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  • Ansell profit rises, fixing IT problems

    Ansell Ltd says it is rectifying problems with its new business processing system which have resulted in the gloves and condoms supplier losing sales and customers in the key North American market.

  • Oracle seeks new trial in IP theft suit against SAP

    Oracle's plan to drag its legal fight against rival SAP's defunct TomorrowNow subsidiary through a <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9224017/Oracle_asks_for_retrial_against_SAP_in_TomorrowNow_case">second trial</a> is not surprising, analysts said Tuesday.

  • SAP unveils HANA in-memory database offerings for SMBs

    SAP on Tuesday announced the first products based on its HANA in-memory database aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, including a new Edge edition of the software as well as HANA-powered analytics for the Business One ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite.

  • Oracle asks for retrial against SAP in TomorrowNow case

    Oracle has chosen a new trial in its lawsuit against SAP for copyright infringement, rejecting the reduction of a jury verdict by about US$1 billion by a federal court in September last year.

  • Java tops C in language popularity assessment -- but not by much

    Java is barely hanging on to its ranking as the most popular programming language, edging out C in this month's Tiobe index of programming language popularity.

  • SAP community portal launch date still unclear due to bugs

    Serious technical problems that have delayed the rollout of an upgrade to SAP's community portal are persisting, to the point where the company is no longer specifying a launch date.

  • Systems management, cloud services likely in Dell's software acquisition plans

    Dell's formation of a new software group, which was <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/careers/3334951/dell-forms-software-group-names-john-swainson-as-head/">announced Thursday</a>, could be the forerunner to a string of acquisitions by the vendor, with some observers predicting a focus on systems management and cloud services provisioning.

  • SAP-SuccessFactors deal delayed as US regulators conduct investigation

    SAP's US$3.4 billion purchase of cloud software vendor SuccessFactors has been delayed indefinitely while a U.S. regulatory body investigates the deal, an SAP spokesman confirmed Wednesday.

  • Smart hat monitors brain waves to watch fatigue levels

    I just read <a href="http://m.gizmag.com/article/21271/">an interesting article</a> in <a href="http://m.gizmag.com/">Gizmag</a>, an online technology newsletter, about an unreleased product called the <a href="http://www.smartcap.com.au/">SmartCap</a> from Australian company EdanSafe. The SmartCap is worn as a cap and analyzes brainwaves to ascertain fatigue levels, one obvious use case being to monitor commercial drivers to reduce road accidents.

  • Oracle outlines plans for RightNow integration

    Oracle executives on Tuesday gave a more detailed picture of their plans to integrate technologies gained through October's US$1.5 billion <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221133/Oracle_buys_RightNow_for_about_1.5B">acquisition</a> of RightNow, maker of cloud-based software for customer service through the Web, social networks and contact centers.

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