Stories by Ephraim Schwartz

Demo presenters bet on predictive capabilities

The uncertain prediction market will get a new player this week when Hubdub introduces a combination news aggregation and predictive platform at the semi-annual Demo conference in California.

Avaya announces SIP-enabled handsets

The IP wars continue this week with Avaya, now a privately-held rather than public company, announcing Avaya Communications Manager 5.0 and new customer service solutions, including a SIP-enabled handset for CSRs (Customer Service Representatives) Communications Manager 5.0 is a full upgrade rather than a point upgrade to Avaya's main telephony and communications platform. The new version takes the technology from IP to SIP and adds a number of new capabilities.

The real lowdown on XP license deadlines

With the first end date deadline for the general availability of Windows XP just six months away, June 30, 2008, there are a number of XP licensing questions that are still on the minds of internal licensing desk managers and enterprise IT departments.

A new bandwidth breakthrough

We all realize that technology can change human behavior. If you don't quite know what I mean, just ask television network executives who have seen the erosion of their audience and ad dollars as more and more people log on to the Web for information and entertainment.

Microprocessor giants settle with Patriot Scientific

Patriot Scientific and TPL Group, co-holders of the Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio [MMPP], announced Tuesday that they have settled their suit for patent infringement with JVC, NEC Electronics, Panasonic, and Toshiba.

Coghead launches VAR program for online app dev

Coghead, one of the first companies to offer a hosted platform for Web 2.0 application development, will announce on Tuesday an affiliate program targeted at VARs (Value Added Resellers), system integrators, and business consultants.

Metastorm to acquire Spotlight Data

In a move to round out its recent spate of purchases in the BPM space, Metastorm announced on Tuesday that it will acquire Spotlight Data, a company that specializes in process data collection. Process data typically include such information as how long it takes to complete a process and the common order of steps to finish the task.

Dell wants to be more than a hardware vendor

The news last week that Dell signed an agreement to acquire Everdream, a SaaS (Software as a Service) vendor for remote management of desktops, was further evidence of a once phenomenally successful high-tech company trying to change its product offerings to satisfy the new and more complex requirements of its enterprise customers and to return to its former glory.

Google offers API for Outlook migration to Gmail

Google took a giant step on Friday to make it easier for companies to migrate any e-mail system over to Google Apps Gmail by offering an E-mail Migration API targeted at corporate developers and e-mail administrators.

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