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Google acquires Jaiku microblogging service
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-10-10 00:20:10
Google has acquired Finland-based Jaiku, a Twitter-like "activity stream and presence sharing" service that works with mobile phones and the web.


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EMC buys Mozy operator
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-10-04 20:58:54
EMC has acquired Berkeley Data Systems, the operator of the Mozy online backup service.


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Zoho beats Google, Microsoft with hosted database app
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-10-04 16:01:31
As competition in the hosted applications market heats up between industry giants Google and Microsoft, a much smaller player, Zoho, has pipped them both to to post with the launch of a hosted database application, Zoho DB.


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Hosted apps war heats up: Google adds security to Google Apps
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-10-03 21:43:43
Google has added Postini's email security and compliance services to Google Apps Premier Edition, after paying $US625 million last month for Postini.


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Websense completes SurfControl buyout
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-10-03 19:44:58
Websense has acquired content security company SurfControl for approximately £204 million ($US415 million, $AU470 million).


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SaaS: Microsoft hits back with consumer and enterprise offerings
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-10-01 08:16:16
Microsoft has moved to counter Google's (and others') growing software as a service (SaaS) business with the launch of its strategy to offer the consumer, professional and enterprise markets a wide range of hosted applications.


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Adobe acquires Buzzword web word processor
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-10-01 00:39:25
Adobe has agreed to acquire Virtual Ubiquity, the developer of the Buzzword online word processor.


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SaaS set to cause major disruption, says IDC
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-09-24 19:42:15
Software as a Service (SaaS) providers are seeking rapid expansion and their channel strategies and are likely to wreak havoc with the revenue streams of the traditional channel partners of software companies, says IDC.


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Google Presentations beta steals wind from Powerpoint sails
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2007-09-18 10:21:52
As Google continues to deny that it is building a stable of online Microsoft Office competitors, the rhetoric continues to sound increasingly hollow with the launch of an online tool obviously designed to steal some of the wind from Microsoft's Powerpoint sails.


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Yahoo! to boost collaboration offerings with Zimbra
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2007-09-17 18:08:52
Yahoo! is to acquire e-mail and collaboration software developer Zimbra (www.zimbra.com) for approximately $US350 million.


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Capgemini to offer Google Apps to enterprise clients
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-09-12 02:17:18
Google Apps, Google's office productivity tools delivered online have received a huge boost with Capgemini, one of the world's leading providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, deciding to offer and support the apps to large scale enterprises.


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Funds manager drops Oracle for Empower
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Outsourcing

2007-09-02 21:10:55
Institutional funds manager QiC has abandoned its old Oracle HR system in favour of Empower-HR, an ASP-delivered alternative.


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Sugar CRM goes on-demand with version 5.0 beta
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Open Source

2007-08-28 03:00:32
A beta release of a major new version of the Sugar open source CRM application will be available this week.


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Zoho gears up with Google to go offline
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-08-21 05:55:07
SaaS office productivity provider Zoho is about to make its online word processor Zoho Writer available offline with the help of Google. The result could offer a glimpse into the not too distant future of all office applications.


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.Mac gains Web Gallery, additional storage space
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2007-08-08 02:31:14
Apple has attempted to revitalise its moribund .Mac service with the introduction of a web gallery that integrates with new features in iLife 08, plus additional storage space.


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Online app provider Zoho: 300k customers and accelerating
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-08-05 18:18:03
Zoho, a providers of office productivity applications online, says it now has 300,000 customers, with the last 100,000 signed up in one third the time it took to sign the first 100,000.


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Microsoft Works trial previews Office of the future?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2007-08-05 00:16:04
Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie last week made it pretty clear that Microsoft understands what direction the company has to pursue if it wants to grow its business at an acceptable rate to shareholders. Microsoft is trialing an ad-supported version of its lightweight productivity suite Works. However, could Microsoft eventually extend this to Office?


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Microsoft to trial ad-supported Works
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-08-02 16:42:11
A free, ad-supported version of Microsoft Works will be piloted as part of the software bundle on selected PCs.


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Microsoft's web advertising plunge
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2007-07-26 19:27:51
Microsoft is gearing up to become an even bigger player in the web advertising market with the establishment of a new applied research centre and the acquisition of an advertising exchange.


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Brennan engaged to develop fire service software
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-07-25 00:55:12
IT and telecommunications service provider Brennan has been contracted to develop an operations automation system for the fire protection industry.


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