Dennis Callaghan

Brio Software Inc. and Actuate Corp. announced new versions of their respective software applications, both designed to put information in the hands of users, but in different ways and for different users. Brio announced Brio Metrics Builder 7 Monday, a new application for managing business performance and making sure that performance aligns with corporate goals. […]

CMGI Inc. announced plans Tuesday to reacquire the remaining outstanding shares of struggling marketing and content management software developer Engage Inc., effectively reabsorbing the company it took public three years ago. CMGI launched Engage as an online advertising network in 1998, then took the company public a year later, though it remained a majority investor […]

Novell Inc. at brainshare Europe in Barcelona, Spain, last week took another step away from its proprietary roots as it announced a new release of its Novell Zenworks for Desktops that no longer requires a Novell client. Version 4.0, which formally entered beta testing, simplifies remote software distribution to mobile users by eliminating the requirement […]

Meetingmaker Inc. and Intraspect Software Inc. are the latest software vendors to take collaboration beyond the desktop. Meetingmakers 7.1 edition of its namesake platform extends calendaring and sched- uling into other appli-cations, while Intraspects namesake 5.5 release adds document search, access and sharing capabilities from e-mail clients. Meetingmaker, a pioneer in calendaring and scheduling, relaunched […]

America Online Inc. this month will begin beta testing an encrypted version of its AOL Instant Messenger targeted at enterprises. The service, to be called Enterprise AIM, will be sold to corporations, said company spokesman Marty Gordon, in Mountain View, Calif., who declined to say when the encrypted service will be available. VeriSign Inc. will […]

Comverse Technology Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire instant messaging software developer Odigo Inc., the two companies announced Monday. The deal, valued at about $20 million would add Odigos technology to Comverse Technologys Comverse business unit, which supplies multimedia communications software and systems. Odigo develops instant messaging and presence detection software for wireless […]

Hosted CRM applications provider Salesforce.com will announce Friday the appointment of Steve Cakebread as its chief financial officer, after Cakebreads departure from the same position at Autodesk was announced Thursday. Cakebread will leave Autodesk later this month and take over as CFO at Salesforce.com effective June 3. He replaces Andy Hyde, who left San Francisco-based […]

Opera Software ASA released new versions of its namesake Web browser for both Linux and Windows clients Wednesday. The upstart Oslo, Norway, company boasts more than 10 million downloads of its Windows browser and more than 1 million of its Linux browser prior to these releases, company officials said. The new Windows browser, Opera 6.02 […]

David Hayden, founder of Critical Path Inc., stepped down from his position as executive chairman of the company, effective immediately, citing an interest in pursuing other ventures. Hayden founded the once free-wheeling e-mail server software company in Feb. 1997, then stepped down as president and CEO in November 1998, four months before the companys initial […]

Customers looking to business intelligence to solve business problems have new options in analytical applications from Cognos Inc. and Zilliant Inc. Cognos, in Ottawa, last week released analytical applications for SAP AGs SAP R/3 as well as a repackaging of its analytical applications designed to make it easier for customers to buy them. Both moves […]

With complications and question marks looming on the technology horizons for Microsoft Corp.s Exchange and IBMs Lotus Notes, low-cost e-mail server vendors are moving to capitalize on growing disenchantment with groupware giants. New offerings from Ipswitch Inc., of Lexington, Mass.; Rockliffe Inc., of Campbell, Calif.; and Sendmail Inc. are pushing for small to midsize businesses […]

Navision A/S, a Danish e-business software company acquired by Microsoft Corp. last week, could become the latest component of a new .Net platform in its Business Solutions division. That unit, home to the companys bCentral, Great Plains and now Navision software, is designing a new Web services platform called the .Net Business Framework, which, if […]