Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Adobe teams with Business Objects to fight Microsoft; 3Com customers should 'stand pat'

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Network World's IT Market Watch News Alert, 10/02/07

Adobe teams with Business Objects to fight Microsoft, 10/01/07: Adobe is teaming up with Business Objects to add business-intelligence capabilities to rich Internet applications (RIA). The companies plan to announce a partnership at the Adobe MAX 2007 North America user conference, which kicks off Monday in Chicago.

3Com customers should ‘stand pat,’ analysts say, 09/30/07: Customers should feel little impact from this week’s acquisition of 3Com by Huawei and Bain Capital, analysts say.

AT&T acquires Interwise for $121 million, 10/01/07: In an effort to expand its IP business services, AT&T has agreed to pay $121 million to acquire Interwise, which specializes in Web conferencing.

Network World and MEF introduce Carrier Ethernet for Business: The Birth of the New Global Network

It's replacing legacy services such as frame relay, ATM, and IP VPNs. It's delivering "infinite bandwidth ... new benchmarks for reliability ... immediate and substantial savings. Carrier Ethernet for Business: The Birth of the New Global Networkhttp://www.nww.com/rpgx.jsp?c=XU1PHA813Z1713

FTC settles with alleged spyware operation, 10/01/07: A Nevada company will pay $330,000 to settle a complaint from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it hid spyware in other software consumers could download for free, the FTC announced Monday.

Fund to invest $25 million in Salesforce.com startups, 10/01/07: Salesforce.com has launched a $25 million investment fund to encourage the development of new applications using its Force.com hosted development platform.

Adobe to acquire Virtual Ubiquity, 10/01/07: Adobe has signed a deal to acquire Virtual Ubiquity and its ground-breaking online word processor, Buzzword.

Huawei, investment fund to buy 3Com for $2B, 09/28/07: Network equipment vendor 3Com has agreed to be acquired by Huawei and Bain Capital in a deal worth over $2 billion, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal on Friday.

All change at Apple legal, 10/01/07: Apple's senior legal beagle Donald J Rosenberg (senior vice president, general counsel and secretary) has left his post after just 10 months on the job.

EU begins antitrust investigation into Qualcomm, 10/01/07: The European Commission has begun an antitrust investigation of Qualcomm for suspected exploitative practices in the market for chipsets for mobile phones.

Google buys mobile social networking service, 09/28/07: Google has acquired a mobile social networking start-up called Zingku, the search company's latest move to provide more services through mobile phones.

Avaya shareholders approve $8.2 billion private equity buyout, 09/28/07: Avaya stockholders last week approved the company’s $8.2 billion acquisition by two private equity firms.

Google, Microsoft execs to testify on DoubleClick deal, 09/27/07: Executives from Google and Microsoft are scheduled to testify before a Senate panel Thursday on the search engine company's planned $3.1 billion acquisition of online advertising company DoubleClick.

GPL lawsuit may be settled out of court, 09/25/07: Monsoon Multimedia and the Software Freedom Law Center are discussing a settlement regarding Monsoon's open source licensing violation, but a deal isn't certain.

Google picks ex-IBMer to lead expansion in Europe, 09/27/07: Google has appointed a top IBM researcher to lead the expansion of its engineering group in Europe, the search company announced Thursday.

Internet bubble could burst on Facebook speculation, 09/27/07: Rumors that Microsoft is negotiating a stake in social networking site Facebook is proof the IT industry could be in the run-up to another bubble in Internet company values, according to David Bradshaw, principal analyst at Ovum, said Thursday.

Who will be the next Geek King (or Queen)?, 09/28/07: In July 2008 Bill Gates, arguably the greatest Geek King there ever was, will step down as leader of Microsoft. Surely we will continue to hear from him, but his departure from the software world leaves a great void in Geek culture. Who will replace him? Who has his stature? Who has his utter geekiness? Should the geeks be ruled by committee? Should geeks even be ruled?

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