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Polycom, IBM Join Forces on Videoconferencing
(Reuters) – Polycom Inc said it will work with IBM to introduce videoconferencing services aimed at consumers, competing with Skype and a yet-to-be announced product from Cisco Systems Inc. The two companies plan to unveil a high-definition video conferencing product later this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Polycom said on Monday.…
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Microsoft Patch Will Allow Word Sales to Continue
Microsoft is reportedly pushing a patch through Windows Update to reduce disputed functionality in its widely used Word word-processor application. The patch release comes two weeks after a U.S. appeals court judge upheld a $290 million patent infringement judgment to Canada-based software firm i4i Ltd. The lower-court ruling found that advanced XML functions in Word…
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IBM Global Financing Lends a Hand on Electronic Medical Records
One of the biggest challenges for channel partners looking to help customers take advantage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – also known as the economic stimulus package – has been to find EMR vendors who work with the channel. There’s also been a gap between when the solutions must be implemented and when…
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IBM Reaffirms Acquisition Strategy with Lombardi
IBM announced its intention to acquire yet another software provider, Austin, Texas-based Lombardi, in a bid to bump-up its business process management capabilities and solidify its leadership in the middleware market. Like ILOG, which it acquired last year, IBM intends to fold Lombardi’s department-level BPM under the WebSphere umbrella, competitively positioning Big Blue and its…
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Judge Bans Microsoft from Selling Word
(Reuters) – A U.S. court of appeals on Tuesday upheld a $290 million jury verdict against Microsoft Corp for infringing a patent held by a small Canadian software firm, and affirmed an injunction that prevents Microsoft from selling versions of its Word program which contain the offending software. The ruling, by the United States Court…