IT Factory Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based maker of Notes and Domino business objects, has acquired Corporate Image Software Inc. (CIS). CIS, also in Cambridge, develops software components and tools for Domino-based e-commerce systems. Acquisition terms weren't disclosed.
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed the validity of a Xerox Corp. software patent, clearing the way for the Stamford, Connecticut-based company to pursue a patent-infringement case against Santa Clara, California-based 3Com Corp. The lawsuit alleges that the handwriting-recognition software used in 3Com's Palm devices belongs to Xerox.
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Let's push-broom through the Y2K confetti and look at the stomped paper cups beneath.
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Driving forces: The U.S. economy is transforming into an Internet economy, says Ben Sabrin, technical recruiter at Pencom Systems Inc. in Atlanta. Large brick-and-mortar companies are trying to become "click and mortars", and dot-com start-ups are proliferating wildly. All need Internet technology strategists to make them competitive in this new medium.
LET'S PUSH-BROOM through the Y2K confetti and look at the stomped paper cups beneath.
VA Linux Systems Inc. in Sunnyvale, California, has launched a free online repository of open-source software projects, called SourceForge. According to the company, which owns the linux.com domain, SourceForge will contain more than 700 open-source projects done by more than 3,000 software developers in 76 countries.
1-800-Flowers.com Inc. in Westbury, New York, has appointed Jeffry A. Borror as chief technology officer. Borror has more than 20 years of experience in the information technology field. He joins the company from Daiwa Securities America Inc. in New York, where he has held the position of IT director for the past three years.
IBM Corp. has announced Fiber Saver, an optical connectivity technology that allows mainframe links at distances of up to 25 miles. The product is the first offering from IBM's agreement with Nortel Networks and is scheduled to ship Feb. 25. IBM didn't disclose pricing details.
The use of cyberwarfare to attack enemies is "just going to be one more arrow in the quiver" that the U.S. Department of Defense will use against hostile countries and groups, said U.S. Air Force General Richard Myers at a briefing this week.
The Federal Reserve ordered extra money put into circulation in the event people made a run on banks and automated teller machines. That put $200 billion in government vaults, up from the $150 billion normally held in reserve.