November 2004 Archive
Former Oracle VP Peter Perregaard joins cBrain Technology as a partner and co-owner. Until April 2004 he was VP EMEA for Oracle Corp. TOKYO - German luxury carmaker Porsche has asked Japan's Toyota, the world's second-largest auto maker, to share the hybrid technology used in its popular Prius model, a Japanese newspaper said on Tuesday. Ekahau, Inc. today announced that it will be collaborating with ORACLE CORPORATION JAPAN in providing Wi-Fi Location Based Services (LBS) and Real Time Locating System (RTLS) solutions for Asian market. Oracle Location Based Services Framework will be using the Ekahau Positioning Engine(TM) software Oracle launched another offensive on PeopleSoft, saying Wednesday that it will try to seize control of its rival's board and clinch its $9.2 billion hostile takeover bid. Oracle uses a report it sponsored to claim that its database outperforms rival IBM's DB2 8.2 and saves big bucks. IBM dismisses the report. BMC Software Inc. a system management software maker, on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit against a year-earlier loss, helped by an improved technology spending environment in the United States. An executive briefing on information technology for Nov 26, 2004, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. JAPAN TO LEAD IN AUTO, ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES: SURVEY Broadcom Corporation announced two new 54g wireless LAN chipsets with BroadRange technology, enabling Wi-Fi users to maintain high speed wireless connections at distances up to 50 percent greater than previous generation solutions. It took good old-fashioned police work to get Melinda Raisch's case to court. But when lawyers present evidence from the 22-year-old murder at trial in the spring, it will be in a courtroom laced with 21st century technology. Panorama Software, a leader in business intelligence (BI) solutions for the Microsoft platform, today announced that it has raised an undisclosed sum of funding from JMI Equity, Intel Capital and Platinum Neurone Ventures (PNV). The company will use the investments to continue augmenting product development plans and capitalize on increased demand in the BI sector. A Los Alamos National Laboratory spinout has signed a joint development agreement to create a new manufacturing process that treats regular cotton fibers with ionized gas (plasma) to produce a type of super fabric. Atheros Communications, Inc. , a leading developer of advanced wireless LAN chipsets, today announced that Sony has integrated Atheros WLAN solutions with performance-boosting Super G and Super AG technology into a number of its new mobile computing products introduced this fall. Basis Technology today announced that Microsoft Corp. has chosen the Rosette Linguistics Platform to support Web searches in its new MSN search engine. The November Tech-talk Business Briefing to be held at University of Wisconsin-Stout will feature the Chippewa Valley Technical College. The dollar hovered above 7-month lows against the yen, pressuring shares in Japanese exporters, but stocks elsewhere in Asia neared a 5-year high as upbeat earnings from Hewlett-Packard boosted tech stocks. European technology stocks including Ericsson AB and Cap Gemini SA rose after Hewlett-Packard Co. reported earnings that beat its own forecast as sales of personal computers reached a record. VPN and firewall vendor Check Point Software Technologies this week introduced a series of wireless security appliances aimed at small business wireless LANs. Watchfire Corp. last month released version 5.0 of the AppScan application security software it acquired from Sanctum Inc. in July, with new features that make the vulnerability assessments more sophisticated, the company says. VoIP is a young technology that promises huge benefits for businesses and homes. Voice over Internet protocol has been touted as both a huge cost-saver and the beginning of a wave of new services, many of which have yet to even be imagined. THE federal government is investigating changes to the treatment of Voice of IP services under current telecoms regulations to encourage broad consumer access of the technology. The Internet is only in its early adolescence with a raft of improvements on the horizon, and the venture capitalists who helped fund the early boom are opening their wallets again, technology industry leaders said on Monday. Wireless services will lead the next growth phase of the Internet as venture capitalists who helped fund the early boom open their wallets again, industry leaders said Monday. Akimbo, a set-top box and service for receiving television shows through the Internet, could be the most important new consumer technology product of 2004. EarthLink and Yahoo say they will start tests of a new anti-spam technology that encodes digital signatures into customers' e-mail to separate legitimate messages from unwanted spam. At SAP TechEd '04, SAP's premier technology event that will host lecture sessions, hands-on workshops and personalized consulting by leading technology experts. Take a look at what you get when you build a VoIP service with the new technology of softswitches and SIP, incorporating the lessons of the CLEC buildout. One of World's Largest Printing Companies Develops Evaluation Version of Java Card OS With Multi-Tasking Capabilities Using Arm Secure Technology TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (DNP), one of the world's largest printing companies, and ARM (Nasdaq: ARMHY; LSE: ARM), today announced that DNP has developed a evaluation version of a Java More than 500 items are to be displayed at this year's two-day 2004 Taiwan Technomart in Taipei, which opened yesterday. The Taiwan Technology Marketplace Integrated Service Center says there are exhibits ranging from nanotechnologies and biotechnologies to various patent technologies PASADENA -- Problems at polling sites across the nation Tuesday were less technological in nature than many had expected, based on preliminary evidence from the election, voting technology experts said Wednesday. A retro card game such as blackjack couldn't be more low-tech, right? Tell that to the Caesars Entertainment chain of casino resorts, which has brought high technology to games like Twenty-One. Spansion, the joint venture of AMD (NYSE: AMD) and Fujitsu, has developed new Flash memory technology supporting the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) communication standard, with the goal of reducing costs and simplifying the designs of products ranging from mobile phones to automotive electronics. BMC Software Inc. a system management software maker, on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit against a year-earlier loss, helped by an improved technology spending environment in the United States. ATLANTA – Georgia Tech is one of 11 universities to recently select AirWave Wireless management software for its WiFi network. The AirWave product is used to monitor, analyze and configure wireless networks. Workforce management software (WMS), although not a new concept, is key to reining in runaway contact centers, say analysts. Vancouver, BC, November 2, 2004--Absolute Software (TSX-VEN: ABT), the leading provider of PC Theft Recovery and Secure Asset Tracking(TM) solutions, today announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 ("Q1'05"), ended September 30, 2004. All amounts are stated in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated. Security Software Support Seen Passing $800 Million Mark
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U.S. security software support services are expected to grow from $551 million in 2003 to $808 million in 2008. The newly-formed ISA plans to be for the semiconductor industry what Nasscom is to the software industry. It will help interaction within the industry, with the government and with similar associations internationally. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BakBone Software(TM) (TSX: BKB; OTC Bulletin Board: BKBOF), a global provider of data protection software, today announced that Bharat Kumar has joined the company as vice president of marketing. Rodopi Software and Everyone.net announced today the release of an innovative integration module to enable service providers and their resellers using Rodopi’s OSS to increase revenues and attract new customers by “plugging in” Everyone.net’s advanced hosted email services. Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) on Monday announced a customized version of its Contribute 3 software that simplifies online store creation and customization for eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) store sellers. A number of technological advances are fomenting radical changes in how enterprise software works, says the research firm Gartner. NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia — This is a tale of two Siberian software companies and how one got rich and the other lost its way. |
