Talend, the recognized market leader in open source data management software, announced today that it has acquired Sopera, a leading provider of open source SOA and middleware platforms, creating a global leader in open source middleware solutions that ranks among the top five global pure play open source vendors. Simultaneously, Talend completed a $34 million financing round led by Silver Lake Sumeru, a global leader in private investments in middle-market technology companies. Existing Talend investors Balderton Capital and IDInvest Partners (formerly AGF Private Equity) also participated in this round...

IBM today announced third-quarter 2010 diluted earnings of $2.82 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $2.40 per share in the third quarter of 2009, an increase of 18 percent.
Third-quarter net income was $3.6 billion compared with $3.2 billion in the third quarter of 2009, an increase of 12 percent. Total revenues for the third quarter of 2010 of $24.3 billion increased 3 percent (4 percent, adjusting for currency) from the third quarter of 2009...

IBM today introduced new software that combines the most sophisticated business analytics and optimization capabilities for today's evolving workforce. For the first time, the new offerings combine social networking and collaboration capabilities for the burgeoning mobile workforce, expected to reach more than 1.19 billion by 2013.
With today's news, IBM is bringing business analytics capabilities to the masses with a new look and feel that more closely mirrors people's every day use of technology including support for new mobile devices and integrated social networking capabilities for faster, more collaborative decision-making...

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Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing (https://www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing/) company, today announced the success Stratus Technologies, a provider of ultra high availability on its servers, has achieved with salesforce.com as the cornerstone of its IT strategy. The 30-year old company, who prides itself for being at the leading edge of IT, began adopting Salesforce CRM applications in 2004 and is currently leveraging Sales Cloud 2, Service Cloud 2, the Force.com platform and most recently emerged as one of Salesforce Chatter’s early success stories...

EMC Corporation today announced a new portfolio of services from EMC® Consulting and EMC Proven™ Solutions with applied technology best practices that help customers with Oracle® and other application environments move forward on their journey to the private cloud.
These new offerings from EMC help enterprises gain operational efficiencies and control costs as they deploy virtualization solutions across business application environments ranging from testing, development and production – to online transactional processing (OLTP) and data warehouse systems....

MicroStrategy® Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced the availability of MicroStrategy Mobile Suite, a software package that allows companies to build mobile business intelligence applications at no cost.
MicroStrategy Mobile enables companies to quickly and easily extend graphs, grids, enterprise reports, and information dashboards to the iPhone® and iPad™. With MicroStrategy Mobile, there is no coding or app design experience required. ..

iWay Software, an Information Builders company and an innovator of enterprise integration solutions, announced today that CHG Healthcare Services, one of the oldest and largest providers of healthcare staffing in the U.S., is improving the accuracy and efficiency of its information systems with integration and data quality technology from iWay. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based organization selected iWay Software's Data Quality Center (DQC) and iWay Service Manager, key components of the iWay Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Suite, to simplify its transition to a new cloud-based CRM system from Salesforce.com...

The island nation of Singapore welcomes millions of first-time visitors each year, and the month of September will be especially busy as it plays host to the world-famous 2010 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has partnered with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) to build an online service combining Twitter feeds and geo-tagging on YourSingapore.com, the STB’s online one-stop visitor information center. ..

IBM and Netezza Corporation  today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Netezza, a publicly held company based in Marlborough, Mass., in a cash transaction at a price of $27 per share or at a net price of approximately $1.7 billion, after adjusting for cash.  Netezza will expand IBM's business analytics initiatives to help clients gain faster insights into their business information, with increased performance at a lower cost.

The acquisition, which is subject to Netezza shareholder approval, applicable regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2010..