Acronis buys GroupLogic, targets mobile device backup
Backup software vendor Acronis Inc. today acquired file-sharingsoftware company GroupLogic Inc. with the goal of extending its data protection capabilities to mobile device backupand filecollaboration. GroupLogic will become a division of Acronis that will be headed by GroupLogic’s former CEO,Chris Broderick. Acronis did not disclose the acquisition price. GroupLogic…
CresTech Proffers a Comprehensive Range of Web Application Security Testing …
Its wide range of web security solutions includes web application penetration testing, security code reviews, network security assessment, industry certification consultancy and tool expertise. About its strategic web application security testing solutions, the company states, "Employing best-of-breed tools along with our established methodologies, we at CresTech analyze application and architecture…
IBM study shows CEOs ‘liking’ social networking
Though not specifically named in the study, Pangilinan exemplifies what the more than 1,700 CEOs from 64 countries and 18 industries who were subject of the survey revealed: bosses are opening up, and there’s a shift in the top honcho’s management style. The study "reveals that CEOs are changing the nature of work…
Workshare teams up with SkyDox for collaboration software powerhouse …
London-based enterprise software firm SkyDox is joining forces with Workshare, a document collaboration software firm that’s headquartered in San Francisco, California with offices in London and a few other cities worldwide. Workshare will raise 20 million (roughly $32.2 million) in growth capital to support the de-facto merger, tapping into funds Existing investors…
Primerica Turns to IBM for Social Business Transformation and Improved …
ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Primerica, the largest independent financial services marketing company in North America, is using IBM social business software to transform the way its over 90,000 independent sales representatives will engage with their 2.3 million policy owners and (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO )…
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Like who? I asked, hoping I might sweet-talk my way onto the list. It turns out it was the publisher and the company chairman. That’s the moment I should have realized that BlackBerry’s maker, Research in Motion, was at risk of losing what was then its near-total dominance of a…
Code Blue Corp. joins the cisco developer network
Code Blue Corp. has joined the Cisco Developer Network as a registered developer within the Unified Communications technology category, the company announced Friday. In addition, a Code Blue speakerphone has successfully completed interoperability testing with a Cisco system, Call Manager SME 8.6. Code Blue Corp. develops and produces vandal-resistant Blue Light…
Microsoft Looks to Convert Lotus Users to Office
Evidence is mounting that Office 365 as much as Windows 8 is the linchpin of Microsoft Corp.’s future success as the software company is leveraging a tool licensed from a partner to lure IBM Corp. Lotus users to its cloud-based productivity suite. According to published reports, Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., has…
Continuum Cozies Up with Unified Communications Providers
Plenty of partners have looked at the potential for offering managed unified communications services or cloud-based unified communications services. Now partners who have specialized in those kinds of services are getting into remote monitoring and management business. RMM vendor Continuum reports that through its strategic partnership with the Technology Assurance…
GSA officials (finally) issue contracts for cloud email
Washington Business Journal by Jill R. Aitoro, Senior Staff Reporter Date: Friday, September 7, 2012, 6:00am EDT – Last Modified: Friday, September 7, 2012, 9:37am EDT