Oracle recently announced its plans to buy social marketing startup Involver soon after the acquisition of social marketing vendor Vitrue in May. This move, according to reports, is an add up to its growing collection of customer service software aimed at the social media.
Microsoft yesterday confirmed that Windows 8 will be entirely released by the end of October, signaling when Windows 8 laptops, PCs and tablet will start hitting the market.
Early this week, Dell announced that it is buying Quest Software. This US$2.4 billion acquisition can turn out to be gold deal for Dell in India market as Quest Software possesses a strong customer-base in the country and the software vendor has an aggressive strategy in place for Indian market.
Social Media is a buzzword in global IT. Researchers and ITcompanies are full of praise for social media and its significance but theground reality, especially on the channel front, is little different.