All the week’s IT market news.
IBM partners with antivirus and antispyware company, 11/20/06
IBM says it has partnered with BitDefender to incorporate that company’s antivirus and antispyware technologies into its Internet Security Systems’ endpoint security products.
Check Point adds encryption with Pointsec buy, 11/20/06
Check Point plans to acquire Pointsec Mobile Technologies in an effort to extend its security offering to laptops and other remote access devices.
Akamai buys Nine Systems in $160 million cash and stock deal, 11/20/06
Akamai Technologies announced Monday it plans to acquire Nine Systems in a deal valued at about $160 million.
Best lip syncher? Yahoo buy, Bix, let’s you prove it, 11/17/06
Yahoo plans to buy Bix.com, a Web site that lets users create online contests, as part of its push into offering more online social media services.
AMD hit with patent-infringement suit, 11/16/06
Chip-design company Opti has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Advanced Micro Devices, after reaching an out-of-court settlement in a similar case against Nvidia earlier this year.
HP quadruples income for fourth quarter, 11/16/06
Capping a year when it reclaimed the title of world’s largest PC vendor despite a boardroom scandal, HP Thursday reported net income of $1.7 billion for the fourth quarter, more than four times its mark for that period last year.
Google, Yahoo and Microsoft partner to help Webmasters, 11/16/06
Strange bedfellows Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have partnered to simplify how Webmasters and online publishers submit their sites’ content for indexing in the companies’ search engines.
BenQ weighs on Infineon’s earnings, 11/16/06
Additional charges related to the spin-off of its memory chip unit and bankruptcy of a large mobile phone customer have widened the fourth-quarter loss at German chip maker Infineon Technologies.
Schwartz slams Microsoft-Novell deal, 11/16/06
Sun boss Jonathan Schwartz has joined in criticism of the Microsoft-Novell deal, saying it is bad for the open source movement.
Avaya buys Traverse Networks to link cell phone users to corporate VoIP, 11/16/06
Avaya this week acquired Traverse Networks and announced simplified pricing for its various VoIP software platforms — moves the vendor hopes will be a one-two punch against Cisco and Nortel in the mobility and collaboration arena.
SEC probe delays Dell earnings, 11/15/06
Computer maker Dell has postponed the release of its third quarter financial report, scheduled for Thursday, citing the “complexity” of an ongoing investigation of the company by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Microsoft scores Sprint deal for mobile search, 11/15/06
In a win for its aim to sell advertising through its Windows Live Search engine, Microsoft Corp. Thursday unveiled a deal with Sprint Corp. to offer Windows Live Search capabilities through Sprint’s mobile phone service.
