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Google clears last hurdle to acquire DoubleClick; Closes deal for $3.1 billion
12 Mar 2008
Google completes acquisition of online advertising major DoubleClick immediately after receiving European Commission approval on Tuesday. Sourya Biswas evaluates what the deal means for Google and its immediate rival Microsoft.

Achieving success in Pervasive BI
21 Jan 2008
Pervasive business intelligence is trending upwards, having moved from the early adopters into the mainstream. By Dennis Samuel, Sr. VP, India & South East Asia, Teradata Corp
Mr Darling Regrets
By Andrew Kellett | 23 Nov 2007
The loss of two discs containing personal data on 25 million Britons by the UK's revenue and customs service showcases the vulnerabilities of government and security systems, which are leveraged as opportunities by cyber criminals, and serve as the starting point for many a case of identity fraud … By Andrew Kellett, senior research analyst, Butler Group
Oracle stops hinting and goes for BEA''s jugular
19 Oct 2007
Now might be a better time for BEA to seek a friendly acquisition by a vendor that is looking for something more positive than to simply trash the competition, says Rob Hailstone, Butler Group
Is your company ready for the iphone?
By | 31 Aug 2007
Mark Blowers, senior research analyst, Butler Group, says organisations must ensure that mobile devices are managed as capably as other assets.
Safety basics of online banking
17 Jul 2007
Growing popularity of online banking has also brought in growing threats for users, says Raj Jain, vice chairman and managing director, RS Software.
Secure yourself against fraud while e-shopping
By | 10 Jul 2007
Srikiran Raghavan, regional sales head, RSA, the security division of EMC, provides some useful tips to prevent misuse of your credit information while on the web.
Go slow to go fast
11 May 2007
Keeping the CFO, business users, and IT organisations smiling while building a high value business intelligence environment. By Dennis Samuel, Teradata division, NCR Corporation.
Artificial Intelligence enters the mainstream
30 Apr 2007
AI has added a new dimension to enterprise applications, helping organisations quickly adapt to changing business requirements as well as direction of market movement and actions of competitors. By Dr Kaustubh Chokshi*, CEO of UK-based Intelligent Business Systems.
Forecasting tourism demand
28 Mar 2007
With the use of neural network based models, tourism demand forecasting softwares provide ongoing, dynamic and adaptive information management. By Dr Kaustubh Chokshi, CEO of UK-based Intelligent Business Systems.
The quest for customer loyalty finds an ally in AI
24 Feb 2007
Every marketer's dream of attracting customers with unflinchingly loyalty comes true… with artificial intelligence, says Dr Kaustubh Chokshi, CEO of UK-based Intelligent Business Systems
Combating money laundering with IT
06 Feb 2007
Software that learns from experience
16 Jan 2007
Butler predicts tech trends for 2007
19 Dec 2006
Meaning-based computing: A broad church
04 Sep 2006
A karmayogi and a technocrat
30 Aug 2006
A karmayogi and a technocrat
30 Aug 2006
Filtering the virus
23 Aug 2006
End of Ramrajya @ Sify
By Venkatachari Jagannathan | 21 Jul 2006
Let the mobile pay
By | 21 Jul 2006
Jamming the spammers
15 Jul 2006
Tech results: Can others do an Infy?
By | 12 Jul 2006
Sustaining the competitive edge in offshoring
23 Jun 2006
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