| BSA to undertake fresh educational campaign against software ... | | Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:22:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | Business Software Alliance (BSA), the international association established by the software industry to promote a safe and legal digital world, has initiated a fresh awareness and educational campaign jointly with regional authorities, stepping up its ongoing efforts to reduce software piracy in the Middle East by informing the public about the negative repercussions of using and trading in unlicensed software. The campaign involves holding a series of training programmes, seminars and conferences to influence consumer and businesses behaviour and to increase awareness about the advantages of using original software products, among various sections of society across the region. Move comes in line with BSAs goal of creating a secure and legal environment for the growth and development of the regional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry.... | |
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| | | Iron Mountain and Featured Analyst Firm Discuss the Importance of Technology Escrow in Software Licensing | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:08:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | Iron Mountain Incorporated , the global leader in information, protection and storage services, has developed an educational webcast titled, Protecting Mission Critical Applications with Technology Escrow, which is now available on-demand at http://www.ironmountain.com/events/gartner. The webcast features Gartner Research Director Jane Disbrow and Iron Mountain Vice President John Boruvka. When licensing software or other technology, the IT, Procurement or Legal department needs to address increased regulatory compliance pressures to ensure the protection of strategic assets. Often, these strategic assets are in the form of software applications that materially affect a company's business. Technology escrow is a smart and effective component of a business continuity strategy that software licensees can use to protect their mission critical applications in an ever-changing environment.... | |
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| | | Lieberman Software's Service Account Manager Achieves Microsoft Windows Vista Certification | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 7:31:33 AM by Blog57 Team | | Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 9, 2006 -- Lieberman Software Corporation, a leading provider of network management solutions for the Microsoft-based enterprise, today announced that Service Account Manager 5.01, the company's remote services management product, has been certified for Microsoft Windows Vista. Service Account Manager is among the first five products to meet the stringent Vista certification requirements. .... | |
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| | | First-grade software for second-graders' learning | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 3:11:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | Some of the best deals in software today are distributed by companies that take manufacturers' overruns and turn them into related packages. Such is the case with StarFlyers Second Grade Learning System, a collection of educational programs for children ages 6 to 8 for Windows and Macintosh computers. The StarFlyers are cute kids, a flying dog and assorted androids that challenge young learners to solve puzzles. In the process children will learn how to add, subtract, dabble in basic geometry, make decisions and learn how to use their computers. Spelling flashcards show subjects such as animals, and challenge young learners how to spell them. The cards are packaged separately, which means that teachers or parents can use them while other children are playing the computer programs in the two-CD set.... | |
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| | | Optek Music Systems Introduces the Fretlight FG-401 | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 1:06:25 PM by Blog57 Team | | Optek Music Systems, Inc., a leading company dedicated to the development of interactive musical instruments and software, today announced their new Acoustic guitar, the Fretlight FG-401. Ideal for beginning guitar players, the FG-401 is a compact and lightweight Acoustic guitar that has something no other Acoustic guitar has-an on-board learning system. The FG-401's advanced polymer fretboard features a series of embedded software-driven LED lights, which signify where the user's fingers should be placed so that one can easily learn chords, scales and songs. Now the fourth guitar in the company's line of Fretlight guitars, the lightweight, compact and easily portable FG-401 fits snuggly into your body for hours of comfortable playing. The Tele-style body is formed with mahogany sides and neck and a spruce wood top and back giving you rich, yet subtle tones.... | |
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| | | Apangea Learning's Louis Piconi to Present at SIIA On Demand Conference Focused on Software as a Service | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:27:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | Apangea Learning, an educational support company providing cost-effective, differentiated instruction, announced today that its Chief Executive Officer, Louis Piconi, will present Apangea Learning innovations at the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) On Demand conference in San Jose at 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, November 8. The conference, which takes place at the Dolce Hayes Mansion in San Jose, California, runs from November 8-9 and focuses on both the strategic climate for Software as a Service (SaaS) and operational issues that determine the profitability of a SaaS company. Several hundred Internet Service Vendors, platform vendors, venture capitalists, financial analysts and other SaaS thought leaders will attend. "Schools have begun embracing software as a service," Piconi said.... | |
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| | | MassMutual illustrates annuities with Insurance Technologies software | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 7:16:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | Insurance Technologies, a provider of point-of-sale insurance marketing software, has reported that Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, or MassMutual, has selected its ForeSight suite to illustrate a range of annuity products. ForeSight will enable financial professionals to illustrate the features and benefits of proprietary deferred and immediate annuity products issued by MassMutual. In addition to providing compliance-approved sales illustrations, the internet-based platform will also include modules for presentations and asset allocation. .... | |
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| | | NDF worker hacked to death near Thalassery | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 3:12:09 AM by Blog57 Team | | An activist of Kerala-based Islamic outfit National Development Front (NDF) was hacked to death by unidentified persons near Thalassery, 21 km from here, police said. The body of Faisal (35), with deep cut wounds, was found at around 0430 hours near a road leading to Seydaar mosque at Madapeedika, DIG (North) S Anantha Krishnan said. He said police was yet to identify the perpetrators of the crime. Senior police officials have visited the spot. Faisal was the local distributor of NDF mouthpiece 'Thejus', a Malayalese daily. The body was shifted to Thalassery government hospital for postmortem. State Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan along with senior police officials, including the DIG (North) and DSP Mathew Polycarp visited the spot, Thalassery Circle Inspector P Sukumaran said.... | |
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| | | TI and Mistral Software Develop Virtual CD Changer Reference Design for Next- Generation A/V Products | | Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:10:16 AM by Blog57 Team | | DALLAS, Oct. 16 -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) and Mistral Software Ltd. are introducing a virtual CD changer (VCDC) reference design built on TI's Aureus(TM) audio digital signal processors (DSPs). This reference design could help replace the traditional mechanical CD changer in the future, which has a high rate of defects among car parts. VCDCs rip and store CDs, making them less expensive, easier to use and more reliable than traditional CD-changer audio systems. To the user, however, the look and feel is identical to that of a traditional CD changer. This reference design supports multiple audio formats, several media interfaces and premium surround sound, offering manufacturers the flexibility to build multiple products with different functionality from the same board. TI will be demonstrating their VCDC reference design at the Convergence(R) Conference and Exhibition in Detroit Oct.... | |
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| | | Washington Capitals and Equal Footing Foundation Announce Season-long Ticket Promotion to Support Youth Development and | | Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:10:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Washington Capitals and owner Ted Leonsis will host a reception with the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) on October 18, 2006 to benefit the Equal Footing Foundation, and help create broader awareness and visibility of the positive educational and technology initiatives offered through the Foundation's Computer Clubhouse program. The event, being held in the Dewar's Clubhouse at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC from 5-7pm, will launch a season-long ticket promotion with the Washington Capitals to support the Foundation, and is open to the public. Tickets for the pre-game reception, and the Capitals vs. Florida Panthers game that follows at 7pm, are available for $90 (upper level preferred) or $55 (lower level side) and can be purchased at http://www.capstickets.com/nvtc.html .... | |
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