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  • Contract Watch: RFID and Voice over IP: Finally for Real?

    Everybody’s writing and reading about the promise and pitfalls of RFID (radio frequency identification). But is anybody actually making money designing RFID solutions? The answer is yes. Just ask ESYNC Inc., a Toledo, Ohio-based solutions provider that offers RFID consulting and integration services. One of ESYNC’s major RFID customers is International Paper Co., which recently…

  • Salesforce.com Rings in New Year with New Channel Strategy

    A new year brings new channel efforts for salesforce.com Inc. with the hiring of Bruce Culbert as senior vice president and general manager of global services. Culbert joins salesforce.com from BearingPoint Inc. (formerly KPMG Consulting), where he was senior vice president and CRM global practice leader. “I’m joining saleforce.com because I really believe in what…

  • Resellers Stew Over “Private Label” Trademark

    SeekAmerica Networks, an affiliate of MCHost, which bills itself as “the leader of managed Private Label Reseller plan solutions”, is challenging other hosting providers who market themselves as private label resellers. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office approved SeekAmerica Network’s trademark application on Dec. 9 in a move that protects its use of the phrase,…

  • CA Sells ACCPAC Software Unit to Sage Group

    Computer Associates International Inc. on Tuesday completed its withdrawal from the application software market with the sale of its interest in ACCPAC International Inc. to Sage Group PLC for a total of $110 million, company officials said. Computer Associates, based in Islandia, N.Y., will receive $88 million in cash for ACCPAC, company officials said. CA…

  • RIM Surges On Strong Profits

    An unexpectedly strong earnings report buoyed shares of Research In Motion Ltd. by more than 50 percent on Tuesday. The maker of the BlackBerry wireless e-mail device had reported a day earlier that revenue for its third quarter ended on November 29 rose to $153.9 million, an increase of 107 percent over the same period…

  • Oracle 10g’s the Cat’s Meow, Says the IOUG

    Whether it’s company flaks, the media or users, everybody’s talking about the forthcoming 10g products from Oracle. With Oracle Application Server 10g already out and Oracle Database 10g on the threshold of release, I turned to the International Oracle Users Group to get an update on what early users like and don’t like in the…

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