Salesforce.com is set to acquire web-based social performance management software provider Rypple and plans to relaunch its product as Successforce.

HP and Microsoft have launched a global, four-year initiative to deliver Microsoft’s communications and collaboration applications via private and public cloud services.

fetchTV has just launched free mobile applications for the iPhone and iPad, available through iTunes, with the new apps able to apps turn a smart device into a fully interactive remote control with rich content browsing capability.

Acquisitions are going on the back burner at CA Technologies, according to CEO Bill McCracken. But 'never say never' may apply.

Cost optimisation is growing in importance as mobile operators face tougher competition and margin pressures, according to a report out today, which also predicts that customer service, smart devices, and mobile app ecosystems will be the top trends to watch in the mobile market next year.

Learning how to curse in a foreign language has never been easier, with the makers of the popular free DROID phone app, PottyMouth, releasing a new app which takes popular dirty words and phrases from eight different languages and translates them into English.

SAP and OpenText have joined forces to offer two new applications for SAP’s NetWeaver Portal designed to make it easier to manage documents and website content within NetWeaver.

Swiss SaaS Internet security services company, DSwiss, has launched what it says is a security-savvy file system app for the iPad, which is also available now on the iPhone.

The number of mobile application downloads worldwide will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 56.6 percent between last year and 2015 to reach 98 billion. However, with most apps free to download, forecasters say the challenger for the industry and developers is to come up with a way to monetise all these applications.

Australian-listed business solutions vendor, UXC, has been awarded a major contract with Victorian water business, City West Water, for the first phase of work for the implementation and ongoing applications support for a large Oracle based solution.