SAP to pay Oracle $1.3 billion in damages

Business software developer SAP said on Tuesday that it will pay $ 1.3 billion to Oracle for copyright violation by its now obsolete software maintenance unit. The Oracle-SAP case was a high profile war between two technology giants, which was heard in United States district court Oakland, Calif. The copyright suit rotated around SAP’s TomorrowNow unit, which confessed to using information from credentials it had illegitimately downloaded to try to rustle consumers from oracle.

Survey reveals that SaaS is gaining popularity among SMBs

According to a survey conducted by AMI, an IT research company, 750,000 small business enterprises are using the Software-as-a-Service model for integrating various enterprise applications in their business processes. Also, 20,000 medium enterprises are using SaaS in their business. These numbers indicate that SaaS solutions are gaining popularity among small and medium enterprises.

Trinity Health opts for ScheduleAnywhere, a Staff Management Solution

Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. made an announcement that a healthcare organization base in North Dakota, Trinity Health, has opted for ScheduleAnywhere for its wide network of clinics, hospitals and other facilities. This staff management solution helps Trinity Health to create and manage schedules of 700 employees.

BusinessMan ERP application for the iPhone

Computech IT Services Ltd., a software development company based in UK, has launched the next version of its BusinessMan enterprise application made for the Mac OSX platform. The software enables companies and organizations to manage different aspects involved in the business starting from the first prospective contact to invoicing.