Stories by Clare Haney

Lucent names enterprise networks spin-off Avaya

Networking equipment vendor Lucent Technologies has provided further details concerning the planned spin-off of its enterprise networks group, including the new name - Avaya Communication. The new company also announced a worldwide strategic relationship with customer relationship management (CRM) software vendor Siebel Systems.

Intel to open solution centres, part of $100m plan

Intel on Tuesday announced two programs as part of its $US100 million initiative to boost the development of electronic-business software for servers based on Intel processors. One of the initiatives involves the opening of Intel Solution Centers in the US, Europe and Asia, which the company first mentioned in February, while the other program is known as the Intel Server Applications Enabling Program.

Oracle, Lucent team up to integrate CRM, billing

US database and applications vendor Oracle and networking company Lucent Technologies are teaming up to integrate their CRM (customer relationship management) and billing applications, the pair said Tuesday.

Intel to Open Solution Centers, Part of $100M Plan

Intel Corp. Tuesday announced two programs as part of its US$100 million initiative to boost the development of electronic-business software for servers based on Intel processors. One of the initiatives involves the opening of Intel Solution Centers in the U.S., Europe and Asia, which the company first mentioned in February, while the other program is known as the Intel Server Applications Enabling Program.

Iona Releases Final Piece of iPortal Suite

SAN FRANCISCO (06/26/2000) - Irish middleware software vendor Iona Technologies
Inc. announced Monday that its iPortal suite is now complete with the release
this week of the fifth and final piece of the suite -- iPortal Server.

HP, SAP team up on output management

Hewlett-Packard and SAP have announced they will collaborate on the development of output-management and data-delivery software for SAP customers.

Lotus Looking to Connect to AOL's ICQ IM Software

SAN FRANCISCO (06/23/2000) - Lotus Development Corp. is one of the few
companies whose instant messaging software already connects to one of America
Online Inc.'s two IM product offerings -- AOL Instant Messenger, or AIM. The
IBM Corp. subsidiary is currently holding discussions with the U.S. Internet
service provider about linking to AOL's other IM software, ICQ, according to a
Lotus executive.

Lotus CEO: Collaboration Key for E-Commerce

SAN FRANCISCO (06/22/2000) - As expected, the watchword of Thursday's keynote
address here at Lotus' developers conference DevCon was collaborative commerce.
The company's chief emphasized that human digital interaction is a vital
element to facilitate electronic commerce.

MS/DOJ - Stock may be hurt by remedies, MS tells SEC

Microsoft's stock may be adversely affected by the remedies ordered by the judge in the antitrust case brought against the software giant by the US government, the vendor said in a filing Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

UPDATE: HP, SAP Team Up on Output Management

Hewlett-Packard Co. and German applications vendor
SAP AG announced Wednesday that they will collaborate on the development of
output-management and information-delivery software for SAP customers. The move
is an expansion of a 10-year existing relationship between the two companies,
with an HP output-management product planned for the third quarter of this year.

Iona Acquires Consultancy to Boost Services Arm

Iona Technologies Inc. Tuesday announced the
purchase of U.S. consultancy Genesis Development Corp. for US$24 million in
cash and Iona stock, as a way of increasing the middleware software vendor's
professional services offerings.

Intel, Global Crossing Invest in UM Vendor Tornado

U.S unified messaging specialist Tornado
Development Inc. announced Monday both Intel Corp. and Global Crossing Ltd.
have invested in the company as part of its fourth round of venture capital
funding valued at US$28 million.

Odigo Restores Interoperability with AOL

Instant messaging vendor Odigo Inc. said late
Monday that it has restored interoperability with America Online Inc.'s rival
software, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM).

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