Chris Kanaracus

Articles by Chris Kanaracus

Microsoft has no plans for on-demand ERP

Microsoft intends to continue with its current model, wherein partners host Dynamics ERP and customize it for customers

Complex-event-processing rivals join forces

New risk management tools anticipated as complex event processing (CEP) firm Aleri unites with top competitor Coral8

MySQL creator leaves Sun Microsystems

Original MySQL developer, Michael 'Monty' Widenius ends a rocky relationship with Sun to start his own company to be named Monty Program Ab

IBM reports strong Q4 earnings, no layoffs announced

Layoff fears at Big Blue appear to have been quashed for now as IBM reports a $4.4 billion net income for the fourth quarter of 2008

Forrester forecasts decline in global IT spending

Software spending will be flat this year, while spending on communications equipment, computer hardware and IT services will drop. But puchases of industry-specific gear, such as RFID, will grow

Half of developers to work on SaaS in ’09

SaaS is not just a trend. Enterprises are widely beginning to grasp the benefits of the software-as-a-service model over traditional on-premise software, according to a recent survey by the Evans Data Corp

IBM employees worried over layoff rumours

An independent IBM employees' Web site is abuzz with talk that Big Blue could be laying off as much as 16,000 workers this month. The company is neither confirming nor denying the reports

Salesforce connects Force.com to Google App Engine

Results from the new hook up remain to be seen, but some analysts foresee faster development of new CRM, business and front-office applications

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