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Macromedia has made available Macromedia Flex Builder, a new integrated development environment (IDE) designed to streamline Flex application development. Designed to accelerate Internet application development, including interface layout, coding, debugging and deployment, Flex Builder offers a desi...

Think of this scenario: You're shopping for a new home and instead of guiding you into a single-digit fixed-rate mortgage, lenders try to persuade you that an adjustable mortgage indexed to your income makes more sense. Structuring mortgages like that makes no sense, and it's making less and less se...

Sonopress, part of the Bertelsmann's service division of Arvato, has announced the launch of a new service designed to support the need for ever-increasing creativity and flexibility in the entertainment industry and to help core businesses expand more efficiently. The new Games Task Force (GTF) is ...

Too many dollars chasing too few products results in inflation. We've all seen that phenomenon. But what happens when too many similar products swamp the market? Usually the oversupply results in falling prices, and that seems to be what's been happening in the analyst business for several years. In...

RealNetworks said Tuesday it would offer 49-cent music downloads, a price-slashing move that the company admitted would cut into its profits. The move is a bid to win customers from market leader and now fierce rival Apple.

RealNetworks said Tuesday it would offer 49-cent music downloads, a price-slashing move that the company admitted would cut into its profits. The move is a bid to win customers from market leader and now fierce rival Apple.

Strategic Distribution, a provider of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) supply chain management services, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, with revenues down 26.4 percent. Revenues for the second quarter of 2004 were $27.4 million, compared to $37.4 millio...

McAfee, a provider of intrusion-prevention software, today announced an agreement to acquire Foundstone, a company that offers vulnerability-management applications, for $86 million in cash. Together the companies will offer technologies to help protect IT infrastructure. "Chief information security...

Oracle today announced release of the latest version of its sales-side customer relationship management (CRM) applications designed to help companies grow revenue by paving the way for effective enterprise selling. The new versions of Oracle Sales, Oracle Marketing, Oracle Partner Relationship Manag...

Sedona Corporation, a provider of Web-based, vertical customer relationship management (CRM) technology for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), today announced its operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, with revenues doubling over the same period last year. Nonetheless, the company...

You have to love the irony. Manufacturing companies spend months and thousands of dollars to select a channel management application that will cure many of the ills that years of neglect have created. These manufacturers -- fighting with inconsistency of policies, lack of channel focus and leadershi...

Microsoft has announced the release of its Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), but has noted that Microsoft CRM 1.0 and 1.2 are not compatible with the update yet. The company has stated that enhanced security features in SP2 changes some of the default behaviors of Internet Explorer and desktop securi...

Forget for a moment your opinions of the presidential candidates, your views on the war, taxes or social issues. Consider, instead, which party's policies are likely to result in better times in the technology sector. The last technology run-up might offer some clues about the upcoming election. The...

Technology Solutions Company (TSC), a consulting company delivering business benefits through the application of information technology, and ZAMBA Solutions, a customer relationship management (CRM) services company, today announced that they have reached a deal for TSC to acquire ZAMBA. Under the t...

Internet automotive marketing services company Autobytel today announced that it has signed an agreement to provide a national online customer referral program for the Asbury Automotive Group, the fourth-largest auto retailer in the nation. The agreement, which encompasses all 139 of Asbury's franch...