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ScanSoft Bolsters Speech Call Routing
ScanSoft Inc. on Tuesday announced that it had acquired a leading vendor of speech-based auto-attendant applications to strengthen its speech technology offerings.ScanSoft, of Peabody,...
Computing Without a Net?
Theres a wonderful scene in Neil Gaiman and Terry Prachetts novel Good Omens in which a Crowley, a devil, reads an end-user license agreement...
Intel Execs Run Down Enterprise Processor Roadmap
A day before Intel Corp. will present its fourth-quarter earnings, executives ran down for analysts the companys product roadmaps and progress in the enterprise...
Offshoring Eats Away at IT Pay, Study Shows
The offshoring of IT jobs caused IT salaries to slip for the third quarter in a row, according to new research from Foote Partners...
Ellison Marries Fiancee, Shakes Up Board
Update: Less than 24 hours after writing this analysis, a tersely worded statement landed in my In box confirming that Larry Ellison had married...
Microsoft: Web Services Key to Homeland Security
Microsoft Corp. is counting on its Web services strategy and product roadmap to pay off big in its effort to support the U.S.s Homeland...
Microsoft Issues Three New Security Bulletins
As part of its monthly security-bulletin update, Microsoft released on Tuesday three new security updates.One bulletin pertains to a breach in Microsofts Internet Security...
Novell Completes SUSE Acquisition, Details Indemnification Program
As expected, Orem Utah-based Novell Inc. on Tuesday completed its purchase of German Linux powerhouse SUSE Linux AG. On the same day, Novell announced...
The iConomy
Getting used to the idea of the identity-based economy is job one for both customers and enterprise managers in 2004. This years CES was...
Oracles Musical Chairs Scrutinized
The decisions by Oracle Corp. to split the chairman and CEO roles and name two top executives as president, announced late Monday, appear to...