SafeGuard Solution Helps Protect BlackBerry Users

Utimaco has released its latest SafeGuard PushMail security technology, software that encrypts all e-mails sent to and from BlackBerry devices, thereby preventing information from being read by unauthorized persons. Only the recipient can read and process the decrypted mail.
 
BlackBerry users always receive their e-mail encrypted with S/MIME and OpenPGP security standard. A recipient who does not use a BlackBerry device receives the e-mail either in encrypted or unencrypted form. Although BlackBerry vendor Research in Motion (RIM) has long used

SAP ups target after beating forecast

Germany's SAP, the world's biggest maker of business software, raised its full-year outlook on Thursday after third-quarter license sales grew by a forecast-beating 20 percent to 590 million euros.
 
SAP said it would now target 12 to 14 percent growth in license sales this year, up from a previous forecast of 10 to 12 percent, which had been based on a dollar/euro rate of $1.30.

The average estimate of 23 analysts polled by Reuters was 552 million euros for

Review: ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 6.0

When you think of firewalls, ZoneAlarm comes to mind. But few buyers look to Zone Labs for antivirus and complete Internet security products as they would Symantec or McAfee. The company hopes to change this and push itself further into the security industry for home users.
 
ZoneAlarm's Internet Security Suite 6.0 seeks nothing less than to cover every home or office user's security needs. While much of the application remains the same with basic firewalls and antivirus software, Zone Labs

Software That Runs Your Business

As every executive knows, the corporate arena is rife with buzzwords and terms du jour, and "business-process management" is no exception. BPM, many analysts note, can help a company become more efficient, streamline operations, and boost its bottom line.
 
But BPM is also something of a soft term, encompassing both services and software, depending on which vendor is touting the strategy.

Companies looking to tap in to BPM's power through software would benefit from identifying what exactly the applications

RealNetworks mulls buys after Microsoft payout

Internet media software company RealNetworks is mulling more acquisitions after receiving a $761-million payout from Microsoft Corp. to settle an antitrust case, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
 
"Our two growth businesses have been music and games so if you could do acquisitions that accelerate that I wouldn't rule it out," Rob Glaser told Reuters in an interview on the fringes of a tech conference in Athens.

"This is a business where are many kinds of opportunities," he said,

Palm's Treo to include BlackBerry software

Palm announced Monday that the next update of its Treo 650 phone will feature e-mail software from rival Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry device.
 
RIM's agreement to license its BlackBerry Connect software to Sunnyvale-based Palm is a win for both companies, analysts said. It will allow Palm to make further inroads into the world of business consumers, where the BlackBerry has been successful. And Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM, anticipating that it might lose customers to Palm, recognizes it can

India's TCS wins 850 mln dlr pension outsourcing business from UK group

Tata Consultancy, India's leading software exporter, said it had won a 480 million pound (847 million dollar) outsourcing contract from Britain's Pearl Group insurers for a 12-year-period.
 
Tata Consultancy (TCS) said Tuesday the British group will transfer its entire existing business processes to a new TCS subsidiary proposed to be set up in Britain to manage the new acquisition.

"The agreement will mean that a new company, a subsidiary of TCS, will be set up and employ about 950

Review: Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006

Microsoft offers some of the most comprehensive small-business applications in the industry. Within its well-established Office series, the company has added a few new features to the 2006 version of its Small Business Accounting program.
 
When users first load Accounting 2006, they will see an easy-to-use "start-up" feature that asks for information, accounts, payrolls, and other financial numbers. From there, the application does the rest -- organizing data into documents, graphs, and tables for quick access.

While this year's

Treo 650 to Run BlackBerry Software

Weeks after announcing plans to ship the BlackBerry software with a forthcoming phone from     Nokia, Research In Motion is expected to announce Monday that Palm will install the push e-mail software on the Treo 650 starting early next year.
 
RIM has had a licensing program called BlackBerry Connect in place for two years, but most of the customers for that program have come in Europe and Asia-Pacific, said Mark Guibert, vice president of corporate marketing with RIM. The company is

Adobe to offer InDesign Server CS2

Adobe Systems Inc. on Monday announced Adobe InDesign Server CS2. The software is intended for system integrators and third party developers to create automated publishing solutions around Adobe’s page layout software, InDesign. It’ll be available in Fall, 2005 — pricing was not announced, but Adobe said customers could find out more through qualified third parties.
 
InDesign Server CS2 shares InDesign’s codebase, but has been adapted for server usage, according to Adobe. It supports scripting and custom programming controls through C++ and

Borland buys IT governance technology for ALM

Shoring up IT management and governance capabilities in its ALSM (application lifecycle management) platform, Borland Software on Monday is set to announce its acquisition of software vendor Legadero and its Tempo technology.
 
Financial terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed.

To be re-branded Borland Tempo, the software provides management of software demands, portfolio, processes, and resources in software development projects. Customizable dashboards provide executives, developers, and project managers with access to pertinent data.

Tempo capabilities will be

Infosys chairman touts rise of India

Twenty-five years ago, N. R. Narayana Murthy co-founded Infosys Technologies, the software services giant that has come to symbolize India's rise as a tech powerhouse.
 
Murthy, 59, is now chairman of the Bangalore-based company that has some 46,000 worldwide employees, including an office in Fremont.

Infosys, a subcontractor for many Western companies, provides an array of services, ranging from back-office support to consulting and software development. Infosys stock is traded in India as well as on the Nasdaq Stock

New Tactic for Fighting Malware

Critical Windows Flaws Discovered

Vulnerabilities recently found in the Windows operating system could lead to the emergence of worms with the potential to inflict as much damage as the previous Zotob, Sasser, and Blaster viruses, security authorities warned.
 
The most serious of the flaws could allow remote access to the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC), a component of the operating system used to coordinate transactions between databases, messaging systems, and file systems across networked machines.

When exploited, this flaw gives attackers the ability

Three Indicted for 'Massive' Piracy

Three California men were indicted Wednesday for their alleged participation in a "massive" software and music-CD copying scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.
 
Arrests in the scheme to illegally copy 325,000 software and music CDs were part of the largest CD manufacturing seizure in the U.S., the attorney's office said. The indictments follow the arrests of five people and searches of 13 locations in California and Texas on October 6.

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