Chris Kanaracus
U.S. Correspondent
Chris Kanaracus covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for the IDG News Service, and is based in Boston.
Twitter, IBM form partnership around analytic apps
Industry-specific products and tie-ins to IBM's cloud development platform are just some of the companies' plans
SAP offering customers 'simpler' way to buy its Hana in-memory platform
The company wants to increase uptake of its Hana platform
Oracle database certifications aren't 'permanent' anymore
The policy change only immediately reflects certifications for long-in-the-tooth versions of the database
Salesforce.com gives mobile app development a 'Lightning' strike
The next generation of the Salesforce1 development platform is announced at Dreamforce
Salesforce and Microsoft partnership gains some steam
The vendors have revealed general delivery dates for integrations between their platforms
Salesforce unveils Wave, its play in cloud analytics
Wave uses a search-like medium along with extensive visualizations
Microsoft looks to poach Salesforce.com customers with aggressive pricing
Aggressively priced CRM Online product bundle includes both Office 365 and Microsoft's Power BI tool
Salesforce launches 'reimagined' customer-service, sales software
Service Clould1 shows Salesforce grappling with users' desire for mobile-first apps and multi-channel support
Price tag for troubled SAP project will skyrocket to nearly $1 billion, audit says
An 'overly ambitious design' and poor training are cited as reasons for the mess at a New York gas utility
How to avoid an Oracle ERP upgrade disaster
Users who have gone through the experience advised their peers during OpenWorld
Ellison pushes Oracle's new cloud platform hard, but questions linger
Oracle presents itself as a one-stop-shop for all things cloud: SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. But will customers gain savings at all three layers?