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October 10th, 2008

Symantec, Google Spotlight SAAS Security

By Clint Boulton
Symantec and Google didn’t get Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s memo that SAAS and cloud computing are overhyped. Symantec bought security SAAS provider MessageLabs for a bundle while Google simplified pricing for its security SAAS. Web services security for enterprise applications and messaging and collaboration tools is alive and well.Oracle CEO Larry Ellison roiled [...]

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September 12th, 2008

From Antivirus to Web Security, MessageLabs Eyes Rivals in SaaS Security Race

By Brian Prince
MessageLabs is looking challenge its SaaS security rivals with plans for new services and integrated policy enforcement across its messaging and Web security offerings. MessageLabs competes in a crowded SaaS space with the likes of Google, Microsoft and ScanSafe, as well as against traditional security vendors like Symantec.
The quickening adoption of software-as-a-service must [...]

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August 6th, 2008

Amazon.com to Fund Elastra’s Cloud Computing Effort

By Clint Boulton
Amazon.com joins Bay Partners and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners in pumping $12 million in funding into cloud computing startup Elastra, which joins Salesforce.com, Etelos, Coghead, Bungee Labs and others in running enterprise applications and other software on the Internet.
Elastra, one of a slew of startups creating platforms that host and run software entirely [...]

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August 6th, 2008

Central Desktop to Challenge Microsoft SharePoint, Google Apps in Collaboration Software

By Clint Boulton
Central Desktop is one of several Web collaboration startups trying to compete with Microsoft SharePoint and Google Apps for a share of the Web collaboration market. Central Desktop has added a database API that enables enterprise application integration, time-tracking tools and a help desk application atop its messaging and collaboration tools.
Central Desktop, one [...]

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August 4th, 2008

Symantec Profits Rise as Customers Consolidate Security, Storage Vendors

By Reuters
Symantec CEO John Thompson said the poor economy may be helping Symantec as business customers consolidate security and storage vendors. Symantec, the IT security and data storage software giant, reported higher quarterly profit and beat Wall Street expectations as it announced it is signing more large customers. Symantec said it may beat [...]

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July 27th, 2008

Shuttleworth: Microsoft Does Not Want War

By Darryl K. Taft
At OSCON, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, says he doubts Microsoft would file a claim against Linux developers.
PORTLAND, Ore.—Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, which maintains the Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, said he doubts Microsoft would file a suit against a free software developer unless the software giant wants "war."
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July 26th, 2008

Ballmer: Yahoo-Microsoft Deal Is Dead

By Chloe Albanesius
Any Yahoo acquisition plans Microsoft might have entertained are now dead, says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Microsoft is moving on and looking to invest more in search, a business Ballmer categorizes as a "two-horse race" between Microsoft and Google.
Any Yahoo acquisition plans Microsoft might have entertained are now dead, said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s [...]

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July 24th, 2008

Investors Eye Health of Apple’s Steve Jobs

By Reuters
Industry and investor concerns about the health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs have not dimmed more than a month after he appeared dramatically thinner at the firm’s annual developers’ conference.
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Industry and investor concerns about the health of Apple’s Chief Executive Steve Jobs have not dimmed more than a month [...]

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July 24th, 2008

Yahoo, Carl Icahn Settle Before Proxy Fight

By Clint Boulton
Yahoo and Carl Icahn comes to terms on a deal that will give Icahn and two others of his choosing seats on Yahoo’s board. Yahoo will nominate 8 of it current directors for re-election as it seeks to placate shareholders put off by its stubborn resistance to Microsoft’s advances.
Yahoo and activist investor Carl [...]

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July 10th, 2008

Mozilla Releases Firefox 3 with 15,000 improvements

Major performance enhancements and revolutionary “Awesome Bar” make Firefox 3 the fastest, smartest, most powerful browser Mozilla has ever released
Mozilla released Firefox® 3, a major update to its popular and acclaimed free, open source Web browser. Firefox 3 is the culmination of three years of efforts from thousands of developers, security experts, localization and support [...]

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