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4th December 2011 Archive

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  • SAP fluffs up cloud biz with $3.4bn buy

    SuccessFactors HR loveliness

    SAP is shoring up cloud computing capabilities with the acquisition of SuccessFactors, a human resources software firm, for $3.4bn cash. SAP is paying a hefty premium for SuccessFactors - some 52 per cent above the closing price on Friday, December 2 (the day before the acquisition was announced) and some 10 times revenues. …

    Financial News 4 Dec 17:15

  • Network Fabric workshop's greatest hits

    Report Tying it all up in one handy package

    You may have been following our network fabric workshop, and want to share it with your closest friends. You may have missed it, and feel the lack of it in your life but worry that three months of articles might be too much to read in one go. You may want to give the gift of understanding to your boss who doesn't understand that …

    Network Fabric 4 Dec 19:04

  • Big Blue prototypes software for big, big data

    Coping with the astronomy info-glut

    IBM has prototyped a software architecture for the huge data demands of astronomy projects such as the SKA (square kilometer array). One of the many problems created by a project as large as the SKA is that wherever it’s built – we’ll know next year if the South Africa bid or the Australia / New Zealand bid wins – it’s going …

    Space 4 Dec 21:31

  • BioPower to trial wave energy in Oz

    Victorian gummint helping fund 250kW test

    Port Fairy in Victoria is to be home to a $AU14m trial of wave power, with the Victorian government announcing support of $AU5m for the project. The conditional funding from the state government is provided under its Sustainable Energy Pilot Demonstration Program, to help build a 250kW system that will connect to the grid at …

    Environment 4 Dec 22:30

  • Zuck loves New York, Facebook friends Big Apple

    Looking for a few good engineers

    Social media giant Facebook is not just coming to New York to raise $10bn in its initial public offering on Wall Street. The company is also coming to the Big Apple to do a little coding. Last Friday, Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, hosted all the New York political dignitaries as the company announced …

    Developer 4 Dec 23:00

  • Facebook checks in with Gowalla

    Location is something

    Facebook has bought the location-based service Gowalla, according to CNNMoney. Neither party has confirmed the transaction, but speculation that an announcement is imminent was sparked by CNNMoney on Friday. According to the report, Facebook has acquired the Texas –based Gowalla team and is to incorporate the service into …

    Financial News 4 Dec 23:30