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IBM's QEDWiki Adds 'Data as a Service'
A mashup deal with StrikeIron brings more than 100 business services to IBM's enterprise mashup maker. (Sep 17, 2007)

In Google Capgemini Trusts
The consulting firm deems Google Apps Premier Edition worthy for the enterprise. (Sep 14, 2007)

NetSuite Tabs CyberSource for Global Transactions
Customers using the on-demand business applications provider can now conduct online transactions in dinars, yen, and pesos. (Aug 27, 2007)

Salesforce, Google Alliance Targets SMBs
Partnership focuses on the small and mid-sized business market, not the enterprise as was expected. (Jun 7, 2007)

An Enterprise Alliance for Salesforce, Google?
Possible partnership between the SaaS vendor and search engine giant could give Microsoft fits. (May 22, 2007)

Skype Me on Salesforce.com?
The VoIP provider teams up with SaaS vendor Salesforce.com to entice customers into deploying Skype with Salesforce Web-based applications. (May 11, 2007)

Salesforce, Adobe Together at Last
The SaaS vendor and the desktop software vendor mash their toolkits together. (Apr 19, 2007)

Postini Gets Google's Blessing
The on-demand e-mail archival, search, and Web filtering vendor has a big new customer in Gmail. (Apr 4, 2007)

Xactly Partners Up for More Intelligent SaaS
The sales compensation application vendor is stepping out of its comfort zone with the help of new partners Cognos and Informatica. (Mar 15, 2007)

CA's Wily Works Synergy with SAP's NetWeaver
CA's Wily division will help SAP customers solve NetWeaver problems faster and also opens the door for CA to SAP's fast-growing customer base. (Sep 25, 2006)

Sun, Accenture Sew Up SOA Deal
CEO Jonathan Schwartz announces the service-oriented architecture agreement from a news event in New York. (Sep 20, 2006)

SAP, Microsoft Plan Duet Roadmap
Duet has just begun shipping, but the enterprise software giant is already thinking of the next steps. (Aug 3, 2006)

SOA Vendors Link for Interoperability
JBoss, Infravio, and other vendors try to break down barriers by uniting SOA management products. (May 3, 2006)

Adobe Expands OpenHD Alliance
UPDATED: The group grows by 10. (Jan 18, 2006)

Sun, Oracle to Get Tighter
But not merger tight, according to the companies, as one analyst thinks Oracle is resembling a systems vendor. (Jan 6, 2006)

Ballmer Dances Around Microsoft-AOL Rumors
Deal? No Deal? Microsoft CEO plays it close to the chest in his visit to Capitol Hill. (Dec 7, 2005)

IBM Devises SOA Programming Model
UPDATED: Big Blue and other infrastructure software players band together to create an open SOA programming model. (Nov 30, 2005)

Will Microsoft, Yahoo Find IM Harmony?
Technical considerations aren't the only thing Microsoft needs to keep in mind while building its bridge to Yahoo's IM network. (Oct 26, 2005)

Report: Time Warner and Microsoft Rethink Alliance
The merger of two titans would reshape the industry. (Oct 7, 2005)

Microsoft in Open Source Partnership
UPDATED: Agreement with middleware maker JBoss marks a new high temperature in the thawing of Redmond. (Sep 27, 2005)