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Siebel reportedly settled a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of its software engineers for US$27.5 million. The software maker was accused of violating overtime laws between 2000 and 2005 Approximately 800 employees who worked for Siebel, which was acquired by Oracle in January, will be receiving on average of $27,000 each, assuming the agreeme...
Nintendo's Wii is entering the game marketplace as the clear underdog, going up against No. 1 and No. 2 heavyweights, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox. Unable to compete based on high-definition graphics or speed, Nintendo's Wii is being positioned as a more fun -- and at US$250, far cheaper -- alternative to the other two consoles The Dav...
There is little dispute that Software as a Service model rapidly becoming a dominant delivery model. By 2009, more than 50 percent of new implementations of sales force automation applications will be SaaS deployments, according to a newGartner research note Not surprisingly, the popularity of this deployment model in SFA is opening new opportuniti...
Avaya on Thursday made two related announcements: the acquisition of enterprise mobility software maker Traverse Networks; and a new product strategy centered around unified communications ...
Without fanfare -- in fact, there was no official announcement made at all -- China decided to stop blocking its citizens' access toWikipedia, the collaborative online encyclopedia The move hints that China may be loosening its control of public access to the Internet and other forms of media. The country's tight grip on information access is legen...
AOL on Wednesday launched the latest version of its instant messaging (IM) service, AIM 6.0, which boasts offline messenging, an improved user interface, and enhanced support for blogging and other social networking activities AIM 6.0's community-building orientation should be a plus as AOL shifts from a strictly a dial-up service model to an adver...
Over the last week, two partnerships -- Pegasystems and IBM,and Amdocs and SAS -- have emerged to offer new CRMapplications for the banking industry The timing no doubt was happenstance, but the dual product rolloutsillustrate the attraction this sector has for theCRM industry. In fact, banking is the top industry-specific vertical in the CRM space...
Siebel led a list of top CRM applications ranked according to their size and expertise in eight vertical markets in a recent IDC report. Not surprisingly,Oracle's other CRM solutions -- thanks to multiple acquisitions over the last several years -- also dominate a majority of the categories However, in the communications and auto manufacturing vert...
Cingular, Samsung and Microsoft have launched a new smartphone that leverages the latest functionality in Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system and takes advantage of consumer demand for the ultra slim form factor Called "BlackJack," this is Samsung's first full-keyboard phone in its ultra slim product line -- its answer to Verizon's incr...
Google is supposedly setting aside a US$500 million slush fund to cover copyright infringement claims likely to arise in connection with its YouTube.com acquisition. However, the rumor, which surfaced this week in a blog, is not true, claimed Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the Web 2.0 Summit The company might want to reconsider that position. As it pro...
When Wal-Mart started talking about using RFID technology to get a better handle on the demand signal in its supply chains, one frightening image embedded itself in consumers' collective imaginations: a manufacturer, retailer or both tracking the use and disposal of an individual's razor blade, toothbrush or can of deodorant In point of fact, RFID ...
RFID initiatives introduced by the Department of Defense and private sector providers such asSavi Technology or Boeing are driving greater use of the technology in the aerospace and defense industries Unlike Wal-Mart's RFID initiative in the consumer goods space, though, the Department of Defense'sprograms are much more collaborative in nature -- a...
SAS has upgraded its marketing automation and marketing optimization applications with newfunctionality. While not a point release, the upgrades are worth noting because of their inclusion -- for the first time -- of digital marketing First though, to give the marketing automation and optimization upgrades their due: The new enhancements provide im...
A vulnerability in Microsoft's XML HTTP request handling can be exploited via an ActiveX control through a Web browser -- specifically Internet Explorer -- according to IBM's Internet Security Systems, which claims to have originally identified the flaw. The vulnerability, which is currently being leveraged by spyware producers to install malware on exposed computers, is unpatched and active in the wild, said Gunter Ollmann, Director of X-Force for IBM Internet Security Systems...
Microsoft plans to ship a retooled version of its Dynamics CRM 3.0 application when Office 2007 and Windows Vista ship at the end of November. The compatibility upgrade is one strategy the company is using to encourage corporate buyers to adopt the new Vista-Office bundle Feature-wise, the upgraded CRM application will offer tighter integration wit...
Yahoo is preparing to do for food what it has done for finance, sports, news, pets and a myriad of other subjects: Build a Web-based portal The food category has been underserved by Yahoo thus far, Deanna Brown, general manager of Yahoo Lifestyles, told the E-Commerce Times. "We are targeting a broad swath of users, thinking in terms of needs inste...
SalesGene, a startup that worked a niche category of sales force automation called "marketing sales effectiveness," has renamed itself and repositioned its product in order to better serve its potential buyers The firm is now called "Landslide Technologies," echoing the name of the firm's portal-like application introduced in early 2006. The applic...
Microsoft said Monday that it has finalized its new Office 2007 code and released it to manufacturing. The productivity software suite will be available to corporate customers on November 30, along with the Windows Vista operating system and new Exchange e-mail server Consumer versions of the new Windows products will appear in early 2007....
A newly discovered but minor denial-of-service flaw in Windows XP could allow hackers to crash the operating system's firewall. However, the pool of affected computers appears relatively small The security vulnerability, which was first reported on Monday, targets the ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) service, a Windows XP feature that lets users s...
You didn't have to be at the meet and greet event thissummer when Virginia Senate hopeful George Allen referred to his opponent's volunteer -- who was present in the crowd video taping the speech -- as "macaca," a remark perceived as a racial slur against the Fairfax, Va., native of Indian descent All you had to do wastype a few keys atYouTube.com,...
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