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Thor Olavsrud

Symbol Picks Up ImageWare

Looking to enhance the in-store customer shopping solutions of its mobile commerce initiative, Holtsville, NY-based Symbol Technologies Thursday acquired ImageWare Technologies’ software and assets. The two companies did not disclose the terms of the deal. Symbol specializes in the use…

SAP Posts Strong Gains in Ambivalent Market

The fourth quarter of 2002 was a good one for Germany’s SAP ; for the first time it outsold arch-rival Siebel Systems in terms of reported customer relationship management (CRM) licenses, with 17 percent year-over-year growth for SAP versus Siebel’s…

Microsoft, Siebel Aim for Application Integration

Microsoft Monday announced a “major expansion” of its strategic relationship with Siebel Systems , under which the two firms will jointly engineer Siebel’s customer relationship management (CRM) software for Microsoft’s .NET architecture. Together, the two companies hope to capitalize on…

VeriSign Hooks .tv, H.O Systems

Internet infrastructure juggernaut VeriSign Inc. hit the post-holiday season ground running Monday with two acquisitions: a $45 million coup for its registry business and a $340 million cash and stock deal to round out its services offering for wireless carriers.…

Microsoft Launches .NET Alerts Preview

Eager to show that its .NET vision is more than just vaporware, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Monday said 24 companies will begin offering the .NET Alerts Service to their customers in the near future as part of a preview of the…

Peregrine Nabs Remedy for $1.08 Billion

San Diego-based enterprise software maker Peregrine Systems Monday moved to acquire IT Service Management and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) provider Remedy Corp. in a cash and stock transaction valued at $1.08 billion based on Remedy’s closing price Friday. Peregrine said…