The News Review:
- JDA Software Group profit drops 51 percent in first quarter
- Komando’s Q & A: Start blogging software-free
- Siemens donates software to University of California’s CITRIS program
- ACLU to Tennessee Schools: Stop Blocking Gay Web Sites or Face Lawsuit
- Software funds approved
- HP answers Cisco with Matrix; Data center visions galore
- Lawson Software: Positive first impressions
JDA Software Group profit drops 51 percent in first quarter
Bizjournals.com
_4D40A2B4D1654A01B7740B5E07DBF03C. saw its net profit drop nearly 51 percent to $2. 6 million as the sluggish economy bit into its sales. Scottsdale-based JDA (Nasdaq:JDAS) posted revenue of $83. 3 million for the quarter ended March 31.
Komando’s Q & A: Start blogging software-free
USA Today
I understand that I can sell advertising and perhaps support myself. Can you recommend some software? It needs to handle mass e-mail.
Related from Lz5az: Komando’s Q & A: Start a sports blog
Siemens donates software to University of California’s CITRIS program
Bizjournals.com
The grant is from Siemens PLM Software in Plano Texas north of Dallas. It goes to the university's Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society set up on four campuses — Berkeley Davis Santa Cruz and Merced.
ACLU to Tennessee Schools: Stop Blocking Gay Web Sites or Face Lawsuit
FXNews
Tennessee schools are connected to a statewide computer network that uses filtering software that groups Web sites into different categories eSchoolNews. Local school officials have the ability to block or unblock those categories. In a letter dated April 15 the ACLU said as many as 80 percent of public school districts in the state might be blocking access to non-sexual sites that offer educational and political information about issues like gay marriage. The letter alleges the software blocks all sites designed as such by default.
Software funds approved
Northwest Herald
86 million more for the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System cleared the board by large margins but members almost negated the votes by first rejecting the software licensing agreement. Members first voted 15-9to reject the licensing agreement in great part because of a lack of provisions allowing the county to recoup its losses if the software company Integrated Software Specialists sells the finished product to other governments. The Schaumburg-based company writing the software to link the databases of the circuit clerk state’s attorney court services and public defender’s offices had told county officials in the past that it was open to such an agreement. “The problem is we were told it would be addressed and it wasn’t” said Law and Justice Committee Chairwoman Yvonne Barnes R-Cary who like many other board members voted for spending the money. But County Board Chairman Ken Koehler R-Crystal Lake said that ISS could not commit to any such deal before the software is written operational and the bugs worked out. Board members reconsidered their vote and approved the licensing agreement after reassurances from county staff that they would work to negotiate a deal with ISS when the software is finished. Board members on Tuesday received a letter of intent from ISS regarding reimbursement through future software sales.
HP answers Cisco with Matrix; Data center visions galore
ZDNet
HP’s latest entry into the data center wars is dubbed the BladeSystem Matrix and Matrix rchestration Environment. These products reside in HP’s Adaptive Infrastructure portfolio. The upshot: HP is combining software storage server and networking gear to automate data centers. Â The Matrix rchestration Environment rides on top of this infrastructure to deploy applications and manage them. While HP executives weren’t naming names it was pretty clear the company is looking to fend off Cisco which has its server lineup launching in the second quarter. Indeed HP is arguing that Matrix can consolidate network equipment Cisco’s specialty. verall HP is boasting that Matrix can consolidate data center equipment at a 4-to-1 ratio.
Lawson Software: Positive first impressions
ZDNet Blogs
Since this is my first in-depth exposure to the company I thought it appropriate to share a few thoughts and comments. verall I like the company: the people are nice they articulate product strategy clearly and senior management obviously wants to create a positive customer experience. Lawson presenters wove the customer satisfaction theme through presentations to bloggers and analysts. Although Lawson announced new features and significant user experience improvements in the company’s products their technology seems to lag behind some competitors.