The News Review:
- Callidus Software Recognized With “Positive” Rating From Leading …
- Check Point Sees Better Product through Nokia Acquisition
- Facial recognition software gives Pierce County help in tough cases
- Software Exec Takes Fall for Hacking
- Axiotron to Debut Exciting New Products at Macworld
- TrueDemand Software Announces Record Year
- PC Got a Virus? Consider Getting Help ffline
Callidus Software Recognized With “Positive” Rating From Leading …
CNNMoney.com
(NYSE: IT) theworld’s leading information technology research and advisory company. Authored by Steven Leigh Kimberly Harris-Ferrante and Michael DunneCallidus Software was recognized with a “positive” rating in this importantreport for the insurance industry. Earlier this year Gartner namedCallidus Software “positive” in its “MarketScope for Sales IncentiveCompensation Management Software(2). “We are thrilled to be recognized with a ‘positive’ rating from ahighly-regarded research firm such as Gartner” said Steve Apfelbergsenior vice president of marketing and business development at CallidusSoftware. “In our opinion this rating further validates CallidusSoftware’s.
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Check Point Sees Better Product through Nokia Acquisition
eWeek NY
Check Point Software Technologies’ acquisition of Nokia’ssecurity appliance unit will expand the security company’s expertise and value ofits product line creating greater value for partners and customers says thecompany’s channel chief Amnon Bar-Lev. In an interview with Channel Insider Bar-Lev foresees fewproblems with the integration of the Nokia hardware platform with the CheckPoint software offerings considering the two companies have been tight partnersfor the better part of a decade. Rather Bar-Lev sees a reduction in the numberof SKUs partners and customers must track and a greater ease-of-use coming fromthe two product lines being collapsed into one.
Facial recognition software gives Pierce County help in tough cases
Seattle Post Intelligencer
What it didn’t have were any leads on who committed the crime. But instead of being tossed aside as happens in so many property crime cases the ATM images were e-mailed to Steve Wilkins at the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. Wilkins the department’s forensic services supervisor picked the clearest image and used new facial recognition software to compare it with 16 years’ worth of prisoner mug shots taken at the Pierce County Jail. Within 15 minutes he’d found a match. Detectives followed the new lead and eventually arrested Susan Bennett who was charged in ctober with 11 crimes in connection with the ATM thefts. She pleaded guilty Dec.
Software Exec Takes Fall for Hacking
eWeek NY
trade embargo with Cuba. The president of a Boulder Colo. firm that developssoftware used in oil and gas exploration was sentenced Dec. 22 for hacking thecomputer system of a rival firm. Leonard 61 was sentenced to 12 monthsof supervised probation and fined $2500.
Axiotron to Debut Exciting New Products at Macworld
FXBusiness
(AX – TSX Venture) High-tech hardware and software manufacturer Axiotron(r) today announced that it will be returning to the Macworld Expo for the third year in a row where the company’s booth (#502) will showcase the improved and enhanced Modbook(r) — the one-of-a-kind tablet Mac(r) computer and previous winner of Macworld’s “Best of Show” award. The company will also demonstrate new software for the Modbook and will unveil innovative new hardware products and technologies at the show. Axiotron’s booth will feature artists designers photographers and software representatives who will highlight the Modbook’s new hardware and software enhancements. In addition Axiotron is partnering with a number of companies including Adobe Microsoft Autodesk Vision bjects SmilenMyMac Chromatic Bytes MindMeister Circus Ponies Edge Health Solutions and AssistiveWare to present the Modbook’s broad range of application functionality at numerous hands-on demonstration stations. Macworld visitors will get an exclusive first look at innovative new hardware products and technologies from Axiotron.
TrueDemand Software Announces Record Year
SYS-CN Media NJ
“Today’s environment has heightened the need for consumer productsbusinesses to meet the dynamic demands of the modern supply chain. Thismeans achieving visibility from the shelf backward anticipating andresponding to changes in demand and coordinating actions through allpoints of the network” said Richard Essigs Consumer Products IndustrySolutions Leader IBM Global Business Services. “We are proud to work withvalued partners such as TrueDemand Software to help clients builddemand-driven supply networks relying on business solutions such as theIBM Continuous Replenishment Service and IBM BusinessTone®. TrueDemand creates demand forecasts at the distribution center and storelevel by item and presents that information within a software solutionthat supports critical store operations replenishment and supply chainbusiness processes. The solution enables retail account teams to assessdaily sales performance and to take action on specific recommendations tolift sales at the shelf. Key capabilities of the TrueDemand solution include:– Automatically detecting and predicting out-of-stock items at the store shelf on a daily basis– Correcting inaccurate inventory levels in stores– Improving the effectiveness of store operations activities– Measuring sales execution and performance across multiple retailers Increased MarketingIn 2008 TrueDemand opened an office in Bentonville Ark. home to Walmartand hundreds of CPG account teams.
PC Got a Virus? Consider Getting Help ffline
Washington Post United States
That includes additional anti-virus or security products. Chances are the malicious software on your machine includes built-in ability to steal user names passwords and other sensitive data from infected hosts. Recently I’ve heard from several people who used their credit or debit cards at the first sign of infection to renew or upgrade their anti-virus protection when their existing software didn’t work or failed to update.