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Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
News Revised settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.
Tags: Business development/management, Regulations, Google Inc., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, Australia, Settlement, Alexandria, antitrust, Canada
Oracle's Sun deal: Oracle may need to loosen its grip
News Oracle may be forced by the European Union to give up some control of open source MySQL database software owned by Sun Microsystems, so as not to stifle competition.
Tags: Business development/management, Database, MySQL, Oracle Corp., software, Acquisition, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., Business development/management, European Union
Judge rules for Apple in Psystar case
News Summary judgment states that Psystar's creation of Mac clones that run Mac OS X violate "Apple's exclusive reproduction right, distribution right, and right to create derivative works".
Tags: Personal Computers, Business development/management, Apple Inc., William Alsup, Operating System, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Judge, Adobe PDF
IBM roars into business consulting
News Its new 4,000-strong Business Analytics & Optimization Services will mine IBM's research and software divisions for innovations.
Tags: Consulting, IBM Corp., SAS Institute, data mining, Frank Kern, Data-mining Software, business analytics, Sales, software, analytics
Contact center by phone still popular in Asia
News Calling contact center still preferred method for Asian customers seeking tech help, even with emergence of new media tools, says market specialist.
Tags: Customer support, Customer resource management (CRM), Business development/management, Contact Center, Nagi Kasinadhuni, Datacraft/Dimension Data, Toni Ruotanen, Phone, Microsoft Corp., Asia
Adobe to cut 9 percent of workforce
News Elimination of 680 full-time jobs comes as the software maker tries to align costs in the face of lagging sales. They follow a 9 percent reduction within the Omniture unit
Tags: Business development/management, Business structures, Adobe Systems Inc., Omniture Inc., Web analytics company, restructuring, software, job, Workforce, Sales
Technology sector to rev up IPO recovery
News IT firms and emerging markets including China, India and Brazil, will lead recovery of public listing activities, finds new survey on global investors.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business development/management, Survey, U.S., Business Strategies & Functions, India, Technology Sector, IPO, Investor, oil & gas
Private-sale shopping sites are hot
News Saddled with unsold merchandise amid the recession, makers of luxury goods are selling their wares through members-only shopping sites.
Tags: Business plans, Business development/management, E-business, Shopping Site, GSI Commerce Inc., home furnishing, Business, Business plans, Vente-Privee.com, Site
Getty and Flickr deepen photo-licensing ties
News Flickr photographers now can more actively try to sell photos through Getty's 60,000-image collection. Meanwhile, Toyota shows that there's a market.
Tags: Business development/management, Web sites, Yahoo! Inc., Getty Images, Toyota Motor Corp., digital photography, partnership, Web sites, Business development/management, Stock
Asean CIOs list biz intelligence top priority
News Some 87 percent of CIOs in region see business intelligence and analytics as top priority, finds IBM study.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Business, Business development/management, IBM Corp., Virtualization, Survey, Asean, Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions
Is your business run by chance?
Insight perspective The discipline you apply to managing your business' underlying processes can make all the difference, especially when times get tough, says analyst.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Business development/management, Business structures, Process, Organization, Supplier, Quocirca, Clive Longbottom, Environment
HP further cuts EDS salaries
News Hewlett-Packard tells employees of EDS, which it acquired last year, that their salaries will temporarily be cut by 10 percent more than was announced last month.
Tags: Business development/management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Puerto Rico, employee benefit, Salary, Worker, CEO, U.S., Business development/management
Tighter budgets but airlines still focus on IT
News Some airlines focus on tech to improve passengers' travel experience, while IT-based onboard merchandising offers carriers another revenue source.
Tags: Music devices, Business development/management, Airline, TV, Semiconductor Industry Association, aircraft, entertainment, phone, monitoring, Web
Banyan Tree invests $1M in talent management
News Singapore hotels and resorts operator employs SAP in bid to better nurture and manage talent pool of over 10,000 staff, according to company executives.
Tags: Business development/management, Personnel management, Recruiting, Banyan Systems, Database, SAP AG, Talent Management, Human Resources Inc., Training, Bangkok
Experts: Apple disclosure 'falls short'
News Apple's silence on reports that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant reflects a continuing failure to address the CEO's health issues, say governance specialists.
Tags: Business development/management, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, CEO, corporate governance, SEC, shareholder, Apple iPhone, health care, Steve Jobs
