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It is becoming increasingly unsafe to buy or otherwise conduct business online, according to the ninth annualCyberSource survey on e-commerce fraud Fraudsters will divert approximately US$3.6 billion from U.S. e-commerce in 2007, a 20 percent increase over 2006, based on survey results....
Advanced Micro Devices has received a welcome financial boost -- a US$622 million infusion of capital from Mubadala Development, a wholly state-owned enterprise of Abu Dhabi As part of the transaction, Mubadala received 49 million shares at a price of $12.70 per share. After reimbursing Mubadala $14.6 million in expenses, AMD received roughly $608 ...
OpenSpan, a Microsoft partner, rolled out an application integration platform that allows users of Microsoft's Customer Care Framework (CCF) 2008 -- which was also introduced Wednesday -- to link older applications and custom-built systems with the front-end agent desktop Built on the Microsoft .Net platform, the OpenSpan Platform for CCF 2008's in...
Microsoft's monthly security update contains only two advisories -- not a bad number for the vendor, which in the past has rolled out fixes for a dozen or more flaws at one time Still, the relative scarcity of vulnerabilities this month should not discount how significant these potential exploits can be to end users and system administrators, say s...
Former U.S. vice present and Nobel Peace Prize-winning environmental activist Al Gore has linked up with a Silicon Valley venture capital firm with similar street cred in the investment community Generation Investment Management, which Gore cofounded, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers have announced plans to collaborate on identifying and fundin...
Another best-of-breed business intelligence vendor has been snapped up: This time, it is Cognos, which IBM has agreed to acquire for US$5 billion in cash, or roughly $58 per share The move was widely anticipated, given the recent acquisitions made by IBM's rivals in this space. Earlier this year, SAP announced it would acquireBusiness Objects for a...
Microsoft's platform of online services and applications -- akaWindows Live -- has graduated from beta after two years of development At the Windows Live Web site, users can download software for the desktop -- such as Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Photo Gallery, and Windows Live Writer -- and access services including Windows Live Spaces, Hotmai...
Microsoft is targeting the low end of the enterprise search market with the rollout of a free version of its Search Server 2008 Express Given the price point -- as well as the emphasis on ease of use -- it is clear that the company is catering to SMBs (small and medium-sized businesses), which have been somewhat overlooked by established enterprise...
Sage Software has upgraded ACT by Sage for Real Estate 2008 (10.0) and ACT by Sage Premium for Real Estate 2008 (10.0) contact and customer management applications. These were introduced last year as ACT's first vertical offerings The company rolled out the two new versions during its Sage Summit customer conference this week in Chicago....
MySpace and Facebook are the clear winners -- so far -- in the social networking wars, but Yahoo has fired an opening salvo in what may be the next heated skirmish: business and employment networking Yahoo'sKickstart is meant to help college students launch their professional careers....
Calabrio has upgraded its workforce optimization products, which go to market through several channel partners, including as an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) to Cisco's Unified Contact Center product line The company upgraded Workforce Management to version 8.1 and Quality Management to version 2.4. The latter in particular offers a signifi...
Ottawa, Canada-based Wi-Lan has filed two separate infringement suits against 22 chip suppliers, equipment vendors and electronics retailers. The targeted companies include Acer, Apple, Atheros, Belkin, Best Buy, Broadcom, Buffalo Technology, Circuit City, Dell, D-Link, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Infineon, Intel, Lenovo, Marvell Semiconductor, Netgear, Sony, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Westell Technologies and 2Wire...
Anticipation is building as Google prepares to formally introduce its social networking platform. Called "OpenSocial," it provides tools for developers to create applications and widgets that can be ported to any participating network. Partners that have signed on range fromFriendster toPlaxo to Salesforce.com -- and, most notably, in the last 24 hours, MySpace andBebo...
Google is getting set to make a splash in the burgeoning social networking space with the introduction on Thursday of OpenSocial It is rare for Google to be behind the curve of any Internet trend -- much less one that has become nearly mainstream in the last few years. However, it's making up for lost time by bursting out of the gate. It has alread...
T-Mobile has introduced the first product in a new smartphone line, dubbed the "Shadow." In a departure for a wireless carrier, T-Mobile worked closely with Microsoft and the device manufacturer throughout the product's development The Shadow's user interface (UI) is based on features in Microsoft Windows Mobile 6, but it looks nothing like the pla...
NetSuite has introduced SuiteBundler, a new platform for its channel partners. The product is a new component in its development and integration toolset, SuiteFlex SuiteBundler offers a new generation of development tools for its third-party channel partners so they can continue to create vertical applications and more sophisticated business proces...
Not too long ago, advice to keep a CRM implementation simple would have focused around due diligence for the application (you never buy a complex product unless absolutely necessary). It would have focused on negotiating the best deal with a systems integrator (these costs can add up quickly unless the contract specifies otherwise). Most of all, it would have focused on a clear needs assessment driving the application (buying too many bells and whistles when they aren't necessary is a sure path to overly complicated implementation and a frustrated user base)...
Vonage has settled the financial details of a lawsuit it lost to Verizon for patent infringement, capping its penalty at US$120 million -- a possible $32 million in addition to the $88 million already accrued and held in escrow The final amount will depend on how the Court of Appeals decides Vonage's pending petition for a rehearing on two of the V...
Google has upgraded its Gmail offering by augmenting it with IMAP, or Internet Message Access Protocol. Essentially, this level of connectivity allows users to access e-mail from multiple devices while keeping that information simultaneously synced no matter which device or desktop was used to access it ...
Google andNielsen have formed a relationship designed to help advertisers create targeted ads for viewers and track how and where their advertising dollars are delivering a return. Under the agreement, Google will provide Nielsen's demographic data through its Google TV Ads advertising platform Google TV Ads is part of the search giant's foray into...
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