GlobalStar Gazette

Infor Revamps Support Services, Heightens Competition Against SAP, Oracle
PCWorld
By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News 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. Privately held Infor is the third-largest ERP (enterprise resource ...

McKesson Outruns Estimates Again
DailyFinance
By Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool Posted 9:14AM 01/31/12 Investing McKesson (NYS: MCK) reported earnings on Jan. 30. Here are the numbers you need to know. For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q3), McKesson beat expectations on revenues and beat expectations ...

When ERP Is Botched, CFOs Must Act
CFOworld
While ERP projects go awry for many reasons, each incident reveals its own set of troublesome repercussions, financial and otherwise. IT, of course, is the first to get the call for repairs. But the CFO is rarely far behind. "All roads lead to finance ...

SaaS ERP Is Getting A Closer Look
IT Jungle
Last month, Aberdeen released its latest SaaS ERP report based on survey results collected in the second half of 2011. Castellina is the lead analyst on this report and I talked with him on the phone last week. Castellina's brief summary of the report ...

Oracle plans huge security update this week
Computing
Oracle said in a security update that vulnerabilities will be addressed in the Oracle Database Server, Fusion Middleware, E-Business suite, Supply Chain, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Virtualization, Sun and MySQL products. Enterprises will be keen to test ...

SAP to Acquire Leading Software Provider datango AG
NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)
ES/ – SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced its intention to acquire software and relevant assets from datango AG, a leading provider of workforce performance support software. The transaction, scheduled to close during the first quarter of 2012, ...

ERP software manufacturer SAP 'embraces Apple iPad technology'
Codestone
The quality and success of SAP as a provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software could be in some way the result of its compatibility with the Apple iPad. Oliver Bussman, SAP's chief information officer, has spoken of the firm's relationship ...

2011: The Year Mobile Figured Out IT, And Vice Versa
Forbes
Apps were big, client-server or browser-based projects from Microsoft, SAP, PeopleSoft and an army of ISV's. Mobile turns this on its head. ...

Less than 1 percent of hospitals fully use tablets
mobihealthnews
Despite financial incentives from the government, US hospitals are still slow to adopt EMRs, Mack told Kaiser Health News in a recent interview. Those that do might not have access to a native tablet application from the EMR developer, and even then, ...