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UPDATED: HP said it is combining its Imaging and Printing Group and Personal Systems Group in order to trim costs and accelerate growth. The company, which has steadily reorganized its business since acquiring Compaq in 2003, also said that the new Imaging and Personal Systems Group (IPSG) will be led by Vyomesh Joshi. Joshi has […]

Back-up software provider Revivio has landed $25 million in funding on the strength of its continuous data protection appliance for enterprises. The latest investment comes as enterprises become more focused on protecting valuable corporate data. Nomura International plc led the round but was joined by existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Flagship Ventures, […]

Online retailers used new tactics to boost sales during the end of year holiday shopping season, according to the results of a mystery shopping study conducted by the e-tailing group. The e-commerce consulting firm said retailers using the same old practices from year to year have reason to fear, as more and more shoppers will […]

IBM’s support for Power.org, a group dedicated to developing software and hardware for IBM’s Power chip architecture, could give the company some leverage in its bid to compete against rival chip and server vendors, analysts say. To trigger innovation in consumer electronics, networking, automotive and computer systems, IBM , Novell , Red Hat , Sony […]

Taking a page out of MySQL AB’s book for pushing open source databases in the market, Pervasive Software has bundled software and services using the PostgreSQL database. Pervasive is offering Pervasive Postgres, a distribution of the open source PostgreSQL version 8, to corporate IT departments to build business applications. Pervasive envisions the offering as a […]

Armed with new technology and a stronger tie with Microsoft , Business Objects has revamped its business intelligence (BI) platform for enterprises. The company issued Extreme Insight (XI) Tuesday after finalizing its integration of Crystal Decisions technology, the reporting software vendor Business Objects acquired for $1.2 billion in 2003. The acquisition made Business Objects the […]

In a merger of IT service software vendors, Concord Communications agreed to acquire privately held Aprisma Management Technologies from Gores Technology Group for $93 million in cash. Aprisma’s software suite, Spectrum, makes IT infrastructures and business services more available to, and reliable for, end users. Should the deal succeed, Concord, of Marlborough, Mass., will add […]

BMC Software agreed to acquire privately held Calendra, a Paris-based maker of identity management software, for $33 million in cash. The deal, should it close, would refresh a consolidation trend in the software space. Calendra’s software will make it easier for customers to create directory applications that ensure security policies are enforced over single-sign-on systems, […]

Oracle has released new 10g database software to extend grid computing to corporate workers on the go. Database Lite 10g allows employees to tap into the master 10g database through mobile devices, such as PDAs, laptops and handheld computers. Jacob Christfort, vice president of server technologies and CTO for mobility at Oracle, said Lite has […]

In a bid to augment its information management portfolio, IBM acquired SRD, a privately held identity resolution software maker, for an undisclosed sum. Developed in large part to support casinos’ efforts to track criminals, Las Vegas-based SRD’s software allows an organization to take multiple databases and meld them together, build a single entity server and […]

IBM is developing a new XML-based storage manager for its database software, highlighting what one analyst said is an industry shift toward recognizing the database as a significant part of the infrastructure again. IBM will likely make the native XML storage manager available in the next version of its DB2 Universal Database for 2005, said […]

Looking to improve the service delivery capabilities in WebLogic, BEA Systems has acquired Incomit, a privately held maker of infrastructure software for telecommunications businesses. BEA did not make terms of the deal public but said in a statement it will use Incomit’s technology to pad the WebLogic Service DeliveryPlatform, BEA’s application server software for telcos. […]