Stories by Chris Kanaracus

Workday plots wave of predictive analytic apps

Workday is expanding its move into analytics with a series of specialized, predictive applications designed to help staff in HR and financial management roles retain top workers and make more accurate forecasts.

Written by Chris Kanaracus05 Nov. 14 04:01

Oracle's Larry Ellison isn't done building his legacy

Larry Ellison may no longer be CEO of Oracle, but he's not going anywhere anytime soon. Indeed, as executive chairman and CTO, Ellison is now in a position to focus solely on creating new products and services that will cement his legacy as he enters the twilight of a legendary career in tech.

Written by Chris Kanaracus01 Nov. 14 06:30

Twitter, IBM form partnership around analytic apps

IBM and Twitter have announced a partnership that will merge Twitter's massive flows of social media data with Big Blue's analytics software, including Watson.

Written by Chris Kanaracus30 Oct. 14 03:32

Rimini Street's practices remain 'suspect,' Oracle alleges

Oracle isn't satisfied that Rimini Street's new procedures for third-party support for Oracle software are legal, a stance that could further extend the companies' long-running intellectual property lawsuit.

Written by Chris Kanaracus22 Oct. 14 06:21

SAP looks to long-time ally IBM for help expanding in the Cloud

SAP's Hana Enterprise Cloud service will be made available through IBM's global Cloud infrastructure, in a move that expands options for customers around the world who are considering moving their business applications off-premises to the Cloud.

Written by Chris Kanaracus15 Oct. 14 04:41

Salesforce and Microsoft partnership gains some steam

Salesforce.com and Microsoft's budding partnership has yet to produce everything the companies promised in their product-integration announcement earlier this year, but more specific delivery dates have been revealed.

Written by Chris Kanaracus14 Oct. 14 06:43

Salesforce unveils Wave, its play in Cloud analytics

The knock against Salesforce.com has long been for its lack of robust analytics, but the company is hoping to change that perception and challenge the competition with Wave, its sixth discrete Cloud service.

Written by Chris Kanaracus13 Oct. 14 23:05

What to expect at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce

It's just days until Salesforce.com's massive Dreamforce event in San Francisco, where CEO Marc Benioff and celebrity guests will hold forth before an expected 140,000 attendees. While that number is arguably inflated by the fact that Salesforce provides free access to keynotes, the show is nonetheless important for the cloud software industry. Here's a look at what to expect.

Written by Chris Kanaracus11 Oct. 14 07:11