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2008

September 22, 2008

Virtual Worlds Not Quite Virtually There for Business Communications and Collaboration
Borderware Shakes Up Security Gateway Market with 8.0 Release
Software AG Picks Up Runtime Governance with Progress OEM Deal

May 6, 2008

Trapeze Pulls Out All the Stops for Its “NonStop Wireless” Strategy
Siemens Enterprise Communications Adds Unified Communications to Contact Center
Extreme Adds New Products to Its Lineup
Analyst Show Flashes from RSA Conference 2008

March 18, 2008

Teradata: Expanding Its Oracle Partnership
Microsoft Expands SaaS Footprint with Collaboration Tools
Red Hat Ramps Up SOA Portfolio and Practices

January 29, 2008

IBM Hits the SMB Market with Hosted and Hardware-based Solutions
Sun: MySQL Will Soon Be Its New Prize
Oracle Finally Grabs Up BEA

February 25, 2008

3Com-Bain Deal Stalls, but the Door Remains Open
Aastra Fortifies European Power with Ericsson Enterprise Acquisition
Juniper Dives into Switching
Voice Applications Continue to Drive Adoption of WLANs in the Enterprise
Citrix Makes Strides with Xen
Google Boosts Mail Security with New Postini Packages
IronPort Delivers Reporting and Message Tracking in Single Appliance

February 5, 2008

Cisco Brings Application Acceleration to Mobile Workers and Smaller Enterprises
Arbor Acquires Ellacoya, Strengthens Service Provider Offerings
Avaya Takes New Approach, Improves Communications Manager Versatility in Version 5
Genesys and IBM Produce Strong Offering for Mid-market Contact Centers in China

2007

November 27, 2007

VeriSign Announces Retrenchment: Authentication Business Deemed Core
Nortel Unveils Strong SOA Solution for Business Communications
ShoreTel Upgrade Will Appeal to Businesses Seeking More Mobile, Customer Support Options
Cisco Updates Modular Catalyst Line for Performance and Manageability

November 19, 2007

IBM Accelerates Information on Demand Strategy with Cognos Acquisition
Tableau Blends Visualization and Collaboration in New Approach to Social BI
Informatica Beefs Up Speed, Scalability, Stewardship, Security and SAP Integration of Core Offerings
Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference: Microsoft ‘‘Oslo’’ Project to Turn Applications into Models

October 18, 2007

How Long Will Microsoft Need Its PBX Partners?

October 11, 2007

SAP Acquiring Business Objects to Leap into BI Market Lead
IONA Upgrades FUSE Family of SOA Products
Microsoft Releases Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 in Major CPM Push

October 2, 2007

ProCurve Seeks Commonality of Traffic Analysis Data in Its Wired and Wireless Networks
Alcatel-Lucent Scales OXE, Sharpens Tools for Applications Sales
Cisco Makes Upgrades to NAC Solutions

September 18, 2007

Microsoft Ships BizTalk Server 2006 R2
Cognos Enlists Informatica as Key Data Quality Partner for CPM
IBM Readies Its Desktop of the Future with Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Release

August 16, 2007

RSA Picks Up DLP Vendor, Tablus
Inter-Tel Brushes Up Portfolio amidst Merger Activity
Aruba Networks Adds Some Chemistry to Its Wireless Security Portfolio

August 1, 2007

Software AG Solidifies webMethods Acquisition with SOA Suite Rollout
IBM Acquires DataMirror to Expand Heterogeneous Event Processing and Changed Data Capture

July 24, 2007

Oracle Buys Bharosa
Avaya Updates Dual-Mode Solution and Strategy

July 18, 2007

Oracle Launches Next-Generation 11g Database Management System

July 13, 2007

Google Expands Enterprise Offerings with Postini Acquisition
3Com to Spin TippingPoint Back Out in IPO

June 20, 2007

AmberPoint Upgrades SOA Management System and SOA Validation System Offerings
Salesforce.com Jumps into the Hosted SOA Market
Clarabridge Launches Pioneering On-Demand Text Analytics Service
Business Objects Rolls Out Integrated CPM, Acquires Text Analytics, and Previews On-Demand BI-Integrated Commercial Data

June 13, 2007

Symantec Consolidates on the Client

May 22, 2007

Dataupia Enters DW Appliance Market with Scalable, Database-agile, Blade-based Solutions
Red Hat Refocuses Middleware Efforts and Expands into Data Management
Microsoft Posts Hosted Integration Services, Extolling “Software Plus Service”
HP Formally Launches Neoview Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Platform

May 16, 2007

ConSentry Introduces Branch Office Switch and “Universal” Endpoint Support
Extreme Networks Brings the WLAN into the Fold with its Universal Port
Cisco’s Catalyst 6500 Series is on the Edge
Mitel Takes Aggressive Approach to Growth with Proposed Inter-Tel Acquisition

April 12, 2007

IONA Builds Its Own Registry/Repository
Business Objects Moves Boldly into BI Appliances
Software AG Makes SOA Play, Set to Acquire webMethods
Master Data Management: Wrapping Strong Governance Around Enterprise Data Warehouses

April 10, 2007

Cisco Untethers Its Integrated Services Routers
Q1 Labs Ties User Identity to Network Activity Data
Microsoft Increases Investment in Speech with the Acquisition of Tellme Networks
Cisco Clears Up Key TelePresence Weaknesses

March 20, 2007

IBM Significantly Revamps and Repackages Data Warehousing Product Family
GXS Launches Trading Grid 2007 with Enhanced Failover, Performance and Integration Capabilities
IBM Brings Quality Management to SOA Development
Oracle Acquires Hyperion to Deepen Financial CPM Portfolio

March 19, 2007

Trapeze Launches Location-based Services Appliance
Alcatel-Lucent Delivers Creative High Availability Features and a New 7450 ESS Model
CeBIT - Analyst News Flashes From the Show
Real World Uses of Unified Communications - Telebriefing Replay

February 15, 2007

HP Strengthens SOA Management Play with Acquisition of Business Process Monitoring Firm, Bristol Technology
Oracle Releases Major Upgrade to BI Suite
Microsoft Converges BI with CRM
webMethods Strengthens SOA Suite with Fabric 7.0 Release

February 9, 2007

3Com Gets It ON
BroadSoft Taps into BEA’s Service Delivery Platform
ARRIS Throws the Video Gauntlet Down with $1.2 Billion Takeover of TANDBERG TV
3GSM 2007 - Analyst News Flashes From the Show