========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com FINANCE INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= November 8, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Nortel Today, converged applications are putting demands on bandwidth and network intelligence that older LAN switches weren't designed to address. Your network may be unable to handle new, converged applications in the future. Take this quick LAN readiness evaluation to see if you're prepared. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1347-17-38-11627-149121-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Theresa Carey: Intuit Preps QuickBooks 2005 Lineup 1. News: Microsoft to Ship New Office Small-Biz Release in 2005 2. News: IMlogic Helps Hedge Funds with IM Compliance 3. News: Salesforce.com Customers Embrace On-Demand Model 4. Analysis: Is IBM the Grid King in Financial Services? 5. News: Oracle Makes 'Final' PeopleSoft Offer ========================================================= Theresa Carey ========================================================= Intuit Preps QuickBooks 2005 Lineup QuickBooks, long the front-runner in the small-business accounting software market with more than 3 million users, will roll out its 2005 line in late November. Take a look at the updates here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1347-17-38-11627-149124-1 ========================================================= Finance Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft to Ship New Office Small-Biz Release in 2005 The gloves are off. Microsoft is ready to take on Intuit for the dollars of small-business managers. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch has the details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1347-17-38-11627-149127-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: IMlogic Helps Hedge Funds with IM Compliance In the wake of the SEC regulations, IMlogic has announced a new quick-start package, available now, designed to help hedge fund advisers comply with the mandates to secure and save IM communications. The company says the package will help companies put IM usage in compliance quickly and without a high price tag. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1347-17-38-11627-149130-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Salesforce.com Customers Embrace On-Demand Model With the fervor of recent religious converts, Salesforce.com users say they are convinced that using a hosted application service provides significant potential cost savings and management benefits over trying to develop or support important business applications in-house. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1347-17-38-11627-149133-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Analysis: Is IBM the Grid King in Financial Services? Oracle Database 10g be damned--IBM has been doing grid for longer than Oracle, better than Oracle and for cheaper than Oracle, its database executives want us to know. Database Editor Lisa Vaas analyzes the situation. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1347-17-38-11627-149136-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Oracle Makes 'Final' PeopleSoft Offer After much speculation that it would raise its bid yet again, Oracle announced its latest offer for PeopleSoft: $24 per share, up from $21 per share, or $7.7 billion. 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