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Salesforce.com Acquires HR Software Maker
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) continued its acquisition spree Dec. 15, agreeing to purchase Rypple, a startup that makes Web-based software for human resource professionals. Terms of the deal, which Salesforce.com expects to close by April 30, 2012, were not made public. Rypple’s software is a goal-setting application that helps human resource managers give employees feedback about…
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Business Owners Lack Confidence, Preparation
More than three-quarters (77 percent) of business owners say they started their companies to provide financially for their families, yet despite these good intentions, less than half feel confident with their current personal financial situation. More than a quarter (28 percent) say that it is all they can do to keep up with everyday business…
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Apple iPad to Get Bigger Screen in 2012?
Fans of Apple s iPad tablet can look forward to a version of the device with a larger screen size — 7.85 inches, to be exact — in the fourth quarter of 2012, along with a new version of the popular tablet in the first quarter of the new year, according to a report in…
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Dell Discontinues Inspiron Mini Netbooks
Dell apparently is doing away with netbooks to make room for ultrabooks. The world’s second-largest PC maker is no longer selling its line of Inspiron Mini notebooks, choosing instead to focus its efforts on thin and light notebooks, including the ultrabook category championed by giant chip maker Intel. The 10-inch Inspiron Minis are no longer…
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PCI Security Adoption Lags as IT Budgets Shift: Gartner
Payment Card Industry data security standards may be a hot topic, but a recent survey by IT research firm Gartner found that 18 percent of respondents admitted to not being PCI-compliant, even though the survey data suggested that they should be. The survey of 383 IT managers found trends in buying behaviors and permitted predictions…
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VMware Partners Uhuru, Tier 3 Take .NET to the Cloud
VMware’s Cloud Foundry is now open to .NET developers in more than one way. Dubbed an open Platform as a Service (PAAS), VMware’s Cloud Foundry supported Java, Ruby, Erlang and other platforms, but lacked support for .NET. Now, in less than a week, there are two options for developers to take .NET applications to the…