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Why Unlimited Vacation May Sound Better Than It Really Is
Michael Thacker, director of corporate media relations at VMware, had a choice on how he would be spending his paid-time-off last year: visit a friend in Mexico, attend the San Francisco Giants’ spring...
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These 3 Companies Offer Unlimited Vacation Days
Go ahead, delete that screensaver of the Caribbean beach and take a much-needed break anytime you want. Dispensing with a ceiling on the number of leave days team members can take in a year, these...
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Get Ready for a Flood of Cloud Software Deals
This week’s news of Microsoft’s $26.2 billion plan to buy LinkedIn and Symantec’s decision to purchase Blue Coat for $4.65 billion means that the floodgates for software M&A are opening. And, when...
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Workday Buys Big Data Specialist Platfora to Strengthen Cloud Financial Apps
Cloud HR software pioneer Workday wday , which has been aggressively pitching its financial management applications, is buying big data analysis startup Platfora to lend more credibility to that...
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Oracle’s Latest Purchase Opens the Door for More Pricey Tech Deals
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The tech industry is headed for a potentially huge round of mergers and acquisitions. These sorts of deals have been going on for a while. But what is new now is...
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Why Workday Just Signed a Multi-Year Cloud Deal With IBM
In the early days of cloud computing services, a common strategy among companies suspicious of their value was to give accounts to company software development organizations so they could write and...
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Oracle Head Larry Ellison Talks A Big Game Against Amazon Web Services
Oracle wants the world to know it has Amazon in its sights. Larry Ellison, Oracle's executive chairman, said Sunday during the company's annual customer conference in San Francisco that he considers...
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How Workday and Microsoft Are Working Closer Together on Apps
Satya Nadella’s quest to build credibility for Microsoft’s fast-growing cloud business is inspiring far closer partnerships with software companies dedicated to that model--even ones you could...
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Why IT Services Giant Wipro Is Snapping Up Appirio for $500 Million
Wipro, a Bangalore-based IT services power with global reach, is buying Appirio for $500 million to raise its profile in business software services. Ten-year old Appirio made its name helping business...
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Amazon Cloud Isn’t Just for Startups Anymore
Amazon Web Services used to be the public cloud of choice for scrappy cash-strapped startups. Small companies liked that they could buy (or rent) computer servers, networking, and storage as needed,...
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Oracle’s Larry Ellison Takes Another Jab At Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison continued his years of sparring with rival Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff by claiming that Oracle is likely on a faster trajectory when its comes to delivering software...
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Rise of the Cloud Forces Oracle To Take a Hard Look at Hardware
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison talked a lot about wringing high software-like profits from the stingy server and chip businesses after paying $7.4 billion for Sun Microsystems and its hardware...
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Here’s Why Gartner Cut Its IT Spending Estimates
Corporate spending on servers, storage, software, and related tech gear won’t be as robust as expected this year, according to revised figures from market research firm Gartner. For the current year,...
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Microsoft Dips Toe Deeper into Human Resources Software
Microsoft has long offered specialized business applications under the Dynamics brand for helping corporate customers manage sales leads or keep tabs on inventory and production processes. So, it’s not...
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