Business

At $3.5 billion, who’s going to buy ERP vendor Epicor?

Potential suitors include rival ERP vendors and hardware companies wanting to get into software, analysts say

Alibaba’s business model and the Chinese market make its IPO hot

Alibaba's IPO in the U.S. could surpass the US$16 billion offering from Facebook

Amid staff shortage, tech leaders want more computer education in California schools

There is currently a large mismatch between demand and supply of computer science graduates, the industry said

IoT will stump IT until clouds and big data come aboard, EMC says

The company says the Internet of Things is the best case for its collection of tools

Is that Twitter account a bot? Researchers make app to find out

The app looks at public Twitter data to identify phony accounts

SAP users hail upcoming support services upgrade

But customers will have to wait and see if SAP's promises pan out, an analyst says

Up in smoke: How marijuana shops in Colorado are protecting themselves from losses

Should CIOs Use a Carrot or a Stick to Rein In BYOD Workers?

7 in 10 office workers barely use Microsoft Office anymore

Survey finds the only Office app still used daily is Outlook, which is bad news for Microsoft.

Citrix brings desktop management to XenMobile

IT staff will be able to manage Windows 8 desktops in addition to mobile devices