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Resellers Stew Over “Private Label” Trademark
SeekAmerica Networks, an affiliate of MCHost, which bills itself as “the leader of managed Private Label Reseller plan solutions”, is challenging other hosting providers who market themselves as private label resellers. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office approved SeekAmerica Network’s trademark application on Dec. 9 in a move that protects its use of the phrase,…
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CA Sells ACCPAC Software Unit to Sage Group
Computer Associates International Inc. on Tuesday completed its withdrawal from the application software market with the sale of its interest in ACCPAC International Inc. to Sage Group PLC for a total of $110 million, company officials said. Computer Associates, based in Islandia, N.Y., will receive $88 million in cash for ACCPAC, company officials said. CA…
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RIM Surges On Strong Profits
An unexpectedly strong earnings report buoyed shares of Research In Motion Ltd. by more than 50 percent on Tuesday. The maker of the BlackBerry wireless e-mail device had reported a day earlier that revenue for its third quarter ended on November 29 rose to $153.9 million, an increase of 107 percent over the same period…
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Oracle 10g’s the Cat’s Meow, Says the IOUG
Whether it’s company flaks, the media or users, everybody’s talking about the forthcoming 10g products from Oracle. With Oracle Application Server 10g already out and Oracle Database 10g on the threshold of release, I turned to the International Oracle Users Group to get an update on what early users like and don’t like in the…
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Avaya Wraps Up Package for Smaller Businesses
Avaya Inc. has a new hardware/software communications package for small and midsize businesses looking for IT answers with fewer integration challenges. “You could go buy four or five different boxes, log in to each one, administer each of them, and read the manuals for each one,” said Saied Seghatoleslami, vice president of product management and…
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Certive Releases Data Integration Server
Certive Corp. is trying to redefine the concept of data integration with its Certive Server. The new data integration and management platform, introduced last week, is positioned to enterprises as an all-in-one alternative to existing tools for data extraction, transformation and loading; data marts; OLAP (online analytic processing) cubes; and front-end business intelligence applications. Tools…
