Royal & Sun survives U.S. unit sale challenge
December 21, 2006
Reuters - UK insurer Royal & SunAlliance
has survived an attempt by disgruntled policyholders to derail
approval of the sale of its U.S. unit, it said on Thursday,
ending hopes the deal would complete this year.
IBM to end stock options for directors
December 20, 2006
AP - IBM Corp. is cutting off stock option grants to its board of directors but doubling their cash pay, calling the move an improvement in its governance practices.
DNS Provider ZoneEdit Downed By Denial Of Service Attack
December 20, 2006
TechWeb - The attack, which started early Tuesday morning Eastern time and continued Wednesday, affected four of ZoneEdit’s 25 domain name servers.
Ericsson paying steep price for Redback: analysts
December 20, 2006
Reuters - Ericsson AB’s $2.1 billion
acquisition of data network equipment vendor Redback Networks
is a costly one but analysts said on Wednesday it was
strategically sound and should bolster the Swedish player’s
product offering.
Danish Retailer Outsources SAP Environment To IBM
December 20, 2006
TechWeb - IBM Global Services will provide a range of IT infrastructure services — including support for a new SAP system — to Dansk stores in Denmark, as well as outlets owned by the retailer in Germany, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Paris Hilton, Bebo website top Google searches in 2006
December 19, 2006
AFP - Celebrity bad-girl Paris Hilton and social networking website Bebo were the hottest topics on Google in 2006, the superstar online search engine revealed.
Jury convicts 4 Enterasys execs
December 19, 2006
AP - A federal jury convicted four former Enterasys executives on securities fraud and conspiracy charges Tuesday, but was unable to reach a verdict on five charges against the computer networking company’s former chief operating officer.
Securing Customer Privacy through Role-Based CRM
December 19, 2006
NewsFactor - In a CRM database, each record has numerous fields that may include confidential information, not just about your customers, but also about your sales team and business operations. In the B2C world selling to consumers, confidential customer information often includes social security numbers, credit card details, and home addresses. …
Google 2006 Top Searches: Hilton, Borat, And Where’s Togo?
December 19, 2006
TechWeb - Users worldwide were interested in celebrities, social networking, and the World Cup.
Microsoft Settles Major Software Counterfeiting Dispute
December 19, 2006
NewsFactor - Following a three-year international investigation, Microsoft has reached agreement with a contractor that illegally produced and distributed counterfeit copies of the company’s server software.
