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Network World Daily News: AM, 05/21/07 Mobile provider Alltel agrees to $27.5B buyout
Mobile phone and wireless services provider Alltel Sunday agreed to a $27.5 billion buyout, a deal likely to spur more such acquisitions in North America. Wireless vendors target enterprise nets with 802.11n products
One of the big surprises at this week's Interop show will be the number of new enterprise wireless LAN products supporting the high-throughput IEEE standard in waiting Report: Google, Salesforce.com discussing alliance
Google and Salesforce.com are discussing an alliance that could see the two bundle Web-based applications, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. | Manage Skyrocketing Storage The data on your network is growing at a rapid pace that's only going to increase. Download Network World's latest Executive Guide and get the practical, real-world advice and insider information you need to best manage and meet your storage demands and industry regulations. Click here to download. | | If it can protect bombs, why not commercial software, too?
A technology used by the U.S. Department of Defense to protect software from piracy and tampering has been released to the commercial sector to help software companies avoid loss of intellectual property, the makers of the product announced Monday. Microsoft shuffles server, developer groups in reorg
A reorganization at Microsoft Corp., announced Friday, improves the focus of two of the main divisions at the company and could line up a successor to Steve Ballmer, the software giant's CEO. AQuantive deal no silver bullet for Microsoft
Microsoft's planned acquisition of digital advertising and marketing services agency aQuantive will give the company the tools it needs to dig its heels in as a competitor in the rapidly evolving digital advertising market. Nortel, Toshiba in WiMAX deal
Nortel and Toshiba this week said they will jointly develop mobile WiMAX base stations for Japanese and global markets. Judge slaps injunction on Business Objects
A magistrate judge has awarded a permanent injunction against Business Objects SA that prevents it from shipping a rival's technology in one of its products, although Business Objects has already released an upgrade to the product that removes the disputed feature. VeriSign plugin brings green address bars to Firefox
VeriSign has brought a new technology, used to identify trusted Web sites, to the Firefox browser. Google launches ISP version of Apps suite
Google Inc. has released a version of Google Apps tailored for ISPs and Web portals, growing this family of hosted collaboration and communication suites for organizations. Blogs Earth-friendly computing tips
Join in the discussions on Green Your Network's blog about ways to retire old equipment with minimum impact on the environment. Today on Layer 8 where we'd drive a Ferrari to work if someone would buy it for us:
The price of gasoline may finally be changing the way many people commute and communicate, but the picture isn’t all rosy. Buzzblog: Verizon shareholders OK 'say on pay'
While a majority of Verizon shareholders have expressed their desire to have a say in determining executive compensation – the company provided $21.3 million to CEO Ivan Seidenberg last year without their input – it doesn’t appear likely that their advice will be heard without first putting up more of a fight. However, shareholder voices in general are starting to be heard more often on this extremely contentious matter. Microsoft releases mashup tool, Popfly
With all the commotion over Microsoft's $6 billion acquisition of aQuantive, the news on Popfly has taken a backseat – except in the ever watchful blogsphere. |
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