SAP cutting unspecified number of jobs in workforce restructuring
SAP is trimming an unspecified number of workers as part of an effort to restructure its overall skill set. Company spokesman Andy Kendzie declined to specify the number of cuts, which come shortly before SAP's major annual Sapphire Now conference, and just after a series of high-profile executive changes that included the departure of development chief Vishal Sikka.
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FCC proposal would limit AT&T, Verizon in spectrum auction
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has not one, but two, controversial items on its Thursday meeting agenda, with a vote on rules limiting the amount of spectrum the nation's two largest mobile carriers could buy in an upcoming auction in addition to the potential release of a Net neutrality proposal.
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NetSuite looks to stay relevant with revamped HTML5 user interface
NetSuite is overhauling its cloud ERP software's user interface, hoping to keep pace at a time when consumer-like experiences are increasingly becoming the norm in enterprise applications. The new UI is set for release in the third quarter and reflects three years of usability research with NetSuite customers, according to the company. It's based on HTML5, which allows for deployments across multiple device types.
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Salesforce.com ties Force.com to Heroku for richer app development
Salesforce.com has made another step toward unifying its family of application development technologies with Salesforce1 Heroku Connect, which synchronizes data between its Force.com platform and Heroku. Heroku Connect allows data to flow in both directions between Force.com and Postgres databases used by Heroku. As a result, developers can create applications that combine the transactional business processes powered by Force.com with Heroku's mobile and Web-friendly development tools.
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Europe's top court orders Google to honor requests to delete links
Google and other search engine providers can be ordered to delete links to outdated information about a person published on the Internet, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Tuesday.
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With the Internet of things, smart buildings pose big risk
In an Internet of things (IoT) world, smart buildings with web-enabled technologies for managing heat, lighting, ventilation, elevators and other systems pose a more immediate security risk for enterprises than consumer technologies. The increasing focus on making buildings more energy efficient, secure and responsive to changing conditions is resulting in a plethora of web-enabled technologies. Building management systems are not only more tightly integrated with each other, they are also integrated with systems outside the building, like the smart grid.
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Apple's secretive acquisition past
Last week's unoffical report that Apple is looking to buy Beats Music for $3.2 billion was significant far beyond its industry-shaking business ramifications -- it also offered a rare peek into Cupertino's usually secretive acquisitions process.
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Don't celebrate OpenStack's success just yet
At OpenStack Summit you'll hear plenty of arguments for how OpenStack has finally arrived as a business technology.
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Windows XP die-hards can slash attack risk by dumping IE
By switching to a non-Microsoft browser, Windows XP users can halve the number of vulnerabilities that apply to the OS, according to a survey of flaws Microsoft fixed in the second half of 2013. The statistics support the advice from security professionals, who have recommended users run a rival browser to avoid some of the attacks aimed at their unprotected PCs.
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Reported NSA backdoors might open up networks to more threats
Allegations that the NSA installed surveillance tools in U.S.-made network equipment, if true, could mean enterprises have more to worry about than just government spying.While the U.S. government warned router buyers that the Chinese government might spy on them through networking gear made in China, the U.S. National Security Agency was doing that very thing, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper Monday.
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With CShell, C# developers can bypass Visual Studio more often
CShell, an interactive C# scripting environment providing real-time evaluation of code, is expected to have a formal 1.0 release in one to two months, having spent two years in development, says Lukas Buhler, developer of the
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