Over 40 per cent of US corporates' application budgets are being spent on ERP systems. CRM applications account for 17 per cent of the budgets, with supply chain management software following close behind at 13 per cent.
AOL is investing $800m in Gateway over the next two years - in return Gateway will bundle AOL Internet access with all its machines. AOL will run Gateway.net - the existing ISP for Gateway customers. AOL will sell Gateway machines online.
It will be investing $50m over the coming five years and will double the number of research staff to 300. German chip maker Infineon is looking to buy up companies who make chips for digital communications networks.
Separately from the new venture it is investing in, Palm has an internal unit that markets electronic books that are stored on SD cards, known as Palm Digital Media. Palm plans to announce later today that it is taking a minority stake in a start...
The UK government is rejigging the way it gives tax credits to companies who invest in research and development (R&D). Details of the change are still sketchy, but it is understood that companies will now be able to claim back the cost of software...
UK call centres aren't spending on personnel training, despite reports of poor customer service provided at such facilities. A mere three per cent of the country's call centres saw a rise in training budgets over the last year, according to a...