 IT Market Watch News AlertNetwork World's IT Market Watch News Alert, 10/09/07SAP to buy Business Objects for $6.78 billion, 10/08/07: SAP has agreed to buy Business Objects for about €4.8 billion ($6.78 billion), a surprise move that breaks with SAP's traditional strategy of avoiding large company acquisitions. SAP and Business Objects explain strategy shifts, 10/08/07: Executives from Business Objects and SAP each tried to explain Monday why their companies have parted with long-time strategies by agreeing to merge. BMC buying out configuration management company, 10/05/07: BMC adds network layer technology critical to the success of business service management and IT process automation.
Vonage settles Sprint-Nextel patent suit, 10/08/07: One major patent-infringement settlement down; one more to go. Qualcomm explains failure to provide evidence, 10/04/07: Court documents filed by Qualcomm this week describe a disjointed legal team with communication failures and internal engineers who were forgetful and ignorant of basic principles of technical standards-setting procedure. Four 'Net companies sued over transaction system patent, 10/04/2007: For the second time in five weeks, four major Internet companies are being sued for patent infringement lawsuit. MSNBC acquires participatory news site Newsvine, 10/08/2007: MSNBC Interactive News has acquired Newsvine, operator of a Web site that encourages users to link to their favorite news of the day, submit comments, and write their own stories. Target sued over Web access for the blind, 10/04/07: A U.S. court ruling on Web site accessibility for the blind could force companies to step up their adoption of technology for those with special needs. Defendant found guilty in RIAA suit, hit with $220,000 fine, 10/05/07: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) won the first of many digital music file sharing cases Thursday against a single mother, with a U.S. jury finding her guilty of copyright infringement and fining her a total of $222,000. AT&T signs network management deal with IBM, 10/03/07: AT&T announced yesterday that it signed an agreement with IBM to serve as the company’s provider of outsourced telecommunications and network management services -- an assignment previously handled by IBM’s own services division. BT teams with Fon for Wi-Fi sharing, 10/04/07: BT is teaming up with Wi-Fi sharing service Fon, to give all its customers the option of joining the Fon shared Wi-Fi service. New York woman sues Apple, Jobs over iPhone price cut, 10/02/07: A woman from Queens, N.Y., sued Apple last week over the iPhone, saying that the company broke several laws when it cut the price of the device last month by $200 and then issued a $100 credit to some owners. Microsoft buys Jellyfish.com comparative shopping site, 10/02/07: Microsoft has bought comparative shopping Web site Jellyfish.com, which gives its customers a cut of advertising revenue from retailers, offering a rebate on purchases made through the site. |
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