New immigration bill focuses on high-skill workers
New legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators would nearly double the number of H-1B visas that companies can get each year to hire foreign high-skill workers, including...
View ArticleFoursquare launches new mobile app for business owners
Foursquare has launched a new mobile app aimed at making it easier for the 1 million business owners using the service to connect and share news with customers.
View ArticleUK's accounting watchdog investigating Autonomy finances pre-HP deal
The U.K.'s Financial Reporting Council has launched a probe into Autonomy's financial reporting over a period of more than two years prior to its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
View ArticleGermany probes labor practices at Amazon contractor
A TV report into the lives of migrant workers employed at Amazon.com distribution centers in Germany has prompted the government to call for an investigation, and is pushing other companies to change...
View Article5 Things IT Pros Need to Know About SaaS Governance
Software as a service is here to stay. So CIOs need the tools to manage their sprawling portfolios of SaaS applications with the same rigor they use for on-premise software.
View ArticleIBM offers partners marketing analysis and mobile help
To kick off its annual PartnerWorld conference, IBM has prepared a new round of incentives to help its partners generate more business.
View ArticleSalesforce.com retools marketing message around 'customer companies'
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has laid out a new strategic and thematic direction for his company, saying that its goal will now be to help clients become "customer companies," with the end result...
View ArticleSony to sell shares in mobile game company DeNA to boost profits
Sony will sell off its holdings in mobile game firm DeNA for about US$440 million, the latest in a string of deals that could boost its bid for a profitable year.
View ArticleFujitsu names UniCredit as first European customer for palm-scan authentication
Fujitsu Technology Solutions has named European bank UniCredit as the first major customer for its PalmSecure authentication system, which is on display at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany,...
View ArticleMicrosoft going after enterprises with Dynamics AX ERP
Microsoft hoped recent updates to its Dynamics AX 2012 ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) software would help it grab enterprise-level deals that would ordinarily be won by the likes of Oracle and SAP,...
View ArticleOracle's Mark Hurd talks Fusion Applications, customer satisfaction and SAP's...
As co-president of Oracle, Mark Hurd is tasked with selling an ever-increasing array of new software and hardware products, such as the Exadata database machine and Fusion Applications, while figuring...
View ArticleSteve Wozniak: 'Apple is working on new products that will surprise and shock...
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has said that he is confident that Apple will launch new products that will "surprise and shock us all," and help boost the company's "disappointing" share price higher...
View ArticleFormer Apple consultant talks innovation, Samsung, and expanding the iPhone...
Ken Segall, a former Apple employee who worked for the company for more than a decade during the Steve Jobs era, reveals what he thinks Apple needs to do to progress in the future.
View ArticleSAP launches ride-sharing app TwoGo
SAP has expanded its foray into corporate sustainability with the release of a carpooling application called TwoGo.
View ArticleEpilogue to von Simson book on strategy puts the spotlight on innovation
After Ernest von Simson's book, "The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry," was published three years ago, he watched major shifts occur at the IT companies he had...
View ArticleSenate report: Apple claims subsidiaries with no taxing jurisdiction
Apple has set up three foreign subsidiaries that the company claims are not resident in any nation for taxing purposes, in an effort to avoid paying tens of billions of dollars in taxes to the U.S. and...
View ArticleApple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes
Apple pays a fair share of the taxes it owes the U.S. and other nations, its CEO said Tuesday, despite criticism from U.S. senators that the company is ducking taxes by shifting profits to subsidiaries...
View ArticleSpy-proof enterprise encryption is possible, but daunting
Data encryption could help enterprises protect their sensitive information against mass surveillance by governments, as well as guard against unauthorized access by ill-intended third parties, but the...
View ArticleEncryption would exempt ISPs from data breach notification to EU customers
From around the end of August, European Union telecoms providers and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will have to comply with new rules to ensure that customers in all E.U. countries receive the same...
View ArticleApple's Q3 earnings call set for 23 July
Apple's third-quarter earnings will be disclosed in an Apple financial results conference call on 23 July.
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