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Vonage sued by Verizon, 06/19/06
Vonage Holdings this week said it has been served with a lawsuit from Verizon alleging infringement of certain patents relating to VoIP technology.
Top-secret Google data center almost completed, 06/19/06
Search engine giant Google is nearing completion of a new data center on the banks of the Columbia River in The Dalles, Ore. But trying to get information about the project is almost as difficult as finding Bigfoot.
EMC acquires business process management vendor, 06/19/06
EMC this week acquired ProActivity, a vendor of business process management software.
Ingres names BEA as its first ISV partner, 06/19/06
Open source relational database player Ingres announced Monday that it has signed up middleware company BEA Systems as its first independent software vendor partner.
EMC acquires BPM software provider, 06/19/06
EMC has opened up its pocketbook yet again, this time to acquire ProActivity Software Solutions, a small, privately held provider of content-management software for business process managemeny, the company said Monday.
Microsoft to lose Gates’ star power, 06/19/06
Bill Gates’ scheduled departure from Microsoft in July 2008 may not have a dramatic technical effect on software development, but the company will miss the benefits of his star power in the industry, according to observers.
Network/Systems Management Newsletter: EMC’s purchase of nLayers helps EMC unite ILM with true enterprise mgmt. systems, 06/19/06
Two weeks ago, I wrote about mergers and acquisitions in the network management space and last week I wrote about HP’s OEM deal with …
United Utilities says Vertex isn’t for sale, 06/15/06
British utilities company United Utilities said that its business process outsourcing subsidiary Vertex Data Science is not for sale.
Gates transitioning out, Ozzie steps in as chief software architect, 06/15/06
Microsoft’s Bill Gates will leave his day-to-day duties at Microsoft in July 2008 to pursue his passion to fulfill the mission of helping less fortunate people throughout the world through the foundation he started with his wife.
Experts say patent ‘trolls’ are tough to define, 06/15/06
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee seeking to reduce legal claims by owners of illegitimate patents heard Thursday that it’s difficult to define a bogus patent claim.
Wireless mobility vendors make up and merge, 06/15/06
Wireless mobility vendors NetMotion and Padcom have merged, making one of the largest vendors in the field and burying a lingering patent suit between the two.The all-stock transaction is expected to be finalized in the next few weeks and the company …
NHS software supplier reshuffles CEO, 06/15/06
A major software company involved in the British government’s overhaul of its health care IT system has seen its chief executive officer resign less than a week after an accounting restatement caused it to slash profit projections.
After lawsuit, Cisco embraces Black Hat, 06/14/06
By Robert McMillan , IDG News Service, 06/14/06 The bad blood between Cisco and organizers of the Black Hat conference appears to be a thing of the past. Related links One year after suing the hacker conference for allowing security researcher Michael …
Former Dell exec takes charge of Chinese PC maker, 06/13/06
Foo Piau Phang, the former president of Dell’s Chinese operations, is taking over president and CEO of notebook maker Shenzhen Hasee Computer.
Gartner: IT services revenue up 6% in 2005, 06/13/06
Total revenue for global IT services grew to $624.4 billion in 2005, a 6% year-on-year increase, research firm Gartner said Tuesday.
