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A study on enterprise routers released today by Infonetics Research shows Cisco Systems rates better than the competition when it comes to pricing, security, technology, management features, product roadmap, financial stability and service and support The study, "User Plans for Routers, North America 2004," is based on interviews with network manag...

Sonopress, part of the Bertelsmann's service division of Arvato, has announced the launch of a new service designed to support the need for ever-increasing creativity and flexibility in the entertainment industry and to help core businesses expand more efficiently The new Games Task Force (GTF) is designed to provide optimal supply-chain solutions ...

Nielsen//NetRatings is reporting that broadband connections for the first time reached51 percent of the American online population at home during the month of July,as compared to 38 percent last July Sixty-three million Web users connected to the Internet via broadband during July 2004 as compared to 61.3 million accessing the Internet through narr...

Nielsen//NetRatings is reporting that broadband connections for the first time reached51 percent of the American online population at home during the month of July,as compared to 38 percent last July Sixty-three million Web users connected to the Internet via broadband during July 2004 as compared to 61.3 million accessing the Internet through narr...

Compuware announced that it has filed an emergency motion in its software piracy case against IBM Compuware asked the court to levy severe sanctions and provide other relief against IBM for introducing critical evidence after the close of discovery....

RealNetworks said Tuesday it would offer 49-cent music downloads, a price-slashing move that the company admitted would cut into its profits. The move is a bid to win customers from market leader and now fierce rival Apple Real said it would cut its prices in half, offering single-song downloads for 49 cents and full albums for US$4.99. Real said t...

RealNetworks said Tuesday it would offer 49-cent music downloads, a price-slashing move that the company admitted would cut into its profits. The move is a bid to win customers from market leader and now fierce rival Apple Real said it would cut its prices in half, offering single-song downloads for 49 cents and full albums for US$4.99. Real said t...

Strategic Distribution, a provider of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) supply chain management services, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, with revenues down 26.4 percent Revenues for the second quarter of 2004 were $27.4 million, compared to $37.4 million for the second quarter of 2003. The $10 million d...

Computer Associates today announced the acquisition of PestPatrol, a privately held provider of antispyware software, in an all-cash transaction. Financial details were not disclosed CA will market the PestPatrol technology as eTrust PestPatrol and will incorporate it into its eTrust Threat Management software portfolio, designed to protect organiz...

Expanding upon a long-term relationship, HP and Motorola today announced a multiyear agreement under which Motorola plans to incorporate HP technologies into its CDMA and iDEN network infrastructure offerings The resulting platforms in Motorola's Radio Access Network will provide mobile operators with telecom network infrastructure technologies. Gl...

McAfee, a provider of intrusion-prevention software, today announced an agreement to acquire Foundstone, a company that offers vulnerability-management applications, for $86 million in cash Together the companies will offer technologies to help protect IT infrastructure....

The European Commission said it has put back its decision on the joint acquisition by Microsoft and Time Warner of ContentGuard Holdings by two weeks The commission had been due to decide on the acquisition of ContentGuard, presently owned by Xerox, today, but will now announce its decision on or by August 25....

Gateway today announced that CompUSA, the nation's second-largest PC retailer, will begin selling Gateway-branded desktops later this week The systems will be sold across CompUSA's retail network of 226 stores nationwide and through the company's web site....

Oracle today announced release of the latest version of its sales-side customer relationship management (CRM) applications designed to help companies grow revenue by paving the way for effective enterprise selling The new versions of Oracle Sales, Oracle Marketing, Oracle Partner Relationship Management and Oracle e-Commerce 11i.10 provide technolo...

PalmSource, provider of Palm OS, an operating system powering next generation mobile devices and smartphones, today announced Eric Benhamou will step down as chairman of the board of directors, further separating two parts of what had been PDA maker Palm Benhamou is expected to continue to serve as chairman of the board for palmOne....

Sedona Corporation, a provider of Web-based, vertical customer relationship management (CRM) technology for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), today announced its operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, with revenues doubling over the same period last year Nonetheless, the company said revenue was down 9 percent in the first six m...

Another one-two punch hit Wall Street Thursday as investors worried about the future of technology earnings and oil prices again tested record levels The latest blow came from Hewlett-Packard, which missed profit targets for its third quarter and issued an updated forecast that was also below what analysts had been counting on for the fourth quarte...

Sonus Networks today announced the Nasdaq Stock Market has denied the company's request for additional time to file its Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2004. Due to the extended time required to complete its recent detailed financial review and restate its historical financial results, Sonus previously announced that it would be unable to ...

Oil prices and warnings from some key technology companies weighed on U.S. stock markets Wednesday, ending a two-day rally Markets had performed well both before and after the Federal Reserve, as expected, raised interest rates on Tuesday. Upbeat comments on the economy that accompanied the report inspired confidence in investors Tuesday afternoon....

As expected, the U.S. Federal Reserve has raised short-term interest rates by a quarter of a point to 1.5 percent It says the rise in oil prices has curbed economic activity and softened the labor market but believes this will only be temporary and the economy can expect to expand down the track....