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    When ERP is botched, CFOs must act 01 February, 2012 03:39:49

    Companies long have grappled with glitches in their ERP (enterprise resource planning) system implementations -- a situation that the recent botched-rollout record suggests won't get better any time soon. While ERP projects go awry for many reasons, each incident reveals its own set of troublesome repercussions, financial and otherwise.
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    Infor revamps support services, heightens competition against SAP, Oracle 01 February, 2012 00:25:24

    Infor has rebranded and revamped its software support offerings in a bid to cement its profile as a potential alternative to rivals like SAP and Oracle.
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    Infor details mobile strategy, launches new apps 24 January, 2012 04:04:05

    Infor on Monday announced details of its Motion mobility platform as well as the availability of two new mobile applications, Road Warrior and ActivityDeck.
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    Infor CEO Charles Phillips discusses software vendor's remaking 11 January, 2012 08:10:05

    Infor CEO Charles Phillips mostly kept out of the limelight after landing the job in October 2010, following a high-profile stint as co-president of Oracle.
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    Why enterprise software will never be the same 04 January, 2012 08:53:43

    It's a stretch to call 2011 a truly transformative year for enterprise software, given all the old warts that remain, from large-scale IT project failures to creaky legacy systems that will take years and great expense to replace with the latest-and-greatest.
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    Key executives leave Lawson Software after Infor acquisition 22 November, 2011 07:50:00

    Three key Lawson Software executives have left the company in recent weeks, just several months following Infor's acquisition of the company and the retirement of CEO Harry Debes.
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    Customer, Lawson Software, hosting provider in legal dustup over ERP project 18 October, 2011 06:39:00

    Health-care business services provider MedSynergies has sued Lawson Software and hosting company Velocity Technology Solutions over a rash of alleged problems with an ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) application project, but Lawson and Velocity say MedSynergies is just trying to get out of a contract it inherited through an acquisition.
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    Five outsiders who could lead Hewlett-Packard 24 September, 2011 05:52:00

    Having gone through a rash of CEOs in the past 10 to 15 years, Hewlett-Packard may soon find itself looking for yet another new chief, despite just tapping Meg Whitman for that job this week.
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    Lawson Software, customer embroiled in ERP project lawsuit 08 September, 2011 06:07:45

    Lawson Software is embroiled in the latest instance of an allegedly failed ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project to become public.
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    Lawson Software buys Approva for governance tech 08 September, 2011 00:59:27

    Lawson Software and its parent company Infor are adding governance capabilities to their ERP (enterprise resource planning) software with the acquisition of Approva, announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal, which closed Sept. 1, were not disclosed.
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    Lawson shareholders approve sale to Infor 30 June, 2011 02:10:16

    A majority of Lawson Software shareholders approved the company's sale to Infor and Golden Gate Capital during a meeting Wednesday, paving the way for the creation of the industry's third-largest ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendors after SAP and Oracle.
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    Data breach: Only 16 per cent self-identified 08 February, 2012 13:26:00

    POS system attacks come of age in Australia.
    Only 16 per cent of organisations that faced a breach in 2011 detected it prior to a notification by a third party, according to an analysis of investigations conducted last year by Trustwave's SpiderLabs security team.
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    Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code 08 February, 2012 06:12:00

    Confirms that BitTorrent file is pcAnywhere's source code after sting operation fails
    Symantec today confirmed that the pcAnywhere source code published on the Web Monday by hackers who tried to extort $50,000 from the company was legitimate.
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    Anonymous claims to have released source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere 07 February, 2012 18:17:00

    The hacker group had earlier released emails between a hacker and a person said to be a Symantec representative
    Hacker group Anonymous claimed late Monday that the source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere had been uploaded on The Pirate Bay site.
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    Kaspersky Lab CEO backs out of IPO plans 08 February, 2012 02:10:00

    Founder buys back 20 percent stake
    Kaspersky Lab founder Eugene Kaspersky has cancelled plans for the firm to go public, announcing his intention to buy back a 20 percent stake sold to a private equity investor a year ago.
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    Denial-of-service attacks are on the rise, anti-DDoS vendors report 08 February, 2012 01:34:49

    Japan named as primary source of DDoS attack traffic for Q4 2011
    Both the number and volume of distributed denial-of-service attacks are increasing, according to new reports from DDoS mitigation companies Prolexic and Arbor Networks.
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