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    Patton Implements Price Cut on US-Manufactured Remote Access Equipment

Patton, a provider of business and carrier-class VoIP, network access, connectivity, and video surveillance equipment, announced a permanent 20 percent price reduction on all DialFire Remote Access Server (RAS) equipment.

    Cypress Envirosystems Selected by California Public Utilities Commissioner as One of the Top Innovative Clean, Green Companies of the Year

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 15, 2010 — Cypress Envirosystems, a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY), announced today that Commissioner John A. Bohn of the California Public Utilities Commission, host of the 2010 Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, has invited Cypress Envirosystems to present its technology to the utility regulators and utility companies in 13 western states.

    SAS Among Triangle’s Top Workplaces

SAS, the leader in business intelligence and analytics, was named to the list of Best Places to Work in the Triangle by Triangle Business Journal (TBJ).

    Close to 1,000 Business and IT Professionals from the North America, UK, Germany and France Contribute to this Global Benchmark in Open Source Software Attitudes and Adoption Trends

Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), the leader in delivering Rich Internet Applications Without Limits™, today revealed a preview of some of the findings of its Actuate Annual Open Source Survey for 2008 conducted across, North America, the UK, Germany and France.

    BakBone Customers Sprint to Implement BakBone' s VMware Data Protection Solution

BakBone Software(R) (BKBO.PK), the leading provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, is helping customers easily embrace VMware data protection with a solution that protects both individual and entire groups of VMware(R) ESX Servers, requires no scripting and is deeply integrated with VMware technology and techniques.

    CA Launches Governance, Risk and Compliance Solution for Power and Utilities Industry

CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) today announced CA GRC Manager NERC Program Accelerator, a complete North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliance program for power and utility customers.

    Parkes Launches Extensive Online Commerce Capabilitie

Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), a leading provider of enterprise business software

    Taleo Announces the General Availability of Taleo Performance

Taleo Delivers First Unified Recruiting and Performance Management Solution. Increases Employee Engagement and Retention for Higher Workforce Productivity

    Florida Surplus Lines Service Office Selects Actuate Performancesoft Suite to Centralize its Performance Management Initiative

Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), the leader in Business Intelligence, Performance Management and Reporting Applications, today announced that Florida Surplus Lines Service Office (FSLSO), has selected the Actuate Performancesoft Suite to drive its Performance Management initiative.

    Entrust Introduces Its Open Fraud Intelligence Network, Another Line of Defense in a Layered Security Approach

Leading security provider builds off open standard it co-authored last fall, seeking protection for all online organizations, not just financial institutions

    SPECTRA LOGIC EXPANDS T950 LIBRARY TO 7450 SLOTS WITH SIXTH FRAME

Enterprise Users Can Now Store Nearly Ten Petabytes of Data in One Unit

    IBM Internet Security Systems Shields Customers from Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities

IBM Credited with Discovering Microsoft XML HTTP Request Handling Vulnerability

    IBM Collaborates With Irish Government to Help Local Business Innovate and Grow

New IBM Innovation Centre in Dublin Will Provide Technology and Expertise to Irish Start Ups

    Oracle Introduces Oracle(r) Remote Data Capture Onsite to Help Life Sciences Organizations Accelerate and Simplify Clinical Trial Data Collection

Oracle today introduced Oracle® Remote Data Capture Onsite, a next-generation electronic data capture (EDC) system designed to accelerate and simplify the collection of clinical data and the deployment of EDC studies at clinical trial investigative sites, helping to improve site personnel productivity and trial data accuracy.

    German Patent Office Transforms Its IT Landscape in 4-Year Contract With IBM

IBM Implements Electronic Property Rights System for German Patent and Trade Mark Office

    Sun Is First To Market With Integrated Identity Auditing And User Provisioning System

Extends Identity Management Suite and Leverages Solaris 10 Operating System to Reduce Costs of Regulatory Compliance

    Smartphones face feature-phone competition

Symbian dominates smartphone sales, as cheaper phones and Windows handsets nibble at its lead

    Apple recalls 1.8 million Sony laptop batteries

PowerBook and iBook computers at risk of overheating

    Internet Explorer 7 draws nearer with RC1 release

With IE7 set to ship as an automatic update, firms will be keen to test the first release candidate

    Applix and Sybase join forces on analysis tools

Sybase is to integrate Applix business performance management technology into its tools

    VitalStream Approved for Listing on NASDAQ Global Market

VitalStream Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: VSTH), a world leader in audio and video streaming, today announced that the Nasdaq Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) has approved its application for upgrading its listing to the NASDAQ Global Market, formerly known as the NASDAQ National Market. VitalStream expects to commence trading on the NASDAQ Global Market on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 under its current symbol, “VSTH.” VitalStream has been trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the same symbol since its listing last June.

    BEA SYSTEMS AND TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES EXPAND PARTNERSHIP TO FOCUS ON ACCELERATING SOA ADOPTION

Global partnership to focus on delivering SOA solutions Core News Facts Dedicated Practice Areas and Centers of Excellence in TCS to enhance focus on SOA solutions around BEA platforms Execute joint consulting engagements to accelerate SOA adoption TCS selected industry leading BEA products for part of its Corporate Software Infrastructure needs

    BSA demands higher fines for breaches of software licences

Anti-piracy body BSA wants greater penalties for copyright infringement; buyers call for simpler licence terms

    Experts warn of 'bumpy' transition to 802.11n

But Wi-Fi firms up and running with IEE 802.11n draft kit

    Dell and AMD — Looking back through the years

Analysis: As Dell embraces AMD products, we look back at public quotes from both companies that reveal the chequered history of their relationship

    Microsoft issues 'hotfix' for patch flaw

The repair code will address problems with a faulty security patch, which is already being targeted by worms

    Cisco Systems to Acquire Arroyo Video Solutions

Acquisition to Enhance Cisco' s World-Class "Anything-On- Demand" Solution for Cable, Mobile and Wireline Service Providers

    Quality control for Wi-Fi voice

Device prepares ground for voice over WLAN deployments

    Boeing pulls out of in-flight Wi-Fi

The airline will close its high-speed broadband Connexion service because of a lack of market interest

    AMD chips win broader Dell approval

Good news for AMD as Dell plans to expand its use of the company' s chips, but the PC maker also reveals poor Q2 results and an SEC investigation

    Microsoft Office for Linux 'inevitable'

OSDL expects low-cost 'Linux Office' to keep Sun' s OpenOffice at bay

    Apple Plugs Xsan Filesystem Security Hole

Apple Computer on Aug. 17 issued a security patch for its Xsan Filesystem 1.4 to patch a serious code execution flaw in the file system software for the company' s storage area network product

    Open-Source Projects Target Dispersed Storage Grids, Backup

With a RAID Level 6 demonstration seemingly on display at every corner, enterprise storage is making itself very evident here at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. At the same time, several storage-centric open-source community projects (and their commercialized siblings) look to challenge the established order in backup and redundancy.

    Zero-Day Attackers Target Japanese Word Processor

Microsoft Office isn' t the only word-processing software at risk of zero-day hacker attacks.

    Beall’s Rings in New Era with SAP

National Department and Outlet Store Retailer Selects SAP® for Retail to Standardize Software Across the Business

    Free best practice guide for search marketing

Free best practice guide for search marketing

    Microsoft considers Vista upgrade coupons for October

Microsoft is considering issuing Windows Vista upgrade coupons with new PC purchases starting in October.

    Mobile devices on the increase

PDA sales reached a record high of 3.7 million in the second quarter of 2006, according to analayst Gartner.

    Start-up uses MIPS chip to crack Linux market

Movidis is seeking success in the Linux server market with a 16-core MIPS processor originally designed for networking gear

    Microsoft on alert for worm attack

Attack code has been published on the Internet exploiting a security flaw in Windows

    Mobile industry gets 4G buzz

Analysis: Sprint's multi-billion dollar investment in WiMax shows how operators are setting their sights beyond today' s 3G services

    Windows PatchGuard 'hindering security'

Security companies say Microsoft' s defence feature is making it harder for them to protect PCs

    Modular storage on menu at Sun

Sun has announced two critical application modular storage products to be released under its StorageTek label

    IBM to buy FileNet for enterprise content management

Customers await reassurances as IBM increases challenge to EMC and Documentum

    HSBC web security cracked

The bank’s anti-keylogging system is flawed, say researchers

    Actinic strengthens e-commerce tools

Version 8 of Actinic’s desktop range gives firms more sales capabilities

    ISO tools to assess software asset management

Standards body provides self-assessment capabilities for IT departments

    SugarCRM and AMD to star at LinuxWorld

Open-source startup SugarCRM adds Windows support, while AMD releases new dual-core Opterons

    Salesforce.com Connects with SAP

"A few years ago, integration was said to be the Achilles' heel of on-demand software," says Kendall Collins, vice president of product marketing at Salesforce.com. "That has not been the case," because Salesforce.com partners have built connectors between the vendor' s CRM offerings and third-party products, he adds.

    Storage Guru Presents Grand Plans

Greg Ganger, a 35-year-old who hails from the Midwest, earned a slew of engineering degrees, including a Ph.D, at the University of Michigan. Then he headed to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he spent two and a half years working as a postdoctorate associate. He specialized in research on storage systems and infrastructure

    Microsoft unveils new speech recognition tools

Speech capabilities are coming to Windows Vista and Office Communications Server 2007

    Security fears threaten RFID adoption

The danger of hacked and cloned wireless tags poses a challenge

    Citrix buys into WAN optimisation

The acquisition of Orbital Data will help Citrix speed up WAN links

    Microsoft talks up Vista speech recognition

And Redmond also promises improved unified messaging in Speech Server 2007

    Microsoft patches 23 security holes

Patch on Tuesday fixes 15 critical vulnerabilities

    National Restaurant Chain Selects Lawson ERP and Business Intelligence Software; BUCA Will Use the Applications to Streamline Financial Reporting, Centralize Core Business Processes and Support Rapid Growth

BUCA, Inc. selected Lawson Software's (Nasdaq:LWSN) Enterprise Financial Management, Supply Chain Management and Business Intelligence suites to help centralize its disparate ERP systems and streamline core business processes. BUCA's legacy business systems limited its ability to capture, execute, analyze and report business activities across the organization in a timely manner. The multi-suite contract was signed in Lawson' s third quarter of fiscal 2006.

    Wavion Develops Beam Forming for Wi-Fi

Wavion of San Jose is announcing a new spatially adaptive, beam forming Wi-Fi access point aimed at the municipal and metro wireless markets

    SMBs Gaining Storage Advantage

Storage vendors are starting to take the small and midsize business market more seriously, making storage networking technologies such as iSCSI and Fibre Channel more accessible.

    Typos send .com users to Cameroon web sites

Firms with .com domain name are at risk from a new scam involving the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Cameroon, .cm.

    Bank Thwarts Threats From Within

When an audit turned up less-than-stellar security results, Ulster Savings Bank turned to the CyberGatekeeper network access control system to protect the network from inside threats.

    Google launches malware warnings

Search giant is alerting users if they visit a site suspected of hosting malicious code

    Security risks of e-passports exposed

Experts at the Black Hat show have demonstrated that RFID tags in passports and smart cards can be copied easily

    Black Hat researcher hacks Vista

Microsoft's upcoming operating system may not be quite as secure as we' d hoped

    Sybase iAnywhere Announces the Release of SQL Anywhere 10

More Than 200 New Features and Enhancements Help Organizations Capture, Manage and Capitalize on the Explosion of Mission-Critical Data on the Front Lines of Business

    SAP Hones the Oracle Dagger

SAP may have stumbled onto an Oracle killer: in-memory technology that could, in theory, quash the need for a relational database in some cases.

    MSN Spaces launch stumbles

The first 12 hours after launch were beset by performance problems, including issues with email publishing, statistics pages and emoticons

    Skype certifies McAfee

The Net phone provider has given the thumbs-up to use of McAfee' s security tools with its own software

    Sybase to Webcast Keynote Speeches at Techwave 2006 User Conference

Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced it will webcast the company’s keynote speakers at the TechWave 2006 annual user conference in Las Vegas on Monday, August 7, 2006.

    Black Hat: Users still wary of Vista security

Microsoft Corp. stepped into the lion' s den this week when it sent some of its top engineers to the Black Hat USA hacker conference here.

    SLED 10 Is a Linux Distro Windows Users Can Love

Novell' s SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 is a strong contender to Windows on corporate clients, with a well-thought-out desktop environment and some innovative features.

    MS Watches as Vista Gets '0wn3d' by Rootkit

Microsoft security chief Ben Fathi responds to a standing-room-only demo of a new technique used to plant an offensive rootkit in Windows Vista.

    Cable VoIP Market Set to Surge

A cable industry analysis firm projects more than 11 million North American cable VoIP subscribers by the end of next year.

    Nvidia makes Google Earth 'emotional reality'

The graphics card maker says its latest system will break new ground in flight simulation, 3D design and oil exploration

    Users switching on IPTV

IPTV subscriber figures will triple next year as telecommunications titans enter the market, according to iSuppli

    Philips exits chip business with 8bn euro sell-off

Philips has been trying to unload its chipmaking unit as it shifts its focus from high-volume electronics to health and lifestyle-related products

    Xerox printers said to contain security hole

The Black Hat conference has heard that Xerox' s WorkCenter printers may need patching again

    BI rivals SAS and Business Objects bolster services

Improved software and support should make it easier to deploy business intelligence systems

    Security tools probe VoIP flaws

New tools can overload VoIP phones with traffic, force hang-ups, reassign devices to different users and other attacks

    Centrino holed by Wi-Fi flaws

Intel has issued patches for flaws in its Centrino device drivers and ProSet management software that affect the security of the wireless products

    Microsoft heads for another big Patch Tuesday

August will be another big patch month for Microsoft Corp., with the vendor releasing 12 security bulletins next Tuesday to fix holes in both its Windows OS and the Office productivity suite.

    Vyatta launches open-source router

Open-source software for uses in networking applications is relatively rare, but start-up Vyatta Inc. recently released free software that provides basic router functions while running on a commodity PC.

    Pervasive pulls plug on PostgreSQL support business

The company had hoped to break into the mainstream database business by undercutting the prices of entrenched corporate database providers

    Critical holes found in McAfee consumer products

SecurityCenter vulnerabilities mark the second time within a month that McAfee has been notified by eEye of flaws in its software

    Microsoft toolkit targets licensing pain

The tool breaks down the software management process into simple steps, aiming to save companies money — and keep CIOs out of jail

    Black Hat: MacBook hit with wireless hack

Security researchers David Maynor and Jon Ellch performed a digital drive-by Wednesday at the Black Hat USA conference. Their target: an Apple Computer Inc. MacBook.

    IBM acquires SOA vendor Webify Solutions

IBM has bought services-oriented architecture (SOA) vendor Webify Solutions Inc. and plans to make it a part of IBM' s Software Group and WebSphere middleware product family. The move is designed to give IBM customers new options to more easily integrate existing specialized applications using SOA.

    Oracle strengthens Fusion Middleware

Upgrades to the middleware line will boost ID management, BI and SOA capabilities

    Cisco beefs up software and services for compliance

The Cisco Pace portfolio promises better control and more automation for network changes

    Turbo-charged memory and Opterons rev up IBM servers

RAM accelerator promises greater speed for rack and blade servers

    Vista' s user account protection flawed

Privilege escalation attack merely a matter of time, Symantec alleges

    VoIP News ConCall: Q&A With Harald Braun, President of Siemens' Network Division

Harald Braun talks about success in rapid VoIP deployments with Cablevision and others and looks at the future of IP communications and wireless

    Learn CRM Strategies on ``Baby Please Don't Go'' by The AMA & iPost

Acquiring new customers can cost five times more than retaining current clients, and the average company loses a staggering 10 percent of its customer base each year. To stay profitable, companies must reward the bird in hand rather than the two in the bush.

    OAC Services, Inc. Introduces Their New Consulting Services Firm for Oracle(R) E-Business Applicatio

OAC Services, Inc. announced officially that it will provide consulting services to the Northern California region focused exclusively on Oracle(R) E-Business Suite.

    IBM to use AMD chips in more servers

IBM said today that it will add two blades and three rack servers to its family of computers powered by processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

    Microsoft files patent complaint against Belkin

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday filed a patent-infringement complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against Belkin Corp. for importing products the software company claims infringe on a patent it holds for peripheral device technology.

    Via execs acquitted in industrial espionage case

An industrial espionage case against two top executives and an engineer from Via Technologies Inc. ended Monday after judges in Taiwan found the defendants not guilty.

    Linux creator no fan of new GPL license

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, remains unimpressed with a proposed update to the license that governs the open-source operating system and has no plans to adopt it for the Linux kernel.

    Oracle: Open Source No Threat in Enterprise Database Space

Oracle is holding its own in the open-source database space, while not seeing any competition in the enterprise database market from open-source companies, Bob Shimp, the vice president of Oracle' s technology business unit, told eWEEK July 31.

    Pasadena Selects EarthLink for Muni Wi-Fi Network

The city of Pasadena, Calif. selected EarthLink Aug. 1 to enter into final negotiations to build, own and operate a 23-square mile citywide municipal wireless Internet network, the fourth major metropolitan project the ISP has in the works.

    Sun Digging Deep for Dynamic Language Support

Sun Microsystems is planning to increase support for dynamic languages and is looking at various ways to better allow dynamically typed languages to run on the Java Virtual Machine.

    Full Promise of VoIP Draws Nearer

"When you move voice to IP it becomes an application," says Bob Hafner, managing vice president at Gartner. "We' ve been spending the past 10 years integrating ERP, CRM, and other back-office applications with each other so that information flows through business processes relatively seamlessly.

    Virus Writers Target Windows Powershell Scripting Language

Powershell malware poses an increased risk over other batch-based threats because enterprises currently do not block Powershell scripts on their network. Malware authors also could be attracted to the tool because it offers a new challenge.

    Virus Writers Target Windows Powershell Scripting Language

Actuate’s new tools may remove the need for paper or Excel to control initiatives to tackle performance problems

    Vista voice recognition not yet up to scratch

A video showing a failed public demonstration of Windows Vista' s voice recognition technology has emerged on the internet.

    Vonage' s Losses Continue

Vonage, in its first earning report since its IPO in May , announced a loss of $74.1 million for the second quarter, compared with a loss of $63.6 million 12 months ago. The loss, about $1.16 a share, came despite revenue of $143.4 million, compared to $59.4 million in the same quarter a year ago.

    LexisNexis Opens New CRM Training Centre in London

LexisNexis announced today it will open a new training centre for InterAction(TM) users in London. The new London facility will hold InterAction 5.5 classes that provide comprehensive end-user training and bespoke training programmes to ensure successful implementation of InterAction and allow a growing number of organisations to maximise their investment in the software. The leading CRM solution for relationship-based organisations and professional services firms, InterAction helps professionals create the Relationship Intelligence they need to uncover new business opportunities and enhance client service.

    New York Health System Signs Multi-suite Contract with Lawson

Mohawk Valley Network Will Use Lawson Applications to Centralize and Streamline Core Business Processes, Improve Information Gathering and Sharing

    Kabira Appoints Vice President of Global Services to Address Emerging High Performance Transaction P

Kabira Technologies Inc., a leader in high performance transaction processing software for global enterprises, announced today the appointment of Sanjay Saini as Vice President, Global Customer Services. In his new role, Saini will be responsible for Kabira's professional services, support and education teams. Prior to joining Kabira, Saini headed Mercury Interactive Corporation' s strategic consulting division and professional services practice for the Western and Central U.S. and Canada.

    UK' s 'biggest' muni Wi-Fi network goes live

Norfolk and its capital are the lucky recipients of the UK' s largest free municipal wireless network, though not everyone is allowed a full-speed connection

    Vista voice-recognition demo shows more work is needed

If its performance during a demonstration last week at Microsoft Corp.' s annual Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM) is any indication, a voice-recognition feature in Windows Vista is not quite ready for prime time.

    Boston to use nonprofit group to run its Wi-Fi network

Boston officials announced today that they will search for a nonprofit corporation to raise up to $20 million to build and operate wireless Internet services citywide over the next two years.

    Microsoft, IBM, others team up on service modeling language

Ten major IT vendors, including Microsoft Corp. and IBM have released a draft of a new specification, the Service Modeling Language (SML). They claim that it will make it easier for customers to manage their heterogenous systems.

    IBM expected to expand line of AMD-based servers

In an effort to compete with Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM is expected to announce plans tomorrow to expand its line of servers powered by chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

    Cisco Releases New Tools for Managing Complex Networks

Cisco Systems Inc. today announced a group of products and services for configuration management, marking its second foray into the business of providing management tools for complex networks.

    European CRM Software Revenue Increased by 9,7% in 2005

Fuelled by the renewed business focus on revenue and customer growth, total customer relationship management (CRM) software revenues (licence and maintenance) in Europe totalled $1,9bn in 2005, an increase of 9,7% from 2004, according to Gartner.

    ReachForce Launches New Web Service Extending Role-Based Data Access Into CRM Applications

New On-Demand Technology Extension Enables Businesses to Increase Results 20 to 30 Times for Every Dollar Spent on Sales and Marketing Initiatives

    Acxiom Teams with SAP

Acxiom’s AbiliTec® and InfoBase® Together with mySAP™ CRM to Enhance Lifetime Customer Value; Company Leaders Present Plans at SAP Annual Summer Sales Meeting

    BEA Upgrades WebLogic Portal

Portal technology from Plumtree is not included because BEA is still converging the technologies, said Guy Churchward, general manager at WebLogic Portal. Absent Plumtree, Version 9.2 offers features that emphasize the reuse of portals, which BEA considers vital to SOA deployments.

    Princeton Softech Wins Nautilus(R), Inc. Business to Provide Enterprise Data Management Solutions

Fitness Company Chooses Princeton Softech Optim(TM) JD Edwards(R) EnterpriseOne Solution to Control Data Growth and Improve Service Levels

    Lawson Software Announces Contract Win with Former Intentia Customer

Red Wing Shoe Company licensed Lawson Software's (Nasdaq: LWSN) Business Intelligence suite to harness more information from its ERP applications, streamline its reporting functionality and improve the organization's overall performance. This is the first agreement, following the recent merger of Lawson and Intentia International AB, in which a former Intentia customer is implementing additional Lawson applications onto its ERP infrastructure. The international shoe maker licensed the applications in Lawson' s fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006, which ended May 31, 2006.

    Active Mailorder Selects Junction Solutions' Multi-Channel Retail and Business Intelligence Solution

Leading Skateboard Products Multi-Channel Retailer to Utilize JunctionMCR(TM) and JunctionRQW(TM) built on Microsoft Dynamics(TM) AX to Trigger Rapid Expansio

    Windows Genuine Advantage: What it is, how to ditch it

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software is installed on computers running Windows XP via Microsoft's online update services. For most XP users, that means Automatic Updates, which Microsoft has worked very hard since Windows XP SP2 to make us run in full-automatic mode. WGA has already appeared in several beta versions, with slightly different behaviors, and Microsoft appears to be still actively developing this tool. For many people, the fact that the software giant delivers WGA as a security update is another strong note of insincerity. Microsoft may kid itself into believing that WGA has some sort of security aspect, but many knowledgeable computer users aren' t buying that.

    F5 announces Web acceleration revisions

F5 Networks Inc. will announce new versions of its Web application acceleration products Monday that are designed to work with specific applications such as those from Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp.

    L.A. counterterrorism center uses Memex for data sharing

Los Angeles-based Memex Inc., is providing the intelligence management system to support the Los Angeles Joint Regional Intelligence Center (JRIC), the company said Thursday (download PDF). Created to fight terrorism and other criminal activities, the JRIC is a multiagency effort comprising agents from the FBI, the Los Angeles County Sheriff' s Department, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the Department of Homeland Security. The initiative will cover seven counties with a total population in excess of 18 million and a geographic area of about 42,000 square miles.

    HP Looks to Nature for Data Center of the Future

The linear rows of rectangular boxes, cooled by large air conditioning units hanging along the walls, in many instances can no longer address the needs of the modern-day data center, where greater flexibility and more efficient power and cooling capabilities are in great demand, he said.

    Response Speed Is Key with Stolen Laptops

After a laptop goes missing, companies must rush to determine the severity of the incident based on the data involved, and decide who to call first for outside help.

    Vista, Rootkits Headline Hacker Confab

Microsoft plans to showcase Vista as its "most secure operating system ever," but independent researchers worry that the hacker powwow is being reduced to a glorified product demo.

    Skype signs second SMS enabler

Skype is racking up partners for its new PC-to-phone SMS service, this week revealing Mobile 365 as its second mobile messaging aggregator.

    U.S. set to issue passports with RFID chips

The U.S. Department of State is on track to start issuing passports with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips next week, despite warnings from some security experts that such systems could be accessed or tracked by hackers.

    Systems glitch at bank blocks some online functions

A computer glitch caused during a service upgrade at Seattle-based Washington Mutual has prevented customers from performing some online banking functions since Sunday.

    French copyright law puts squeeze on open-source

France' s Constitutional Council has made a stringent new copyright law even harsher, modifying three articles of the law and striking out a fourth in a review of its constitutionality. The changes mean that unauthorized sharing of copyright files such as music tracks will become a criminal offense, while those who reverse-engineer DRM (digital rights management) systems in order to develop interoperable software will face six months in prison and a fine of $36,000.

    Banks face Web security deadline

For some bank IT managers, last fall' s release of federal guidelines for validating the identities of online users helped catalyze ongoing efforts to adopt so-called strong authentication measures.

    Nokia tests cellular-Wi-Fi phones

Nokia Corp., the world largest handset maker, has begun testing technology in a Finnish city that lets users make calls on both cellular and Wi-Fi networks and switch between networks without interruption.

    Google launches alternative to SourceForge

Google Inc. has begun testing a new service for hosting open-source projects that leverages its famed search engine to help developers find interesting software to which they can contribute.

    Home Office Households Set the Stage for U.S. Consumer VoIP Adoption

Home office households have historically been early adopters of advanced technology, and this pattern continues with VoIP communications. The number of U.S. households with income-generating or corporate home offices are more than twice as likely to implement VoIP in the next 12 months compared with households in general, a new IDC study reveals. Currently, 39.1% of corporate home offices and 23.7% of home-based businesses are interested in or using VoIP. In contrast, only 10.8% of households without home offices are VoIP aware.

    Enterprise CRM Launches Dedicated Salesforce.com Consultancy in UK

Enterprise CRM, a new European independent consulting firm dedicated to the salesforce.com on-demand business services, was launched in the UK. Co-founder of the firm and chairman is John Appleby who was also responsible for founding salesforce.com in EMEA.

    The New York Times Company Selects Salesforce.com for Enterprise-wide On-Demand CRM

Salesforce Sandbox, AppExchange Mobile, ease of customization and integration, and rich reporting capabilities set Salesforce apart from competitive offerings

    SugarCRM Introduces Sugar 4.5

Personalized CRM Suits Individual Needs; Internationalization and Sugar for Microsoft Windows Offers Customers Greater Choice

    SAS Performance Management Strategy Earns Industry Backing

SAS, player in the performance management market based on its combination of technical depth and industry expertise. This is the conclusion of a recent research note from European analyst company Butler Group.

    Microsoft Enters IP-SAN Market with New Storage Software

Microsoft plunged into yet another IT market—the IP-SAN space—by announcing July 28 the availability of the iSCSI Software Target Application Pack, which will be distributed to Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 OEMs.

    Symantec Fixes BrightMail AntiSpam Flaws

Internet security vendor Symantec has shipped patches to cover a pair of vulnerabilities in its enterprise-facing BrightMail AntiSpam product.

    Taking CRM to New Heights

"People may not initially want to toggle back and forth between multiple sites to get the information they need. It' s important that CRM can be easily integrated into your core system," sayd Marilyn Murphy, vice president of sales and quality service at First Future Credit Union.

    VoIP Security Services Taking Hold

Eavesdropping is taking place, and people don't realize it," says Stan Quintana, managed security services vice president for AT&T. Because companies don' t always encrypt their VoIP traffic all the way to the end users, "there is substantial exposure to intercepting that conversational data and monitoring it," he adds.

    HP plans easier integrated storage

HP is planning a major release of new integrated storage hardware priced from $5,000 to $10,000 (£2,700 to £5,400).

    Hello? Hello? Survey says VoIP Call Quality Down

p>Nearly 20 percent of VoIP test callers experienced unacceptable call quality over the last 18 months, according to a new survey by Brix Networks. The results come from almost one million VoIP tests through the company' s free VoIP-quality testing portal, TestYourVoIP.com.

    Open-source on Windows the next big thing?

When Bob Hecht joined Informa PLC as its vice president of content strategy, he dreamed of rebuilding the British technical publisher' s infrastructure using Linux and open-source technologies. But with Microsoft Windows entrenched throughout the company, Hecht settled on a more pragmatic hybrid: an open-source content management server from Alfresco Software Inc., backed up by open-source applications MySQL, Apache Tomcat and JBoss -- all running on Windows Server-based hardware.

    In separate incidents, three laptops stolen; data at risk

Two laptops used by U.S. Navy recruiters in New Jersey have been missing since early June, potentially exposing personal data on about 31,000 recruiters and prospective recruits. In an unrelated incident, a laptop with personal information on 12,000 employees of Armstrong World Industries Inc. was recently stolen from a locked vehicle.

    Microsoft: Vista on track -- for now

Microsoft Corp. continues to give itself room to further delay the release of Windows Vista.

    Chip wars: Intel slashes some processor prices by more than half

Intel Corp. slashed prices on some desktop PC microprocessors by more than half today, raising the stakes against rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which cut prices earlier this week.

    Microsoft opposes bid for report on its support of Net neutrality

WASHINGTON - Microsoft Corp. wants to block an effort for a shareholder vote forcing the company to explain its support for Net neutrality, according to a company letter obtained by Reuters.

    Business Objects Again Recognized as the Worldwide Market Share Leader in Business Intelligence

Business Objects announced that it has once again been named the business intelligence (BI) market share leader, according to the 2005 market share numbers issued this week by IDC. With core business intelligence software license and maintenance 2005 revenues of $795.3 million, Business Objects owns a 14% share of the business intelligence software tools market.

    SAS Forecast Server Boosts Customer Experience and ROI

SAS(R) Forecast Server earned a Product of the Year award from the editors of Technology Marketing Corporation's Communications Solutions magazine. Each year the magazine bestows the award on companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements. Only the year' s most significant new product releases are selected.

    The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to Combine the Power of SAP and Microsoft Office with Selection of Duet

SAP AG today announced that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) is combining the power of SAP and Microsoft Office with its license of Duet™ software, the first product jointly developed and supported by industry leaders SAP and Microsoft, to drive new business efficiencies and further extend the value of its technology systems.

    Microsoft' s FonePlus OS Could Offer Low-Cost Computing

REDMOND, Wash.—Add to Microsoft' s lower-cost computing alternatives designed for the developing world a new cell phone operating system, known as FonePlus.

    Microsoft Shares Its Recipe for Zune's 'Secret Sauce'

Microsoft is planning to invest "hundreds of millions" and lose money through 2008 to make its recently announced Zune portable media player a success.

    Microsoft: .Net Beat Java, Who' s Next?

Microsoft is leaving Java in the dust, but the company still has room to grow in the developer arena, a key executive said.

    Asterisk' s Business VOIP Stars as Your Virtual Assistant

You' ve probably heard of Vonage and Skype, which offer decent Internet-based calling for individuals.

    Business Objects Struggles in Q2

Business Objects is in a precarious position. While its overall revenues are up, its software license earnings are down for its second quarter of 2006 while the company waits for key initiatives to pay off, including a build-out of its services sector, customer migration to its new XI platform and mid-market penetration with new on-demand offerings.

    Nokia Starts Tests of Wi-Fi Internet Mobile Calls

Nokia, the world' s largest cellphone maker, has started its first tests of a technology that allows users to roam seamlessly between phone networks and local wireless hotspots such as Wi-Fi.

    Symantec Q1 Performance Rekindles Veritas Debate

When security software maker Symantec acquired data storage vendor Veritas in July 2005 for $10.3 billion to diversify its products in the face of a slowing market for anti-virus software, the risks of the deal were well-outlined.

    IBM Launches Low-Cost Server for Small-Biz ERP

The system is priced to be cheaper than Wintel servers; computers that use Microsoft Corp.'s Windows OS and run on processors from Intel Corp. or Advanced Micro Devices Inc. It uses an IBM iSeries 520 server running IBM' s Power5 processors and i5 OS, with the flexibility to run other operating systems from Windows to Linux or AIX.

    NetApp Enters SMB Storage Market

Network Appliance' s StoreVault S500 storage array is designed for companies and sites with limited I.T. resources and budgets. The S500 will compete with arrays from EMC, HR Snap Server and Dell. Unlike these arrays, which attach only to the network as iSCSI, network-attached or Fibre Channel devices, the S500 connects as all three.

    Report: 2005 Was a Good Year for VoIP Service Revenue

According to Infonetics Research, VoIP service revenue nearly doubled in Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America from 2004 to 2005. The number of worldwide VoIP subscribers is expected to double from 2005 to 2006, where it will top 47 million, and the market is expected to prosper for at least the next 5 years.

    Users: HP acquisition of Mercury Interactive makes sense

Hewlett-Packard Co.' s deal to acquire Mercury Interactive Corp. is winning praise from HP software customers and analysts as a smart combination of system and application management tools.

    AMD sees ATI buy as a way to help fight Intel

With its acquisition of ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is hoping to break Intel Corp.' s "monopoly grip" on the chip market by offering more flexibility to PC makers and moving into emerging markets, according to an AMD executive.

    Brief: Computer glitch grounds, delays Northwest flights

A glitch in the computer system that connects the Worldspan global distribution system and some Northwest Airlines Inc. airport computer systems delayed more than 200 flights yesterday and forced the cancellation of a small number of them.

    Missing laptop with data on 540,000 N.Y. state workers found

A laptop computer containing personal information on more than half a million New York state workers has been found after it disappeared May 9 from the offices of a third-party data management company.

    Motorola unveils thin phone for emerging markets

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Motorola Inc. said yesterday that it would start selling the Motofone, its thinnest phone yet, in high-growth emerging markets, in a bid to compete better against bigger rival Nokia Corp.

    Toronto' s new Wi-Fi network raises concerns

TORONTO -- The Wi-Fi network soon to be launched by Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc. (THT) has triggered concerns over user privacy, data security and even public health.

    CPT in LCD patent fight with LG.Philips

Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. (CPT) said Wednesday a ruling against it in a broad LCD (liquid crystal display) patent battle with South Korean rival LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd. is unfair and it will vigorously defend itself.

    Microsoft to release IE7 for XP via Automatic Updates

Microsoft announced today that it will release Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) as a "high-priority" security update via Windows XP' s Automatic Updates as soon as the browser package is ready. The release of IE7 is planned for the fourth quarter of this year.

    Visa looks to bolster security with PCI classification changes

Visa U.S.A. Inc. has changed the way it classifies merchants under its Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards program, which will require about 1,000 merchants to meet more rigorous compliance-validation standards.

    Microsoft steps up focus on health care IT

In a move that dramatically steps up its focus on the health IT market, Microsoft Corp. announced today that it has agreed to acquire health care software that brings together all types of data from hundreds of sources to make it available to doctors electronically.

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and Eight Pilot Agencies Launch New Web Sites Leveraging Kintera Social CRM

Kintera(R) Inc. announced the launch of a new national Web site for existing client Big Brothers Big Sisters of America www.bbbs.org and several pilot sites for local Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies -- all leveraging Kintera' s social CRM system on the Kintera Sphere(R) technology platform.

    Accenture’s Supply Chain Management Practice Ranked Highest in Customer Satisfaction

Accenture received the highest customer satisfaction rating for supply chain management services in a recent report published by Forrester, an independent research firm.

    SER Receives 2006 CRM Excellence Award from Customer Interaction Solutions Magazine

SER Solutions, Inc., provider of call management and speech analytics solutions announced that it has received the 2006 CRM Excellence Award from Customer Interaction Solutions(R) magazine for its CPS Enterprise Edition(TM) (CPS E2(TM)) product. CPS E2 is a next-generation call management solution that helps businesses execute personalized outreach campaigns while excelling agent and contact center performance and lowering operational costs.

    Message Technologies, Inc. Adds VoIP Option for Speech Automation and Outsourced Call Center Clients

Message Technologies, Inc. (MTI), an industry-leading provider of speech automation and call center-outsourcing services, announced that it has added cost-effective VoIP capability for its more than 2,000 clients.

    c360 Integrates StrikeIron Web Service into Microsoft Dynamics CRM

StrikeIron Inc., provider of the Web Services Marketplace, announced a partnership with c360, a leading provider of add-on products, industry solutions and development tools for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform.

    Researchers Differ on Fibre Channel, iSCSI Adoption Rates

One survey of IT professionals released July 26 contends there is continued growth in the adoption of both older Fibre Channel and newer iSCSI Internet-based connections for storage networking at the expense of NAS. A second survey, released earlier, finds only flat adoption rates for both.

    Sun, Open-Source Partner Herald New Storage Appliance

Sun Microsystems and open-source database maker Greenplum, July 26 introduced a data warehouse appliance built from open-source software and general purpose systems that the companies claim is much faster and cheaper than comparable proprietary systems, a Sun executive told eWEEK.

    Motorola debuts latest skinny phones

Motorola Inc. yesterday unveiled several new handsets, including the Krzr and the Rizr, which are narrower than its flagship Razr.

    Skybox Security upgrades products, builds partnerships

Skybox Security Tuesday announced upgrades to its risk-mitigation and auditing product suite, called Skybox View, along with business partnerships with Internet Security Systems and Application Security.

    SAP plans update for application maintenance software

SAP AG is updating its software maintenance application designed to help administrators manage upgrades, patches and other changes to the company' s software.

    Yahoo, Symantec offer security bundle

Yahoo Inc., in partnership with Symantec Corp., launched an Internet security software suite dubbed Norton Internet Security and designed to protect online users from threats like viruses and spyware, the companies said Tuesday.

    Crypto malware close to being 'uncrackable'

File-encrypting Trojans are becoming so complex that the security companies could soon be powerless to reverse their effects, a new report from Kaspersky Lab has said.

    Google adds real-time traffic data to mobile Maps

Google Inc. has enhanced its Google Maps mobile application by adding traffic information and the ability to save routes, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company announced today.

    Deloitte Promoted to CRM "Leader" in Gartner Report

Deloitte has been elevated from "Challenger" to the “Leader” quadrant in Gartner’s ‘2006 CRM Magic Quadrant report’. According to Gartner, Deloitte is now a better fit for organisations that want to make a positve step change in their approach to managing customers.

    U.S. Sues to Block Missouri Subpoena to AT&T on NSA

The U.S. government, citing national security concerns, Tuesday sued Missouri officials to block their demand that AT&T Inc. disclose whether it gave customer data to the government' s spying program.

    Ariba Muddles Through On-Demand Transition

As it transitions to an on-demand model from an enterprise one, spend management software developer Ariba is suffering in the earnings department. Yet it fared better than the same year-ago quarter.

    HP' s Mercury Buy Boosts SOA Play

HP, based in Palo Alto, Calif., announced the deal on July 25. HP officials said the move combines HP's OpenView systems, network and IT service management software with Mercury' s capabilities in application management, application delivery, IT governance and SOA governance

    Fatter Flash Chips Offer PCs a Better Fit

IM Flash Technologies is boosting the capacity of its NAND flash memory chips, pushing the chips another step closer toward being able to take a starring role in PCs.

    Second Symantec Report Criticizes Vista Code

Security researchers at Symantec have published the second of three reports calling out potential security issues in Microsoft's next-generation Vista operating system, this time taking a shot at several of the product' s user account control and privilege escalation features.

    Microsoft Readies New Office 2007 Beta Updates

Microsoft is readying the next—and seemingly final public—beta builds of its Office 2007 client and SharePoint Server 2007 server products, according to bloggers inside and outside the company.

    Bugle Goes Googling for Source Code Flaws

The world' s most popular search engine can be used to pinpoint software security bugs in source code available on the Internet, according to a new research project launched by a U.K.-based researcher.

    User-Friendly Backup Tools Emerge

Seagate is taking a multipronged approach, selling both hard drives and Web-based data services. Through its recent acquisition of Mirra Inc., Seagate offers a personal server that makes it easy to upload files, share them with others and recover them later if need be.

    In-car email kit keeps eyes on the road

Car safety device manufacturer Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS) has launched a new system designed to give field staff and other frequent travellers easy hands and eyes-free access to their corporate email systems from behind the wheel.

    AMD to put ATI graphics in its chips

Processor maker AMD plans to acquire graphics and chipset firm ATI in a move that will help it compete more effectively with rival Intel and also pave the way for new products combining technology from both companies. However, AMD risks alienating key partners such as Nvidia, which makes AMD chipsets but whose chief business is graphics processors.

    Actuate Reports Second Quarter Financial Results

Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTU), the world leader in Enterprise Reporting and Performance Management Applications, today announced its financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended June 30, 2006

    AMD to buy graphics vendor ATI for $5.4B

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has agreed to buy Canadian graphics chip vendor ATI Technologies Inc. for about $5.4 billion in cash and stock, the companies announced today.

    HP to offer networked storage for SMBs

Hewlett-Packard Co. will launch a family of networked storage products in September to compete with EMC Corp. for small and midsize business customers.

    IRS warns of new e-mail scam

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning taxpayers of an e-mail scam that uses the U.S. Department of the Treasury' s Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) to lure them into disclosing personal information.

    Hacktivismo releases secure IM for 'dissidents'

People trying to communicate across oppressive national firewalls could be interested in ScatterChat, a secure IM (instant messaging) application developed by an international group of hackers, human rights activists, lawyers and security experts.

    New chips give Intel upper hand, analysts say

Intel Corp., which has been losing market share in computer processors to Advanced Micro Devices Inc., now looks better placed to weather a brutal price war that seems set to worsen.

    Microsoft offers second beta of Exchange Server 2007

Microsoft Corp. today released a new beta version of Exchange Server 2007 as well as the beta for an accompanying antivirus product, Forefront Security for Exchange.

    Processor war intensifies as AMD slashes prices

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. slashed prices on some PC processors by as much as 57% in a new listing today, firing the latest salvo in a battle with rival Intel Corp.

    Alien Technology Seeks $88M in Upcoming IPO

Alien Technology, a manufacturer of RFID tags, readers and hardware, is looking to raise in the neighborhood of $88.1 million with an IPO scheduled for July 27, according to Nasdaq' s July 24 Web site listing.

    Ixia Announces New Ethernet Test Platform

Ixia announced on July 24 that the company has a new, high-density Ethernet test platform designed for large enterprises and carriers.

    Texas Instruments Profit Rises on Wireless Demand

Texas Instruments Inc., the biggest maker of chips for cellphones, said on Monday second-quarter earnings rose 27 percent on strong cellphone demand and offered a third-quarter outlook broadly in line with Wall Street estimates.

    HP Delivers SMB Storage Software, Services

Hewlett-Packard, determined to assert itself in a rapidly escalating scramble against IBM and EMC for small and midsize businesses, announced on July 24 a bevy of new storage products and services expressly aimed at that market.

    Microsoft Releases Public Beta for New Exchange Server

According to Microsoft, Exchange 2007 adds new features to the e-mail messaging and calendaring server such as improved security, remote and mobile access, compliance management and unified messaging. With Forefront Security, enterprises will be able to take advantage of advanced protection against viruses, worms and spam.

    Salesforce goes after SAP customers

Salesforce.com is celebrating the 20th update of its online service by posting an offering designed to forge links to businesses with SAP installations. Meanwhile, rival CRM vendors have announced acquisitions and updates to boost their own offerings.

    BMC optimises servers

BMC Software has begun offering its Datacenter Optimization Solution to automate consolidation and virtualisation.

    EUNetworks aims to cut metropolitan network costs

EUNetworks will today introduce a new private network service for large corporates that combines both long-haul and short-haul metropolitan area network (MAN) connectivity to reduce costs.

    ICCM Conference & Expo Attracts Wide Spectrum of New Exhibitors

Questex Media Group's ICCM Conference & Expo today announced that nearly 20 new exhibitors have committed to participate at this year's event. For nearly 20 years the ICCM Conference & Expo has been the annual gathering place for the global contact center community and will be held August 14-16 at Chicago' s Navy Pier.

    Customer Demand Demands Performance Measurement

The past 20 years of progress in the manufacturing industry have greatly improved cycle times, materials efficiency, and quality of output, yet customers continue to demand price reduction and shorter lead time, according to a study by Aberdeen Group. "The Manufacturing Performance Management Benchmark Report" indicates that despite this pressure, a whopping 84 percent of manufacturing companies aren' t taking advantage of established, winning software technology, relying instead on spreadsheets and ad hoc performance monitoring.

    New York Department of Transportation, Software Spectrum and Tennessee Farmers Mutual Choose Princet

New York Department of Transportation, Software Spectrum and Tennessee Farmers Mutual Choose Princeton Softech Optim(TM) to Control Costs and Reduce Risk

    City of Charlottesville Chooses Esker to Streamline and Centralize Vendor Management

Esker, the leader in business document delivery solutions, announced today that its Esker DeliveryWare technology has been selected by the City of Charlottesville, Virginia to deliver outbound documents via fax and email directly from SAP. Charlottesville has a population of approximately 40,000 residents and is served by over 900 city employees. Its information technology team provides all network services for all of the city government' s business units.

    Stock options backdating scandal turns criminal

The criminal charges filed Thursday against former executives of Brocade Communications Systems Inc. may be a harbinger of more indictments to come in an options backdating scandal that has already cast a shadow over many high-tech companies.

    Report: Private Equity Firms Eye Philips Chip Unit

Three groups of private-equity firms are weighing bids of more than 8 billion euros ($10.2 billion) for Philips Electronics NV' s semiconductor unit, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

    Microsoft Confirms That It Is Developing a Competitor to the iPod

The Microsoft Corporation confirmed yesterday that it was developing a portable music player to compete with the iPod from Apple Computer for a share of the $4 billion market for portable entertainment devices

    Throngs gather to restore HOPE

The sixth Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) hacking convention got to a rolling start Friday in New York. Thousands of mostly black-clad attendees thronged the Hotel Pennsylvania in midtown Manhattan for a three-day smorgasbord of workshops, panels, and lectures on network security, activism, DIY tech, and hacking in all its forms.

    Network Instruments launches probe, write-to-SAN option

Network Instruments recently introduced its GigaStor-WAN probe appliance that lets users save gathered data to a 2TB, 4TB or 8TB capture buffer or to a storage area network.

    Microsoft confirms plan to take on Apple' s iPod

Microsoft Corp. said today that it plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software under the Zune brand this year, in a belated attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple Computer Inc.' s iPod player.

    Survey: Home VoIP use grows in U.S.

Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology continues to gain subscribers in the home telephone service market, according to San Francisco-based Telephia, a provider of performance measurement information to the converging communications and mobile industries

    Microsoft touts voluntary plan to play fair, promote competition

With major parts of the U.S. antitrust ruling against Microsoft Corp. set to expire in November 2007, the company is launching an offensive to convince the world that it is now serious about doing business competitively and fairly.

    IBM aims continuous data backup software at SMBs

IBM has partnered with an e-commerce services company to sell its continuous data protection software to consumers and smaller businesses.

    Former Brocade execs charged in stock option probe

U.S. authorities yesterday brought criminal and civil charges against former executives of technology group Brocade Communications Systems Inc. in the first court actions to result from a widening investigation of corporate stock option grants

    Fake version of Google hides Trojan horse

Bot-herders have set up an exact copy of the download page for Google’s Toolbar plug-in in an attempt to lure users to download a Trojan back door.

    Bot-herders have set up an exact copy of the download page for Google’s Toolbar plug-in in an attempt to lure users to download a Trojan back door.

Dell Inc. said yesterday that it expects profits for its second quarter to be lower than expected, blaming what it called "aggressive pricing and slow commercial sales worldwide."

    OmniWeb browser goes Universal

The Omni Group has released a public beta version of OmniWeb 5.5, its Web browser for Mac OS X. The new release is a Universal binary that runs natively on Intel and PowerPC-based Macs and sports myriad enhancements. It's available for download from the company' s Web site.

    Look for Microsoft 'iPod Killer' in October

Microsoft' s so-called "iPod killer" could be unveiled as early as late August, with the company preparing to build momentum toward an October launch, sources close to the situation have told BetaNews.

    Oasys Launches Virtual Locker

Oasys Mobile is releasing a new service the company calls a Virtual Locker. The service, which provides off-line Web based backup storage for your cell phone, is designed to preserve content purchased from the Oasys Mobile Web site, but a purchase isn' t necessary to use the service, and it will also store information such as your phone book, so that it can be sent to your phone again in case the device is damaged or lost.

    Security sector rethinks common virus names

The antivirus sector has restructured its Common Malware Enumeration (CME) programme that aims to prevent confusion about the nomenclature for major virus and worm outbreaks

    Central switching for old WLANs

Wireless LAN (WLAN) hardware vendor Aruba Networks and WLAN software vendor AMP Solutions (known as AirWave in the US) have announced a partnership that will help firms with an old or unmanaged wireless infrastructure move to a central switch architecture

    Legacy PCs gain access to XP security

Microsoft has issued a version of Windows that brings the security features of XP Service Pack 2 to older PCs. The software is designed for firms that are not yet ready to replace ageing kit, and is only available to Microsoft customers with Software Assurance licensing agreements.

    Foundry switches run hundreds of PoE ports

Foundry Networks has launched two new chassis switches: the eight-slot SX-800 FastIron and 16-slot SX-1600.

    Juniper offers telco-grade 10GbE router

Juniper Networks has launched its telco-grade M120 Multiservice Edge Router, which may also appeal to other enterprises needing a high-performance WAN gateway system to support voice, video and data.

    SAP Offers Customers Benchmarking Aids

The business software vendor teams up with its user group to develop meaningful metrics for call centers; other benchmarking tests are on the way.

    Intel, Facing Tough Rival, Reshapes Its Team

The Intel Corporation, the semiconductor maker, said yesterday that it had shuffled its management team as part of an effort to speed up decision making and win back market share from Advanced Micro Devices.

    Microsoft defends WGA, says reports that it wrongly fingers PCs are overblown

Under fire for reports that Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) misidentifies some genuine copies of Windows XP as pirated, Microsoft Corp. took the unusual step this week of releasing statistics about WGA' s purported effectiveness for the first time via a blog.

    Microsoft revenue up, but profits down for Q4

Strong sales of the Xbox 360 and SQL Server 2005 helped Microsoft Corp. end its fiscal year on solid ground today, although income was down due to expenses and legal charges.

    Judge: Wiretapping suit against AT&T can proceed

A federal judge today denied motions by the U.S. government and AT&T Inc. to stop a lawsuit over alleged participation by the carrier in an illegal wiretapping program by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).

    Data centers respond to record power demand

The heat wave that this week pushed energy demand to record-setting levels and caused brownouts and scattered outages in some regions also put data center managers on guard for problems and re-emphasized the need for strategies to deal with data center heat issues.

    SAS continues internal reorganization

SAS Institute Inc. is in the midst of a corporate reorganization that signifies an increasingly competitive market for business intelligence (BI) tools, according to analysts.

    House panel passes Veterans Affairs cybersecurity bill

Legislation approved by a House of Representatives committee Thursday would elevate the positions of chief information officer and chief information security officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs in an attempt to avoid data breaches like the early May theft of a laptop and hard drive from a VA analyst' s home.

    Legislation approved by a House of Representatives committee Thursday would elevate the positions of chief information officer and chief information security officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs in an attempt to avoid data breaches like the

More than one million users of MySpace.com and other Web sites may have been infected with adware spread by a banner advertisement, according to iDefense, a computer security group.

    NICE Unveils Powerful New Capabilities for Compliance, Analytics, and VoIP

NICE Systems, provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions™ to drive performance, announced new capabilities including state-of-the-art speech analytics, breakthrough VoIP technologies, and a regulatory compliance and risk management suite. These new capabilities are part of NICE Perform™.

    CDC Software Introduces Pivotal CRM 5.9

Pivotal Corporation, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution provider and a division of CDC Software, the enterprise software company of CDC Corporation, announced the release of its latest Pivotal CRM platform. Pivotal CRM 5.9 provides greater usability for end users to quickly navigate to the information they need, and increased flexibility for tailoring Pivotal CRM to implement complex business practices. Additionally, Pivotal CRM 5.9 includes Pivotal Handheld, a BlackBerry(R) Wireless Handheld(TM) mobile application, Pivotal Call Scripting for automating customer interactions, and significant customer-driven enhancements.

    SAP Insists Q2 Earnings Don' t Disappoint

A little perspective. That' s what SAP executives tried to provide shareholders and analysts during its July 20 second-quarter and half-year 2006 earnings call.

    Yahoo and Motorola to Feature Web Phone Services

Yahoo Inc., the world' s largest Internet media company, and Motorola Inc., the second-biggest maker of mobile phones, said late on Wednesday that Motorola will embed Yahoo services on tens of millions of phones.

    SAP Says Customer Spending Stable After Weak Q2

Software maker SAP said customer spending was stable and it was still winning business from competitors after it warned last week that second-quarter sales and operating earnings missed expectations.

    Sybase Earnings Beat Forecasts, Shares Rise

BOSTON (Reuters)—Business software maker Sybase Inc. Thursday reported higher second-quarter profit, beating analysts' forecasts as growth in software sales accelerated, sending its shares up as much as 6.4 percent.

    Microsoft Joins with Nortel to Sell Businesses on VoIP Phone Systems

Many corporations are reluctant to replace land-line phones that still work well. Meanwhile, early adopters of VoIP systems will likely encounter glitches trying to connect to different land-line systems. "A lot of integration challenges have to be resolved," says Directions on Microsoft tech analyst Pete Pawlak.

    Microsoft' s New 12-Step Plan to Open Vista

The disclosure marks a major change in Microsoft' s philosophy and comes one week after the European Commission fined the software maker $357 million for not moving quickly enough to open its software up to competition.

    Amdocs Supports CRM With an Acquisition

Nabbing Cramer Systems Group, an operations support systems vendor, will make Amdocs an end-to-end solution for CRM and automated service fulfillment.

    Skype Unveils WiFi VoIP Phones

WiFi phones are coming on the market for Skype' s VoIP service in the third quarter, enabling customers to access their Skype service when away from their PCs. The phones are initially available through Skype.com. Skype software has been incorporated into WiFi phones by multiple manufacturers including Belkin, Edge-Core, Netgear and SMC, Skype officials announced Thursday. Skype users can now use the voice service where WiFi

    Company Announces Increased Adoption of Kintera' s Software as a Service Platform, Social CRM

Kintera(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA) today announced that the company signed new contracts with a fixed value totaling approximately $10.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2006. This figure does not include potential revenue from transaction or other usage fees, or future up-sells that may be recognized under these contracts.

    AOL launches IM for business users

AOL LLC launched a free instant messaging application for business users today. AIM Pro Professional Edition integrates with Microsoft Outlook corporate directories and calendars, encrypts messages and scans them for viruses, and offers quick access to business conferencing services from WebEx Communications Inc., the company said.

    Strong sales, high margins help Apple beat Street

Propelled by strong product sales and an increase in gross margins, Apple Computer Inc. today solidly beat Wall Street estimates for its fiscal third quarter, reporting earnings of $472 billion, or 54 cents per share.

    Intel posts sharply lower Q2 profit

Intel Corp., the world' s biggest chip maker, today posted a sharply lower second quarter profit amid fierce competition from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

    Cisco to be under scrutiny again at Black Hat

Cisco Systems Inc.'s products will again come under scrutiny again at this year' s Black Hat USA 2006 conference, which kicks off later this month in Las Vegas.

    Barracuda reels in image-based spam

Barracuda Networks Wednesday announced downloads for its e-mail security appliances designed to help fend off the growing nuisance of image spam.

    SQL injection attacks against databases rise sharply

Hackers are striking databases in record numbers, trying to pilfer a rich trove of personal and financial data, a security vendor said today.

    Getting a grip on Net neutrality

One of the greatest debates over the future of the Internet has been building for the past year. The debate over what is called Net neutrality has generated more heat than light, with those on both sides issuing near-apocalyptic predictions about the consequences if their side doesn' t prevail.

    Oracle has 65 fixes in latest security update

Oracle Corp. has issued 65 fixes for a wide range of software products as part of its quarterly security release, called the Critical Patch Update.

    AFP: Continued Google News indexing boosts our case

Google Inc.' s apparent inability to keep Agence France Presse (AFP) content out of its Google News service may cost it dearly if the French news agency wins its copyright violation lawsuit against the search engine giant, a lawyer for AFP said Tuesday.

    Open Solutions Releases Version 2006.1 of Enterprise-Wide Processing Platform

Open Solutions Inc.(R), provider of integrated enabling technologies for financial service providers across the United States, Canada and international markets, announced the availability of the latest version of its relational core data processing application The Complete Banking Solution(R) (TCBS) and The Complete Credit Union Solution(R)(TCCUS) - release 2006.1.

    SAS Doubles Business Intelligence Power with New Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 Processors

SAS announced that the SAS(R) Enterprise Intelligence Platform has been optimized to support the new Dual-Core Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processors (formerly codenamed Montecito). This optimization will significantly improve the performance of SAS' leading business intelligence software running on Intel Itanium 2-based systems.

    Intel to Tout Chip Trifecta in Turnaround Bid

It could soon be dual-cores in every PC. Intel is redrawing the lines that separate its PC processors in an effort to architect a second-half turnaround.

    Intel Macs, iPods Boost Apple Profit 48%

Strong sales of Intel-powered Macintosh computers and iPods helped Apple Computer report third-quarter net income of $472 million and earnings per share of 54 cents on revenue of $4.37 billion.

    Microsoft Establishes 12 Principles for Windows Development

Microsoft has announced 12 principles by which the company will guide its development of the Windows desktop platform, starting with Windows Vista and beyond.

    ICEsoft Releases Enterprise AJAX Tool

ICEsoft Technologies has announced the release of a new version of its Asynchronous JavaScript and XML framework for Java Enterprise Edition.

    Microsoft Says Vista to Allow Google Search Engine

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said the company was adopting voluntary principles to guide development of its flagship Windows operating system, which will include allowing computer manufacturers to set Google and other non-Microsoft search engines as a default.

    Bluetooth Biosensor Fits Within Wristwatch

Exmovere LLC has unveiled a Web-based Bluetooth-enabled biosensor wristwatch dubbed "Exmocare," which is designed to help provide elderly care assistance for individuals 65 years of age and older.

    How Small Firms Lock Down Data

The readers substitute for passwords when employees access company databases. Workers must be physically in the office to press their fingers on the readers so the devices can verify they're company employees. Substituting the readers for passwords makes it much more difficult for hackers to raid the company' s network remotely.

    Amdocs to acquire Cramer Systems

Amdocs Ltd. said Tuesday it agreed to acquire Cramer Systems Group Ltd., a British provider of operations support systems services, for about $375 million in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments.

    Nortel, Microsoft communications alliance wins praise

The announcement today that Microsoft Corp. and Nortel Networks Corp. have embarked on a broad, four-year alliance to develop and market unified communications products and services won kudos from users and analysts alike

    IBM posts Q2 profit on software revenues

Led by strong performance in its software business, IBM Corp. on Tuesday posted second quarter profits up 9% from last year.

    One year after Interex folded, only memories remain

One year ago today, Interex, the independent Hewlett-Packard Co. user group -- swamped by $4 million of debt -- shut its doors and disappeared. Today, Interex exists only as an ongoing bankruptcy case and a memory for its members.

    Tropos to help mesh network reliability

has a new version of its wireless LAN mesh network software that contains changes intended to improve client connections.

    XenSource extends partnership with Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. and open-source virtualization provider XenSource Inc. built on their unlikely alliance today, agreeing to work together to make the next version of the Windows Server operating system interoperate with Xen-enabled Linux operating systems.

    Really Simple Systems Partners with CommNet to Simplify SME CRM

Really Simple Systems, the UK based hosted CRM service designed to be simple to use and to run, announced that they had been chosen by CommNet, the business network for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), to be their strategic partner for the delivery of sales and marketing services to CommNet' s members.

    SAP Adds New Channel Partners, Extends Market Coverage to Serve U.S. Small and Midsize Enterprises

In a display of the ongoing growth of its partner channel serving small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), SAP America, Inc., a subsidiary of SAP AG, announced the addition of 20 new reseller partner locations to deliver SAP® Business One into new markets across the United States.

    SAP, Oracle Square Off over Market Share

While SAP AG isn' t expected to make any earthshaking announcements at its upcoming July 20 second quarter earnings call—the cat is already out of the bag that SAP will miss analyst expectations for earnings—the company will look to dispel any notions that Oracle is gaining market share.

    Oracle Squashes 65 Security Bugs

Database and server giant Oracle on July 17 shipped a quarterly critical patch update with fixes for a whopping 65 security vulnerabilities.

    Symantec Report: Vista Code Contains Security Loopholes

A new report from Symantec security researchers contends that Microsoft' s much-awaited Vista operating system could harbor a range of vulnerabilities that will make it less secure than previous iterations of Windows.

    Red Hat Tips Toward Telecom

Red Hat has launched a Telecommunications Partner program for NEPs (network equipment providers), OEMs, telecom ISVs (independent software vendors), and carriers/operators. The program will package existing and new Red Hat capabilities into an integrated platform aimed at giving Red Hat a bigger role in the build-out of next-generation telecom services.

    Dell Intros New 802.11n Wireless Card

Dell has also taken the wraps off a new software utility, the Dell Network Assistant. The company said the utility will help to simplify setup and management of wireless networks, and will come pre-installed on many of its new PCs.

    Microsoft updates Windows Vista Beta

Microsoft has released an update to its Windows Vista Beta operating system.

    Asterisk VoIP flaw patched

Asterisk, the open source Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) project, released patches for a security hole in its virtual private branch exchange (PBX) software over the weekend

    WiMax spectrum row heats up

The GSM Association says a valuable band of spectrum should be restricted to 3G use only, but members of the WiMax community want it kept neutral to stimulate innovation

    Microsoft releases interim Windows Vista build

Microsoft Corp. continues to make changes to Windows Vista as the OS creeps along until its scheduled release later this year. The company Monday released an interim build of the OS that improves its overall performance and makes specific tweaks recommended by beta testers.

    Foundry announces two big FastIron switches

Foundry Networks Inc. will announce two new modular switches tomorrow that provide Power over Ethernet (PoE) and 10 Gigabit Ethernet capabilities for high-capacity networks, including those that run wireless and voice over IP.

    Survey: Telecoms' Web sites usability improves

International telecommunications companies got solid marks in Web site usability for most users, according to the Third Quarter 2006 Online Customer Respect Study of International Telecommunications Companies, which was conducted by The Customer Respect Group Inc. in Ipswich, Mass

    ISS finds bugs in Asterisk VOIP software

Users of the open-source Asterisk VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) product are advised to upgrade their software, following the discovery of two vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to disrupt network service.

    SpotFire unveils BI analytic tool

Spotfire Inc., a company that traditionally has designed its analytic tools for power users, unveiled software today geared toward bringing analysis to business users and management.

    Internet pioneers debate net neutrality

A net neutrality law isn' t needed because the U.S. already has antitrust laws that would keep broadband carriers from acting in an uncompetitive manner, Internet pioneer David Farber said Monday in a debate against TCP/IP co-creator Vinton Cerf.

    Intel' s Montecito server chip arrives Tuesday

Intel Corp. will finally launch its "Montecito" dual-core Itanium chip for high-end servers tomorrow and is already shipping the processors to server vendors, which will ship products on their own schedules, said Intel spokesman Bill Kircos.

    Salesforce.com targets SAP R/3 users

Salesforce.com Inc. is officially unveiling the 20th generation of its hosted customer relationship management software today, as well as announcing a connector integrating its CRM software-as-a-service with SAP AG' s R/3 enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications

    Microsoft pulls plug on private-folder software

Responding to pressure from corporate users, Microsoft Corp. has pulled free software from the Web that allowed users sharing Windows PCs to shield information from other users in a private folder.

    McAfee: Hackers learning from open-source

Hackers are taking a page from the open-source playbook, using the same techniques that made Linux and Apache successes to improve their malicious software, according to McAfee Inc.

    Galileo satellite code cracked

Cornell University scientists have cracked the codes needed to track navigation signals from a prototype Galileo positioning system satellite, leading to a scuffle with the European Union-based project, which intends to keep tight control over access.

    HP Develops Tiny Wireless Data Chip

First there was VeriChip, the company that developed a human-implantable RFID chip the size of a grain of rice. And now there's Hewlett-Packard, with new "stick almost anywhere" chip technology that' s even smaller than a grain of rice and carries a whole lot more data than any RFID chip

    New Dell Wireless Card Supports 802.11n Draft

Dell Computer is now shipping a new wireless card that handles higher speeds and longer ranges than the 802.11g cards currently shipped by the company.

    MS Advisory: Beware Unexpected PowerPoint Files

In the midst of back-to-back zero-day attacks against select businesses in the Far East, Microsoft on July 17 released a security advisory with a terse message: Do not open or save unexpected Microsoft Office files, even if they come unexpectedly from a trusted source.

    HP: Linux Pain Points Need to Be Addressed

While Linux is almost in the mainstream, there are a number of pain-points for existing and potential customers that need to be addressed, says Christine Martino, the vice president for HP' s open source and Linux organization.

    Trusted Network Updates ID Access Tools

Trusted Network Technologies introduced a new version of its enterprise identity auditing and access package on July 17, promising new capabilities for companies to garner IT systems management data on the fly.

    Microsoft Challenges SAP on CRM, ERP

According to industry sources, the impact of Dynamics CRM Live will partly be determined by pricing and Microsoft has not yet revealed what this is likely to be.

    Magic Software signs deal with IBM

Or Yehuda, Israel-based Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. and International Business Machines Corp., the world' s top provider of computer products and services, signed a global distribution and original equipment manufacturing agreement, the companies said Monday.

    Piggyback software challenges SAP

Salesforce.com Inc., a San Francisco-based software maker, upped the ante against its competitor SAP AG today with a new product announcement.

    Onyx sees 2nd-Quarter loss

Onyx Software Corp., a provider of customer relationship management software, said Monday it expects to report a second-quarter loss of 14 cents to 16 cents per share.

    Suse leads Linux pack for virtual servers

Novell will today launch Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) version 10, the first commercially-supported version of Linux to include the Xen open-source virtual server technology, presenting firms with a new way to consolidate servers and run multiple applications and operating systems.

    Asterisk Vulnerable To Denial Of Service Attacks

Internet Security Systems, an internet security vendor, provides a free alert and advisory service called X-Force that has warned of a vulnerability to Denial Of Service (DOS) attacks in older versions of Asterisk and in improperly setup configurations of the latest version. Specifically, hackers could disrupt telephony services at an organization powered by Asterisk by exploiting a possibility in the system for a concerted DOS attack.

    YouTube Serves Up 100 Million Videos a Day

YouTube, the leader in Internet video search, said on Sunday viewers are now watching more than 100 million videos per day on its site, marking the surge in demand for its "snack-sized" video fare.

    Judge gives suit against Google another shot

federal judge yesterday dismissed the case of a company suing Google Inc., but gave the company a chance to amend its complaint.

    Intel' s Core 2 Duo looks to be a barnburner of a chip

Desktop computers built around Intel Corp.'s new Core 2 Duo processors, due to be launched July 27, set new high marks for desktop performance, according to exclusive PC World tests -- they' re the fastest the magazine has seen by far.

    Chinese company claims Skype protocol cracked

Skype Ltd. is dismissing a claim by a small team of Chinese engineers who say they have reverse engineered the protocol used for Skype Internet phone calls

    Phishers edge past banks' strong authentication

Scammers have found a way around new token-based authentication systems that have been adopted by some banks.

    Iomega seals deal on CSCI acquisition

Storage vendor Iomega Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire managed services provider CSCI Inc. The acquisition, announced Tuesday, marks a planned expansion of Iomega' s target market beyond just small and medium-size businesses.

    Inspector general blasts VA for slow data breach disclosure, response

Information security officers and other officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs reacted with "indifference" and a "lack of urgency" upon learning of the theft of hardware containing personal data on millions of veterans from the residence of a VA data analyst.

    Auto Dealerships Using Customer Management Systems Outperform Competition

Auto dealerships using customer management systems are performing 23 percent better than their competition, according to updated research from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. The information is part of the final results from a comprehensive third-party research study conducted earlier this year by the Smith School. The research is based on a survey issued by researchers in the school's Department of Decision and Information Technologies and distributed through Autobytel Inc. to thousands of customer dealerships, including those that use Autobytel' s Web Control(R) system and Retention Performance Marketing (RPM(R)) program.

    Carphone Warehouse Business Solutions Implements NetSuite CRM+

NetSuite, Inc., provider of on-demand business software suites, announced that Business Solutions from The Carphone Warehouse, a wholly owned subsidiary of £3 billion giant The Carphone Warehouse Group (a UK FTSE 250 company), has selected NetSuite CRM+ for its proven speed-to-implementation and powerful functionality in sales force automation (SFA), marketing automation, and customer support.

    IBM Delivers Small and Medium Businesses a Complete Oracle ERP Solution Based on System i

IBM announced a new, specially priced solution uniquely configured for small and medium business (SMB) customers adopting Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications. Designed specifically for customers with 100 users or less, the solution is based on IBM' s "all-in-one" System i business computing platform and delivers a comparable acquisition cost to analogous Windows-based solutions

    North Carolina State University and SAS to Collaborate on Data Analytics Education

North Carolina State University Chancellor James Oblinger and Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS, announced an initiative to create a new graduate degree program in the rapidly expanding field of data analytics.

    Agresso Launches ERP Alternative for Change-Oriented Companies

Agresso, provides of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions worldwide, is making an aggressive entry into the North American software market.

    U.S. Senators Launch RFID Caucus

U.S. Senators Launch RFID Caucus

    McAfee Says it Unwittingly Fixed Software Loophole

Software security provider McAfee revealed July 14 that it fixed a serious flaw in its enterprise security package Common Management Agent in January 2006 with a regular update (v3.5.1) and didn' t even realize it.

    AMD To Counter Conroe With '4x4' , Power Programs

AMD executives say they remain "supremely confident" in the strength of their own architecture, even though the launch of Intel's Core 2 Duo or "Conroe" processor steals several pages from AMD' s own book.

    Ruckus to Announce Wireless, IPTV Deals with 15 Telcos

Ruckus Wireless has told eWEEK that it plans to announce agreements with 15 rural telephone companies to provide wireless broadband and IPTV equipment to customers.

    VMware Offers 'Free' Server Virtualization Software

VMware is hoping that those who get the free offering will upgrade to VMware Infrastructure 3. VMware Server, which has been downloaded some 700,000 times during a five-month beta trial run, lets business users create and provision additional server capacity by partitioning a physical server into multiple, "virtual" machines.

    Palm and Vodafone to launch Windows Treo in Europe

Palm has sealed a partnership with Vodafone to push a new model of its Treo smartphone on the European market.

    Will VoIP Join the Telco Counterrevolution?

Voice over IP is clearly a revolutionary technology. It has the power to topple traditional technical, business, and regulatory models. Having the power and using it, though, are two different things. VoIP could just as easily become a tool of entrenched telcos, part of the status quo they're trying to protect rather than the competitive turmoil they' re trying to prevent.

    Intel Set to Go Another Round With AMD

Intel' s upcoming Core 2 Duo processor for desktops, formerly known as "Conroe," has won praise from reviewers following positive test results. It appears that Intel has achieved a clear performance lead over AMD in benchmarks for office applications, games and other software

    Ohio University CIO resigns in wake of data breaches

William Sams, the CIO of Ohio University in Athens, has submitted his resignation weeks after the university disclosed a series of information security breaches that exposed the personal information of tens of thousands of students and alumni.

    Gabelli, others to pay $130M in wireless auction settlement

Prominent U.S. investor Mario Gabelli and 38 affiliates agreed to pay $130 million to settle civil charges accusing them of fraudulently bidding in wireless spectrum license auctions conducted by the Federal Communications Commission, U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia said today

    New PowerPoint flaw used in attacks

Attackers have found another hole in Microsoft Corp.'s Office products. On Thursday, Symantec Corp. reported that it has discovered a targeted attack that takes advantage of an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft' s PowerPoint software.

    Microsoft Research aims to curb Web spam

Researchers at Microsoft Corp. Thursday released a new report and tool aimed at preventing Web spammers from exploiting Internet search engines to drive traffic to spam URLs.

    SafeHarbor Winas CRM Excellence Award

SafeHarbor Technology Corporation, provider of intelligent customer support environments, announced that Customer Inter@ction Solutions has recognized SafeHarbor for their work with Washington State Department of Information Services (DIS) through the magazine's Seventh Annual CRM Excellence Awards. SafeHarbor' s SmartSupport™ Solutions provide DIS with critical information for continuous improvement of the website, allowing DIS to provide the best possible customer service.

    Imation Joins Growing Crowd of Blu-ray Disc Media Makers

Imation announced on July 13 that it is making its new Blu-ray media disks available to major IT and data storage channel partners. The announcement came at Imation' s "Blue Technology" conference at its headquarters in Oakdale, Minn.

    SAP Steps Up E-Commerce Software Push

SAP has acquired Praxis Software Solutions in an effort to create an integrated ERP and e-commerce suite for small and medium-sized enterprises.

    Rolls-Royce Inks $20M VoIP Deal with Nortel

Rolls-Royce PLC, a global supplier of power systems and services, says it will use Nortel Networks technology to transform its entire telephone network into one providing voice-over-Internet protocol services under a seven-year, $20 million deal.

    Firms Brace for Worst with Disaster Specialists

In a dimly lit office accessible by an underground tunnel, dozens of telephones sit silently on desks topped with powered-down computers. Even during business hours, empty chairs line rows of vacant work stations.

    CDC makes hostile takeover bid for Onyx

Hong Kong-based CDC Corp. on Wednesday launched a $5-per-share hostile takeover bid for Bellevue' s Onyx Software Corp., which already has agreed to be acquired by another company for $4.80 a share.

    Sigma AB Signs Management Contract

Swedish IT and consulting group Sigma AB said on Thursday (13 July) that it had signed a major management contract with an unnamed telecomms company.

    SAP says lost 'a little' business software mkt share in Q2 to

SAP AG chief executive Henning Kagermann said his company lost "a little bit" of market share in the highly competitive business software market to peers Oracle Corp and Microsoft Corp in the second quarter.

    Montavista Linux Carrier Grade Edition Comes to Motorola' s AdvancedTCA Based Communications Servers

MontaVista Software, a Linux provider for the telecommunications, mobile and embedded markets, announced that MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 4.0 is available as an integrated part of Motorola' s AdvancedTCA (ATCA) based Centellis 3000 series of communications servers.

    Bluewolf Sets Record Benchmark with New 3.0 Release of Enterprise Salesforce Integration (ESI)

Bluewolf, an on-demand enterprise consulting company that specializes in the deployment of enterprise software applications, today announced version 3.0 its industry leading Enterprise Salesforce Integration (ESI) tool for salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the market and technology leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM). The ESI tool allows for effortless integration between salesforce.com and third party systems such as Oracle, SAP and Microsoft. ESI is the tool of choice for salesforce.com' s largest customers.

    CDC Software Ranks as One of the Top-20 Enterprise Software Companies on Manufacturing Business Tech

CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and a provider of enterprise software applications, today announced that it ranked in the 18th position on Manufacturing Business Technology' s 2006 Global 100 List of Enterprise and Supply Chain Management Application vendors, a ranking determined by total company revenues for 2005.

    Kewill Flagship Integrates with Oracle ERP To Eliminate Redundant Data Entry and Streamline Order-to

Kewill (LSE: KWL), the leader in enterprise shipping management software and services, today announced that Canon Virginia, Inc., custom contract manufacturer of office products components and injection mold tools and service provider for product repair, packaging, and distribution, is successfully using Kewill Flagship to automate the company' s return business shipments.

    Extreme Halloween Takes the Scare Out of Managing Multiple E-Commerce Sites by Signing Deal with Pro

ProfitCenter Software Inc. (PCS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Systemax Inc. (NYSE: SYX), and a premier provider of web-based, on-demand software for multichannel and direct marketing merchants, has signed a contract for the PCS Profitability Software Suite(TM) with Extreme Halloween, a leading online provider of costumes and costume accessories for all holidays and occasions.

    Cingular Launches Mini HBO Series for Cellphones

Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. cellphone service, said on Wednesday that cable channel HBO has produced a special mobile mini-series based on the popular show "Entourage" that extends the story beyond what is shown on television.

    Rolls-Royce Inks $20M VoIP Deal with Nortel

"We selected Nortel for this important network and telephony infrastructure transformation because they truly understand our communication needs and how to simplify our network infrastructure," said Jim Reed, I.T. purchasing director for Rolls-Royce.

    Freescale' s Magnetic Chip Is Industry First

Freescale Semiconductor on Tuesday announced a first for the chip industry: a memory chip that combines the best attributes of other chips without most of their shortcomings.

    Ricoh Develops Laser for HD DVD and Blu-ray

Undecided about whether to go for an HD DVD drive or Blu-ray player? If so, Ricoh has taken the first step toward solving your dilemma. The company has announced the development of a laser that is capable of detecting and reading both next-gen optical formats, as well as standard DVDs and CDs.

    ICG' s Salvage Operation

As tech-stock mania crashed to an end in 2001, Wayne-based Internet Capital Group - a holding company for a bevy of dot-coms - was drowning in $500 million of debt while the firms in its portfolio voraciously gobbled through cash.

    Microsoft' s CRM Catch-Up Plan

Microsoft's move into Web-delivered software got a big boost on July 11, when CEO Steven A. Ballmer disclosed plans to sell a service for handling customer relationship management [CRM] applications over the Internet. The move puts Microsoft in direct competition with the trailblazer of hosted CRM applications, Salesforce.com. And it bolsters Microsoft' s efforts to roll out scads of new Web-based programs to consumers

    Microsoft Plans to Release Web-based Software for Businesses

Plans to release a web-based version of its sales and marketing software have been unveiled by software company Microsoft Corp, in an attempt to compete with companies such as Oracle Corp, SAP AG and Salesforce.com.

    Data miners dig a little deeper

When customers sign up for a free Hotmail e-mail account from Microsoft, they' re required to submit their name, age, gender and ZIP code

    Microsoft will ask EU court to quash fines

Microsoft Corp. will appeal the steep fine levied today by the European Commission (EC) on grounds that the company has worked closely to deliver the requested technical documents in the right format, the company' s chief legal counsel said.

    Intel: 'Conroe' desktop chip to ship July 27

Intel Corp. will launch its next-generation "Conroe" chip for desktop PCs on July 27, part of the company' s efforts to recover from slumping sales by offering new products.

    Secure Computing to buy CipherTrust

Secure Computing Corp. plans to acquire e-mail security vendor CipherTrust Inc. in a deal valued at close to $274 million.

    EU proposes cuts in mobile roaming charges

The European Commission today unveiled a plan to force mobile phone service providers to slash the roaming charges subscribers pay when they use their phones abroad, but it also agreed to give the companies some breathing space before lower retail prices must kick in.

    Judge questions telecom merger agreements

A U.S. district court judge is questioning U.S. Department of Justice approvals of two major telecommunications mergers since late 2005, saying he has doubts that the deals were in the public interest.

    Ingres picks New York Stock Exchange CTO as its president

Open-source database provider Ingres Corp. yesterday hired the New York Stock Exchange' s chief technology officer as its new president and chief operating officer.

    Visual Tour: What' s New in Firefox 2.0 Beta 1

It' s a new day for Mozilla. Only a few days after OneStat reported that its Firefox Web browser has reached nearly 13% market share worldwide, the open-source software development organization this morning released Beta 1 of Firefox 2.0 With this release, Firefox devotees will be widely testing the next version of the browser.

    Proxy Networks snags remote-control apps from Juniper

Newly-formed Proxy Networks Inc. this week announced that it has acquired remote-control software from Juniper Networks Inc. that has been used by a number of major customers for 13 years.

    Firefox use growing around the world, study says

After a brief period of little growth this spring, The Mozilla Foundation's open-source Firefox Web browser is again gaining ground on Microsoft Corp.' s Internet Explorer (IE)

    Eloqua Joins the Oracle PartnerNetwork and Becomes an Early Member of Oracle' s New Siebel CRM On Demand Go-To-Market Initiative

Eloqua Corporation, supplier of automated demand generation software for business-to-business marketers, announced that it has become a Certified Partner in the Oracle® PartnerNetwork and is one of the first generation companies to participate in Oracle' s new Siebel CRM On Demand Go-to-Market Initiative.

    Microsoft Announces Continued CRM Momentum and Outlines Roadmap for New Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live Service

Building on the market success of Microsoft Dynamics(TM) CRM 3.0, Microsoft Corp announced the roadmap for the next major release of its Microsoft Dynamics CRM products, including a new software-as- a-service offering called Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live.

    GoldMine Corporate Edition Receives CRM Excellence Award

Customer Interaction Solutions(R) magazine from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R)) has named GoldMine(R) Corporate Edition from FrontRange Solutions a recipient of a CRM Excellence Award for 2006. Customer Interaction Solutions(R) has been a premier publication in the CRM, call center and teleservices industries since 1982.

    Business Objects Announces New Data Visualization Solution for BusinessObjects XI Release 2

Business Objects, provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced the availability of Crystal Xcelsius(TM) Viewer, a new solution that helps customers visualize their business information. The product integrates Crystal Xcelsius, the award-winning data visualization solution acquired from Infommersion, with BusinessObjects(TM) XI Release 2, the industry' s most advanced and complete BI platform. Crystal Xcelsius Viewer enables customers to turn static information into dynamic charts, graphs, and interactive "what-if" scenarios while maintaining live connectivity to their data.

    Dell Takes On Pricing in Image Makeover

Dell, which has scheduled a news announcement for July 13, is expected to reveal a revised PC pricing strategy that will present SMBs (small and midsize businesses) and consumers with a more straightforward menu of price options.

    Secure Computing Buys Messaging-Security Specialist CipherTrust for $273M

The July 11 merger of two medium-size enterprise data security companies into a formidable, $250 million-per-year corporation could create a new force in the enterprise gateway security market to compete head-on with such established players as Symantec and Trend Micro, analysts say.

    MS, PASS Consortium to Offer Payments-as-a-Service Platform in Vista

Thanks to the combined forces of a software infrastructure from IP Commerce, the IP Payments Framework, and a consortium of payment processors, data aggregators and small business lenders—including the likes of Chase Bank of JP Morgan Chase & Co., PayPal and CIT Group—small businesses will be able to complete financial transactions from their desktops, as a service

    Microsoft Goes After the Security Channel

Microsoft announced its latest program aimed at recruiting channel partners to support its burgeoning security software business on July 12, an effort that company executives and outside experts say will be crucial in convincing customers to buy those products.

    Tizor Releases Mantra V4

Tizor, a provider of data activity auditing and security solutions for compliance and data theft protection in the data center, announced general availability of Mantra V4, a solution to enable enterprises to manage and evaluate their corporate compliance and data security posture for all of their critical data - whether it resides on databases, file servers or mainframe applications.

    New digital warning system in U.S. would break in on cell phones, Internet communications

The U.S. government will soon be sending warnings of national emergencies on wireless phones, Web sites and hand-held computers.

    HP Japan to Sell UNIX Servers That Can Run Windows, Linux

Asia Pulse - Hewlett-Packard Japan Ltd. plans to introduce this year Unix servers that can be virtually partitioned to also run Windows and Linux

    Vodafone backs convergence with Mobile Solutions for Business

Vodafone has introduced a fixed-mobile convergence system for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but has fallen short of other operators by not deploying IP-based services for its business customers

    Sun pitches big x86 server for virtualization projects

Sun Microsystems Inc. this week plans to announce new x86-based server products, including one that can support up to eight dual-core chips. In doing so, Sun is betting that IT managers will increasingly move to large systems as part of a consolidation and virtualization strategy.

    Dell going upscale with small biz, home PC pricing?

Dell Inc. plans to announce pricing changes to PCs for U.S. small business and home users on Thursday, in a move expected to shift the company away from promoting inexpensive, bare-bones computers for that market toward more mainstream configurations that cost more.

    Nortel wins $20M managed services contract

Nortel Networks Corp. announced today that it has won a seven-year, $20 million managed services agreement with Rolls-Royce PLC in London to provide voice-over-IP services for more than 26,000 users. Rolls-Royce, a provider of power systems and services, employs about 36,000 people worldwide.

    Google backs OpenDocument format

Google Inc. has joined a U.S.-based lobbying group supporting the use of the OpenDocument file format (ODF).

    Microsoft releases seven security patches

As part of its monthly roundup of security patches for July, Microsoft Corp. today released seven bulletins detailing fixes for vulnerabilities in a wide range of its products.

    Firefox 2.0 beta release expected this week

The first beta version of the Firefox 2.0 browser is expected to be released this week, according to a note posted to Mozilla Corp.' s Web site.

    Alcatel sees Q2 revenue anad Lucent merger on target

Alcatel SA expects to see a 7.5% year-over-year increase in revenue for the second quarter, in line with earlier projections, the company said yesterday. Meanwhile, Its merger with U.S. counterpart Lucent Technologies Inc. is also on track, with completion expected by year-end, it said.

    Tumbleweed releases corporate e-mail security appliance

Tumbleweed on Tuesday announced the latest addition to its line of e-mail security appliances, the high-end Mailgate Appliance 6500. It is designed for companies with 10,000 or more employees.

    CA acquires data recovery vendor XOsoft

CA Inc. has pumped up its storage management product line by acquiring XOsoft Inc., which sells data replication and recovery software, CA announced Tuesday.

    Saratoga Systems Enlists CRM Customers to Form Advisory Council

Cross Section of Global 2000 customers from Various Fields Gather To Share Insights and Best Practices to Shape the Future of Saratoga CRM

    Business Objects Announces New Data Visualization Solution for BusinessObjects XI Release 2

Crystal Xcelsius Viewer Allows Organizations to Create Interactive Presentations with Unparalleled Simplicity, Security, and Data Connectivity

    Iomega Reinvents Itself, Buys CSCI

Iomega, whose inexpensive external Zip and Jazz storage disk drives peppered the SMB landscape in the early part of the decade, announced July 11 that it has acquired CSCI, a privately held managed services and IT outsourcing company

    CDP Becomes a Contender

Storage vendors are racing to acquire companies with continuous data protection capabilities, showing that the technology is living up to its promise.

    Microsoft' s Ballmer Touts Dynamics AX Upgrade

Boston—Microsoft is, without actually saying it, positioning its Dynamics AX 4.0 release for the enterprise to compete with products from the likes of SAP and Oracle. And it' s working hard to convince partners that moving forward with the Dynamics brand is the winning approach to take

    Microsoft ERP Moves to Per-User License

Microsoft promised that users will pay less under the new model for a typical entry-level configuration, and claimed that the new licensing structure is less complicated than its predecessor.

    Microsoft ERP Moves to Per-User License

Microsoft promised that users will pay less under the new model for a typical entry-level configuration, and claimed that the new licensing structure is less complicated than its predecessor.

    Copia to Provide E-learning Services to Wincor Nixdorf

Wincor Nixdorf' s customers are to receive web-based training and support from the UK-based e-learning company Copia, according to an agreement signed by the two companies.

    Datanomic Unveils Fully Integrated Data Quality Solution

Data quality solutions company Datanomic announced on Monday (10 July) its new data quality solution, dn:Director

    CA Buys OXsoft

CA Inc., a leading maker of information technology management software, said Tuesday it bought XOsoft Inc., a privately held disaster recovery software maker based in Waltham, MA.

    HP Japan to Sell UNIX Servers That Can Run Windows, Linux

Hewlett-Packard Japan Ltd. plans to introduce this year Unix servers that can be virtually partitioned to also run Windows and Linux

    SAP Business One adds e-commerce and web-based CRM tools

Capabilities will help firms set up online stores and deploy CRM systems more quickly

    VoIP Phishing Scams – Don' t Get Hooked!

First off, what exactly is phishing? The short answer is that it is a highly successful form of scam where the crooks pretend to be a business or organization that you often interact with and then dupe you into providing real personal and financial information. They then use that information to steal identity or money from you. For more on phishing, see the VoIP News wiki and also the VoIP News VoIP Security FAQ.

    Phishers turn to VoIP

There is growing evidence that Internet criminals are abusing Voice over IP services, rather than email

    Actuate Named a Top Leader in Performance Management

Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), the world leader in Enterprise Reporting and Performance Management Applications that empower 100% of users to achieve breakthrough corporate performance, today announced that an independent research report by Ventana Research has named Actuate as tied for first place in the “Understand” step of the research firm’s PerformanceCycle Methodology. The 2006 Ventana Research Performance Management Vendor and Product Scorecard ranked Actuate as a top vendor based on the maturity of the company and the company’s products, as well as their appropriateness for the methodology and process of Performance Management.

    EMC plans native encyption on storage arrays

EMC Corp. is planning to incorporate data encryption technology on its storage arrays, using software technology it obtained from last month' s acquisition of RSA Security Inc.

    Vista, Office delays leave Microsoft partners worried

For the 7,000 or so Microsoft Corp. partners descending on Boston for this week' s Worldwide Partner Conference, delays in the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 could leave them feeling like a store unable to stock its shelves with goods

    Top U.K. officials doubt national ID card plan

Government officials in Britain doubt whether a national ID program will be ready by 2008 because of procurement and project management concerns, according to a series of leaked e-mails published Sunday.

    Vonage sued for patent infringement

The technology used by Vonage Holdings Corp. to deliver voicemail service to its 1.6 million VOIP telephony customers infringes another company' s patent, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.

    U.K. ISPs to share data for spam study

A new set of guidelines may pave the way for dozens of Internet service providers in the U.K. to participate in a research project into the problem of spam, estimated to comprise 60 percent or more of the world' s e-mail traffic

    U.K. ISPs to share data for spam study

Cisco Systems Inc. this week launched new versions of its multi-purpose Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), with small offices and large data centers in mind. The company also introduced a new version of its Network Admission Control (NAC) appliance, and an upgrade to IOS software with beefed-up security features.

    EMC: Q2 results will miss forecasts

EMC Corp. said today that its quarterly earnings fell short of expectations as it misjudged demand and did not stock enough inventory of a new product.

    Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile OK' d for wireless sale

Verizon Wireless and Deutsche Telekom AG' s T-Mobile unit have qualified to participate in an August sale of valuable wireless licenses, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said.

    Cisco to buy network access vendor

Cisco Systems Inc. plans to buy Meetinghouse Data Communications Inc., an endpoint security software vendor based in Portsmouth, N.H., for $43.7 million.

    Enter the vishermen

A new kind of identity theft scam, with thieves using easy-to-obtain VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) telephone numbers to trick Internet or telephone users, is beginning to pop up, said a cybersecurity vendor.

    Enter the vishermen

A new kind of identity theft scam, with thieves using easy-to-obtain VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) telephone numbers to trick Internet or telephone users, is beginning to pop up, said a cybersecurity vendor.

    Metastorm Closes BPM Loop

Metastorm Inc. this week will foray for the first time into system-based process management, with new software designed to give users end-to-end business process management capabilities.

    Microsoft Pulls Out All the Stops to Get New Partners

As Microsoft starts providing software solutions in new areas, like the High Performance Computing and security space - it is once again turning to partners to help it gain traction and market share in those markets.

    Microsoft Pulls Out All the Stops to Get New Partners

As Microsoft starts providing software solutions in new areas, like the High Performance Computing and security space - it is once again turning to partners to help it gain traction and market share in those markets.

    Qwest to Upgrade Brooke' s Call Centre Capabilities

The call centre capabilities of Brooke Franchise Corporation (Brooke), a subsidiary of Brooke Corporation (Nasdaq:BXXX), are to be upgraded by Qwest Communications International Inc (NYSE:Q), a provider of Internet, data, video and voice services.

    Accelrys Licenses SciTegic' s Pipeline Pilot to Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Accelrys, a provider of data pipelining and workflow tools, announced the license of its enterprise technology, Pipeline Pilot, to Jazz Pharmaceuticals

    Bell Industries Reports New Services Contracts

Bell Industries announced that its Technology Solutions division has received a number of new services contracts that are anticipated to provide approximately $30 million in incremental revenues during 2007 and add approximately 500 new jobs within the next six months.

    ChoicePoint to sell 3 businesses in realignment

ChoicePoint Inc., which collects, sells access to and analyzes consumers' personal information, said Monday it is selling three businesses that deal with direct marketing, forensic DNA and shareholder services as part of a companywide strategic review.

    FileMaker 8.5 Adds Intel Mac Support, Live Web Features

FileMaker announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 8.5 on Monday. The updated version of the relational database development application adds Universal Binary support, allowing it to run natively on PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. It also adds live web data support, which allows you to attach a Web page to specific fields in your database. For example, you can display maps based on an address field, or track package deliveries. FileMaker Pro 8.5 also adds FileMaker Learning Center so that users can learn the application features at their own pace.

    Sonasoft Announces New Version of its Recovery Solution for Microsoft Exchange Server

Sonasoft Corp. announces t