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IBM buys database software firm Solid Information (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - International Business Machines Corp said on Friday it has agreed to buy in-memory database software provider Solid Information Technology from private owners for an undisclosed sum.

Software group eyes better exposure in Silicon Valley (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) is counting on the experience of veteran IT entrepreneur Winston Damarillo to gain better exposure for local start-up firms in United States’ Silicon Valley area.

Logibec subsidiary to acquire QuickCare Software for US$22.5M (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) - MONTREAL - Information-systems firm Logibec Groupe Informatique Ltd. (TSX:LGI) says its U.S. subsidiary had made a deal to acquire Dallas-based QuickCare Software Services LP and QuickCare Inc. for US$22.5 million.

Karma-Lab Releases KARMA Oasys Software (Harmony Central) - Karma-Lab has released KARMA Oasys Software , a dedicated PC/Mac program for the Korg OASYS ($169). KO allows you to go deeper into the world of the KARMA function, in ways that are not possible on the OASYS alone.

Commercial Sound And Music Software For Linux, Part 2 (Linux Journal) (Addict 3D) - Dave Phillips presents morecommercially available music and sound software for Linux. " As onereader pointed out, "commercial" doesn't necessarily mean closed-sources,just as "proprietary" doesn't necessarily mean "for sale".

IBM buys database software firm Solid Information (ZDNet) - Deal expected to close in early 2008; financial details not disclosed. International Business Machines said on Friday it has agreed to buy in-memory database software provider Solid Information Technology from private owners for an undisclosed sum. Solid's largest owners were private equity firms Apax Partners and CapMan. ...

"Today the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation, a non-profit organization created by the Software Freedom Law ... (New Mobile Computing) - to fully interoperate with the Microsoft Windows workgroup server products and to make them available to Free Software projects such as Samba.

Guidewire Software Refutes Accenture Allegations (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - SAN MATEO, Calif.----Guidewire Software®, a leading global provider of solutions to property and casualty insurers, issued a strong rebuttal of allegations made by Accenture earlier this week.

IBM makes Solid acquisition in software space (BizJournals) - IBM has agreed to buy database software provider Solid Information Technology in a move that Big Blue's expects to bolster one of its big businesses. (IBM)

Software AG acquires mainframe tools (TechWorld) - Application modernisation range added to portfolio Software AG has bought Jacada's range of application modernisation tools. The company has bought the rights to Jacada's Terminal Emulator, Interface Server and HostFuse products, among others, Jacada keeps its WorkSpace and WinFuse software, and rights to the Jacada brand.