IT Market Watch News AlertNetwork World's IT Market Watch News Alert, 10/23/07AT&T sues Vonage for patent infringement, 10/19/07: AT&T Friday filed a lawsuit against VoIP provider Vonage Holdings, seeking damages for alleged patent infringement. Google continues to boom in third quarter, 10/19/07: Google continues to grow revenue at a healthy clip, reporting an increase of almost 60% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year. Opnet acquires Network Physics for $10 million, 10/22/07: Network management vendor Opnet on Monday announced it has acquired Network Physics for $10 million in a deal that will give Opnet the tools it needs to manage end-to-end application performance.
Microsoft in compliance with 2004 ruling, EU says, 10/22/07: Microsoft has made substantial concessions to the European Commission, finally bringing the company into compliance with a 2004 antitrust ruling, the Commission said Monday. Cisco India's $2 billion revenue goal: India is at the top of Cisco's growth markets list. IBM and Business Objects agree BI deal, 10/22/07: IBM and Business Objects have signed a new joint development and product distribution deal, for pre-integrated data warehousing and business intelligence. Broadcom damages against Qualcomm may be cut, 10/18/07: The hit on Qualcomm from a patent suit it lost to rival Broadcom may be slashed because of an unrelated ruling that came down in August. Aruba countersues Symbol over Wi-Fi patent fight, 10/19/07: Aruba countersued two divisions of Motorola Wednesday, adding a new twist to a wireless LAN patent-infringement case that affects some of the biggest vendors in the business. Wipro posts revenue, profit growth, 10/19/07: Wipro, India's third largest outsourcer, Friday reported growth in revenue and profits for the quarter ended September 30. Intel replaces CFO Andy Bryant, 10/16/07: Andy Bryant is stepping down as Intel's CFO. Mergers and acquisitions to be all the rage in next 12 months, 10/16/07: It wouldn’t be hard to say that merger and acquisitions are running hot right now what with SAP’s $6.8 billion Business Objects buy and Oracle’s $6.7 billion try for BEA Systems. And Cisco naturally is in the hunt for a couple companies – one wireless and one for voice recognition. It’s a pattern IT consumers should get used to for the coming year, says a study released by the 451 Group. BEA vs. Peoplesoft: 10 reasons it's different this time, 10/18/07: On paper, Oracle's recent $6.7 billion offer for BEA Systems looks a lot like the hostile bid for PeopleSoft four years ago -- a bad-for-competition, bad-for-employees, bad-for-customers deal designed with one goal in mind: fatten Oracle shareholders' wallets by taking out a competitor. Tata wins $1.2 billion Nielsen contract, 10/18/07: The Nielsen Company, a provider of consumer and media information services, is outsourcing a portion of its IT and business processes to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an Indian outsourcer based in Mumbai. Symantec to snap up Vontu?, 10/16/07: Rumors are swirling that Symantec may acquire start-up Vontu in a deal that hardly would come as a surprise, as large security giants scramble to add data-leak prevention technology to their product portfolios. Microsoft, Siemens, IBM and Intel lead tech R&D spenders, 10/16/07: Microsoft is getting more serious about investing in R&D, according to Booz Allen Hamilton’s annual study of the world’s largest corporate R&D spenders. |
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