buying Epicor and Activant in a deal that will create one of the world's largest ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendors, the companies announced Monday. Apax is to pay $976 million for Epicor. Specific terms of the offer for privately held Activant were not disclosed, but Apax said the combined deal was worth about $2 billion. The deal is expected to close in this quarter.
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Huawei Symantec unveils first midrange storage arrays
Huawei Symantec Technologies today unveiled its first line of midrange disk-based storage area networks (SANs) designed for small and midsize firms through enterprises. Huawei Symantec, a joint venture company established in 2008 by telecommunications technology provider Huawei and software vendor Symantec, anounced the new line at Storage Networking World here.
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IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series: Meru President and CEO Ihab Abu-Hakima
Meru Networks claims to have been the first company to deliver an 802.11n access point and is now riding that technology's popularity as enterprises move increasingly to high-speed wireless networks.
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