CIO UK Blogs: Entries for April 2009
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Martin Veitch
Martin started his IT journalism career at PC Week. He joined Ziff-Davis UK in 1992 and helped launch PC Direct, rising to become Deputy Editor before leaving to set up ZDNet News. He joined IT Week as Executive News Editor in 1998 and was appointed Editor in 1999. He joined CIO in March 2008, and his other published work includes appearances in The Wall Street Journal Europe, BBC News Online, CFO and The Guardian. He also speaks regularly at conferences.
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April 30, 2009
Red Hat, Ingres and Tibco CEOs shine light on Oracle-Sun merger
Watch out for pricing, lock-in and Oracle to buy Accenture, say experts
My final word on the Oracle-Sun (Snoracle) merger from CIO May print issue: CIOs will be mulling over their server and database strategies after...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
April 23, 2009
Red Hat CEO: no plans to buy database firm
Open-source giant Red Hat aims to be Switzerland of business software
Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst says he has no plans to buy a database company to counter Oracle's agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems, and plans to...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
April 20, 2009
Oracle-Sun: Another IBM in other words
Oracle aims for tight integration with Sun
We might have to wait a little longer to find out the nitty-gritty of what Oracle has planned for its latest acquisiton, Sun Microsystems. In a...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
April 20, 2009
Oracle-Sun deal: Snoracle v The World?
Sun to go to Oracle for $7.4bn -- unless IBM calls again
The first thing to say about the news that that Oracle is buying Sun is to wonder whether the deal will go through. IBM was widely...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
April 14, 2009
NetSuite touts SAP links
SaaS firm NetSuite plays realpolitik over SAP
For some time now there has been unrealistic talk about software-as-a-service companies taking over from enterprise software companies. Twenty...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
April 08, 2009
Google raises price on Google Apps in UK
Apps price rise is based on currency valuations, says Google
Google is raising prices on the paid version of its Apps suite in a move the firm says is intended to bring broad alignment with...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
April 03, 2009
Google + Twitter = tons of sense
Reports of a potential Google-Twitter deal stack up
A report on Techcrunch suggests that Google is in talks to buy Twitter. I hope it's true because a combination would make tons of sense for...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
April 02, 2009
NetSuite gets on Salesforce.com's cloud
NetSuite bolts ERP onto Salesforce's SFA/CRM mothership
NetSuite is to cosy up to Salesforce.com in a move that brings together two software-as-a-service (SaaS) powerhouses for firms seeking broad...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
About the author
Martin Veitch
Martin started his IT journalism career at PC Week. He joined Ziff-Davis UK in 1992 and helped launch PC Direct, rising to become Deputy Editor before leaving to set up ZDNet News. He joined IT Week as Executive News Editor in 1998 and was appointed Editor in 1999. He joined CIO in March 2008, and his other published work includes appearances in The Wall Street Journal Europe, BBC News Online, CFO and The Guardian. He also speaks regularly at conferences.
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