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[Malaysia] Microsoft Malaysia Sdn Bhd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tradenex.com Sdn Bhd to develop a supply-chain hub for the retail sector, called Malaysian Retail Exchange. Microsoft Malaysia and Tradenex will be collaborating over the next six months to build an e-commerce trading platform for the community of manufacturers, distributors and retailers to […]

[JOHANNESBERG, SOUTH AFRICA] – Dealing with the law can be both difficult and expensive. A new site aims to make finding an attorney to consult both easier and cheaper for South Africans Legalopinion.co.za. The site is simple to navigate: you type in the URL and are presented with a map of South Africa. Upon clicking […]

Palm Inc. continued its push into the mobile enterprise space by announcing Tuesday the acquisition of Extended Systems, a developer of data management and synchronization products for the enterprise. Palm said it is paying $22 per share of Extended stock, with the full transaction valued at about $264 million. “Palm intends to be as popular […]

Palm Inc. will launch its m105 handheld Tuesday, which is expected to replace the Palm IIIxe. The device is similar to the existing Palm m100, but adds software, but not hardware, to connect to the Internet and e-mail and Short Message Service (SMS) software. It has 8MB of memory, compared to 2MB for the m100. […]

[JOHANNESBERG, SOUTH AFRICA] – Dimension Data Holdings plc (DiData) announced on Monday a new joint venture with Venfin, Remgro, Medi-Clinic and the newly formed Distel group. This new venture will be known as Commsco. Venfin and Remgro are the two companies the Rembrandt group was split into last September Venfin containing the group’s New Economy […]

Online storage firm SwapDrive, is reporting the first phase of the company’s three-tiered wireless support initiative is now available. Phase I wireless support will allow Palm VIIx personal digital assistant (PDA) users to access, view and manage their files and share data with customers, partners and fellow employees. Phase II, expected to be integrated into […]

Web application hosting service Digex, Inc. is introducing its server-based security service, Digex TruDefense Intrusion Detection. TruDefense proactively monitors client servers, looking for signs of attack. It can detect or stop known hacking exploits as well as classes of generic attacks, alerting the Digex Network Operations Center to suspicious activity. This latest Digex Systems Security […]

SANTA CLARA, California – Israel-founded DSP Group Inc (DSPG) said it completed its option to buy the remaining founders’ shares of Israel-based VoicePump Inc., for 161,433 shares of stock, now worth $3 million. VoicePump will become part of DSP Group’s U.S.-based broadband products group and will continue to focus on developing its voice-over-broadband gateway products. […]

[Mumbai] Tom.com has signed a supplemental agreement with Kunming Fench Star Information Industry Co Ltd, a PRC outdoor media and advertising organization for a stock swap to purchase 49 percent of the outstanding shares of the company valued at HK$262.83 million. After the acquisition Fench Star will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Tom.com. Tom.com […]

Softricity, a Boston startup developing delivery systems for business e-business software, has launched with $25 million in financing from Longworth Venture Partners, Prism Venture Partners and Hikari Tsushin. “By smoothly evolving today’s prohibitive ownership infrastructure to a more centralized, usage-based service delivery structure, Softricity is creating unprecedented market opportunity,” said Prism’s David Baum. The company […]

marchFIRST Names New CFO Chicago-based interactive agency and integrator marchFIRST Monday tapped Michael Salvati to fill its top financial post. As chief financial officer, Salvati replaces Peter Murphy. who the company said left to pursue other interests. The new CFO has more than 24 years of financial and operational experience. As vice president of finance […]

Manugistics Group, Inc. is creating a new alliance with NetVendor to deliver enhanced capabilities for Manugistics’ Web-based order planning, management and execution solution. Under the alliance, Manugistics will embed NetVendor’s E.MBRACE sell-side software solution within Manugistics NetWORKS. The joint solution will deliver an integrated order planning, management, and execution system that allows companies to deploy […]