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Attenex Upgrades E-Discovery Software Platform
E-discovery software provider Attenex on Feb. 1 introduced a new version of a software package that enables corporations and their law firms to standardize e-mail and document accessibility and provide marked reductions in the time, effort and costs associated with the processes. The Attenex Patterns 4.0 software suite contains more than 50 new features and…
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IT Pros Prepare to Spring Forward
Daylight-saving time kicks off two weeks early this year, leaving technology professionals scrambling to avoid it wreaking havoc on IT systems. The 2005 act amended the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which simplified the official pattern of daylight-saving time, changing the start and end dates to extend it by four weeks. Starting in 2007, clocks…
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Indian Vendor, Cyberoam, Launches US Channel at RSA
Unified threat management provider Cyberoam, a division of Elitecore Technologies, is promising 100 percent indirect sales to partners as it prepares to launch its U.S. channel program at the RSA Conference in San Francisco the week of Feb. 5. The company, based in Ahmedabad, India, with U.S. headquarters in Newburyport, Mass., will also launch an…
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Unlovable Linux?
At the time, most of us thought Oracle undercutting Red Hat’s Linux business with its Unbreakable Linux was a big deal. Would customers flock to Oracle’s cut-rate version of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)? Would Red Hat be pounded by Larry Ellison’s minions? After a few months, the answers appear to be: No, it wasn’t…
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POS Inconsistency Proving Costly for Top Retailers
Some of the nation’s top retailers—including Rite Aid, Harry & David, Ikea, KB Toys, Disney, Regal Cinemas and AMC Theaters—are named as defendants in lawsuits stemming from inconsistent point-of-sale deployment. The class-action lawsuits accuse about 50 retail chains of violating a provision of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act that makes it illegal for…
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Novell, Microsoft Staff Up Interoperability Lab
When Novell and Microsoft announced their unlikely partnership, a part of the arrangement that got little attention at the time was that they’d create a joint research facility, where both companies’ technical experts would collaborate on new joint software solutions. Now, they’re staffing up. According to Sam Ramji, Microsoft’s director of platform technology strategy, the…
