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IBM Initiative Looks To Boost Software-As-A-Service Trend (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - In 1999, the world's largest computer company left the software applications business, the brains of information technology.

Software firm Isacsoft earns $1.1M profit in 2005, stock rises sharply (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - MONTREAL (CP) - Shares in Isacsoft Inc. (TSX:ISF) rose 29 per cent Wednesday as the software company reported a full-year profit of $1.1 million, contrasting with a year-earlier loss of $24.8 million as revenue almost doubled after recent acquisitions.

IBM Revs Up Software As A Service Strategy (ChannelWeb) - Hoping to encourage more developers to deliver their software as a service, IBM Thursday announced a number of technical and educational resources along with new sales incentives to help them adapt their businesses to a services-delivery model.

With Fluent deal, software maker Ansys grows into a star (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Engineering software maker Ansys Inc. is like the bespectacled quiet kid in the back of a high school classroom. Diligent about his work, consistently performing well and then one day -- seemingly out of nowhere -- the nerd has blossomed into a superstar.

Is requiring software upgrades fair? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - How would you feel if a perfectly good piece of software, one you used almost every day, stopped working after just three years -- and the software company demanded you pay almost $30 if you wanted to get it back?

IBM Expands PartnerWorld Channel for Software as Service (ComputerWire) - IBM Corp wants to get more software partners to use its hosting services, and is adding awareness programs and incentives to its PartnerWorld program to do so.

Big Blue Introduces Security Software For Small Businesses (Compliance Pipeline) - IBM today debuted new security software designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) automate identity management.

Software Program Pinpoints IP Violations (TechWeb) - Black Duck Software's Enhanced Due Diligence program helps determine and document "the pedigree of software assets."

Software architects needed to boost quality (The Star Online) - KUALA LUMPUR: The Independent Software Architect Council of Malaysia (ISAC-M) believes that the vast majority of information technology projects in Malaysia do not involve software architects simply because the role is not well defined or fully understood.

New CEO Looks To Outsmart Software Rivals In Business Intelligence (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - John Schwarz assumed the helm of Business Objects in September, but he's no newcomer to the software market.