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Intellisync Debuts Suite for Wireless Carriers
Intellisync Corp. on Monday will introduce a new suite of products for wireless carriers who want to woo corporate customers. Based on the company’s existing remote-access software for enterprise customers, Intellisync Mobile Suite for Wireless Operators lets carriers offer a single solution to enterprises, smaller businesses and individual professionals. The suite uses technology acquired when…
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SAP America Exec Touts Integration, Technology Directions
Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP America Inc., has taken on what’s been seen as a difficult position as CEO of the U.S. subsidiary of the largest software company in the world—and one that has a very strong German heritage and leadership. With a revolving door at the CEO’s office over the past few years at…
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Flaws Found in Two Symantec Apps
Vulnerabilities weaken two of Symantec Corp.’s more popular security applications, Norton AntiSpam and Norton Internet Security, researchers have found. Both flaws enable attackers to run code on remote machines. The two weaknesses, one in each product, are similar in that they both involve ActiveX controls. The vulnerability in Norton Internet Security and Norton Internet Security…
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German StarOffice Does Boffo Business in Germany
The sales of Sun Microsystems Inc.’s StarOffice productivity suite are a shadow of Microsoft Office’s. Still, prospects looked brighter Thursday as Sun announced that German OEM software distributor Markement GmbH has sold more than a million copies of StarOffice. Markement, based in Stuttgart, Germany, sells StarOffice both as a standalone program and as part of…
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Open-Source Insurance Is Arriving
There’s nothing new about IP insurance, but New York-based Open Source Risk Management LLC (OSRM) is the first company to specifically target helping companies deal with open-source IP risks. Daniel Egger, founder and president, announced at San Francisco’s Open Source Business Conference this week that the company will launch its consulting service immediately to be…
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Microsoft Fleshes Out Partner Program Details
Microsoft is continuing to finesse the new channel-partner program it launched at the start of this year. In January, the company debuted its Next Generation Partner Program. The new program combined, for the first time under a single umbrella, all of Microsoft’s various partner programs, including its Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains and Navision programs.…
