EDS extends IT automation deal with Opsware for three years
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Outsourcing vendor Electronic Data Systems has renewed an agreement for IT services from automation and utility software company Opsware that could be worth $145 million over eight years.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to buy data center automation software vendor Opsware Inc. for about US$1.6 billion.
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Check Point Software has beefed up its enterprise security gateways.
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) is beginning to implement a new vendor-relationship strategy emphasizing deeper alliances with fewer vendors.
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Unisys Corp. and the Department of Defense have signed a deal under which Unisys will continue to operate the agency's RFID based supply chain network for at least another  year.
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The National Health Service (NHS) has extended a software licensing deal with Microsoft for nine years - three times longer than its current agreement.
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The $830 million deal aims to bolster Symantec's end-point offerings for mobile devices, laptops, desktops and servers.
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(InfoWorld) - Just a day afterÂ debuting a new initiative to produce more industry-specific functionalityÂ for users of its Dynamics business applications, Microsoft Tuesday announced it had purchased IP (intellectual property) and code relevant to the manufacturing sector. Previously, Microsoft relied on its partners to meet the industry-specific needs of its customers, but in response to feedback from those communities, itÂ is now working to add in capabilities to its ERPÂ applications in five key vertical markets -- manufacturing, distribution, retail, services, and the public sector. Microsoft said Tuesday at its Convergence conference in San Diego that it has acquired the IP and code for eBECS's lean manufacturing module. EBECS is a Microsoft partner and reseller of Dynamics AX based in Chesterfield in the U.K. The companies didn't reveal any financial details around the deal. Lean manufacturing is an approach designed to streamline manufacturing, ensuring the shortest time between receiving a customer's order and shipping that order by getting rid of any inherent waste of resources involved in the manufacturing process. Microsoft will use the eBECS module to extend the existing core functionality of its Dynamics AX ERP software so that users can better optimize their processes and connect and integrate their entire supply chains from their customers through to their supply partners, according to Glenn Bray, senior director of Microsoft's industry solutions. By the end of this year, Microsoft will make the English-language module available to its customers, with plans to integrate the code into the next version of Dynamics AX and fully localize it to support all of the 40 languages in which its ERP software is available. Partners who've been trying to attract high-end customers told Microsoft that they were keen for the software giant to become more proactive about industry-specific offerings. "They want Microsoft to stand behind a solution," Bray said. Customers are keen to know they can still count on Microsoft's support should a particular partner change the focus of their business to a different industry or run into some kind of trouble. Microsoft highlighted acquisition as one way it plans to build in additional vertical functionalities to its Dynamics ERP families along with internal development and strategic alliances with its partners. Back in January, the vendor announced a co-development effort with public-sector information management software vendor Tyler Technologies. The two companies are working together to provide public-sector accounting functionality for Dynamics AX with an enhanced version of the ERP software due to appear in the latter half of 2009. Looking ahead, Microsoft expects to create multiple relationships with partners in each of its five chosen industries, Bray said. He doesn't believe that Microsoft getting more involved in providing industry-specific functionality will lead to cannibalization of existing offerings from its partners. There'll be no requirement for partners, for example, to use Microsoft's own lean manufacturing module, Bray said. Instead, partners will be free to choose whichever software is most appropriate for them, so offerings from Microsoft and its partners addressing the same industry needs will coexist. Â
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NetSuite has updated the e-commerce piece of its NetSuite hosted application suite, allowing users to manage sales efforts on eBay Inc.'s action site
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) could be facing more rough waters with its $8.8 billion U.S. Navy contract, as the IT services provider delayed release of its third-quarter results on Monday pending a review of the value of its assets used on the deal.
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The software company continued to ride its three-year buying spree, leading its executives to claim substantial gains over its competitors.
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Oracle has agreed to acquire business intelligence software vendor Hyperion Solutions for $3.3 billion in cash, it said on Thursday.
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Business integration suite vendor WebMethods is on the acquisition trail again, this time looking to pick up expertise in SOA (service-oriented architecture) governance through the planned purchase of Infravio.
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InfoWorld - Borland Software this week is rolling out an upgrade to its Together enterprise modeling tool for the Eclipse platform, featuring SOA capabilities.
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Software maker says it is still on track to wrap up work on the service pack this quarter, with Windows XP Service Pack 3 planned before the end of June.
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The U.S. Commerce Department said on  Friday it would retain oversight for three more years of the  company that manages Internet domain names, renewing an  agreement that was scheduled to expire this weekend.
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PALO ALTO, Calif.  -- Computer and printer company Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it will buy data center automation software company Opsware Inc. for about $1.6 billion.