All the week’s IT market news.
IBM agrees to buy Cognos for $5B, 11/12/07: IBM has agreed to buy business intelligence software vendor Cognos for around $5 billion in cash.
University sues Google over distributed search patent, 11/11/07: Google has been sued by a university and a start-up company in the U.S. for allegedly infringing on a patented technology to run its online search service.
Vonage reaches tentative settlement with AT&T, 11/08/07: Vonage is working to settle yet another patent dispute, this time for a comparatively low $39 million.
Microsoft to buy Musiwave: Microsoft Monday announced that it intends to acquire Musiwave, a provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies. Musiwave’s software allows device users to download ringtones and music tracks onto a variety of devices.
Symantec makes personnel changes in Asia-Pacific, 11/09/07: Symantec’s local managing director, David Sykes, and regional channel director, John Donovan, have abruptly left their posts.
Apple fails in attempt to end Burst.com lawsuit, 11/09/07: Apple met just partial success in persuading court to declare Burst.com’s iPod patents invalid.
Republicans seek privacy hearing on Google-DoubleClick deal, 11/08/07: The Republican members of a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee are calling for a public hearing to delve into the data privacy issues surrounding Google’s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of online advertising company DoubleClick.
Cisco revenue, profit rose in Q1, 11/07/07: Cisco posted a double-digit rise in revenue in its fiscal first quarter ended Oct. 27, with an even bigger gain in profit.
Nortel makes money despite falling revenue, 11/07/07: Nortel Networks achieved a measure of financial recovery in the third quarter as it posted a small profit, even while revenue for most of its businesses fell.
IBM, Microsoft, SAP lag behind on Web 2.0, 11/07/07: IBM, Microsoft and SAP are taking a charge at the business Web 2.0 market, but the big vendors still lag behind smaller rivals who have developed far more innovative technology with quicker release cycles, according to a Forrester analyst.
NLR, Internet2 merger off again, 11/06/07: Internet2’s on-again, off-again relationship with National LambdaRail has hit another rough patch.
Google/DoubleClick – the first deal in history to die from government involvement?: Microsoft Subnet editor Julie Bort can’t remember a single time a merger was stopped by government investigation. Nevertheless, lawmakers today called for more digging into the Google/DoubleClick deal.
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