06:43 20.05.2006
SAP, the world's leading maker of business software, would be open to a merger or a takeover by companies such as IBM, Microsoft or Google, if the price were right, one of SAP's co-founders and biggest shareholders said.
Privately held Infor, an enterprise software company owned by private equity firms Golden Gate Capital and Summit Partners, will acquire SSA Global Technologies Inc. for$19.50 per share in cash.
IBM Software's next Notes client will include OpenDocument Format (ODF) editors.
Microsoft Word 2007 will sport the last-minute addition of a blog post authoring tool when the software rolls into Beta 2 in the next week or two.
Palm claims that, despite its aging operating system, the Treo 700p and its 3G capabilities will be attractive to both enterprises and individual users.
Apple released its third major patch this year for Mac OS X on Thursday, fixing 31 software vulnerabilities in a range of products that could be used by remote attackers to compromise Mac OS systems.
Apple has posted updates to iDVD, iWeb, iPhoto and iMovie HD— four of the six applications included with iLife 06. The new versions— iDVD 6.0.2, iWeb 1.1, iPhoto 6.0.3 and iMovie HD 6.0.2— are available for download through the Software Update system preference (discrete updaters had not yet been posted to Apple’s Web site as Macworld posted this article).
Palm on Monday introduced the first Treo phone with a high-speed wireless Web link running the Palm operating system called the 700p.
Palm has taken the wraps off of its latest enterprise-grade communications tool, introducing an upgrade to the popular Treo smarphone line with a new handset that runs the Palm operating system.
Business software maker Infor said on Monday it would acquire SSA Global Technologies Inc. for about$1.4 billion, to help challenge market leaders Oracle Corp. and SAP AG .
Business software maker CA Inc. said on Monday its chief financial officer will leave the company"under mutual agreement"after slightly more than a year in the job, raising investor concerns over a quick series of top management departures.
