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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has appointed Maya A. Bernstein as the agency’s Privacy Advocate, replacing Peggy Irving as the primary official in charge of protecting taxpayers’ personal information. The Privacy Advocate also works to ensure that taxpayers and employees are aware of their privacy rights. An attorney, Bernstein brings special expertise in information policy […]

Making its second benefits-related acquisition this year, workforce management software maker Workscape is buying CallConnect. In April, the Framingham, Mass., firm bought TALX Corp.’s benfits enrollment business. With its latest pick-up, Workscape adds a human resource outsourcing to its Web-based self-service applications and gains a new technology platform as well as about 60 employees in […]

Interwoven , a maker of enterprise content management software, has opened an office in Mumbai, India, as it wins customers in the country and region. “This investment reinforces our presence in the (Asia-Pacific) market,” said Anurag Srivastava, a vice president with the Sunnyvale, Calif., company. Interwoven has about a dozen customers in India, including Genereal […]

St. Paul, Minn.-based managed IT services firm Agiliti Inc. on Monday debuted the “Agiliti Global Internet Access Service,” which allows remote and mobile professionals to connect to the Internet and to corporate networks via virtual private network (VPN) over local lines, toll-free numbers, broadband or “Wi-Fi” wireless access. Agiliti’s solution can be utilized as a […]

Landing its second recent contract in Russia, Lucent Technologies will supply telecommunications equipment to Moscow Cellular Communications (MCC) as the carrier builds out its mobile network. Financial terms were not disclosed. Murray Hill, N.J.-based Lucent recently completed deployment in St. Petersburg. The latest order include base stations, multiservice media gateways and optical products to transport […]

Sprint has expanded its Internet protocol network to include Taiwan and secured a license to provide data services to businesses, carriers and service providers in the country. “Taiwan’s addition to Sprint’s Asia-Pacific network is a highly significant,” Connie Tang, Sprint’s managing director in the region said. “It underpins our wider strategy for Greater China, as […]

Sprint has won an equipment and services contract extension from document and billing specialist Relizon worth $4 million over four years. Relizon will use Sprint’s VPN, frame relay and Internet protocol services to connect more than 100 facilities nationwide. The services give the Dayton, Ohio, firm 24-hour network access and high-speed data transmission. The deal […]

Centurion Wireless Technologies and Etenna Corp. this week announced new antennas for wireless devices. Lincoln, Neb.-based Centurion on Monday unveiled an internal tri-band antenna that supports 802.11a, b, and g. The antenna, dubbed the D-Puck, is intended for laptops, PDAs, wireless access points and cable modem gateways. It can be integrated into the device or […]

Bellevue, Wash.-based customer relationship management (CRM) provider Onyx Software Corp. on Monday announced new customer and partner deals in the Asia-Pacific region. “The strength of our regional leadership and professional services team combined with our strong partner network in Asia and our unique approach to CRM has given us an advantage in this market,” said […]

Sonus Networks has opened a sales, marketing and support office in Mumbai, India, to capitalize on a growing market for telecommunications equipment in the region. The Westford, Mass., company also hired Mahinder Mansukhani country director. Mansukhani, who started last week, is a former executive with Sify Ltd., India’s largest network and e-commerce services company. He […]

German Linux distributor SuSE Monday said it has struck a technology alliance with iAnywhere Solutions a subsidiary of Sybase . The two companies say they will optimize SQL Anywhere Studio for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8. The partnership lets SuSE customers to use SQL Anywhere Studio to create database-powered applications as an alternative to offerings […]

Congress remains unconvinced it should release the remaining $252 million in funding for the Homeland Security Departments U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology system. In June, the General Accounting Office (GAO) submitted a report to Congress critical of the Department of Homeland Defense’s planning and deployment of the system designed to track persons crossing […]